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YouTube addiction, one month sober(sophiajt.com)
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Subtracting Projects(blog.usmanity.com)
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> collecting dust on the shelf within a few months Not even that, apparently many customers are already returning them[1]. Most of the hype, as usual, is tech reviewers who want to stay relevant. Early adopters will naturally chase any a
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Start in the Middle (2010)(coderoom.wordpress.com)
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> We already continuously refine our laws to cover edge cases. Exactly the author's point. There's no set of rules that clear every possibility. You just keep adapting, and the other side will keep involving. > the author co
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> A huge portion of the ‘no vehicles in the park’ questions are already answered by existing US aviation laws It's just an illustration of how a seemingly simple rule at first glance is open to be interpreted differently. Sure you c
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Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed(danluu.com)
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> What is the factual basis for saying that Firefox was neglected? Lots of stuff is repeated around here, but it's not impression from any facts. Interesting, what do you attribute Firefox's bleeding out marketshare steadily ov
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> Lots of tech companies are laying off people, and generally not all layoffs are wrong. How do you distinguish whether Mozilla's layoffs, etc, are wrong? No one is complaining about Mozilla's layoffs in a void. Even if they we
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by _xivi 3y ago
I'm not OP, but here're the highlights: - Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24563698 - Mozilla CEO says layoffs needed amid shift from browser
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OpenAI is built on top of Google advancements and research. It didn't change the game, more like took a shortcut and landed on a gold mine. The fact that many products and models including open source have catched up on such a short no
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by _xivi 3y ago
Related: - Microsoft Fast Design: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24083260 - 204 comments (Aug 2020)
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Nice project Gameplay wise, I find the feedback loop to be lacking tho. Right now, there's no much feedback other than "You got it wrong, actually, it's X. Anyway, moving on...". This makes it less of an educational gam
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> What difference does the elimination of paper money at POS make to ability to access electronic deposits? The difference it makes is that now you only have one way to access your savings. Any failures, technical issues, outage, etc. an
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> I do think society must have a resilient payment system - even if only as backup On that note we can agree. The goal is having a resilient system where you can access your funds when you need it most. See my other comment for backstory
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> Telling people they need to use a less convenient payment method only to keep it alive for an emergency also seems doomed to fail. Who said that? Certainly not me Personally, I'm not advocating for cash. I just think it's stu
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> It is also handled quite well already, as modern people have credit cards in their wallet, in their phone and on their watch. So there is already a 3-way backup that needs to break. Personally, I'd not use the word 'backup&#x
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> I really don't like cash and am happy to see it basically dead in the country. What would you do in case of a emergency or natural distaster? Basically a situation where any of the following is not available for any period of tim
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I think the ongoing banking crisis in Lebanon (similarly in Egypt and maybe elsewhere too) where there are restrictions on people's access to their deposits or making international transactions should be on everyone's mind when ta
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RSS?(darthmall.net)
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Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30595026 - 1 year ago (166 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22188877 - 3 years ago (253 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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ChatGPT knows things that Google doesn't(alexmolas.com)
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Previous discussion: C Is the Greenest Programming Language (33 comments) 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29263961
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It's a lot like serving remote areas, at the end of the day, it's just different demographic with different conditions and imbalance. The ideal solution to model after I think is banks, local but interconnected system. Amazon is t
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It Only Costs a Coffee per Month(kevquirk.com)
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> yet they[Valve] crank out new and innovative "products" every 4 years. So much so that they were essentially doing 90% of what Meta is trying to do now with 100x less people and budget. Innovative products every 4 years? Lol,
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Gish Gallop(rationalwiki.org)
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> In what sense? In that customers may stop using Carta? If so they probably will not suffer the consequences that badly Are you saying Carta doesn't give a fuck about their customers? Wow, lol. You (ironically?) hit the nail on the
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If you don't bring any 3rd party, that mean more direct exposure for yourself
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I bet when CGI was first introduced (~40 years ago), you'd have said the the same or even more hyped: "Dude, in two years, all movies would be made on a computer. All 3D and VFX, by a single guy in his basement. No production or f

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