Insanity

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by Insanity 2y ago
Or.. USB naming schemes..
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by Insanity 2y ago
Guess they have usage statistics to know a lot of their users are still on M1. My partner and I are both still on M1 (our personal machines) and don’t really see the need to upgrade.
933.
by Insanity 2y ago
Fair, but not on the same “something else” so Trump still had the majority share. I guess I’m more surprised by the low voter turnout. If you voted for Trump or didn’t vote at all, you are partly responsible for the mess being created lol.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Long time coming. The only one in my social group who still used it was my wife - and just for the function to call regular phones. Calling family in the US/MX from EU was pretty cheap with the Skype credit option.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Came to post the same. The mobile client still seems to work for me though but the electron client is down. Edit: the mobile client loaded messages but also fails to send.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Maybe not a super popular opinion on HN, but this effectively changes nothing for me. I love reading on my kindle, by far the most convenient way to buy and read books for me (esp when traveling often). It’s good that they are now being upf
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by Insanity 2y ago
I’m not sure - big tech is reversing their DEI narrative since the Trump election/ inauguration.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Yes, the “self help genre” might be more accurate. The author is painting in broad strokes for his post sadly.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Yup for anyone interested in the history of computing I highly recommend that one as well.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Sounds more like the author just had bad experiences with non fiction? There are plenty of non fiction books which are good and where the book doesn’t just feel like filler. Some that come to mind quickly : - bad blood (about theranos) - SP
941.
by Insanity 2y ago
Mh fair point. I guess the terminology / actual use of the words will evolve over time as AI becomes ever more prevalent. I'll probably have the deepfake - image/video connotation for some time.
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by Insanity 2y ago
I had the same reaction - but I guess images was just the first obvious application of fakes. ai text is similarly fake in the same vain
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Nominative Determinism(en.wikipedia.org)
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by Insanity 2y ago
Sure, “Functional Programming in Go”, this is the Amazon link: https://a.co/d/htv3BOu
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by Insanity 2y ago
Interesting take, to me it is not so much about the type of coding (high vs low level) but more about the size of the project. Dynamic languages work great for scripting and rapid prototyping, but if you are working with a team maintaining
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by Insanity 2y ago
I had a different read of that point. More along the lines of “don’t throw the baby out with the bath water” (might have butchered that saying?). I’m also more in the FP camp - even wrote a book on the topic of FP. But I also acknowledge OO
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by Insanity 2y ago
Sure but those need to be understood within context. Obviously OP is not saying it was unilaterally better and the idea being commented on is just public lottery vs election. You can lift out that idea and apply our current understanding of
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by Insanity 2y ago
The field of science is too broad to capture in just 100 books without feeling like something is missing. E.g, one of the most important scientific achievements in my biased view would relate to computing (/ telecommunications) - but I
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by Insanity 2y ago
The article doesn’t mention how old the found skeleton is, or I missed it. Would be a huge coincidence imo given the large timespan, and perhaps more so an artifact of humans looking for similarities.
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by Insanity 2y ago
TIL! To me the word “portrait” makes me think “painting” as well.. I never would have guessed it refers just to what is being depicted rather than “how”. Thanks for sharing.
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by Insanity 2y ago
That is pretty cool. I tend to default to AWS, luckily not too expensive for my side projects (about $15/month) - nothing accessible to the public though so my cost is relatively predictable. That said, I do wish you could hard shutdow
952.
by Insanity 2y ago
The entire “freedom” thing in the US has some pretty funky “terms and conditions apply”. I am not sure if anyone actually thinks they are more “free” than other first world countries.
953.
by Insanity 2y ago
Interesting to see how quickly the US is going downhill. I’m sure everyone thought “the Roman Empire is too big to fail” yet here we are with a similar mindset about USA.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Would be quite expensive when talking about potential petabytes of data.
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by Insanity 2y ago
I think the benefit is not just from regular people having access - but other researchers who do need/trust the data.
956.
by Insanity 2y ago
This is so stupid lol.. why should it be mandated, just have it optionally present.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Honestly, when I boot into CoD the menu is enough to make me want to alt-F4 instantly. It is definitely not designed with PC in mind, but even on Xbox it feels horrible to navigate. Takes too long to get into an actual game and there is a c
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by Insanity 2y ago
Agreed, customers don’t really care. I was just curious.
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by Insanity 2y ago
Which stack did you end up using?
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by Insanity 2y ago
I just left Amazon because of RTO. Have worked out of various offices across EU and NA, including Toronto… and Toronto was by far the worst. Partly because Amazon does not own the entire building, and partly because of issues such as space

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