dmafreezone

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by dmafreezone 2y ago
So it takes strong writing, good arguments, and citations for a dissident to have any hope of being seen. Since that doesn’t describe every upvoted HN comment, what are you really saying here?
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
HN is a bubble within a bubble. It’s where Kagi rules the search world and Google is all but a dessicated corpse. It’s also a place with a karma system, encouraging only the most bubbleworthy discussion and discouraging any posts from dissi
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
> nothing wrong with striving for a better life Yes, but there are many things wrong with equating "better" with "more money" without sparing half a thought to introspection.
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
Arguably it also led to a complete lack of change, with the civil machinery simply being renamed and now serving a different master. The military and police now work for those in power, not the people. An autocracy pretending to be a democr
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
You know the best way to protect your PII from websites? Don’t use the internet.
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
I make a new account any time my karma gets too high. I’d rather not be a sheep, thank you.
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
Maybe, if you want to relearn the bitter lesson. http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
It’s the other way around. Working at Google (or any other FAANG) for a time period past your personal “bullshit limit” will ensure you will never do anything ambitious with your life ever again.
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
Fools need chatGPT most, but wise men only are the better for it. - Ben Franklin
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
ChatGPT is also frequently incorrect. It becomes obvious in some cases, particularly in areas you are an expert in. Reminds me of a PG essay about a "Dunning-Kruger pass". [0] When searching for ideas, look in areas where yo
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
Isn’t it obvious? Look around. Hackers have been stamped out even on hacker news. Now it’s all FAANG lifers and MBA or VC types trying their hand at grifting. Nothing good comes of that. Whoever is making the next thing “for real” just gets
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
> What is the alternative, though? This is an honest question, I really want to know: How would the "this is horrible, how can you deign to work that way?" crowd coordinate thousands of people on a project to create something t
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by dmafreezone 2y ago
Yeah, if you spent your life like this you kind of wasted it. I’ve noticed that HN has fewer and fewer hackers day after day. Not sure when they will change the name.