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by drclau 5y ago
I take it you are also uniquely convinced that you are superior in this regard, then. :) But here's an honest question: why are you on HN, then? Sure, it's a decent source of tech&related news. But there's no reason for y
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by drclau 5y ago
Ok, I can accept that as a possibility. But here's a curiosity: why are you here, then? What do you derive from reading all the comments from people that are by default wrong? Isn't it a massive waste of your time to read large nu
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by drclau 5y ago
That's how you get conversations, and eventually progress. To me, that's the attraction of public forums like HN: people (including myself) make assumptions, and conversation often (or sometimes?) leads to corrections. If we'
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by drclau 5y ago
I do not disagree, and I hoped it was already visible from my initial comment. But, on average, you probably still get better results from HN crowd than from other crowds, in matters that require knowledge and logical thinking. Do you disag
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by drclau 5y ago
Generally, HN people are more educated and better trained in logical thinking (most being engineers of some sort or in other professions that require a bit more thinking). Hence, the GP's expectation, I assume. However, this is just my
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Joscha Bach, Anthony Aguirre: Digital Physics, Moving Toward Beneficial Futures(futureoflife.org)
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by drclau 5y ago
“Settings” has a search function. While not perfect, it does work. Searching for “find” takes you very close to what you were looking for.
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by drclau 5y ago
I wonder, do you think FB expects all employees to use FB?
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by drclau 5y ago
Let's not bring it back to Earth, though. We've already seen this scenario in fiction many times, and it doesn't end well for us.
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by drclau 5y ago
In today's startup and VC ecosystem, they've already won. They don't have to ever become profitable, they just need to get money from their friends and connections, forever. I don't recall who said this (if anyone does,
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by drclau 5y ago
I think this may be an American thing. People as successful as PG, Musk, Bezos, Gates etc become demigods, for a majority of people. Cults are created around them. They can never be wrong and so on. As a result, the opposition arises too: t
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by drclau 5y ago
All major browsers prefetch.
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Wolfram Physics Project: A One-Year Celebration and Update(youtube.com)
2 points by drclau 6y ago|0 comments
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by drclau 6y ago
Not really related to the subject of the article, but your comment reminds me of employers in Romania complaining they can't find people to hire, while they offer small salaries and people just leave the country for better paying jobs
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Blindsight, by Peter Watts(rifters.com)
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by drclau 6y ago
“Starship SN10 landed on the landing zone; then burned off the excess propellant in a rapid fashion.”
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by drclau 6y ago
But that's not really a good analogy (not that analogies are proof). A better analogy would be you selling beers in Saudi Arabia. I urge you to read this, it should clarify things: Applicability outside of the European Union: https:&#
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by drclau 6y ago
There's an asymmetry of information and power in the relationship between a business and a citizen. Governments, generally, attempt to mitigate this asymmetry. Hence, we have consumer protection laws, GDPR and the likes. While these so
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by drclau 6y ago
I am not a lawyer, and I don't claim I understand the legal mechanisms involved. I don't even claim GDPR is perfect. But, as I see it, EU is protecting its citizens. If you want to do business with EU citizens you must abide by EU
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by drclau 6y ago
"The GDPR also applies to data controllers and processors outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) if they are engaged in the "offering of goods or services" (regardless of whether a payment is required) to data subjects w
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by drclau 6y ago
Because in European Union it is regulation, and you (as a company) are fined if you are not compliant. I recommend having a look over the Wikipedia page on the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protect
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by drclau 6y ago
> they’ll be able to swing performance to an even average Ok, but then they're just average, not bad. Hence, no need to fire them.
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by drclau 6y ago
I suspect at least some of the audiophiles, if not all, are highly sensitive persons [0]. I wonder if anyone bothered to study this possibility. Maybe some exaggerate in their search for perfection, but I'm inclined to think the search
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by drclau 6y ago
I started watching it, but I gave up after a few episodes. It's not bad at all, but it somehow just feels 'small'. It's probably budget related. I may give it a try again in the future, or pick up the book on which it&#x
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by drclau 6y ago
Can you comment on the clamping force? I just got them, and this is by far my biggest complaint.
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AirPods Max: An Audiophile Review(mariusmasalar.me)
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by drclau 6y ago
Thanks, I had it on my list. I will pick it up sooner, then.
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by drclau 6y ago
What bothers me quite a bit, both in more-or-less scientific conversations and in Science Fiction, is that we virtually always assume a human-like psychology for aliens, and we judge what they may want or not based on our thinking. Even whe
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by drclau 6y ago
Is that something that others can’t replicate, maybe due to Tesla having patents on the specifics?
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Reevaluating Children's Role in the Pandemic(spiegel.de)
1 points by drclau 6y ago|0 comments

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