SkyeCA

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by SkyeCA 1y ago
I am simply making the point that no verification system is going to be perfect, it's an impossible goal. I also would personally prefer we not destroy the internet in pursuit of that goal.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
What stops an adult from buying alcohol and letting an under-18 drink it?
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
The website and app UIs for these services weren't my problem, it's the overall UX and KYC is part of that. I don't want to go over all the issues I had, but to put it simply some were the fault of the service (I had major is
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
They're still miserable from a UX perspective and for those of us in KYC countries? It can be very burdensome to verify ourselves and actually exchange real money for them. Buying litecoin and sending it to someone else was a huge pain
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
I never considered government weather departments would provide APIs for their data, but after seeing your comment I went to see if Environment Canada provided one. I am very impressed by how how much data they provide free of charge. ht
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
According to a lot of people online? Yes, and they're the same type who will tell you an occasional glass of wine with a meal makes you an alcoholic.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
By this logic we could deduce that alcohol is also a net-positive for society. A lot of people doing something doesn't necessarily make that thing right, good, or beneficial.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
The real world isn't this black and white. It is possible to have issues with some American actions or policies without disliking the country or its people.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
Are they really changing the UI up again? I am actually so done at this point. The endless UI churn drives me absolutely mad, but I suppose when there's nothing left to do, making it look different is easy. I suppose a built in volume
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
As is tradition: Israel says jump, the US responds "How high?"
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
I may be the exception, but as someone who's 194cm tall I am both paying for more legroom and complaining about legroom.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
> It drives me crazy that em-dashes are supposedly a smell for AI now. They're an excellent tell for comments written on places like HN, Reddit, and other forms of social media. The average person (myself included) simply does not w
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
Sure some people want the news, but I find it kind of absurd that could justify a computer phoning home regularly. Making an API call when the user opens a news app is more than sufficient and quick enough to not notice. "What about th
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
> That is only because there is barely any open source software for Linux that is backed by cloud services. Some of us would call this a feature. I am quite happy to have control over my computer and the data on it without having to trus
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
Given the state of modern tech enthusiasts? The answer for many is likely no, no they have not.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
Crazier things have happened. It would not be shocking if a couple of people survived.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
I am honestly so done with American politics infecting every single part of the English internet. Thankfully there is usually some refuge for those of us who speak more than one language.
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
> It seems totally reasonable to me that arbitrary apps can't insert sounds into my call audio, am I wrong here? No, though I will say I'm upset with how protected calls have become on phones in recent years. I used to record e
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
I don't see the value to integrating this kind of thing with an LLM or find the presented use cases as compelling, but I'm always going to support more work related to Buttplug.io and I'm sure someone will find it useful. I
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
> You could barely make Brass Eye in 2001, as their 2001 special proved, I still hold that special up as one of the best pieces of satire to ever air on TV, but at the same time I'm shocked it was ever able to be produced and shown
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
> At some point the risk taking stopped and everything just became the same drudge. Same for all the big name movies these days, everyone is too scared to take a chance on something truly new. If you want a novel movie experience you bas
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
I think e621 would count. (Disclaimer it's a highly NSFW furry booru so I'm not going to provide a link on HN) It has has one of (if not) the best tagging systems of any website and between the tags and search filters you can find
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
Perhaps his friends and family were just being reasonable? Leaving banking to start a coffee shop is a drastic, risky move. Passion doesn't pay the bills or fund retirement and I'd legitimately wonder if someone was having a menta
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by SkyeCA 1y ago
I got bored of Beat Saber and stopped using VR for a while...then I tried VRchat and developed what some would call an addition.
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by SkyeCA 2y ago
> But why put your brand at the mercy of a government like that? I tend to trust my government (Canada) and I appreciate that WHOIS information is hidden by default for .ca domains. I live here and always will so it seems fit to use the
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by SkyeCA 2y ago
It's not just that there's no voting system it's that there's no names. It's pointless to argue on a site like Reddit, but it's ridiculous to argue back and forth on a site like 4chan where you can't even
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by SkyeCA 2y ago
They do not. Reddit is a big corporate social media site and largely gets a pass in online discourse despite the horrible communities that do and have existed there.
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by SkyeCA 2y ago
I'm not looking for corporate sanitized social media site #102032. Imageboards if nothing else allow people to be people and you know what? Sure sometimes people suck, but I don't want some overvalued social media companies in Ame
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by SkyeCA 2y ago
>I'm more focused on upping my cash reserves and bracing myself for a recession. I'm doing the same because I'm legitimately in fear of both economic troubles and/or losing my job as a result of all this uncertainty.
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by SkyeCA 2y ago
I have approximately zero sympathy for companies in this situation. They've done everything possible to quash worker's rights, collude on wages, and commit billions in wage theft against the very poorest of workers. As they say, &

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