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by archagon 1y ago
Even a war at the scale of WWII every half-century is far better than a nuclear exchange. MAD works until it doesn’t. It’s almost inevitable that some cretin will hit the shiny red button at some point.
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by archagon 1y ago
Why Fruits and Veggies Are So Crazy Cheap in Chinatown: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11981063
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by archagon 1y ago
…what?
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by archagon 1y ago
Most Mastodon instances already have moderation. Can that be leveraged? Or does it tend to be too permissive? If I only show comments from a well-moderated Mastodon instance that my main account is on, plus any instances that it federates w
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by archagon 1y ago
It's possible that it will become mass adopted in the future on account of its (effective) uncensorability. The gulf between Bluesky and Mastodon UX is, in my opinion, relatively small and fixable with a bit of effort.
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by archagon 1y ago
I'm in the process of writing up a blog post on how network shares on macOS are kind of cursed. Highlights: * Files on SMB shares sometimes show up as "NDH6SA~M" or similar, even though that's not their filename on the a
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by archagon 1y ago
“Comments Owl for Hacker News.”
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by archagon 1y ago
Related: “Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump” https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-...
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Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump(theverge.com)
31 points by archagon 1y ago|6 comments
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by archagon 1y ago
Just as a reminder: "Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life." —Elon Musk, Sept. 2024 Ick. Ick. Ick.
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by archagon 1y ago
Human art will become bolder, more dynamic, and a lot more weird to keep ahead of the GenAI digestive tract. Forever avant garde. I'm actually a little excited to see what happens.
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by archagon 1y ago
Nevertheless, I think it's unconscionable to let landlords arbitrarily increase rent and evict people at will. Rent control and increasing the housing supply should be orthogonal issues, more or less.
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by archagon 1y ago
If you live in rent controlled housing in SF, your rent increases are gonna be a lot less than 10% a year. And you're unlikely to ever be evicted due to a house sale. During our last apartment search, it was not particularly difficult
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by archagon 1y ago
While financially this is true, it does not account for aggressive landlords deciding to spike rent and/or deciding to sell and evicting. Housing stability can be worth a lot. (Of course, strong tenant protections help mitigate this is
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by archagon 1y ago
Uh, that’s a weirdly cynical take on it. They’re not “reinventing” the concept of a family, they’re choosing their family. I’m not sure why that’s so strange to you versus, I guess, raising kids in some sort of isolated nuclear family type
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by archagon 1y ago
Maybe ask some actual women instead of random men in tech?
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by archagon 1y ago
Why would I spend my precious time wallowing in filth and squalor with some radicalized “influencers” who spout evil nonsense and entirely lack self awareness? I’d rather go read a book and discuss it with some actually intelligent friend
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by archagon 1y ago
Should it be the responsibility of a periodical to publish every random Nazi op-ed? (And then send out push notifications for it?) Assholes can self-publish, as always, IMO.
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by archagon 1y ago
I mean, that’s not great. But saying “they shouldn’t do that” accomplishes nothing. People will wield their power to cancel whether you like it or not. Want it to end? Work towards making people feel like they can actually seek justice when
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by archagon 1y ago
I think the main issue is people being fed up with society treating them like crap and taking advantage of an opportunity to do something about it.
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by archagon 1y ago
Well, maybe women who’ve been sexually harassed for most of their lives, and who couldn’t even feel safe at their own community events, were fed up with “letting it go.” (Caveat: I have no idea what happened with this particular person.)
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by archagon 1y ago
May he rest in peace. In memoriam, this hourlong recording of a concert in Copenhagen is a joy to watch: https://youtu.be/QHPmRJIoc2k
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by archagon 1y ago
I don't really have a source, but here's a bit about it: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2022-1-spring/notes-here-t... I've seen it first-hand, too. Pastry chefs in particular seem to appreciate t
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by archagon 1y ago
FWIW, most high-end restaurants rely on induction these days. (Sometimes, though not always, exclusively.)
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by archagon 1y ago
What are you even talking about? Not everything has to be interpreted in the context of some cataclysmic battle of ideologies. And this sort of policy is not uncommon in other parts of the Western world.
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by archagon 1y ago
When I was looking for an apartment in SF, it seemed like half the places we viewed smelled a bit like gas in the kitchen. And then the apartment we ended up renting turned out to have leaking gas pipes basically throughout the entire plumb
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by archagon 1y ago
If I dated somebody who was abusive or a cheater, I would absolutely want everyone in their future dating pool to know. There's nothing evil about that; if anything, it's more "evil" to stay silent and let innocent peopl
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by archagon 1y ago
Maybe if all these creepy men just dated each other and left women alone, the problem would solve itself.
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by archagon 1y ago
Uh, and who are you, exactly?
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by archagon 1y ago
It’s telling that there seem to be no AI companies with “boring” CEOs. It’s all glassy-eyed zealots talking about how their product will upend the workforce.

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