everdrive

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by everdrive 2mo ago
Thanks, I'll check this out -- it looks really interesting.
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by everdrive 2mo ago
I was trying to paint a picture of what it looked like from the eyes of someone with no background and no context. I'm not saying that my conclusions were correct, but instead attempting to argue that a lot of the story is propped up b
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by everdrive 2mo ago
Somewhere on /r/academicbiblical there is some refutation of a link between (c) and (b) but I can't find it while I'm at work right now. I can try to dig it up tonight if you're interesting. I'm not claiming it
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by everdrive 2mo ago
What are some of the other ones?
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by everdrive 2mo ago
I've done a lot of reading on this topic lately. What originally grabbed my interest was reading R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis Illustrated." It's a comic that attempts in a relatively flat way to draw the events o
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by everdrive 2mo ago
By all means, cull them all. I'm sure the remaining 3% support (in one way or another) terrible web apps that use 150 MB of javascript and data brokers.
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by everdrive 2mo ago
>and you're still stuck with the problem that language is not a complete map of reality. Definitely agreed, but at least when talking about experience we've been stuck in this position for most of human history. How do I know w
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by everdrive 2mo ago
I think this is actually a tough one. Yes, I agree that an LLM can never experience this. But -- when a real human needs to translate that experience back into words, it can actually do so just fine. In other words, when a real human needs
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Can you really think of no other problems in addition to cars?
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by everdrive 3mo ago
The whole world is California, and the most important thing we can do is pack more and more people into the same space. People from here, people from there. We want more crowdedness, and everyhing that comes with it: crime, noise, pollution
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Pretty sure a lot of people would need a fainting couch if they learned that they might need to avoid restaurants that only have QR-code menus. We seem to have an incredibly-infantilized stock of people these days, which is why I don't
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Agreed wholeheartedly, thanks for the response.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Thanks for the clarification. The interesting thing about the 2024 election was that Trump's turnout was higher than 2016, and in addition, according to the polling and analysis I saw, this was one of the first times in a long time whe
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Workplace next!
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by everdrive 3mo ago
They only win if you buy them. Never purchase subscriptions. At this point, the default position should be to NEVER purchase a subscription. Exceptions can be made with specific research, and in exceptional cases. But that exception process
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I couldn't disagree with this more. Yes, you individually control whether or not you use your smartphone, but the device itself is terrible in ways that I have no control over: - touch controls rather than a real UI - a terrible app st
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I forgot it started at $399. That's the model I got. It was a really good value, if not a bit pricey at the time. Steam Deck is my favorite gaming device, but I just cannot imagine dropping $800+ if mine fails.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
>It's quite depressing how little society values the night sky, something that's been an important part of every human culture for longer than recorded history. But what if someone were uncomfortable briefly? Did you ever consi
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by everdrive 3mo ago
>I would say that speaks more to apathy than activism. Whatever else you'd want to say about Trump supporters, I wouldn't call them apathetic. Maybe I'm reading your comment wrong, but I can't see how anyone could cha
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by everdrive 3mo ago
>Everyone may be discontent (which might be a baseline feature of the human experience for many), but is anyone actually willing to do anything about it? Talking to people on HN, the answer is a resounding "NO." If I point out
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Populism is on the rise, and nearly everyone is discontent. The discontent has gotten so out of hand that much of it is quite ridiculous, but it's serious enough that it must be dealt with. Given the past 20 years, I expect politicians
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Interesting if it's not vaporware. As others have said, it's too soon to feel certain about this yet. It looks really exciting though.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
>Why single out bad Chinese coding? You know precisely why anyone would single out China here. They are egregiously bad, and you know it, and everyone else knows. No amount of "what about this other bad thing that's also bad&qu
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I have a stupid question about seasonal wildfires. I was under the impression that a lot of wildfires occurred because too much brush had built up and natural burns had been foolishly prevented by firefighters. However in the past 10 years,
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Well said. "Smart" watches seem to make the argument that somehow your phone was not accessible enough, not ever-present enough, and the best solution would be to build a phone relay and strap it to your body. Although the smart
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I could be wrong, but my personal impression is that much like on HN, it's the enthusiasts who are quite into niche stuff like indie games and bemoan the graphics race, where as the silent mass of "average" gamers are more li
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by everdrive 3mo ago
>All while getting cheaper in the process. All while getting worse; advertisements, terrible interfaces, privacy invasions, frame gen, weird color options, etc. I don't hate capitalism or anything, but new TVs are dumb as heck.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
It's very interesting. I played that new-ish Marvel: Cosmic Invasion game and recently played Fight 'N Rage. I believe both are built in the exact same game engine. Fight 'N Rage, which is undoubtedly the better of the two ga
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Gaming is getting too expensive. This feels like sort of an accident of complex systems. Budgets for games are skyrocketing, graphics requirements are skyrocketing. But, some of the most fun games in the world were made 30 ago. From a pure
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I'm just so frustrated by how quickly and easily people give in to these things. People face relatively small inconveniences and quickly give away their rights. Smart phones and social media (in large part, enabled by always-on, always

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