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by bscphil 5y ago
Feels like the future of this will be using AI approaches to simulate dead loved ones. I don't think that's a dystopian outcome, there are a lot of good aspects to it as well, even if we don't know the full ramifications.
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by bscphil 5y ago
You missed the (extremely good) point that istorical is making. The argument in this subthread has been over whether we should be mad at Nvidia on principle . For example, as capableweb puts it: > What worth is a principle if you don&#
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by bscphil 5y ago
Yeah, I'm referring to the MBP I still have to use sometimes, which is mid-2014. The point being that it's not like Apple has a long history of consistently great trackpads. Certainly PC trackpads are inconsistent , which is unfo
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by bscphil 5y ago
Thanks!
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by bscphil 5y ago
Wow. The fact that my Sandy Bridge laptop from 2011 does it in only 1:41 is pretty indicative of how badly processor improvements stalled out last decade. My processor (like yours, 4c8t): https://ark.intel.com/content/w
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by bscphil 5y ago
> This is largely because MP3 is a crappy, old format. Try high-bitrate Opus on most samples and you're a lot less likely to get above-chance results on an ABX test, pretty much ever, at high bitrates. On the whole your comment is g
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by bscphil 5y ago
> By default every popular distro before systemd/upstart did. Many services still use them anyways (systemd just generates a shim to run the start/stop/status operations on them) Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if mu
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by bscphil 5y ago
> fear every major update Like when a major macOS update bricks your computer and requires hardware repairs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Big_Sur#Criticism
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by bscphil 5y ago
> "accurate and versatile trackpad movement" I think you should leave this one out, because it's at best subjective. I've had a much better experience with trackpads on Linux than I have had on any Mac I've used,
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by bscphil 5y ago
This is a great, high effort post, and it matches my experience pretty well. Couple of comments: > Laptop build quality You're absolutely right here. When I had to take apart a MBP last year it was way easier than I expected from th
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by bscphil 5y ago
> > - I've never booted to a black screen when upgrading macOS. > My wife got bit by the Big Sur bug, 2 weeks ago, were the installer doesn’t check if there’s enough disk space available before starting the upgrade. It can get
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by bscphil 5y ago
Dumb question: the lengthener prepends the URL with "\x20\x0b" strings which are then not removed on the other end. So the link inserted in the <meta> redirect ends up looking like " \x0b \x0b \x0bhttps:/&#x2
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by bscphil 5y ago
> since you could rotate serial numbers Wait, maybe I'm confused, but isn't the point behind rotating serial numbers that the person couldn't just click ignore? But how much sense does that make, if people are routinely ig
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by bscphil 5y ago
Similarly, my understanding is that the TreeStyleTab extension was forced to migrate in the same manner and it can get very sluggish as well when you have a lot of tabs open.
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by bscphil 5y ago
> 70mm film looks great in 4K though (2001, Nolan movies, etc). Best to leave modern productions (like Nolan) out of the conversation, IMO. It can give an unrealistic picture of what resolution is achievable. Take Lawrence of Arabia for
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by bscphil 5y ago
Well said. I don't think you need to refer to HFR to explain why The Hobbit films look "fake". It's hard to imagine this clip (at 24 fps) looking any worse in HFR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCswVszT
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by bscphil 5y ago
> So, if some guy hides it in your bag at the airport, with the intention of finding where you live, and you get to your home within the same day, you wont be notified about it for many days, or possibly months, if you leave your bag sta
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by bscphil 5y ago
> Dont get me wrong but usability/readability of linux way apps dont come anywhere near other OSs because they're primarily designed by developers not design teams. I think this claim harms your overall point (which I agree wit
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by bscphil 5y ago
If you're going to say that there is no "decent way to develop desktop applications for Linux", I'd at least expect a discussion about why you don't think Qt is such a way. My experience with it is that its an excel
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by bscphil 5y ago
At least officially, the situation is similar to that of the BBC. Both AJ and the BBC are government funded, but both have editorial independence of their local government. Both have been accused of bias in favor of their funding government
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by bscphil 5y ago
Well said. The major problem with Wikipedia is that unless a topic is extremely popular, most of the editors interested in working on the topic will have a huge bias toward one particular point of view. They will directly cite advocacy orga
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by bscphil 5y ago
Pretty sure "there are no browsers in the app store" was not meant to be taken literally, it's a snarky way of implying that the options are incomplete in some way (because they're "just" skins on top of the Sa
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by bscphil 5y ago
Two quick thoughts: 1. The results don't load for me in Firefox unless I reload the page. I can see from the network tab that the ###.json file is received, but nothing is shown. (Tested on both desktop and Firefox for Android.) 2. I t
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by bscphil 5y ago
I partially disagree: fake (paid) "organic" mentions and fake reviews are the most effective form of marketing. And, obviously, they're much easier for a company to achieve than the real thing. How unsurprising is it that t
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by bscphil 5y ago
> I mean, most gods I've read about don't look to kindly on interpreting their principles to the letter ... rather than to the spirit. "Israel" is literally defined in Genesis to mean "the one who strives with Go
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by bscphil 5y ago
Thanks for explaining, I think I see the idea more clearly now.
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by bscphil 5y ago
In my opinion (not a Jew) the good in religion cannot be boiled down to its moral guidance nor its stabilizing effects. Religion is not therapy and is not a replacement for therapy either. Following a set of rules, even arbitrary rules, can
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by bscphil 5y ago
One of the top comments in the article currently is by jedberg, who says in another comment that he went to Hebrew school. He discusses using Alexa as a Shabbat "hack": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27012719
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by bscphil 5y ago
> That said, your comment contains several significant misconceptions, and you are far too confident despite not having any idea what you are talking about. Sorry, the intent of my comment was actually not to state any kind of conception
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by bscphil 5y ago
> In the case of a lift boy or attendant, if you walked into the elevator and said something like "I live on the 7th floor" it's debatable if you intend for the person to press the button. Isn't this a little like arg

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