benfortuna

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by benfortuna 2y ago
In my experience of Reddit you don't just get your subscribed subreddits, but also "you might like this" posts from subreddits you aren't subscribed to. So I think there's definitely an algorithm at play here.
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by benfortuna 2y ago
This "trimming" is not just about features, but more generally to simplify and minimise the codebase (less code = less bugs). Such refactoring is an essential part of maintaining software, regardless of how old or bloated it may b
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by benfortuna 2y ago
> Its flexibility proved to be its weakness. New users confronted with so much flexibility were often overpowered by the steep learning curve required to use the program. I wonder if Notion may suffer a similar fate?
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by benfortuna 2y ago
The EU proposals are not THAT unreasonable as to completely kill competition. There are plenty of ways to compete outside of exploiting customers privacy and monopolistic platforms.
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by benfortuna 2y ago
I feel he may be overthinking it.. people just want to understand the best options available for their use-case. If you see a project with no new commits for 3 years (1), you would rather not invest time trying to get it working if there is
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by benfortuna 2y ago
In fact blogging would be more than enough to compete with social media if everyone was to implement standards such as WebSub and Webmention (see W3C standards). We have the tools to compete with proprietary platforms, we just need to commi
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by benfortuna 2y ago
I'm sure an LLM can accommodate your request.
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by benfortuna 3y ago
If you follow the tz mailing list you will see their are many willing volunteers that would step up if needed. So I don't think even this is a good example..
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by benfortuna 3y ago
And those integrations would be perhaps less shit if they had competition showing them how to/incentivizing them to do it better.
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by benfortuna 3y ago
I'm not saying nuclear is worse than fossil fuels, just that we don't know the future impact of waste with such a long half-life. So I don't think it's demonstrably cleaner "in every way".
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by benfortuna 3y ago
"Nuclear power is cleaner [..] than fossil fuels in every way." Actually not every way though.. nuclear waste has to go somewhere.
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by benfortuna 4y ago
Also consider that the car battery is essentially a storage device for rooftop solar, and can potentially replace grid usage at night time. It is unfortunate to be hauling around a heavy battery that isn't required for short commutes,
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by benfortuna 8y ago
In what world is NGINX worth so much less than WhatsApp, Snapchat, and some other sites of dubious value? The world of economists has no idea how to value technology beyond narrow ad-based business models.
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by benfortuna 8y ago
ML = Machine Learning = Markup Language = confusion