altcognito

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by altcognito 2mo ago
In an ideal world we would roll back to the 1996 telecommunications laws. (or something approximating a sensible approach to less narrow share of the broadcast spectrum) I think anybody with a gripe about "mainstream media" should
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by altcognito 2mo ago
Timing belts are crazy strong. From my FRC work the amount of abuse and weight they will deal with is handy. Belts will burn through polycarb if it isn't tracking properly. They are strong enough to deform any pulley mount on a tight f
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by altcognito 2mo ago
He is saying "if we apply (or are applying) the same business mentality to government, we will get literally the worst government we are willing to tolerate based on money" It's not blaming. It's an explanation for proba
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by altcognito 2mo ago
Given the state of software today, I'd be happy with steak that was competently cooked. I love software development, but most of it is not high art, nor high performance, nor free of bugs.
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by altcognito 2mo ago
I don't have the time to look up the exact processes, but certain levels are replaced with every presidential cycle - so there's no question that there will be some change assuming they get power.
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by altcognito 2mo ago
As someone who lives in the great lakes region, we don't assume that because the resource is large in comparison to a human being that it is an endless resource. DCs operate at the scale of agriculture, even this one will consume/
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by altcognito 2mo ago
Oh good, I'm glad China is beating us in the path to stupidity. These types of projects are the dumbest things we ever did here. Classic! Nothing dumber than reallocating resources thouands of miles away from where they should be.
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by altcognito 2mo ago
> I was for them and now I'm against them until they pay for their own electricity. Exactly my sentiment. I don't even understand how this is controversial. The only ones who don't seem to get it are everyone making the pl
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by altcognito 2mo ago
> will over the individuals desire. If you believe corporations are people. Even billionaires really don't operate as individuals, they are a monster that we've let grow to have unchecked power across the entire federal governm
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by altcognito 2mo ago
In areas it's dry enough it is just leaving that watershed. It will be carried hundreds and thousands of miles away.
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by altcognito 2mo ago
I used to think it was just electricity. It could be just electricity, but when they try to divert hundreds of millions of gallons out of water scarce resources like the colorado river[1] in dry, HOT areas where water usage rises -- you
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by altcognito 2mo ago
> I'm not offended in the slightest > what a patronizing and absurd reply I had to double check my replies! The author, nor me implied it wasn't about being male, in fact it is explicitly called out. Check out this question:
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by altcognito 2mo ago
Guaranteed this is being used against journalists and their sources by the feds.
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by altcognito 2mo ago
I'm going to assume you left it off intentionally if you can't even address it. Read it again. They narrow it two ways in addition to being male: "0. but the main reason is that they are, overwhelmingly, males 1. who come
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by altcognito 2mo ago
I think you left this off. > the main reason is that they are, overwhelmingly, males Was that intentional? Do you disagree that tech is overwhelmingly male? Do you happen to be someone who believes in differences in the sexes? Just curio
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by altcognito 3mo ago
> the framing that npm is so bad is really flatly invalid. Is it really though if we're getting thousands of compromised packages regularly? You can do all the right things and still be legit problematic.
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by altcognito 3mo ago
> The actual risk that the author does not even broach upon for investors... the thing that will actually torpedo this massive investment are the open source open weight chinese models that commoditize the entire endeavor. So much this.
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by altcognito 3mo ago
> NPM is by no means the worst offender here Ok, I can agree it is a boring comment, but who is worse? NPM gets targeted both because it is popular and because there is a wider attack surface (lots of little packages promoted by a huge v
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Maybe they were looking to generate publicity. There's no way they picked those over the 4th and 5th place.
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by altcognito 3mo ago
I don't know why you got downvoted. In any case, this makes "sense", but doesn't make sense in that if we nuke the land in some way, distort it from a peaceful balance, I don't think it is "conserved"
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by altcognito 3mo ago
? The land isn't conserved if you can't use it?
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by altcognito 3mo ago
It's pseudorandom, and arguably random when you factor in some of the loss at the edges of floating point accuracy.
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Yep, thanks
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Do you have the reference for this, I remember seeing it recently but can't dig it up
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by altcognito 3mo ago
They definitely started blowing through that line when they started serving up content answers as results.
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Is Taiwan a country? What does it mean to have an efficient market? It is more important to focus on the questions than the persons who created it.
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Is there any proof of this at all beyond this random message?
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Ah, yeah, I think you got at the heart of it. I think I glossed over the fact that he was referring specifically to not listening to the people about surveillance.
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Edward Snowden?
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by altcognito 3mo ago
Totally. It also brings into focus what is being moderated for. It does seem like the most effective solutions are just to make sure the commentors are human.

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