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by Etheryte 2y ago
And it has changed a lot in that time. The code we wrote in 0.x is very different from the paradigm of 3.x, and while I agree it's largely a change for the better, it's still a chore to keep up with it if that isn't the only
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Just because you own a datacenter, doesn't mean it's free. For one, you still need to pay the power and bandwidth bills, both of which would be massive, and for two, every moment of compute you use internally is compute you'r
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by Etheryte 2y ago
For your consideration, the main page you've linked to is nearly unusable on mobile, might want to look into that.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
I think this is not really a charitable take. For one, nearly everything medical needs certain purity and concentration so you need specialized equipment. For two, even if a chemical is easy to produce by industrial standards, you still nee
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by Etheryte 2y ago
All software is inherently political, whether it's possible to ignore this fact or not is up for debate and your personal situation. Much like a gun, if you look at it in complete isolation from everything else in existence, you might
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by Etheryte 2y ago
On the flip side, when you did this to a Windows 95 system a few times in a row, you eventually came to learn what was really critical and what wasn't. I remember young me thinking "Spooler? Why would anyone need that?". Trut
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Soon enough, they'll have LLMs that reason purely from the first principles of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
On their homepage, they have their own logo in the section listing companies that use their products. I mean, if you dogfood it, great, but it doesn't exactly instill confidence if you have to reach for your own company to fill out the
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by Etheryte 2y ago
While this may happen to some degree, it's almost certainly overshadowed by the fact that this also quickly creates a vast wealth gap, leading to problems with housing, gentrification, etc. In other words, the people actually living th
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by Etheryte 2y ago
This whole argument makes no sense and is contrived at best. Software being free as in freedom is a choice and there is no one out there forcing you to use or create free software. > I would prefer software insurance to “software freedom
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Why do you think that? Split keyboards are considerably more ergonomic than regular keyboards.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
I mean, if you're going to design and build a keyboard only for yourself all from scratch, why would you expect a standard layout? The whole thing is bespoke to you.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
That's an interesting take that I've never heard before. Why do you feel this is the case?
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by Etheryte 2y ago
The Twitter playbook, except for the government.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
I think realistically this is the only way in the turbulent times we live in. Even in the small and interconnected Europe, you have to be completely self sustainable when the need arises. We've seen more than enough broken pipes, power
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by Etheryte 2y ago
A relative of mine runs a motorcycle school and that's what originally got me into it. While bikes are dangerous, a regrettably high percentage of the accidents are things that were completely avoidable if safe and defensive driving pr
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Turns out they used to be one conglomerate, but World War II changed that [0]: > The Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 1946. The company, along with other major za
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by Etheryte 2y ago
The real fun ones are called motorcycles and they're way more affordable when you look at smiles per dollar.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
If you'll take the moment to read the article past the headline you'll see there's more to it than that. Titles can't fit the whole article.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Do you sponsor visas? Or alternatively, are you able to hire/contract remotely outside of the US?
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by Etheryte 2y ago
I think this is a pretty good example of the vast disconnect between reasonably high wealth and low wealth families. If you're in the bottom bracket, it's very likely you don't even have a vacation in any meaningful way, at b
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by Etheryte 2y ago
I think many programming languages could benefit if we had an easy way to have both custom symbols and a convenient way to input them without extra friction. Take APL for example, once you know the language it's incredibly expressive,
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Development costs money. This is outlined in their FAQ [0]: > Are there plans for a Windows/Linux/Android version of Orion? > We currently do not have the resources to hire a new team to do any of these platforms yet. Since
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Git is not good, but I'm yet to see anything that's a clear improvement without sacrificing on the core capabilities. Do you have any recommendations that you like?
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by Etheryte 2y ago
That is just a massive ego trip, no? Very similar to scientists of old who posited that humans were special amongst the other animals in having intelligence. Well turns out all animals are intelligent just the same way, we simply lack the c
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by Etheryte 2y ago
What do you mean no? This is a widely known and commonly used approach. Citric acid, salt and bitter compounds are some of the most prevalent options. This isn't even remotely close to a controversial opinion.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
As the saying goes, people sell for a variety of reasons, so in the immeasurably large sea of the modern financial world, I would say it's a complete waste to put any thought to 1. Focus on whatever you believe will be the best way to
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Many foods and beverages include ingredients whose sole purpose is to hide how sweet it is because otherwise it would be unbearable in your mouth. Gives you a stronger high once it reaches your stomach though.
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by Etheryte 2y ago
Sidenote: On HN you can often get downvoted/flagged not only for what you say, but for the way you say it. I wouldn't really call it griefing, rather a call for more civil discussion. If an account is new or a throwaway it gets he
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by Etheryte 2y ago
That's not true though? Even the original post that has infected LLMs says that the code does not work.

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