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by eckza 6y ago
I don’t want to wade too deep into these waters, because I will admit that I am not prepared to properly navigate them myself - but I think it’s a common misconception that art is “supposed” to be good, or have a certain quality about it. N
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by eckza 6y ago
I’m a huge Light Mode guy. I use the morning color scheme in vim, and the light schemes in VS and VSCode. I do run f.lux, static at 49k... but I have found that dark editor schemes make me feel claustrophobic (!). Everyone’s different! It j
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by eckza 6y ago
> The ai has created a functional internal model of an external system based on limited sensory input. Sure. > That is essentially a kind of consciousness. That is a flying leap.
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by eckza 6y ago
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdW71kNANln/
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by eckza 7y ago
I would still be using my 7 if it had a decent camera. I loved - LOVED - that phone.
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by eckza 7y ago
That sounds... Orwellian.
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by eckza 7y ago
those of us who identify as "dissenters among the ranks" truly appreciate this
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by eckza 7y ago
I switched to DDG about a month ago, and the results are always dead-on for me. I don’t even notice that it’s not Google anymore.
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by eckza 7y ago
100%. It’s all case-by-case; moment-by-moment. “And then they came for me”, in full effect. Also, unrelated: but fuck yeah F-Zero. <3
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by eckza 7y ago
I agree - enthusiastically - with your points, but I do have one comment: > I don't think there is any purpose to being caught up in theoretical discussions about privacy. There is a point! These discussions provide the context, ter
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by eckza 7y ago
I don't want to sound too blackpill, but anymore I really feel like political-party-based virtue claims - from both sides - are, by and large, expressions of virtue theatre that are designed to garner support. Some people in politics r
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by eckza 7y ago
This is the correct takeaway.
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by eckza 7y ago
4-ways are often very under-utilized. Whenever I get into a car for the first time, one of the first things I do is figure out where the 4-ways are, and try to remember that piece of information so that I can turn them on as a reflex, if ne
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by eckza 7y ago
This is a scalding hot take of an article that says nothing of substance, and commits many logical fallacies along the way. But, most people never read past the headline, so I’m sure this will get passed off as gospel.
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by eckza 7y ago
> The lady doth protest too much, methinks. https://literarydevices.net/lady-doth-protest-too-much/ Learn how to use the phrase before you use the phrase. For my part, a lifetime of contemptuous outrage at being par
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by eckza 7y ago
I feel like it's a huge step in the right direction, but for my own personal use: - I still have mostly USB 2.0 peripherals. I don't see that changing anytime soon. - I'm still hung up on the MagSafe adapter. - I love the for
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by eckza 7y ago
> negative externalities This is very true. macOS and the iPhone, for me, went from being "obviously the very best of the best" to "the lesser of all evils". When my 2015 rMBP finally gives up the ghost and / or
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by eckza 7y ago
That sounds promising! Wish you the best of luck, and I hope to read about your project when it’s live.
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by eckza 7y ago
That’s a really good way to look at it. Thanks for the perspective.
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by eckza 7y ago
What kinds of problems are you trying to solve that would make solving the (rather large) meta-problem of creating a /whole new programming language/, easier / more effective / more clear / more profitable - especia
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by eckza 7y ago
This is the worst timeline. Some of this is, most assuredly, going to happen - at least to some extent.
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by eckza 7y ago
Mike Judge, Matt Stone, and Trey Parker are furiously taking notes.
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by eckza 7y ago
> We should still aim for building and sharing stable, well-understood, high-quality code libraries. And I agree with that 100% - but that isn't the solution to every single problem. That's all I'm saying.
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by eckza 7y ago
This seems to be the preferred methodology, actually. One of my close friends is an embedded systems developer and this is what he does. One of the big advantages of Forth is that it's (apparently) pretty trivial to implement on your o
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by eckza 7y ago
> Forth is quite "invidualistic", tailored to single persons or small groups of programmers, mostly because it is natural and relatively straightforward to implement a Forth system yourself (and you should) and because the lang
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by eckza 7y ago
One thing that I’ve done that’s made my iPhone much less distracting, is to run the display in black and white. This makes my notification badges scream for my attention much less. The whole phone feels calmer and less distracting. I have a
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by eckza 7y ago
Sure. And then when something unexpected happens, you have two problems.
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by eckza 7y ago
Is that... mandatory?
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by eckza 7y ago
I absolutely see where you’re coming from here. But to me, the answer is, “because that is what is required for a civilized society to function”. It is not as if Apple has given developers this platform to create and sell software out of th
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by eckza 7y ago
What sport, if you don't mind the question?

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