dyingkneepad

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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
> we're spreading love, peace, kindness, etc Do you realize a lot of people have to grow up or live in environments where none of these are present? When all you see around you is injustice, it's kinda hard to not want to make
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
One thing which Google does have is servers everywhere in the world: pretty much everybody is at a low-latency distance from Google. Considering one of Stadia's main risks is latency, they do have something going on for them that other
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
Bolsonaro has a long history of not having the slightest clue about *.
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
> Actually that's the behavior of python 2, it works fine, until you send invalid characters then it blows up. > In python 3 it always blows up when you mix bytes with text so you can catch the issue early on. Sometimes you don&#
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
You can also send files this way. I often use Whatsapp Web to send PDFs to my SO. Probably safer than email due to the possible encryption.
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
Only when such robots pass the Turing test.
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What are some alternatives to Fitbit products?
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It's not supposed to be impressive, at least for me. Sometimes you spend some money on the game simply because you really like it and want to support the developers. I occasionally buy skins for fighting game characters simply because
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
I see that you seem to be giving an answer for the "general case", while I was trying to think about the specifics of a certain piece of hardware. Regarding point 1, sure, open hardware is indeed a good addition to the privacy and
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
The value of my Fitbit is not on counting steps, I don't really care about it. I just wanted the smallest device that would be able to wake me up without also waking up my wife and son :). But I figured it also tracks how many hours I
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
Most open source that thrives (with notable exceptions) are things that companies have interest in (e.g., helps them make or save money somehow), so most of the contributions it receives are from people who are getting paid to make that con
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
I post it in a way that's obvious to humans but not to bots. Like: Email: dyingkneepad # gmail * com
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And none of those answers are the path that the most people would do, which is to navigate the start menu with only the mouse.
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
For me, what helped was doing a Master's Degree. And I'm sure a PhD would have continued to help. My advisors bikeshedded the hell out of every line I wrote in papers that had their names :). They also made me read specific materi
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by dyingkneepad 7y ago
Changes to management: today's management and team structure may be friendly towards remote engineers and/or a distributed team, but changes to management or caused by team growth may create a situation where being remote is harde