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by akudha 4mo ago
I don’t know what the right number is, but 8+ Billion doesn’t seem sustainable. It might be, if humans respected the environment, are nicer to each other etc. Since that doesn’t seem to be happening anytime soon, the next best option might
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by akudha 4mo ago
Does naming WiFi hotspot to reflect one’s political views achieve anything? I am not against free speech or expression of freedom, just wondering if such “protests” (assuming that is what this is) have any affect at all? Flying is already a
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by akudha 5mo ago
If the waiting time for a fire truck is 4 years, can't fire departments import from abroad?
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by akudha 5mo ago
“Extremely predictable payments” - I don’t own a home, so I don’t know about this - I have heard mostly horror stories about HOA. Can they hike maintenance fees arbitrarily? Also, what about insurance? Last I read, at least in FL, insurance
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by akudha 5mo ago
Wozniak has discussed his personal disdain for money and accumulating large amounts of wealth. He told Fortune magazine in 2017, "I didn't want to be near money, because it could corrupt your values ... I really didn't want
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by akudha 5mo ago
“If I don’t sell drugs, guns etc at the street corner, someone else will. Might as well be me, I’d like to make a few hundred Billion while I am at it” Is this a good justification though? I get what you’re saying, but the same argument you
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by akudha 5mo ago
My guess (and hope) is that next generations will find more meaning in physical labor, communal living etc, partly out of necessity (what young person can afford to buy even a small, simple home these days?) but mostly because they seem to
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by akudha 5mo ago
I agree with your parent comment. People should have the option to go on their own terms. Maybe many people won’t have the courage (as you phrased it) to do it, but that shouldn’t stop the ones who do. I recently learned of the term “medica
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by akudha 5mo ago
It is easy to be ethically and morally responsible, after one becomes rich, after one is retired. Until then, it is enough to follow the law just enough to not get fined. Actually, even that is a tall ask these days - fines are just c
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by akudha 5mo ago
$2000 - crazy! This might help smaller nations fighting with nastier, bigger neighbors (imagine Estonia fighting Russia, for instance). But at the same time, some moderately funded terror groups can also make these, right? Or am I off base
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by akudha 6mo ago
These two videos might be of some help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A654vzQTGbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN4njIQcSR4
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by akudha 6mo ago
When the history of this administration is written I often think about how much we can trust history 20-30 years from now. It is hard to trust history from hundreds of years ago, either because it was written by victors or because there j
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by akudha 6mo ago
I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes. From: https://x.com/AuthorJMac/status/1773679197631701238 As a
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by akudha 7mo ago
How is it fair to compare a Show HN project with official government datasets? People depend on government datasets, multi-billion dollar businesses are built on top of them. A show HN project is typically someone building it in a weekend
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by akudha 7mo ago
Wouldn’t consolidation lead to monopoly? If 50 local governments use the same SaaS/vendor, the 51st local government would likely go for the same vendor just because 50 others used that vendor before them, no? What prevents the vendor
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by akudha 7mo ago
So many countries (Russia is reported to be helping Orban, for example) meddle in other countries' affairs, even when it doesn't affect them at all, directly or indirectly. These days a lot of damage can be done online (propaganda
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by akudha 7mo ago
I have been in flights, elevators (not joking), coffee shops where people were listening to music or were on phone calls, on speaker. There are some weirdos amongst us. There were a handful of reports of people singing religious music, in p
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by akudha 7mo ago
It kept asking “can I do this, can I do that” and I kept saying Yes. It ended up being a VERY lengthy conversation, it started repeating itself towards the end. Not all of it was bad though. A lot of the questions were actually relevant. No
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by akudha 7mo ago
if there's no guardrails to prevent peoeple without souls or the accompanying morals I am curious - how do you even begin to police such a thing like polymarket? Wouldn't it take enormous resources to do it? Is it even worth it
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by akudha 7mo ago
I understand your point, but there are only X number of seats in an airplane, airline seats are physical products. Why should the same be applicable to a digital product? I mean, it is their property so they are free to charge whatever they
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by akudha 7mo ago
Because it is much easier to do more damage (disinformation, propaganda etc) with today's technology than ever before. Radio could do more damage than newspapers, TV could do more damage than radio, internet can do way more damage th
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by akudha 7mo ago
Can someone ELI5 how this would work? Is it possible to accurately calculate the amount, with the tariff percentages changing on a weekly basis? If companies do get refunds, do they just keep it? After all, it was the end user who paid&#x2F
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by akudha 8mo ago
they only care about winning To be fair, this is true in nearly all industries and for nearly all companies. Almost everyone is chasing money and monopoly. Not that it makes it right, just pointing out it isn’t unique or even interesting
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by akudha 8mo ago
I have used AI a bit, like it for a bunch of use cases. But god damn, these numbers are so big. Gotta wonder, are the returns even worth it? RAM prices up, electricity prices up, hard disk prices up… Maybe this is the price to pay for “prog
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by akudha 8mo ago
Yes, humans want to make art. But most humans would also want their art to be seen, appreciated at minimum. Would be nice if they can make a living out of it. I am not trying to turn all threads into AI debate, but AI threat to art is a leg
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by akudha 8mo ago
People throughout Wales sing this song 130 years later I wonder how far are we from a song that is entirely generated by AI and becomes as loved as a song created by a human, and is still sung/played by people decades later? It feels
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by akudha 8mo ago
It is very time consuming, tiring and takes effort to do principled shopping. For most people, convenience and price are more important than principles. I can’t think of many (any?) big companies that I’d be happy to give my money to, they
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by akudha 8mo ago
One of the smartest people I’ve met in my life is a plumber, who failed 5th grade and never went back to school. He can’t even read/write basic sentences in his native language and he can only speak one language, his native. Yet, he is
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by akudha 8mo ago
What is wrong with using Linux?
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by akudha 9mo ago
Is the Lite plan enough for your projects?

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