NickC25

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by NickC25 3y ago
I'm with you on AirPods being socially awkward. Seems that everyone always has at least one in their ear, so you never know if someone you're speaking with is blasting music, talking with someone else, or actually focusing on you
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by NickC25 3y ago
Paywall. That said, I thought the rumor was Apple was going to reveal 2 headsets - 1 available soon for $3k, and another priced at ~$1.5k(ish) that would be available in Q1 of next year. The $3k model was essentially the beta version of the
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by NickC25 3y ago
The guy who owns Hoffenhiem tried to do that, and was slapped down. Red Bull sort of got away with it, but are widely despised throughout Germany and they struggle with attendance. Then the Arabs that bought Manchester City tried to do tha
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by NickC25 3y ago
Nah, not a threat. AI is just a tool. It will help inexperienced folks realize their imaginations faster, and help experienced professionals work quicker. However, a computer doesn't replace human imagination, which is what truly pow
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by NickC25 3y ago
Neat - I was in the Social House this year during Hack Week. Hack Week is great but it just kind of adds to the whole notion that Miami isn't really a city to grow in, it's a city to come down for a little bit, do something, and
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by NickC25 3y ago
I mean, it kind of is (i recognize your name - aren't you one of the guys who started the group?). I joined it as well as Refresh and some others back when I moved here 7 years ago. Now it's just a small amount of people who occ
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by NickC25 3y ago
Got fired after 2 rounds. Well made!
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by NickC25 3y ago
I actually like Mexico's labor laws. I particularly like their stance on hiring illegal labor, which is IIRC one of, if not the, biggest economic crimes one can commit in the country. It amounts to economic treason, because unlike th
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by NickC25 3y ago
It's not, atleast directly. The cartels do participate in politics but that's mainly through bribery and other white-collar illegal activities that mainly concerns politicians. Same goes for the touristy areas like Cabo and Cancu
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by NickC25 3y ago
Probably. I've been down here 7 years now and I used to be pretty active in the local scene in terms of going to meetups, talks, etc.. I am not as active these days but participated in Hack Week. We probably have a few folks in commo
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by NickC25 3y ago
That, I do not know - I'd have to ask. I'm guessing she acts as an intermediary/agent of sorts, and probably has 1-2 PMs or lead engineers here in the US, so all external calls are with that group, and then the work is parti
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by NickC25 3y ago
I'm in South Florida. All big companies here have a big tech presence in LatAm, especially Argentina & Chile. The last company I worked for had maybe 5 developers tops locally, the rest were based in Argentina. Funny enough my ol
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by NickC25 3y ago
Good. Social media without a metric ton of ads isn't meant to be monetized. Not everything that's popular in the digital world can be a successful business. As an aside, I think Musk is a pompous asshole who needs to be reminded
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by NickC25 3y ago
Yeah. People who have bad trips are often in bad places at bad times to take such a powerful substance. Or, they have a lot of pent-up fear or anxiety that the LSD simply unmasks and smacks them with. I've had a bad trip exactly once
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by NickC25 3y ago
I use iMaschine, GarageBand and occasionally FL Studio Mobile on my iPhone. All great apps, but all are limited. Can't beat using Live on the desktop/laptop. Great for getting one's feet wet, or for ideas that spring to min
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by NickC25 3y ago
I think it's just a result of society insisting that their entire lives revolve around a phone due to convenience. Kids these days (I feel old saying that at age 33!) now are raised by parents who were around for the first wave of eve
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by NickC25 3y ago
Neat....although sad that it's via a subscription model, rather than buying the program outright. That said, what's the point of this? Everyone works off laptops already, even people new to A/V production. Especially in the
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by NickC25 3y ago
I don't push any hate - I'm just speaking from experience, and also from first hand knowledge of living in different red states (Florida, Arizona) who are abundant in relatively untapped energy sources that could make a difference
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by NickC25 3y ago
We "lost" in Afghanistan because we spent too much time and money trying to drag the middle east into the modern world....and to also enrich military contractors whose boards were also made up of active politicians all the way up
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by NickC25 3y ago
That's a tired trope which has no standing in reality. Some overweight Trump fan in the middle of Arkansas or Montana with an AR-15 has no chance against a single 5th gen Fighter, let alone an entire military with nuclear weapons, and
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by NickC25 3y ago
I completely understand why Gabby wants all guns banned. I was on my way to that specific Safeway on that day when it happened. Everyone who had any connection to Pima CC knew Loughner was a psycho with some major mental illnesses. it wou
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by NickC25 3y ago
> It is nonsensical that gun control advocates hold it up as some kind of absurdly powerful super bullet and a clear indicator that they have no idea what they are talking about. Nonsensical or not, the damage the weapon does to humans
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by NickC25 3y ago
Paywall. That said from reading the first 2 paragraphs, it just seems that people are stuck in their ways, and more importantly, have attached the entire notion of green/clean energy sources to a political party, and due to the polariz
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by NickC25 3y ago
This is actually amazing, and proof that AI will not take our creative abilities and render then useless, it will actually make sure that everyone has the ability to fully express themselves without limitations. You can write, but you can&
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by NickC25 3y ago
This is where the M2 Velocity chart again comes into play. Taxing the uber-wealthy is actually deflationary, not inflationary. Taking away their ability to hoard unimaginable amounts of money actually helps the economy tremendously. The m
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by NickC25 3y ago
Just finished ADHD Pro, currently reading A Thousand Brains. After that is Getting To Neutral.
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by NickC25 3y ago
But that theory is false because there are plenty of other inherent inflationary powers at play, such as the fact that there are 2 people whose combined net worth (Musk and Bezos) is nearly a trillion dollars....and they are barely taxed re
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by NickC25 3y ago
Retro Color is straight-up amazing. Not only can it simulate the VHS sound, it can also do vinyl, a whole host of different types of speakers, and overall it's really user-friendly. I use it on everything. Synths, drums, drones, FX,
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by NickC25 3y ago
Wages don't rise. Rising wages means the wealthy can't exert as much control on the government and the economy as they'd like. Look at a long term chart for wages on a 20,30,40,50 year scale. Wages have not kept up with pro
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by NickC25 3y ago
This ^^ Economics is a pseudoscience, after all. In fact, it's probably just an extension of psychology. Nobody really knows what makes the economy tick, but one thing that can somewhat measure the economy's general strength is

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