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by agar 4y ago
Isn't a better question: why would you want /any/ government involved in your marriage? This argues for federal legislation that defines marriage simply as a compact between two consenting adults with some basic legal record
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by agar 4y ago
Extending your Github analogy, do you see a future Copilot type of generative AI for circuit boards?
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by agar 4y ago
Key early stage valuation drivers include quality of the founder/team, history of success, and market opportunity (especially if a fundamentally disruptive technology). All three of these are off the charts.
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by agar 4y ago
hah, I remember when "submicron technology" was the bleeding edge of chip design. :-) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/554
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by agar 4y ago
Climate change
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by agar 4y ago
I love the idea but hate that I'm so cynical about the likely outcome.
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by agar 4y ago
Switching between high and low on my induction cooktop is immediate. If you can see red coils on your mom's stove under the glass, it's not induction.
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by agar 4y ago
As usual, Stephenson is at his best when he's taking current trends and extrapolating them to almost absurd extremes...until about a decade passes and you realize they weren't that extreme after all. I loved that he extended the c
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by agar 4y ago
The irony is that when the majority of content becomes computer-generated, most of that content will also be computer-consumed. Neil Stephenson covered this briefly in "Fall; or Dodge In Hell." So much 'net content was garbag
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by agar 4y ago
Is the EHT "only" planet scale, or is it taking a second measurement 180 days later to increase the effective diameter of the virtual antennae to the width of the earth's orbit?
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by agar 4y ago
Thank you for the most concise, accurate, and unbiased answer I've seen.
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by agar 4y ago
There's a bit of nuance here. Major shareholders wouldn't say "elon can buy twitter." Major shareholders don't care who owns Twitter. They don't give permission. They only care about the return on their investm
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by agar 5y ago
A student who pays tuition for 4 or 5 years is more profitable than one who drops out (or transfers) after a year. Their interests are (generally) aligned with their statements, in that they want to find people who will be a good fit for th
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by agar 5y ago
I'm simply unable to follow the flow of logic that gets you from my comment, which reflected the statement of an admissions officer, to your conclusion about how "people who think like me" would dismiss Asian kids. The admiss
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by agar 5y ago
This thread is filled with people arguing false dichotomies: "test scores" vs. "fancy extra-curriculars" or "rich experiences" vs. "working class experiences." I recently saw one child into college, a
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by agar 5y ago
This was probably a response to a hack that occurred in 2014. It wouldn't surprise me if it was mandated by the FAA or similar regulatory body. https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/us/fbi-hacker-flight-com
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by agar 5y ago
Calling it a "billionaire space race" always makes me laugh. If orbit is a marathon, two billionaires have made it to about the 10 mile mark, while the third one has run 112 successful marathons in a row.
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by agar 5y ago
We've received Harry & David gifts in the past and - if you're expecting exotic fruits - you'll be very disappointed. The presentation is beautiful, but getting 5 under-ripe pears wrapped in gold foil does not seem worth
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by agar 5y ago
How I hope the New York Times improves Wordle: > The Wordle URL moves to https://newyorktimes.com/wordle . That is all. How I hope the New York Times monetizes Wordle: > The Wordle URL moves to https://newyo
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by agar 5y ago
In a true Zero Trust model, every client device would have the minimum number of network permissions necessary to do its job - as would every other device. Every device could only connect to known good/known necessary endpoints over sp
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by agar 5y ago
I see this as the exact point of the Zero Trust terminology. People extend your exact trust assertions to their networks, and bad actors exploit it to effect a compromise. A corporate network cannot be like your home. Zero Trust says that y
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by agar 5y ago
The flipside: I've recently been working with a company that was audited and called out for allowing too many security policy exceptions. As a result, unless you can satisfy every one of their requirements, regardless of mitigating con
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by agar 5y ago
That flipchart presentation reminds me of so many PowerPoints that I'm feeling a little targeted...
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by agar 5y ago
> The investors will be demanding the results eventually. I wish I had time to dig into Activision's financials to get a better feel on this. They earned $2B last quarter, with over $500m going to Cost of Revenue. For a software com
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by agar 5y ago
So imagine deciding to spend $10 on that game, then realizing it's on GamePass. You now can choose wither to spend that same $10 to have access to 150+ games (including that one that's on sale), or just that game. Sure, that $10 g
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by agar 5y ago
Even if blockbusters like CoD aren't Microsoft (PC+Xbox) exclusive, the power of "play it first on GamePass" or "Plays best on Series X" is extremely compelling. Streamers, influencers, and competitive players whose
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Update: iPhone Camera app did not replace person's head with a leaf(twitter.com)
502 points by agar 5y ago|127 comments
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by agar 5y ago
I wish this could be pinned to the top. Perhaps a follow-up post to HN would be worthwhile. So many people will leave this thread incorrectly believing this was an iPhone problem. It could easily become the data point people use to cast dou
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by agar 5y ago
I find it overly amusing that the article is tagged with "CHRIST WHAT AN ASSHOLE". After clicking through to see other stories with the same tag, it's...apt.
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by agar 5y ago
Jeez, you're slagging the entire value of VR because your specific setup is finicky? Your complaints # 1-3 are a software issue that, while mildly annoying, will ultimately be resolved in an update. Creating a new guardian is literally

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