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by debok 3y ago
You might find this shocking, but in many parts of the world "nice computers on fast internet" is kind of a high-end luxury right now.
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by debok 3y ago
I think both metrics have their value. g/kwh gives you nice overview at how clean the energy is, and there is value in optimising that figure. The problem with measuring CO2 per person is that it is heavily influenced by the wealth lev
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by debok 3y ago
I don't think there is anything wrong with spending money to make buildings look beautiful. Beauty is important, and we often overlook the impact that beauty has on our psyche.
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by debok 3y ago
I have the same experience with the test I give my back-end devs. ChatGPT can't even begin to decode an encoded string if you don't tell it which encoding was used. ChatGPT is great at some well defined, already solved problems. B
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by debok 3y ago
My wife likes the color blue. So the rocks on the engagement ring I got her has a mix of Topaz and Sapphire. Also, it only cost about 25% of my salary at that time. Spending 200% monthly salary on a ring makes absolutely no sense.
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by debok 3y ago
I wonder if they are going to do one for 2023?
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by debok 3y ago
I disagree. It lends perspective if you know that other people made it through worse times. Especially if those other people are your family or, in this case, ancestors. It makes your own problems and challenges look smaller, which lends yo
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by debok 3y ago
> So then instead of saying avoid “processed foods” (which means nothing and everything), name the ingredients and the processes that are bad. Yeah sure, but that is quite a lot of effort. And you are going to end up avoiding most proces
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by debok 3y ago
I don't really understand what "prayer book" means in this instance. In my understanding a prayer book can refer to either (1) a notebook specifically used to list things to pray for, or (2) a book with liturgical(formal) pra
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by debok 3y ago
> it much different than them processing it in a factory or bakery for you. The difference is that bakeries etc. tend to add a lot of sugars and preservatives. > Per that definition, items like white vinegar and corn syrup are not pr
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by debok 3y ago
My friend who is really into these things describe "processed food" as anything that has the ingredients printed on the label when you buy it from a grocery store. Veggies, fruits, meats, and "natural" starches (like pot
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by debok 3y ago
I didn't even do that. I just told people in my immediate vicinity that I am open to individual projects. One project came from my wife's ex-boss, one project came from a colleague who got a project via LinkedIn, but didn't w
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by debok 3y ago
From my experience it seems that there is more work in this space than there is people to do it. If you just tell people that you are open for individual contract type work, the business will roll in eventually. Just give it some time and s
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by debok 3y ago
If a universal moral code exists, it wouldn't cease existing even if 100% of people dissents from it. The whole point of a universal moral code is that it exists outside of us.
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by debok 3y ago
> Those groups would also call us wrong. Wouldn't they then also be appealing to a universal moral code in order to call us wrong? If there is no universal moral code, nobody gets to call anybody else wrong (in the moral sense) at a
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by debok 3y ago
I'm not denying that civilizations use different moral codes. I am trying to say that we must have appeal to a universal moral code in order to judge whether a culture's moral code are in fact moral or not. This would apply to our
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by debok 3y ago
RMS is notorious for his willingness to go through quite a lot of inconvenience to stick to his free software principles. You can search his site for the word "ticket" to get an idea of how he feels about software systems in publi
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by debok 3y ago
What do you mean by "cannot be applied"? Of course it can be applied. We know that those states and governments are wrong by the universal moral code condemning murder, slavery and genocide. We would have no grounds to condemn the
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by debok 3y ago
Thanks. From playing around with many of the suggestions in this thread, this seems like the best option. It is lightweight and easy to use. Exactly why I was using Insomnia in the first place.
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by debok 3y ago
How do human groups glorifying immorality imply that there is no universal moral code? If the universal moral code exists outside of those groups, then it can be applied to their actions, and we can call them wrong for the thing they glorif
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by debok 3y ago
Moving away from the traditional family has detrimental effects for the children. See this Wikipedia page and it's citations for a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_absence
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by debok 3y ago
One of the new banks in my country (founded in 2018) decided to use a mainframe for all their core functionality. The actually have statement about it on their website: """ Many factors from cost to regulatory requirements to
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by debok 3y ago
> when you place faith in something, you aren't certain that it even exists or that it'll do anything. I have to politely disagree with this statement. To place faith in something means that you believe it to be true regardless
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by debok 3y ago
Yeah, you make a good point. It reminds me of that Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I guess if you see AI as something magical, it could easily start occupying a relig
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by debok 3y ago
I also only read the abstract. The argument seems to be: Belief in God implies a belief in the fallibility of humans, which leads to a reduced reliance on humans and therefore increased willingness to accept AI recommendations. Most of the
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by debok 3y ago
Yeah, I have the same experience with retention. The extra time spent on the detours helps to contextualise the theory. To expand on your flowers analogy, looking at the flowers helps to remember the path better.
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by debok 3y ago
Or you have state-run education as another competitor. Or you can have the state sponsor promising but poor students. You can even incentivise private enterprises to give bursaries to promising but poor students.
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by debok 3y ago
Weak oversight with nationalisation is even more disastrous. With a profit motive, the utility is at least incentivised to deliver the service so that they can get paid. If you have government-owned utlity with weak oversight, there is no i
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by debok 3y ago
I did this a few times on a specific route. It was a +-R1400km trip where about two thirds is desert, and the last third is grasslands. The last time I did this was in January 2022. I find it very relaxing to drive alone on a highway for 16
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by debok 3y ago
Reactive frameworks are the best. It is so much easier than having to handle events. I also find it way easier to work with a component based framework for complex UIs. I have 2 production Svelte projects completed, and it is a charm to wor

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