JohnFen

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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> When cloud computing was a new, cool buzzword thrown around that no one understood, a shortcut was suggested whether it is the right solution: > In any sentence, replace “in the cloud” with “on another person’s computer”. That subst
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> Transmission lines are straight up good, with approximately zero downsides. > Transmission lines polling remarkably close to coal plants, when the coal plants actively not only cook the planet but poison the people around them, is c
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
This risk (of becoming part of some widespread database more than of mistakenly getting blackballed) is why I stopped being willing to have private companies scan my ID at all. I'm fully willing to show it to a person, but not willing
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> While the backlash doesn’t have Wall Street worried about the tech giants behind the AI boom, it may be a sign that the Silicon Valley ethos of “move fast and break things” that has defined the data-center buildout to date may no longe
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
Why does Mr. Brown feel it's necessary to rub salt into this particular wound? The change has been made, and I don't see the need to taunt those who are upset by it, or what doing so accomplishes aside from inflaming emotions.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
This essay's primary assertion is that the use of these cameras likely led to the decline of crime rates. He doesn't offer any credible evidence to support that, and he ignores the evidence that contradicts it.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
The thesis is this: you cannot grow a pumpkin. All you can do is put a pumpkin seed in conditions that encourage it to grow. It does the growing all by itself. The author clearly intends this to be an analogy, but leaves it to you to decide
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
Now it's "account suspended".
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I deleted my LinkedIn account over a decade ago because I couldn't tolerate the spam. Doing that had zero effect on my career or ability to find good jobs.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I've never found tutorials to be very useful for learning to develop. I've always done better with reading documentation and experimenting. Tutorials tend to be more about showing you a specific method rather than learning the mor
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
A Kensington M01181 I picked up used for $5 at an electronics recycler. It's been my daily driver for about 7(?) years now, although do also use a half-dozen other keyboards. All from the same recycler, except for a wireless mini keybo
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> nobody wants U.S. citizens to be negatively impacted by trade restrictions or tariffs. As much as it pains me to say it as an American, little will change unless US citizens are negatively impacted. Trump is losing power and support in
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
That's a mindblowing amount of cognitive dissonance right there.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> i see other young founders getting funding, users , at the other side people landing jobs , internships , great scores, some are enjoying their collage life with friends. i sometimes just feel very sad about my life idk where my path w
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> Being angry at work feels good. This smacked me in the face, because there is no emotion that feels worse to me than anger. I have never been angry and "felt good" about it, be it at work or anywhere else, and regardless of w
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
All the reports I hear is that they're doing this with all books, not just ones still under copyright.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. He became president because of the electoral college. He did win the popular vote in 2024, though. Both elections were by narrow margins.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
My children.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> Let us not forget they own the books. That's rather beside the point. I don't think anyone is arguing that what they're doing is in some way illegal. > no modern book I'm less concerned about modern books.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> I'm outing myself as being too old and cynical, but at a certain point, most of most of the projects I work on are effectively the same exact setup but with just enough differences from one another than reusing previous work is le
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> I could destroy the books I buy myself if I wanted, they're my books and I can do whatever I want with them. Of course you can. Nobody is saying these companies aren't allowed to do what they're doing. But what they&#x27
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> because copyright law forces them to do stupid things. Baloney. They aren't forced to destroy books. They could leave well enough alone and not scan them to begin with. They're voluntarily choosing to do this.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> turning it into a digital copy. Are they? Or are they just using it for training and not keeping the digital copy afterwards? And even if they are keeping a digital copy, does that actually matter if they never release it?
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I'd certainly prefer the Honda regardless of whether it had CarPlay or Android Auto. Honestly, I'd prefer that the car had neither.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
No, I won't. A wearable vehicle would reduce or eliminate a lot of the exercise I get from just doing my daily stuff. I already don't get enough of that sort of thing as it is. Something like this seems like a terrible idea.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> “I think by far the most accurate criticism of AI companies, including Anthropic, is that we haven’t yet delivered on our big promises to benefit the world. That is totally on us,” he noted. I'm not so sure how big of an effect th
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
But why? having a high karma doesn't really get you anything.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
That format is great for relatively simple recipes, but there are a number of things I make regularly that could not fit into that format without making everything clear as mud. So, I think its utility is a bit context-dependent.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I would absolutely re-learn them, for the same reasons I learned them in the first place: I'm very interested in the subject. Given the changes to the industry over the years, I wouldn't be likely to go back into it as a professio
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I would not. Not because they're AI, but because I object to anyone or anything being the leader of the world.

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