Meekro

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by Meekro 2y ago
That's a good point -- Russia doesn't want to massively escalate against the US with an all-out cyberattack. I've often wondered if total war against Russia or China would show how fragile our internet-connected infrastructur
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by Meekro 2y ago
I would add appearance and noise level (if any).
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by Meekro 2y ago
Worth noting that the IRS budget has not been significantly cut -- not by Republicans or anyone else. You can see their inflation-adjusted annual expenditures over the last 10 years here[1]. Those expenditures were reduced about 7% during t
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by Meekro 2y ago
But when are those changes going to happen? Ozempic is available today.
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by Meekro 3y ago
Florida public schools require students to get all of the most important vaccines including MMR, Tdap, Chickenpox, and others. https://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/immuniza...
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by Meekro 3y ago
Discussed a couple hours ago, then flagged into oblivion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39708347
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by Meekro 3y ago
I'm a Texan, a Christian, and a conservative; maybe I can help? Your impressions of Texas are all true, in my experience (though keep in mind that it's a big place and Austin is barely distinguishable from a California city). You&
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by Meekro 3y ago
That's a fair analysis. It makes me wonder if there's any way to re-create that signal without forcing people to incur 6 figures in debt that can't be discharged in bankruptcy. As far as I can tell, many people learn very lit
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by Meekro 3y ago
Does anyone know how it compares to Pixlr?
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by Meekro 3y ago
I did similar census research back in my early 20's (more than 10 years ago at this point) and concluded that certain parts of D.C. are the best place to be if you're an 18-34 single man. Then I happened to meet someone randomly (
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by Meekro 3y ago
I'm glad it works for you! Maybe the app should pay you to teach the other guys what they're doing wrong?
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by Meekro 3y ago
Wait, so this is a thing in the real world? I thought it was just people on Twitter being dumb. Like, prospective dates are judging you on your brand of phone? Maybe I'm just too old now (mid-30's) but I don't even know what
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by Meekro 3y ago
It's worth noting that companies can change the state that they are incorporated in. Elon is considering changing Tesla to Texas. After he changes, I wonder if Elon's lawyers can get this re-litigated somehow? https://t
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by Meekro 3y ago
The board believed (quite reasonably) that Elon had the power to determine the trajectory of the stock over the next 5 years, and they acted on that belief by tying his compensation to particular stock goals. The board then put that compens
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by Meekro 3y ago
Yes-- if he can generate much more than $50 billion in value for Tesla shareholders, and they give him $50 billion in compensation, that's a fair trade in my book.
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by Meekro 3y ago
In my experience, at least, the "gyms are impossible to cancel" meme is overstated. LA Fitness required me to mail in a letter to cancel; I can see how someone would object since I could easily sign up online, but printing and mai
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by Meekro 3y ago
Thanks, I learned a new thing!
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by Meekro 3y ago
I've read the website and all the comments and I'm still totally lost. Guess that means I'm not the target audience? To me a "music drop" is when someone releases a highly anticipated new song.
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by Meekro 3y ago
Interesting point, but I doubt many Twitch streamers could convince their audience to break into an IRS building on their behalf.
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by Meekro 3y ago
I keep hearing about how the #1 profession every kid wants to be is YouTuber or influencer or something like that. But don't these professionals rely on high-end graphics/audio/video editing software to produce polished video
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by Meekro 3y ago
Looks beautiful! Definitely will play.
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by Meekro 3y ago
I agree in principle, but I'm pretty sure the anxiety pandemic is real, not invented. Ask a middle- or high-schooler what percent of their class is on medication for anxiety, the answer will surprise you. In my grandma's day, that
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by Meekro 3y ago
I'm not sure where this is coming from, maybe it's a generational thing? In my case, (36M living in Texas) it's totally normal for people to knock or ring the doorbell. Neighbors drop by to talk about what's happening
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by Meekro 3y ago
No more than any other weapon. When we talk about "safety in gun design", that's about making sure the gun doesn't accidentally kill someone. "AI safety" seems to be a similar idea -- making sure it doesn&#x2
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by Meekro 3y ago
In the context of this thread, "safety" refers to making sure we don't create an AGI that turns evil. You're right that wrong answers are a problem, but plain old capitalism will sort that one out-- no one will want to p
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by Meekro 3y ago
Luckily the AI field has been very open source-friendly, which is great for competition and free access, etc. The open source models seem to be less than a year behind the cutting edge, which is waaaay better than e.g. when OpenOffice was t
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by Meekro 3y ago
This idea that ChatGPT is going to suddenly turn evil and start killing people is based on a lot of imagination and no observable facts. No one has ever been able to demonstrate an "unsafe" AI of any kind.
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by Meekro 3y ago
While the UX isn't ideal, the driver's exam that everyone has to pass already covers this point -- "don't walk" flashing means finish crossing if you've already started. So the yelling driver is just wrong. Wou
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Playdate Catalog Update(lists.play.date)
2 points by Meekro 3y ago|0 comments
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by Meekro 3y ago
I feel like this needs more information. Please don't assume we all know which incident you're talking about.

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