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   by dqpb 4y ago

   I was replying this: > It feels as though our society has collectively forgotten that mental illness can be socially transmissible. How is this not relevant?
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   I love stories. Some of my most transformative experiences were gifted to me by good novels. Metaphors and parables are powerful tools for conveying hard-won lessons. Fiction can deliver truth. But presenting fiction as fact ruins the whole
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   It's probably hard to measure, because there are many reasons to act like you have the delusion, even if you don't. For example, to avoid physical danger, to avoid social ostracization, to benefit from the social network, to gain
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   color e-ink displays would be kind of fun
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   How long do they take to build?
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   I would bet it’s pretty common for people to know how to feed themselves in their indigenous land, and struggle in a foreign land.
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   > obviously noncubic foods such as a peanut butter sandwich If you cut the crusts off, a peanut butter sandwich is already a cuboid.
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   Most programming these days is just a very shitty version of configuration management.
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   by dqpb 4y ago

   What percentage of seasoned software engineers do any kind of formal model checking? Edit: lol, love the downvotes. The fact is, 10 years of Agile TDD OOP cargo cult only makes you a marginally better Engineer than a bootcamper.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    > their employees are bookish, not innovative people This is false. However, there is probably a misalignment between what the employees want to innovate on, and what Instagram users want. My guess is that deep down it’s hard for a talen
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Wouldn’t that feel like our bodies are moving in slow motion? I think it would be very unpleasant.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Perhaps Elon Musk is trolling Vilfredo Pareto post-mortem.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    I prefer the surrealism of omni wheels.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    So, is Carbon supposed to replace Go as well?
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Impossible for someone with a spine.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    > I’m sorry, but this is your real problem, not Twitter banning you. I’m sorry, but no it’s not. This is called treating the cause instead of the symptom. More people should do it. The alternative is to acquiesce to the false moral super
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Electro-swing absorption works efficiently at ambient levels: https://verdox.com/technology
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    We’ve already desertified tens of thousands of square km of land into parking lots / heat sinks. We could start by shading those abominations with solar panels.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    And this amazing piece of text: > CircleCi is (or was) remarketing withyoutube pre-roll video ads to people who with case study testimonials to users who visited the page but haven’t signed up
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Dear author, please read each sentence you’ve written before posting your article.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    When you say, e.g. NASAs work is a total waste, it makes me wonder if you are working on something incredibly impactful for human kind.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Type->Value Lattice https://cuelang.org/docs/concepts/logic/
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Google - ok with being evil since 2015
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Covid deniers prayer: - Covid isn’t real - and if it is real, it’s not that bad - and if it is that bad, it’s not as bad as the vaccine - and if it is worse than the vaccine, it’s fine because I already had it in 2019 source: Real conversat
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    > Our average user uses the hardware for 18 months Why do they stop using it?
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    I had no idea that so many car models have ports for controlling steering.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    Does the disclaimer at the top have any legal merit? If they didn’t include that disclaimer, would they actually be liable for damage or loss caused by its use?
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    True, but that’s beside the point.
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    > Whats the point in doing things if the AI can do it better than you ? Whats the point in doing things if someone else can do it better than you?
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    by dqpb 4y ago

    > That "beautiful" drawing of an an astronaut riding a horse is aesthetically... crap I’ve walked through several of the world’s top art museums. Most art is aesthetically crap.