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by EMM_386 4y ago
Interesting question ... plane of existence. I was hearing voices that convinced me I was not where I thought I was, it was an illusion of sorts and it was best to leave. Immediately. For reasons unclear to me.
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by EMM_386 4y ago
I have been in the ICU and can relate to the hallucinations. During one intense round, I was convinced the hospital wasn't real, and that I needed to leave immediately. My IV was preventing me from leaving, and I couldn't have tha
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> If we are using the town/time square example, what Elon is describing is the digital version of putting a noise-cancelling box around the people saying “bad” things so that nobody can hear them. I'd equate it more to people i
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> Step 2, finding the employees, not so much. All FTX needs is one or more people on the "outside" (who used to be on the inside) that they trust in case something like this happens. Those people would be the "hackers&quot
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by EMM_386 4y ago
It's been rolled back, as long as your manager says you are producing "exceptional output" or however he phrased it, remote is ok it seems.
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by EMM_386 4y ago
I have come up with 3 ideas in the past that worked out well for me. I wrote a popular MP3 search engine pre-Napster, a site dedicated to price tracking in the game EverQuest, and even a technical analysis website for predicting price movem
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by EMM_386 4y ago
But you won't have the option of cash, the Fed getting into digital currency implies an all-digital future. No cash, and everything is traced. Nobody gets to be "paid under the table", no exchanging cash with your dealer for
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> Did they not have a CFO or any finance people or accountants? Perhaps not? "If you take a look at the about FTX page, it shows six senior team members: the CEO, the COO, two leaders on tech and two on compliance and legal. Somethi
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by EMM_386 4y ago
I only wish he had gone into the "compliance officer was also previously involved in massive online poker scams". Maybe the next one!
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by EMM_386 4y ago
If they are going to make stuff up at least make it half-believable.
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by EMM_386 4y ago
Frame construction is generally much poorer quality. I've had them break from just taking them off my face too fast. Face fit is tricky, they allow you to select things like your "size" but this is broken down into "sma
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Cryptocurrency Solana Collapses in FTX Scandal(thestreet.com)
29 points by EMM_386 4y ago|3 comments
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by EMM_386 4y ago
I still use Sublime as a replacement for Notepad. It opens blazing fast, I create a new tab, jot down whatever and close it without being prompted to save. That is reason enough to keep it installed.
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by EMM_386 4y ago
I own exactly one pair of "expensive" glasses that I got from a retail chain and use as my primary pair. I will admit, they are of much higher quality than the glasses that I order online as a back-up. But outside of that pair, I
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by EMM_386 4y ago
It likely has nothing to do with it. I'd blame this more on overblown headcount combined with the new built-in privacy features on both Apple and Android phones for hitting adtech revenue. But one could have seen that coming a year in
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> Wondering how the displaced engineers will impact the rest of the job market That dream of making local (San Francisco) pay while living wherever you want will quickly evaporate. I survived as a software engineer through the dot-com cr
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> Usually it is good idea to have special people good with visuals to make these artistic decisions. The question is, how many people?
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> However, if you think for a second that you can replace US developers, building products for Americans with someone from Nigeria you are off your ass. I've been a SWE for decades and have worked on large, complex projects. I&#x27
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by EMM_386 4y ago
It is incredible to look at these companies and see the staggering amount of losses and costs they have, plus the headcount. There could be entire departments dedicated to figuring out whether or not the "like" and "retweet&q
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by EMM_386 4y ago
From the article: > Q: Will you get a severance package? > A: I doubt it.
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by EMM_386 4y ago
You seriously can't just "fork" a web browser these days and run with it. I mean, sure, technically you can, and there are. These are enormously complex pieces of software. Even Microsoft threw in the towel. You need a larg
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Detection of the Higgs boson using machine learning(neuraldesigner.com)
1 points by EMM_386 4y ago|0 comments
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by EMM_386 4y ago
There are some "quality of life" improvements such as a redesigned Task Manager that has a better UI and finally supports dark mode. Tabs in Windows Explorer, etc. These sorts of things. My only issue so far is that you can't
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by EMM_386 4y ago
This apparently goes nicely with the other article currently on the frontpage ... > I’d still recommend including JPEG XL versions of your images, because chances are that browser support will come eventually. https://jfhr.me&
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by EMM_386 4y ago
I am not sure what Elon's vision of a "free speech" platform is, but if you allow absolutely all legal free speech, with limited/no moderation, it will turn into a cesspool. This "Welcome to Hell, Elon" article
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> JS is a fine tool for making rich, interactive UIs in the browser and IMO avoiding it at all costs shouldn't be a priority Exactly, this is 2022. I used to be one of those types running Firefox (since the late 90s) with NoScript
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> There is no one trust about this sh*t except intel themselves. AMD has this also, they appeared around the same time, and there is no reason to believe (if) this was outside of their control (i.e. mandated) that Apple isn't also p
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by EMM_386 4y ago
It may not have been a decision, at least on the part of Intel.
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> I’d like to know more about AMD specifically too. I’m well aware that PSP is their equivalent This is why I'm curious and get a little into conspiracy-land with this stuff. Neither are exactly "well documented", they bot
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by EMM_386 4y ago
> If you want to become a millionaire make your software product commercial. If you want it to be open-source, keep it that way forever and don't start complaining "Oh, I really want to be a millionaire but I'm not because

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