crngefest

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by crngefest 2y ago
It wasn’t you but GP who started this thread stated: > sub-Saharan African nations (many of which are on food aid) have fertility well above replacement levels So which is it ? Are they above or below replacement levels? > How does th
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by crngefest 2y ago
This is true for every statement about people.
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by crngefest 2y ago
Did they ever work?
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by crngefest 2y ago
None of the things you listed need an internet connection so I would not consider them smart devices.
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by crngefest 2y ago
You can easily do this with a dumb mechanical clock switch. No kubernetes backend architecture and AWS pods required here!
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by crngefest 2y ago
Do they need internet connection to do that? I have the same behaviour with a dumb light that just has some circuits to control the LED. No smart devices needed to change Color/brightness dynamically.
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by crngefest 2y ago
That is a fair point but only applies if you are building a new home. I don’t think it’s feasible to retrofit an existing home in this fashion.
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by crngefest 2y ago
I have Hue lights actually. I kind of dislike them since they try to nudge me hard to create an account - dark pattern IMO - lights do not need security updates or accounts period. > Why goto the park and fly a kite when you can just pop
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by crngefest 2y ago
Thanks for the elaborate reply. I agree that it stems from a difference in values, my guiding one’s are being „always works - is resilient“ and „no unnecessary waste/labour“. I know my time is extremely limited and while automating thi
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by crngefest 2y ago
IMHO it’s because in our imagination anything is possible, we can imagine the bad situation in more and more elaborate and complicated scenarios. And we can’t see beyond the bad situation. While once we are in the situation we can do very
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by crngefest 2y ago
I never understood the need for smart lights for able-bodied people. You just stand up for a moment and flick the switch, what benefit do smart lights or even a remote for lights provide? Even if you disregard all the issues these iot/
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by crngefest 2y ago
A world without death would be the worst nightmare I can imagine.
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by crngefest 2y ago
All you need for dictatorship in general is a critical number of human accomplices. I don’t see how an LLM in the mix would make it worse. IMO mass communication technologies (radio, TV, internet) are much more important in building a dicta
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by crngefest 2y ago
Most excellent restaurants where I live would never post pictures of their food anywhere and have no web presence at all. In many you can’t even reserve a table - you go there and eat. Those who need a lot of web presence / pictures et
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by crngefest 2y ago
I have never used Yelp before and it has never played any role in my life. Must be an North American thing
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by crngefest 2y ago
By more „scrutiny“ do you mean increase the liability cap?
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by crngefest 2y ago
That is understandable! I am blessed that I have a number of excellent music venues in public transport distance and a very good ticketing agency about 30 min walking from my home. So I often go there and by them in person - still I also u
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by crngefest 2y ago
What why ? Would people browse bigcocks.net unless it’s explicitly blocked? What about cox? Is „tube“ on a blocklist as well?
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by crngefest 2y ago
I recommend buying tickets directly at the venue instead of ticket resellers. In most cases they will presell tickets at the door and you can almost always buy some at the door on the night of the show - unless it some superstar probably ym
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by crngefest 2y ago
„You have to think hard“ is just „it depends“ worded differently. If you don’t have to think hard then it also doesn’t depend on the details/circumstances and the outcome will be fine regardless of constraints.
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by crngefest 2y ago
Game journalism was literal ads/dogshit. I used to buy them a lot for the free games included as kid but the reviews were laughably bad even at a time when there wasn’t much of this content online available. Now you have excellent revi
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by crngefest 2y ago
So to summarise: „It depends“
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by crngefest 2y ago
IMHO it’s because audio is „easy“ to manipulate electronically. You can transform every audio signal into an electronic signal relatively easy - for graphics there is so much more complexity involved just in making them visible. A speaker t
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by crngefest 2y ago
With these early stage startups it often means they haven’t really figured out how to price their product and will cut you a very generous deal if you push a bit
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by crngefest 2y ago
Would you mind elaborating a bit why you don’t think SAML-over-OAuth is a fits-all solution? To me it sounds like eating your cake (SAML) and having it too (not having to use SAML)
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by crngefest 2y ago
Sounds horrible, why would you use Shibboleth in $currentyear if you could just use OIDC?
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by crngefest 2y ago
Out of curiosity, who else did it besides RedHat ( who are building Linux distros AFAIK ) ? How do you expect people to bootstrap an infra SaaS? I just don’t see how you can seriously attempt something like an Auth0 competitor startup witho
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by crngefest 2y ago
You can instantly improve that situation by asking for advice and feedback.
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by crngefest 2y ago
If someone tells me what to do I instinctively do the exact opposite or at least have the overwhelming urge to
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by crngefest 2y ago
Proprietary code is just as often if not more abandoned - you just don’t notice it

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