Tronno

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by Tronno 7y ago
Of course humans will survive, but what about our civilization? That seems less likely. I also fear the "natural correction" will be violent, painful, and potentially apocalyptic in scale. Watching everything we built crumble, wat
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by Tronno 7y ago
This reads like anyone asking a question with an obvious (to you) answer is automatically branded as "intellectually lazy", instead of simply ignorant or genuinely curious. Is it better for outsiders/juniors to study "th
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by Tronno 7y ago
They were probably referring to speed/ease of development, not application performance.
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by Tronno 7y ago
If price is your goal you can do better. The melons (expensive) can be replaced with a breakfast of oats (one of the cheapest, healthiest sources of carbs). This can be more filling too. The cottage cheese and sardines can be replaced with
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by Tronno 7y ago
On HN I occasionally see programming conventions used in otherwise normal writing. E.g. "at $big_corp we like to use $process". I can't stand it. It's the linguistic equivalent to wearing a bowtie and pocket protector.
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by Tronno 7y ago
Lego has an annual revenue in the billions and has recently grown bigger than Mattel or Hasbro. So, yes
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by Tronno 7y ago
There's nothing absurd about it. CS6 has retina support, and I use it too. It has all the features I need - nothing added in the last 6 years has been worth switching to the subscription model.
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by Tronno 7y ago
"Now progressives are trying to reinstitute segregation and promoting the idea that people should be judged on skin color and not content of character while conservatives fight them on these changes." That's quite a statement
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by Tronno 7y ago
The article clearly states China was believed to be responsible.
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by Tronno 7y ago
Surely there was a way to let the appropriate people in charge know about these programs They've been informed. Perhaps not in a way that you or they might approve of, but they've certainly been informed, loudly and clearly. Of
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by Tronno 7y ago
I've had some success getting friends and family to install Signal.
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by Tronno 7y ago
We already have three functioning interstellar probes - there might not be much benefit in building one specifically to accompany an interstellar object, unless the idea is to sample it.
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by Tronno 7y ago
Without having listened to the podcast, another way to frame this is using the concept of yes/no questions, who/when/what/why/how questions, and open-ended questions. Y/N questions are not very revealing and ar
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by Tronno 7y ago
There are drawbacks to every option. Given the choice between a surveillance state and a propaganda state, I will always choose the latter - at least you get some agency over what media you consume and which statements you believe. Surveill
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by Tronno 8y ago
I wish they had gone more in-depth on what strategies they used to grow the social network in the early days. I have a feeling that's relevant to a lot of folks on this site.
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by Tronno 8y ago
He is ironically quoting the POTUS: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/very-legal-and-very-cool
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by Tronno 8y ago
"Nobel" is the name of a scientist and his namesake prize; the word you're looking for is "noble".
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by Tronno 9y ago
I have the same device, with the same issues. I fixed the USB cable by using a needle (or other thin, hard object) to clean months of hard-packed lint out of the USB port. The cable now snaps in securely and charges reliably. You can also r
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by Tronno 9y ago
The difference is in that, while CCTV cameras are usually visible and obvious (many areas even have signs indicating as such), most people are unaware they are being tracked in the manner described in the article. CCTV and GPS "fencing