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by alex_c 1y ago
Disappointed this link has nothing to do with Dwarf Fortress.
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by alex_c 1y ago
Except you do still have to think about time, no matter what… Libraries will help with the really messy details, but even the high level requirements have a lot of pitfalls. “Simple” example that anyone who’s ever worked on a scheduling app
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by alex_c 1y ago
I don't know anything about Cord beyond this article, but my team has worked on many projects over the years where we had to add chat / commenting / notifications functionality. I can see this being a tough market. One - it&#
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by alex_c 2y ago
>What's the alternative? A customer service job where you can be rude? There are cultural norms which we all have to obey in a workplace. Yes, it is a cultural norm. It varies from culture to culture. There are lots of countries &#
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Mastering Atari Games with Natural Intelligence(verses.ai)
31 points by alex_c 2y ago|14 comments
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by alex_c 2y ago
For public health decisions I agree, but I'm not making those decisions. For private health decisions (should my family go to a splash pad or not) the average rate, or chance of infection from one visit relative to other activities, wo
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by alex_c 2y ago
OK, this is incredibly gross, and I don't want to downplay it. But it's worth pointing out this is over 25 years of data, or around 400 recorded cases/year.
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by alex_c 2y ago
The functionality looks very very cool. But the privacy policy raises an eyebrow - am I overreacting? Usage Information. To help us understand how you use our Services and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information abou
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by alex_c 2y ago
This comment lists most of the questions I would ask. Couldn't agree more. Only advice I would add for the OP: Check if your contract with the vendor includes any business continuity clauses. What happens to their solution, their co
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by alex_c 2y ago
As CEO / owner of a small business... god I hope so, where do I sign up! The article lists a couple examples of “virtual” CEOs. Disappointing not to see any kind of critical thought or analysis on what that actually means in practice,
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Simple Equation Predicts the Shapes of Carbon-Capturing Wetlands(quantamagazine.org)
1 points by alex_c 2y ago|0 comments
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by alex_c 2y ago
BlockBear on iOS works well enough.
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by alex_c 3y ago
“We are the universe experiencing itself”… so technically, yes?
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by alex_c 3y ago
I am fascinated by this - how wildly different experiences can be in different pockets of the industry. The only way I can see 400k+ salaries is if your requirements are a very restrictive Venn diagram of: * Geographical location (assuming
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by alex_c 3y ago
I just downloaded the app and thoroughly enjoyed playing the first random game I tried - “Where’s Madeleine”: https://downpour.games/~holly/where-s-madeleine I really love this. It feels like a throwback to a much sim
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by alex_c 3y ago
To make it more explicit, the term comes from “castle moat” - a form of defense that makes it more difficult for others to attack your castle (or in this context, more difficult to compete with your product/company).
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by alex_c 3y ago
Fair point, but on the other hand I wonder how much stuff is reduced or reused - which are supposed to come before recycling - if residents feel the real cost of disposing of all this stuff.
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by alex_c 3y ago
Genuinely baffled at the business strategy of taking a relatively low cost commodity product, and attempting to turn it into a higher-cost (in the long term) subscription. Like, I get it in the spreadsheet sense that more money and recurrin
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by alex_c 3y ago
I felt like the PDF format must’ve been newer than the old dialup times, but it was released in 1993… TIL!
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by alex_c 3y ago
The incredible part for me is that technical exploits can now be written in plain English - really a blurry line between this and social engineering. What a time to be alive!
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by alex_c 3y ago
>We weigh the severity of each type of problem to create a predicted reliability score for each vehicle, from 1 to 100. It bothers me to see a 1 to 100 scale for this - what does the number actually mean in practice? Comparing a score o
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Ask HN: Animation Software for Kids?
2 points by alex_c 3y ago|2 comments
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by alex_c 3y ago
“There is no reasoning, no truth, no falsehood, no lies” etc is as close as it gets to the actual definition of “bullshit” used here. I agree with you about anthropomorphizing terms like “hallucinating” and “lies”, which imply belief, inten
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by alex_c 3y ago
Or roughly 2 millimeters of rail per person :)
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by alex_c 3y ago
Very cool! I was briefly toying with something similar just last week. Main challenge I see is character consistency. I really like the way you set up the prompts, but even so: Outfit - a simple black sleeveless gi with white pants, a blac
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by alex_c 3y ago
Linked elsewhere in this thread: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2023/10/popular-physicspr... I understand (at an undergrad level) superimposing light waves. But this blows my mind: At the same time, Fer
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by alex_c 3y ago
I agree, I assume the manufacturers aren’t out there writing code to detect, categorize and store sexual acts happening in their cars, and then selling that data to third parties. But the fact that we’re even discussing this is ridiculous.
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by alex_c 3y ago
Would be a lot more refreshing if Flexport gave some compensation to those affected. If not, the only real difference from a corporate blog post is in style of communication but not in substance.
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by alex_c 3y ago
The “flag” button on iPhone falls exactly in the screen area where my thumb naturally rests for scrolling. I thought I usually notice when I accidentally flag something and I undo it right away, but apparently not. Looks like my ratio of ac
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by alex_c 3y ago
Link to the app listing (op’s link goes to the data safety info): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.syncapps.le...

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