drak0n1c

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by drak0n1c 2y ago
It's a difference of scale. English is dominant in the number of countries that speak it and is even more dominant among the online population (people from countries that don't otherwise use English who are "overly-online&quo
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by drak0n1c 2y ago
In my experience, having kids has had the dual benefits of making my days purposeful and fulfilling, and also more appreciative of idle time. The mind does not do well with the extremes of unlimited idleness or unlimited work. Turns out the
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Unreal Engine 5.4 is now available(unrealengine.com)
4 points by drak0n1c 2y ago|0 comments
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"When NASA chose Dragonfly in 2019, the mission had a cost cap of $850 million ($1 billion when adjusted for inflation) to get it to the launch pad. The budget limit didn't include the launch or costs to operate the Dragonfly spac
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Mark Rober: Vortex Cannon vs. Drone Ft. Anduril and Palantir [video](youtube.com)
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
He may win over more people if he adapted the architecture to a style that fits the area and enhances the scenery. From a distance the modern glass and ruddy panels make it look like a rusty jagged shack with an iron roof. Local opinion mig
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Good. Courts should not undermine shareholder consented contracts nor should the company be intimidated out of following through. Any minority shareholder who seriously disagreed with the 2018 compensation plan has had 6 years to trade out
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
There are more reasonable, honorable, and effective ways to persuade your company of an idea than ambushing your boss with an office occupation, leaking to the press, or criminal sabotage (possibly treasonous given US and other allies use o
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Regardless of your opinion of the Daily Wire, they have an in-depth article with details that the Washington Post omitted. With hyperlinks to each source: https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-employees-occupy-offic...
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Smartphones enabled internet addiction to reach the masses. Previously it only engaged those who had the patience and wits to maintain a PC and sit down at a desk to read and write on the internet. As long as the professional and volunteer
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Texas built more grid solar than California in 2021 and 2023. https://www.govtech.com/products/central-texas-experiencing-... Texas is on track to lead grid battery installs in 2024. https://www.canarymedia.
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John Carmack reflecting on the firing of Palmer Luckey(twitter.com)
26 points by drak0n1c 3y ago|14 comments
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Optimus for indoor data collection and model deployment, Tesla for outdoor.
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
The original mission of aid has been overrun to the point of being self-defeating. Higher ed is an inflated, bloated mess with a steep opportunity cost measured in time, money, and mindset. There are drawbacks to the narrow white-collar exp
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
True, we need quality education. But efforts to expand the quantity of education and educators here in the US have resulted in lower quality everywhere. Look at the steep degradation of NYC public schools over the last hundred years despite
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
To describe the subsidy policy fully, there's on-demand immediate guaranteed federal reimbursement of 97+% of the loan's entire projected value. The DOE brags at the top of its annual letter about the $120+ billion in new loans is
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Star Citizen – Server Meshing Is Working [video](youtube.com)
2 points by drak0n1c 3y ago|0 comments
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
True, it's not apples to apples to extrapolate downstream costs of accidents while not doing the same for the benefits. All manner of housing and construction would be much more expensive and slow without ubiquitous affordable on-site
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
A similar form of middle ground without touching the app/web level may be to enable device parental controls by default on new Phone and Tablet purchases and rationing its removal with some kind of privacy-preserving ID hashing protoco
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
There are "Chase Offers" for your cards and accounts that give an extra 5-20% cash back if you click to activate them prior to buying it with that payment method - they're often brick and mortar retailers and restaurant chain
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
If we're going by sayings, there is another saying that the majority of text content on the internet was written by people who are mentally unwell. Training LLMs on that can resort in a distorted and unrepresentative perspective.
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Decentralization of compute is perhaps a more compelling story. There have been many recent complaints of massive digital networks being at the whim of centralized IP and platform owners making unpopular decisions - whether in social media
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
It’s designed to be actively searching real-time posts on X. Apples and oranges.
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Anduril announces ALTIUS-700M, tactical loitering munition(anduril.com)
1 points by drak0n1c 3y ago|0 comments
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
He didn't seem hurt from it physically, just mentally messed up from it. He's an iOS dev so maybe he had a Macbook out. Don't know the neighborhood. I've heard that the city limits can be risky, there is a big policy dem
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Rental prices have also dropped as the rental supply doubled immediately post-deregulation. https://voz.us/the-market-triumphs-milei-manages-to-improve-... Hopefully the new crackdown on crime will also help temper inflatio
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Nicole Seligman's husband Joel Klein famously prosecuted Microsoft with anti-trust in 2001. Time heals all wounds as they say. Interestingly, soon after Seligman left Sony Entertainment in 2016 it started compelling PlayStation devs to
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
Perhaps they are following market pressure to streamline operations. The Classical Learning Test (CLT) is a growing SAT/ACT/PSAT competitor that can be taken online or on paper, with either remote or in-person proctoring. It is ac
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Thomas Massie runs off-grid home using wrecked Tesla Model S battery(twitter.com)
36 points by drak0n1c 3y ago|12 comments
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by drak0n1c 3y ago
How are you so sure that earthquakes and tsunamis will get worse in the coming decades? Their recent frequency is in line with historical records, and if anything their impact is far less damaging now due to improved construction techniques

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