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by basisword 3mo ago
Which, as I said, they bought. And then they ripped off the biggest feature. Most of the genuinely 'new' things they've tried with Instagram have failed.
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by basisword 3mo ago
Other than the original few years of Facebook has Zuck actually succeeded at anything new? Metaverse was a failure. Instagram and WhatsApp were both bought and Instagram's biggest feature is a straight rip from Snapchat. Occulus was bo
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by basisword 3mo ago
There are helpful use cases that aren't parasitic. I use it if I want to buy a bunch of clothes in multiple sizes. I return what I don't need and don't need to splurge up front. The people who get into debt for unnecessary st
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by basisword 3mo ago
Yes, something very wrong in the EU compared to the land of HOA's...
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by basisword 3mo ago
I'm surprised movies haven't yet moved to DRM free on purchases the way music did on iTunes back in 2009. With movie files being so large and people having streaming services integrated in their TV's I can't imagine ther
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by basisword 3mo ago
I think the biggest 'change' was when 'online' went from an activity you sat down in a specific spot in your house to enjoy for a couple of hours to something we have on our person 24/7 (sometimes via multiple devic
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by basisword 3mo ago
I got a 7000BTU one last week. One of cheapest I could find (I suspect some price gouging given the timing of my purchase). Very small, works in one small room. It was about £400. None of my family or friends have £400 sitting around that t
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by basisword 3mo ago
Most ordinary working people can't afford the cost of installing a system. Even a portable one. Edit: Downvoted because HN users don't understand living paycheque to paycheque. Talk about an echo chamber.
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by basisword 3mo ago
Presumably the AC systems themselves couldn't operate in that extreme heat. A lot of grocery stores in the UK, which are icy cold usually, had major issues with AC and refrigeration systems failing - I think because a lot of the equipm
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by basisword 3mo ago
If you're going to watch it multiple times it's cheaper to buy than rent (especially if you see it on offer). With streaming you're relying that at least one of the providers has what you want and then you have to pay for a m
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by basisword 3mo ago
With digital you're hoping the 'store' keeps it in storage for you in perpetuity so you can redownload/stream it. If you buy a DVD and lose it you can't go back for another free copy. There's definitely an issu
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by basisword 3mo ago
>> If we taught systems thinking in schools things like internet age verification would never get past being an idea on the back of a napkin. People struggle to consider the second-, third-, and nth-order effects of anything Does this
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by basisword 3mo ago
>> We don't have democracy - we can't vote on issues This is how democracy works pretty much everywhere. You vote for parties or people based on their policies.
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by basisword 3mo ago
European here. I like the cookie law. It's made it clear to people how much we're being tracked and I can choose to opt out. The implementation could of course be better but the real issue is the scummy web devs choosing to make i
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by basisword 4mo ago
Someday you'll pass the 'edgelord' phase of development (hopefully).
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by basisword 4mo ago
You can buy it on DVD. Then you don't need to worry about what streaming service (if any) currently holds the rights.
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by basisword 4mo ago
>> There’s a bunch of new code, but not anything customers are going to pay more for. This isn't an AI problem, it's a management issue. Why are you getting devs to build things that aren't going to generate revenue?
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by basisword 4mo ago
You're assuming this export restriction won't apply to any future models. The problem is a couple of years from now when the ROW is still on Opus and US workers are on something much better.
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by basisword 4mo ago
You're judging China based on some future thing that may happen. The US has been bombing Iran for the last year impacting the entire global economy. I think I'll judge based on actions.
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by basisword 4mo ago
Depends on the country but in most you can do it online in 5 minutes at almost no cost.
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by basisword 4mo ago
It would definitely be a problem. A big one. Think of all the multi-national tech companies that have rolled out AI not only to their engineering teams but to their business teams now too. Suddenly your employees in the US can do more and d
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by basisword 4mo ago
This applies to most things when it comes to the USG/citizens. Protectionism is communist unless they do it. Thinking about developing a nuke? Well bomb you first despite being the only people to ever use them. Free speech and press -
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by basisword 4mo ago
What's going on? Proton faced a similar scandal recently. I think in their case sponsored a video by a far right vlogger. After that I saw people recommending Mullvad as an alternative.
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by basisword 4mo ago
Exactly. Couldn't happen to better people. I'm pretty against piracy personally but if we find reliable ways to pirate Anthropic/OpenAI products in the future I'm all for it.
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by basisword 4mo ago
I don't think you have any conception of how little money most people have. Why would I spend £15-20k I don't have on a heat pump so I can get 'free' air con when my house is already heated via another method? Most peopl
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by basisword 4mo ago
Still doesn’t solve the cost factor. If you don’t have the money you don’t have the money. And if you barely have the money you’re probably going to take the risk because the risk is still very low.
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by basisword 4mo ago
COST. People don’t have the money to spend installing aircon to save themselves from a couple of weeks of discomfort per year.
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by basisword 4mo ago
In the UK my understanding is there are large subsidies for installing heat pumps in new builds - but you lose the subsidy if you include the cooling part. NB: a friend in construction explained this to me so I could be wrong but it would e
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by basisword 4mo ago
>> Double glazing is very expensive but no one in Europe would go without it. This isn’t true. I’ve lived in 3 places in London with single glazing. They’re surprisingly common. All new properties come with it but the majority of our
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by basisword 4mo ago
Debit cards also use Visa and Mastercard

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