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by bigyikes 4y ago
Yes, this is how you have your cake and eat it. It works in reverse too, when you’re the one being reviewed and you receive feedback you disagree with. Instead of dying on the hill and delaying your merge, just implement the feedback and t
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Exiftool is great. I use this to scrub metadata before uploading images to public servers.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
I’m shocked by some of the replies to this comment. Are people seriously advocating for regulations against… stuff that tastes good? No, thank you. Please don’t tell me what tasty things I’m allowed to create or consume. Regulation of this
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Maybe this is naive, but the way I see it is: more architectures = more room for innovation. Ultimately RISC-V will allow for more competition in the CPU space, driving down prices for consumers.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Computer graphics is such a fun area to work in. This rope is a perfect example of how having strong high school level math skills and a good idea can turn you into a kind of wizard. It’s a really special feeling when you bring to life a dy
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by bigyikes 4y ago
This is why I got a Fuji XT-30. It’s got a physical control for everything. I don’t have to use the menu unless I’m doing something unusual. Sadly, it doesn’t seem like there are many cameras designed this way anymore.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
How would this work in practice? Could renters afford to buy the homes they live in when their landlords are no longer legally allowed to own them?
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by bigyikes 4y ago
What are the people holding if you resist with enough strength?
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by bigyikes 4y ago
>So why aren't these companies being held accountable for fuelling the climate crisis? Probably because food is non-negotiable and most people are not willing to switch to a plant-based diet. At least with energy production, there a
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Is this for real? How is this not the biggest story in the world right now? This is absolutely incredible. I wish I had something intelligent to say. Just wow. It’s literally mind reading. Imagine plugging this tech into Neuralink. The brai
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by bigyikes 4y ago
There is ultimately a fixed supply of Bitcoin, so the money printer can’t go brrrrrt.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
> If he wrote a book and sold it he would've made much more than that. What makes you think that? Most books don’t net that much profit. The movie did well because it has a compelling story, yes, but also because it involves Steven
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by bigyikes 4y ago
If I tried to sell my story, I wouldn’t even be able to buy a tent with the proceeds. Maybe 250k isn’t such a bad deal for the rights to his story.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
grug miss big brain benefit for types. Grug says the main benefit is auto completion, I think the real benefit is to making code changes. If I update a type, the compiler will tell me every single location where I need to make a correspondi
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by bigyikes 4y ago
It makes sense if you go by size of English-speaking population. …but then it might be replaced by an Indian or Nigerian flag in a few decades :)
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by bigyikes 4y ago
One underrated benefit of wielding a standalone camera is the mindset it puts you in. When I use my phone, I find myself not putting as much thought into the shot. For whatever reason, holding a nice camera puts me into a creative state of
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Oh my god, I put my phone down for a few minutes and killed 10 kittens. Why did you do this to me?
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Every TypeScript project I have worked on either: 1) enforces no extension, e.g. “utils/foo”, or 2) allows TS extensions, e.g. “utils/foo.ts” I have never imported a TS file using a JS extension. Maybe your woes could be fixed w
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Those years of training are surely helpful, but are they strictly necessary? I don’t see why AGI couldn’t infer much of the experiences by reading text.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
I’ve been starting to wonder, is GPT-3 the beginning of AGI? I know, I know, it’s just a language model. But I’ve been thinking. About my thinking. I think in words. I solve problems in words. I communicate results in words. If I had no bod
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Totally agree. Apple’s API documentation is nearly useless because it usually doesn’t give me any info that I can’t already infer from my IDE (which of course is XCode, sigh). I usually don’t need a list of classes and methods, I need to kn
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Another reason I dislike the superhero genre these days is because the plot arcs are so predictable. It seems like every movie follows exactly the same beats. At this point they feel more like remixes than fresh content.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
I’d wager that the web app is far more popular than the desktop app, and that the web app is one of the primary reasons for Figma’s runaway success. I work for a company that uses Figma and I haven’t seen anyone use the desktop app. I didn’
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by bigyikes 4y ago
I’m losing money by keeping it in a savings account. I’m losing money by keeping it in a brokerage account. I don’t want to change jobs to get a higher salary because I fear getting laid off. When there is no winning move, it definitely fee
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Wouldn’t this reduce the effect of “economies of scale”, leading to increased prices for everyone? I like that large companies give me cheap stuff.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
-40% over what time period? The current economy is not the norm.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
My 401k is based on a portfolio of companies, each of which is valuable because of their success in the market. This portfolio changes over time as companies rise and fall. My future social security is based on the promise that future taxpa
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by bigyikes 4y ago
When was the last time you heard about a major Google data breach? I’m kind of a Google-hater myself but… there’s few companies that could do better security.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Flame bait comment. It’s not a valid comparison. Terminating a natural embryo is not the same as growing an artificial brain which, for all we know, might experience the worst kind of hell imaginable.
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by bigyikes 4y ago
Yes, people are ignoring the second-order effects. Just because California can’t directly print money doesn’t mean they aren’t contributing to the macroeconomic factors leading to the Fed feeling the need to print more money.

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