AlexandrB

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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
> Luckily we already have a distributed version control system that can take over github Surprised that this wasn't just a link to Git. The biggest benefit of Git over predecessors was that it enabled decentralization. Github re-cen
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
Boomer opinion but trusting third parties to be critical infrastructure, especially with no SLA in sight, will always end in tears. "The cloud" is very convenient, but its providers will never care about your infrastructure or you
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
> Netflix and YouTube probably are orders of magnitude less than the alternative of driving to plays and movie theaters. This ignores that no one drives to a movie theatre or play every day or even several times a day but this is a commo
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What people think of these programs is often linked to the perception of the product being sold. If a cigarette company did this, people would be pissed. McDonalds is kind of an edge case - everyone knows it's not great for you, but it
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
I've noticed that when my partner and I look at the same Instagram post (within a few minutes of each other), we get completely different "top" comments. I suspect Instagram is ordering the comments individually for each user
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> And second best would be these people owning their moral vacuity. So anyone who does not agree with you is morally vacuous? Very convenient. Prevents you from ever having to question your own morality.
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
"Harm" is a mushy term that means everything and nothing. There are many competing definitions of "harm" based on one's cultural, religious, and philosophical priors. So what kind of harm are you talking about exact
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
Is there any enforcement of this? Like at all? All the review bots and bots promoting random crap on reddit say otherwise. Traditional media still pays lip-service to this, but only barely.
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
Such naïveté. The much more likely scenario is that AI is used to add or replace ads in a website in a way that's now impossible to remove. Running your own AI on the browser will be disallowed to "ensure a safe browsing exper
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
And make sure "follow" means "buy their stuff on Bandcamp or directly from them". Streaming platforms send most of the money you pay to bands you probably never listen to.
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
This used to be called "dumping" or predatory pricing[1] and would be fined in the physical retail space. Too bad our regulators are asleep at the wheel. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_pricing
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I think the myth comes from the upfront costs of cooking equipment and spices as well as expensive proteins like ground beef. If you cook with mostly starches like rice or potatoes and just some meat, there's no contest. The other th
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
They do and companies already take advantage of them. But even a fast food restaurant has a ton of additional overhead that you won't have by cooking at home (or some you won't include in your price of your homecooked meal): rent,
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
This is another form of shrinkflation. Software quality (specifically performance) has cratered so that it could be built cheaper, faster, and with more ads.
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
> worker-owned means of production Sounds great! If I'm a worker who owns the means of production and I want to sell that stake to someone else, am I allowed to do so? If not, do I actually "own" anything?
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
I look forward to this app now being approved because getting a viral post on reddit/HN/Twitter is what passes for customer service in 2026.
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
> Here's a question I have for all the predictable "I don't need a union" SWEs out there: if unions were so bad, why do companies literally spend millions and break the law to make sure they don't happen? The ene
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VCs are footing the bill for that $200 subscription.
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
> Under the social model, we ask all able-bodied people to accommodate disabled individuals instead. This sounds good in the abstract, but the devil is in the details. What specific accommodation is being asked for? What counts as a disa
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> This is my experience with all Microsoft software. The worst thought out, buggy, untested pile of crap. AKA: Slop. Microsoft was publishing slop before LLMs were even a thing, it's no wonder they were so eager to jump on the AI ba
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
No they aren't, it looks like the prices doubled and the government significantly cut taxes to hide the increase. That's not to mention the 3 year price spike during 2021-2023. Who's paying for the lost revenue from the tax c
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by AlexandrB 2mo ago
> He noted that the term “solar subsidy” can be misleading, as it implies that every kilowatt-hour of solar electricity fed into the grid is fully funded by public money. > The IWR explained that Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act
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I mean we gatekeep major body alterations.
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> Children and teens can absolutely know these things about themselves. They can also absolutely be unduly influenced by their parents or other authority figures. The fact that Megan Fox has 3 trans kids points to upbringing as being a m
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We do it all the time with people who believe they should be amputees. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/body-integrit...
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Counterpoint: https://segm.org/regret-detransition-rate-unknown > And since gender transition is a lifelong process required to maintain a masculinized or feminized appearance, instances of medical detransition—reported
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This is only slightly more malicious than the software "Smart TVs" already ship with.
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Both of you are describing a "waterfall model" of coding, where you conceive of the solution in its entirety before simply writing it down. I don't know if everyone else works this way, but I don't. I prefer to try thing
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The environmentalists who railed against nuclear for the last 30 years are very much responsible for how many dead dinosaurs we've burnt over that time. Excuse me if I'm skeptical about what they now say about energy policy. To pu
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> They already produce power much cheaper, and cost efficiency keeps increasing. Yet France, which invested heavily in nuclear[1], has energy prices that are 40% lower than Germany's[2]. Something isn't adding up about the repe

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