NikolaNovak

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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   I love, in honestly both somewhat sarcastic but mostly very real sense, that hacker news discussion of global thermonuclear war...is how to prepare your database unique ID scheme for unforeseen sharding :->
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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   >> They really aren't even cheap anymore The kia rio is the 2nd cheapest car in Canada by far. The first cheapest is 3 cylinder for like a hundred less, while rio is a full car with an impressive range of amenities. Basically nob
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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   It's pretty evil from perspective of the customer, is it not? And they were empathically not transparent to the customer! If I put a deposit on my car, and you're keeping it from me for a weird financial scheme, And you instruct
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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   Not only did they concoct such a scheme... Not only did somebody review and approve it... But they broadcast the details of it to hundreds of employees and dealers via online meeting. I couldn't believe it but cbc actually saw the vide
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   Kia's scheme to deliberately withhold deliveries(cbc.ca)

   11 points by NikolaNovak 3y ago|5 comments
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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   I mean, I'm not always a fan of Musk, or his politics, personality, emotional intelligence, values, communication style, etc etc :P, but... Tesla Cars exist, SpaceX rockets exist, and they largely work (even if I'm not personally
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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   I believe there is a lot of push back in UK. I love the idea personally
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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   USA and Canadian pricing is clearly different, fascinating! We just got a Kia Rio 5 for $20K CAD (starting price is $17K CAD). Which is less than 25% the price of Tesla Y starting at $68-70k (see my sibling comment a bit up for breakdown de
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   by NikolaNovak 3y ago

   Tesla Model Y, according to website, starts at 70k CAD. Toyota RAV4, according to website, starts at 36K CAD. So that's plus or minus twice the price :-/ Other way of looking at it - even if it were "Only $15k USD differenc
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    I know that to be the case. I've checked the numbers from reputable sources numerous times. But my mind still fails to comprehend this. It's a $80k cad luxury idiosyncratic vehicle. How's this out-selling civic and corolla, k
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    We are, sadly,practically twins in this. My mom died from lung cancer at 50. Horrible horrible way to go. My dad is 79 and (thankfully) going reasonably well. Bit started smoking in early early teens ;-(
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    Yup, I had a deepmind 12. Kinda regret selling it. The keyboard and build were decent. I found you had to menu dive the built in FX to make interesting sounds, but as a unique synthesizer it was a very good entry :). I also have a small xen
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    I mean... I get some of the feeling there, but based on precedent, behringer version would've included midi (pricing vs cloning considerations aside)
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    That is fascinating! Previously roads were yellow on almost white and I could find them instantly. Now roads are gray in slightly lighter gray and I struggle mightily to get the feel of the road grid! Do you mind sharing where do you use it
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    Many modern cars are throttle by wire. Orthogonally, many have electric power steering instead of hydraulic power steering, depending what is multiplying your force, but still with actual linkage from your arms / steering wheel, to the
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    That is fascinating but true! :) Would you mind elaborating, since we're here already? :) In particular, what makes the gray roads superior to yellow ones? I find it significantly harder to quickly figure out the layout / roadmap
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    Ask HN: Why did Google Maps turn ugly?

    39 points by NikolaNovak 3y ago|24 comments
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    In Canada, early in the kindergarten they start teaching kids that "equal" and "just" and "same" aren't always synonyms. A good example they use is when kids of different heights may want to see or reach s
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    I think the most important thing about remote, local, and hybrid work is "it depends". To other people's point, this is only an issue for a small percentage of population - many jobs are inherently physical. Of the ones where
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    I came from a country which was... not particularly liberal or progressive. My dad is pushing 80. So he has at times some pretty old school knee jerk reactions about social progress. About once a decade he asks, somewhat grouchily, "Wh
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    Would you care to elaborate? I find two distinct reasons why people may dislike or speak against a news source : 1. Quality of investigation, journalism, writing, reportage 2. disagreement with overt or subtle position, bias and perspective
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    Yes, as I said, I spent much of my life around oracle products. Most are freely downloadable for non production purposes.
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    I like the distinction, and I think there should exist different terms, but I don't think those two are nearly universal. Many people will use them interchangeably, others may even think other way around ("programming" as a p
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    First, VirtualBox is an Oracle product, so I'm not sure which side you're advocating :) More to the point, I think VirtualBox is the equivalent, broadly, of VMWare Workstation/VMWare Player; which is a specific individual pro
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    But to me, Oracle is the canonical example of getting nerds while they're young. In university, I had access to Oracle databases, Oracle manuals, Oracle Linux, etc. Not through some special university approved lab set up - I could just
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    Yes. It's very Knives Out : glass onion. Millionaires acting like sycophants to billionaires who are sycophants to multi-multi-billionaires. Massive deals over adoring text messages. Personality cults. All the things that you'd li
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    He is seemingly quite critical. Not from any technical knowledge. Maybe his vision and business acumen, but mostly because at that level the tech-bro ceo founders stick together. Not in any formal conspiracy sense, just they have faith and
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    But at its best, government agencies are exactly that. It's free people in a free market learning from their mistakes and saying "well THAT sucked! Let's not do THAT again!". But you know, more efficiently, as is the mar
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    It's slow as heck for me this morning. Also, asking the usual questions frequently gets it stuck in "Searching Bing for this answer" or something similar, but not 100% of the time.
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    by NikolaNovak 3y ago

    Very nice, and there's two paths forward for you: 1. Awareness that not everybody can or wants or dares to do that or be you. There's other people in this world! :) 2. LoL-ing other people for not being you Entirely you choice! :)