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by dheera 2y ago
Articles these days are probably written by ChatGPT
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I had a bunch of equipment stolen from a car in Mountain View and the lazy cops just dropped the case. Those guys probably went on to steal more shit from someone else.
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by dheera 2y ago
Maybe a stinky bike lock like this would be better protection for a bike. https://skunklock.com/
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by dheera 2y ago
Also interested in this ...
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by dheera 2y ago
When you sign away full rights to one company, that one company can give rights to another company (for money or not). They could also just acquire that other company. From the creator's standpoint, signing away rights to one company i
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by dheera 2y ago
Makes the game more interesting. As long as both sides are equally handicapped it’s fine.
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Can we be done with "resort fees" and "taxes" as well? Hotel prices should include all of this
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by dheera 2y ago
Related personal story: On January 6, 2023, at approximately noon, I happened to take a flight from Svolvær, Norway to Bodø, Norway, which, took me from 21.8 degrees latitude to 22.8 degrees latitude, which took me from [just inside polar n
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by dheera 2y ago
Only because I'm significantly more intelligent than ChatGPT, so I can achieve its level of competency on a lot of things with a thousand videos instead of a million videos. If it just reduces to an issue of data efficiency, AI researc
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by dheera 2y ago
What if I'm part-carbon, part-silicon? Like, a blind person with vision restored by silicon eyes? Do I not have rights to run whatever firmware I want on those eyes, because it's part of my body? Okay, so what if that firmware cou
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by dheera 2y ago
I don't know StoryGraph's story, but it's a lot easier if: - You don't take VC money - You are okay with it not becoming a billion dollar unicorn - You are okay with occasional downtime (this isn't being deployed in
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by dheera 2y ago
I mean, I have trained myself on Youtube. Why can't a silicon being train itself on Youtube as well?
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by dheera 2y ago
Interesting, I only have Chase credit cards as well, and they don't take any of my Twilio numbers, or at least, they accept the number but I don't actually receive SMS codes.
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by dheera 2y ago
> email provider who will never prompt for some sort of 2fA Or just forward it to a simple webapp that you design that runs in the cloud and only requires a password to login > I suppose the always-on device should have no battery. Th
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by dheera 2y ago
I have a boring imperfect solution but I don't want to post it here
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Most of my US banks work with VOIP numbers. Chase, for one, does not.
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> banks etc. won’t accept VOIP numbers Use a VOIP number in the UK, they usually can't tell. If you want a bulletproof solution for a US number though, spend $10/month for an additional SIM card and bona fide mobile number that
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by dheera 2y ago
0. Yubikey that I travel with 1. SSH into a fixed desktop that has a Yubikey plugged in so I can receive the TOTP codes for the idiot services that only allow registering 1 Yubikey 2. All phone-based 2FA go to a virtual number that forwards
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by dheera 2y ago
Or build the China version that asks you for an SMS confirmation every time you click anything in the phone.
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True, though right now, the markets are set up such that anyone with positive net worth and consistent income can easily do vastly better than anyone with negative net worth. The more positive your net worth, the more leverage and risk yo
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by dheera 2y ago
Markets in other parts of the world did, and you could have traded those airline stocks. That said, COVID would have been a better example for airline and hotel stocks. [Also IMO, PUT options are safer than shorts. Do your own research.]
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by dheera 2y ago
I think most software outside of the few Silicon Valleys of the world is in fact a bunch of dirty hacks put together. I fully believe recursive application of current SOTA LLMs plus some deployment framework can replace most software engine
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by dheera 2y ago
bankid.com: "To get a BankID, you must have a Swedish personal identity number" What do non-citizens use in Sweden to get around? The "everything apps" of places that have them aren't usually restricted to only citi
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by dheera 2y ago
HDMI connectors are easier to plug in correctly the first time, and their cables usually flex more. I always feel like those thick DisplayPort cables are going to rip the port off the PCB. Even with HDMI it's an actual concern. There s
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by dheera 2y ago
In China, WeChat supports messaging, payments, as well as: - Booking trains on the national railway - Booking flights - Booking hotels - Paying all your bills - Buying stuff - Ordering food - Renting a bike - Getting a rideshare - Seeing a
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by dheera 2y ago
For one, in other countries, people are perfectly okay with doing real business over a messaging app. I saw a doctor in Indonesia once and everything from appointment scheduling to follow up with the doctor was done on WhatsApp. They were o
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> The company you're whistle blowing against and their major shareholders should know this exists. They'll just get out the $5 wrench then
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by dheera 2y ago
As a software and robotics engineer I really wish we could get rid of these stupid "DuPont" connectors already. I want them gone. They're huge, fall out easily, and hard to keep track of. JST-EH is my preferred connector for
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by dheera 2y ago
> "willing to meet" attribute The problem is I think everyone is willing to meet if they see mutual value, and unwilling to meet if they do not see mutual value.
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The insurance companies don't have medical training either. I know far, far more about my body's medical situation than them. Doctors and medical research may supply me with additional medical knowledge, but the insurance company

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