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by RHSeeger 1y ago
I watch this with my daughter and we love it. I love shows with "narration", talking about the context/details of things, and Dr Stone really nails that (I know the main character isn't really a narrator.. but it accompl
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I love password managers. I dislike passkeys. So clearly that's not the case.
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- a lower false positive rate looking at school and credentials than any skill test they give. - don't really care about false negative rates That pretty much sums it up right there. And it's not hard at all to see _why_ this is t
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
When we got our first (10M) hard drive for our IBM PC (the original IBM PC), we had to buy a second case for it; because the power supply in the first one couldn't power it. On the positive side, it meant we had somewhere to put the TV
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> And you end up with more variety, as you experience the full gamut of idiosyncratic tastes. That's only a benefit if you're interested in variety. For a lot of people, their idiosyncratic tastes are things they _don't_ l
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> he proved out a viable business with just a few hundred dollars of investment That statement is a bit of a stretch though, because > charging a fraction of their monthly cost I have to assume at least part of his success was the pri
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
> The prior comment says encryption saves lives and that is accepted without question, but the idea that empowering law enforcement saves lives is met with a request for evidence. Why did you not reply to both claims the same way? Even i
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The way the API was used incorrectly "worked", and the game didn't see the negative impact of it because it was "fixed away". And then the incorrect usage is used again on another game and doesn't get the &quot
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
I can't reply to the person that replied to you, so > You’re looking as a dev, but the reality is that a consumer cannot see technical debt. The consumer can't _see_ technical debt, but they sure as heck can be impacted by it.
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> A company that uses scam tactics to grab money from people has basically admitted that they don’t believe they can succeed in an open marketplace of goods and services. It's exactly the opposite of that. The fact that scare/s
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> there are also urgent care clinics that are good for that sort of thing It's also worth noting that visiting Urgent Care clinics is getting more and more expensive, with insurance covering less and less of it. It's frustratin
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
When I was looking for a new Primary Care physician, the first appointment I could get was for 6 months out. I wound up being able to solve the problem with a video call, but that only worked because of the specific situation. The last time
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
> our money (the taxes they owe) I'm all for removing loopholes where it's possible. However - It's not "our money". It's money that, we a society, feel validated in taking from members of our society to pay
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
I think it's about as easy as writing bug-free software. And I can count the number of non-trivial pieces of software that are likely to be bug-free on one hand.
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I expect it is _much_ harder than you think it is.
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Is it unrealistic to include something like an "abstract/summary/intent" with the law? Something like > This law is intended to make it illegal for the driver of a motor vehicle to use a mobile device in a way that it
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
Back when I was in college, we used to play various tabletop RPGs a lot. For one of them (DragonQuest), the rules we had were fairly complex (game rules + house rules) and covered a lot of situations. The general rule of thumb was that, if
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
> Socialization makes sense for public goods, but healthcare and parental leave are both nonpublic. Challenge. Healthcare is very much a public "good". The healthier evereyone is, the less we spend on healthcare overall. And th
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> To that end, I think it is fully appropriate for the society to collapse if individuals within it determine to forgo children. We shouldn't redistribute from some to others purely to ensure society's continuum. Instead, indiv
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>> "Why should I have to pay for Debbie across the country to have a kid? Or Fred across the state?" > Because they pay for the same benefits you get, that they might not reap as often as you. I'd set the reason as e
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What about people that are on their way to work (or somewhere else time sensitive) who want to be aware of places with a slowdown because of checkpoints?
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How does that differ from each person having their own password? Right now, if the service only allows for a single login (username/password), then is there a reason to believe it would allow multiple people to have different passkeys?
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
I have yet to see a compelling argument for passkeys that is strong enough to overpower it's negatives. - I want to be able to share passwords for accounts with my family (some, but not all of them) - I want to be able to load up my lo
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by RHSeeger 1y ago
Discord is fine as a active chat medium. It is absolutely awful as an information store. Even beyond the "can't be indexed by search engines" (which is catastrophically bad all by itself), it's just horrible for dealing
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> Cultivating and cooking food is what allowed us to do everything since. To repeat what I said before, more clearly - Growing and cooking food is currently profitable. - Growing and cooking food _a certain way_ is not profitable - Growi
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> there was a cash flow savings ... in your case. There was a cash flow savings in your case. I've moved several times and done the math each time. Sometime it's been more cost effective to own, sometimes to rent. There are a l
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> Housing prices are constantly rising Housing prices are _generally_ rising. It's entirely possible to buy a house and wind up selling it later, having lost money in it. Many times through no real fault.
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That was my first thought. I'm sorry, no. That offer is between them and me, and I'm not comfortable sharing information that isn't owned solely by me. All you need to take out of it is that that offer is my current lower bar
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> That the foundational discipline of humanity - nutrition via hunting, gathering, or growing - is no longer a "profitable enterprise"? I don't understand this statement. These things aren't unprofitable. Doing these
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That's not really comparing apples to apples though. > A human co-worker can submit one version of code and usually have it accepted with a single review, no other "versions" to verify. But that human co-worker spent a lot

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