Gareth321

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by Gareth321 2mo ago
It really does put the partying in perspective, doesn't it? It helps focus what really matters, and it's usually not alcohol and fancy dinners.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
I think it could be possible to replicate this without children, but it is extremely uncommon. Ask any parent if they could accomplish the same before they had kids. I have never met a parent yet who thinks it's possible.
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> Isn't it a bit contradictory? If corruption really is an inevitable consequence of power, then there is not much free will involved. On the contrary. Unlimited power allows one to express their free will to a degree most people co
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
As of 1 October 2026, you'll be able to distribute in the App Store and alternative markets at the same time. Apple charges a 5% commission on the latter, and the marketplace will charge whatever they like.
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This is arguably the toughest it will ever get. It's very normal to feel all kinds of tough emotions right now. If this were climbing Mount Everest, you'd be near the top.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Great point. So many people I know who have worked in Silicon Valley have spoken about a different mindset there. Culture matters a great deal, but because it's intangible and hard to measure, we don't often see it in productivity
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It's a good point, and I think it's self-reinforcing. Americans are richer because they invest more because they're richer. This is why productivity declines are so pernicious. They lead to a negatively reinforcing cycle of p
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
> Whether you see it or not, the vast majority of people /are/ generally good I've always found this sentiment to exist exclusively in privileged and overly educated, left wing, Western circles. It is an extension of the p
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
I have also taken the black pill on society and trust. While I choose to remain true to my moral code, and attempt to improve the lives of those around me, I acknowledge that this is not rewarded in modern society.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
It's fascinating the different opinions people have about the AI future. For me, it feels like a breath of fresh air. Like I've been fighting my computers and gadgets and appliances my whole life to get them to do what I want. AI
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
That's great insight. My sister missed some of these milestones and I hear echoes of what you describe in some of our conversations.
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I don't disagree re bargaining power, but there are many ways to remedy this other than direct intervention. I think Denmark's model is one of the best in a nation with high social service costs.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
You're correct in theory. I'm just not sure we have a cartel situation. Micron is a US company, and it controls 25% of the global market. I see no evidence that they nor SK hynix nor Samsung are intentionally limiting production.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
I'm at 97% of my 160TB and I need to start making hard choices :-/ I have Unraid, and an old 4TB drive sitting in a drawer which I could plug into the array. It's old, and I planned to throw it out, but fuck paying these pric
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
I'm in the exact same position. I want to upgrade, but when I interrogate the reason, it's all just empty consumerism. This computer does everything I need.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Dane here. Europeans have a different appetite for risk. Venture funding is 100x harder to get in Europe, meaning far less dynamism in start-ups and far less innovation. Sweden and Denmark buck the trend a little, but it's still a diff
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Dane here. We don't have a minimum wage. We rely on structural remedies for improving working conditions and wages, and they work far better than a minimum wage. The UK, on the other hand, favours direct intervention. They've been
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Which would be the most pathetic but plausible interpretation of this. Instead of working to improve the legislative mechanisms in the EU to prevent malicious abuse of the system, they merely let Apple just do whatever it wants.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
10 years ago I would have disagreed with you vehemently, but now I agree with you. Every new EU regulation makes my life worse, and very few of them actually address systemic issues re competition which would make my life better. This is on
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Sadly and unbelievably, it appears to be true: > [“The Commission welcomes the changes made by Apple to its commercial terms,” commented a spokesperson for the European Commission. This announcement, the spokesperson continues, is “the r
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Notarization is a grey area. A competent Commission would have successfully argued against it, but there are arguments for it. On the much clearer violations I'll copy my comment to another user: Article 5(4): > “The gatekeeper shal
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
This is essentially how the job market is structured in Denmark, and it works very well. We provide strong safety nets, free healthcare, etc, but in return, employers are given wide latitude to fire employees. This allows them to remain u
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
I think the evidence is quite clear that universal health care reduces aggregate costs, but the public cost in aggregate is enormous. 1. This means large new taxes for everyone. For those on lower incomes, they might end up better off. Fo
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
You are more correct, but I think the truth lies somewhere between your statement and theirs. We have correlative evidence that lower calorie diets and/or fasting results in longer lifespans, improved insulin sensitivity, pancreatic
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Agreed. I'm well travelled. Have had a very fun and satisfying dating life. A great career. Accomplished many life goals. Nothing comes close to fatherhood. Which frustrates me immensely, because I feel that society at large did everyt
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
I don't think this is accurate at all. While we're part of the WIPO Copyright Treaty, it does not give an OS owner a general right to charge a commission on third-party software merely because it runs on that OS. [I challenge you
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
The alternative is the explicit legislation in the Digital Rights Act: Article 5(4): > “The gatekeeper shall allow business users, free of charge, to communicate and promote offers, including under different conditions, to end users acqu
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
Sadly and unbelievably, it appears to be true: > [“The Commission welcomes the changes made by Apple to its commercial terms,” commented a spokesperson for the European Commission. This announcement, the spokesperson continues, is “the r
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
This press release details terms which are both a) expressly forbidden in the Digital Rights Act, and b) which have been previously rejected by the Commission. To read now that the Commission approves of these terms is unbelievable to me.
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by Gareth321 2mo ago
I think the next paradigm shift in software is going to be LLM-inferred user intent. Serving just what you really want, when you want it. Currently all inside whatever interface the LLM provider offers, but soon whatever interface the LLM

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