ViktorRay

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Too much Chinese science is ignored by the West(economist.com)
6 points by ViktorRay 2mo ago|2 comments
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
Worth mentioning that Google has the same tax in Google Maps. It is bad for the same reasons that the Amazon Tax mentioned in the post is bad… Many times I search for a restaurant like McDonalds and the top result won’t be the one nearest t
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
Wait isn’t there actually the opposite HN guideline? In that LLM generated content is not allowed here?
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
You know is peculiar how discourse evolves on the Internet. So many folks have been posting Twitter links from this exchange in separate threads here on HN and arguing about them. I’m sure these threads are being argued about in other forum
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
What I find interesting is that these kinds of arguments are being made now for AI….were similar arguments made back in the 90’s during that era of American tech dominance? Microsoft had over 98 percent market share at one point. In the 90’
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
Also the American Board of Medical Specialties didn’t officially approve Emergency Medicine as its own speciality until 1979. Emergency Medicine is a fairly new speciality. Many people are surprised by this but it’s true.
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
Wait after reading the article it simply says that many of these hired people also play video games. Their definition of “video gamer” is literally just somebody who says they play games. I don’t see what the big deal is. Lots of young peop
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
Comments here are surprising to me. I get folks don’t like Zuckerberg and his company and don’t trust his intentions… I don’t either. But this is an unquestionably good thing right?. The more open source software out there the better. And t
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by ViktorRay 2mo ago
Ironically your comment here also breaks HN guidelines. Specifically the one where you aren’t supposed to accuse other people of not reading the articles.
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An Opioid Empire in the Center of Africa(wsj.com)
3 points by ViktorRay 3mo ago|0 comments
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Sales of Valve's Steam Deck crater after recent price hike(arstechnica.com)
5 points by ViktorRay 3mo ago|1 comments
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by ViktorRay 3mo ago
The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles launched in Fall of 2020. That’s almost 6 years ago. The PlayStation 6 and the new Xbox should be launching soon. If not this fall then perhaps next fall when it will be 7 years from the launch of
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by ViktorRay 3mo ago
This makes me curious. Are there any documented essays or reactions from the great chefs of back in the day reacting to the first microwave dinners?
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by ViktorRay 3mo ago
Why not just read the news once a week? I remember back many years ago I would only think about politics and all that when I read The Economist once every few days. Or I would read NewsWeek once a week. Aside from that I wouldn’t think abou
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
Snark definition: “an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm” Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snark Indignant definition: “feeling or showing anger because of something unjust o
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
I’ve never seen any of the moderators here be snarky or indignant to anyone. Do you have any specific examples of where dang or another moderator posted in that way?
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American Ebola Unit Sparks Fury, Protests and a Political Crisis in Kenya(nytimes.com)
5 points by ViktorRay 4mo ago|1 comments
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
Fascinating that this story was published in 1932 and it mentions “atomic explosives” and energy that is derived from atoms.
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The Woman who stowed away on a ship to report on D-Day(bbc.com)
3 points by ViktorRay 4mo ago|0 comments
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
I actually don’t think the post was AI generated. It’s written in the same kind of style high school students are supposed to write for English class. When I was high school I would write essays in that style for English class and I was in
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
Hey just wanted to respond and let you know you were right. I really was referring to “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom”.
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
“The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling” is also a good story. But I really was referring to “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom”. I hope what I am about to write below in the rest of my comment here isn’t too much of a spoiler. It might
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
Ted Chiang is brilliant. His novella “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” altered the course of my life. It changed the way I looked back at certain pivotal moments in my life and taught me to think about those pivotal moments differently
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
The answer is simple. “If you don’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will.” - Steve Jobs
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
There is absolutely no reason for a doctor to make over $1000 for a 15 minute conversation. No doctor makes this much for a 15 minute conversation. A small portion of that money is going to the doctor. Much of it goes to all the other asp
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Tolkien explains why the Fellowship didn't fly the Eagles to Mordor [video](youtube.com)
3 points by ViktorRay 4mo ago|0 comments
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
In the Miami area it is similar. On Saturdays, in the town of Surfside, I would frequently see many Orthodox Jewish people at the beaches and cheerfully going for walks and so on. A pleasant and wonderful atmosphere.
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
The Industrial Revolution led to a substantial decrease in agricultural jobs for humanity. But ultimately there were new jobs created. This happens with every technological innovation. It’s called creative destruction. The idea that some te
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by ViktorRay 4mo ago
Threads like that are interesting. Where it’s not clear if the original question is brilliant or stupid and you get people reacting differently.

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