coldtea

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by coldtea 1mo ago
Not really absurd. That scene nearly dominated the art scene in the post war / cold war period, and for layman casual uses (and even for several critic treatments), it was almost synonymous with modern fine art in general (not "mo
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by coldtea 1mo ago
Sure. But those making the claim are not talking about that. They're talking about the post 50s abstract expressionism and pop art movements. Just because it says "modern art" doesn't mean it refers to any and all modern
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by coldtea 2mo ago
That's true. Though living for a while in some small village is probably the best way to do experience the different place and culture, over regular touristy travelling or being a nomad in some Thai beach town.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
Including most of vide coded apps one sees, even from people who they'd trust before. Anecdotal example, I downloaded a new alerting app recently from an indie dev who had a small following back in the day in iOS space. It asked for a
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> How do you know there wasn't account sharing though? Even if it was, it should be able to be sorted, maybe pay some overcharge or explain, and have your fucking business access re-instated.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
The problem isn't the confusion from pricing and ToS changes, but the constant feeling they don't give a fuck about their customers, and they'll fuck them up with lock-in tactics and high prices at any chance they get.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
"So 20XX" is so 2012.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
He's supposed to be a detective doing investigating work and killing robots. Not a method actor. J.J. Gittes is also a seasoned detective, doesn't mean he would be great acting.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> This is the bit that I don't get though, if it is all about the "travel and lifestyle", then why would I want to end up in a rural village in Spain. Because going abroad at a different place than your regular country, a
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by coldtea 2mo ago
Hostels are fun if you have that disposition. If you don't, even 5 star hotels can be miserable.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> I’ve had some friends do the digital nomad lifestyle. One thing that stood out to me was how many of them were not really doing that well financially. The stereotype is someone with a $100K per year job living like a king in a place wh
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> I disagree. Some of us love tinkering and learning and experimenting. Which means that instead of millions forced to learn and get good as part of their job, it would be a much smaller percentage of "hobbyists who love to tinker&
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> Now no one needs to understand anything, and now we will never have better stuff. Even worsr in that those starting out during this time, wouldn't even understand enough to guide and evaluate the AI output, or even even to know w
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by coldtea 2mo ago
But Harrison's Deckard isn't meant to embody that "ethics/work inspector" as a good actor would. He is meant to portray him as a detective who is not that good with pretending to be someone else would. Harrison migh
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> Before Blade Runner almost anything could be science fiction. After Blade Runner science fiction meant detective noir with #tech_upgrade - clones, memory implants, dystopia. If only.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> because he's one of the few slapstick outlets Huh? Between Kassovitz trying to rob Corbin, the priest's sidekick, the head scientist, the archeologist with "Aziz, light!", the Chris Rock character, Corbins "fa
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> His pretending to be a nerd/fan in Zhora's dressing room is too cringey to watch it's so bad He's not pretending to be a nerd/fan. He's pretending to be a spineless small-time bureucrat doing an inspectio
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by coldtea 2mo ago
Sure there is: getting someone else to do it for you.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
Couldn't you just enjoy the ride?
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by coldtea 2mo ago
Regarding this analogy, fps don't matter as much for Photoshop, since it's not an immediate mode GUI. 8 fps would be quite ok for comfortably getting feedback on live image filters and such.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> It’s hot and also LOUD and runs the battery down quick. Who'd run this on battery? Or do you mean kills the battery faster even when used while charging?
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by coldtea 2mo ago
"I'm not bald, there's nothing special about 300 hairs, which I currently have, compared to 300,000, which I used to have making me suddenly bald" Just because there's no magical boundary number doesn't mean a
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by coldtea 2mo ago
No.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
The healthy reaction for 16-18 years old is to not give a damn about that, rebel, and discover the other (or the same) sex and partying.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
If there isn't free will, he doesn't really disagree. He just says whatever predetermined shit he was supposed to say.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
For the company making the port, it should be. For the internet at large no, but the comment doesn't make sense. It's not as if volunteers don't post all kinds of checks, and reports, and benchmarks, and deep dives anyway.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
AI has been used to replace low-tier call support, graphic designers, and translators, to name a few.
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by coldtea 2mo ago
> Globally, more than half of all eCommerce purchases are made on a phone or tablet. For no good reason in places where the phone is not the exclusive access many have to the internet (like it's for many people in the poorer places
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by coldtea 2mo ago
So what? I install 0 ecommerce mobile apps. What, I suddenly need to buy Alibaba crap and I can't wait to get to a laptop browser?
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by coldtea 2mo ago
Both are web stores. Both have websites AND apps. They are compared / contrasted. Nobody is saying one is concretely related to the other.

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