firebirdn99

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by firebirdn99 3y ago
There has to be UBI for A(G)I. Period.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
I think it's always been that way to some extent. There's some element of being human, where we seek empathy from others or pity if you will to a degree. I know I've done it, where I made justifications for something I have d
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
There's a teens react to LP video on YT. It's refreshing. It's how previous generations discovered older music. Also the one on Blink 182...is like, "my Mom loves that song"...so a lot of times that's how.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
This is very impressive at 17, and her Github activity. So age definitely qualifies. We were fascinated with Mark Zuckerberg, or Bill Gates at their ages, so this isn't anything new. Doing anything remarkable at a young age is impressi
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How to Use RPC in Python?(safjan.com)
2 points by firebirdn99 3y ago|0 comments
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Fractal arising from gravitational potential [video](youtube.com)
2 points by firebirdn99 3y ago|0 comments
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
If you don't have a rental agreement in place, then the costs for travel is largely from flight travel. And many places locally are easy to fly for just several hundred $. If you have more of a budget, you can travel overseas in relati
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
Mental health is your biggest asset, and without it, you can't function in life let alone job. Taking care of that is anyone's number one priority. Took a career break last year, and it was one of the best decisions I made. It&#x2
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
well we're getting chatgpt to do majority of rote / grunt work soon so...
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
These DRM rules are similar to ones on movies, TV shows bought in previously iTunes store, now "TV" app. Once you buy it, you can only view it on their devices/software. It's not similar to buying a physical version of y
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
They're all data centers in essence; some are way smaller, less functional and some way bigger. But still much smaller than regional DC's (the cloud). Akamai has smaller ones, and hence 1000's of them. While Cloudflare and Fa
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
I don't necessarily buy that. TikTok and a lot of content on Netflix, etc is cringe, or some kind of just "grub TV" or "trash TV" if you will. Doesn't stop humans from consuming anything to distract from what t
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
are you able to distinguish the quality from watching on a high quality TV?
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
This is right below the "Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65%" post, lol brilliant. In general, human decreasing, AI increasing- attention.
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Why you should learn Physics [video](youtube.com)
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
Like a giant monster rat, or a badger actually - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repenomamus
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
Related HN Thread "If You Double-Park and You’re Rich, Should You Pay a Higher Fine?": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813265
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
I liked the other poster quote, that is the key explanation in article, hence I commented there. We literally commented at the same second. But I just liked the summarization of it as being "disproportionately valuable".
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
Yes I was only highlighting the point, not arguing against it.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
I just noted the same. Incentives, or in this case disincentives are powerful. I think it will at least make some change.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
>“Developers received something that was disproportionately valuable,” [Edit: This is what happened.] It was not an equal exchange. Developers gained from extra floor space amounting to millions, while fines levied amounted to just thous
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
> Although there's a 1 in 8 chance of flipping 3 consecutive heads, in the future after flipping 3 consecutive heads you forget about the other possibilities. In other contexts, also known as the gambler's fallacy if I recall.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
A lot of the costs in modern college programs over the last 20 to 30 years has been due to increase in administrative personnel, building up sports programs, etc. Modern colleges appear more like resorts than educational institutions. The p
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
The games been rigged for far too long.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
can't edit: obvious $1T* Another note on valuation. Even Musk said many times, it's absurd. But the valuation in his view, and some analysts, is on Tesla as a autonomous Uber-taxi network. If you take a car that is parked, etc, an
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
How is Tesla stock worth nearly $1B back again, after dropping under 300B recently? The market is bonkers. And any sense of how valuations work are just made up at this point.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
Should corporations the size of Microsoft (almost 25x of Sony, the 2nd nearest competitor) be allowed to make acquisitions of this size to grow itself, and weaken competition. Antitrust law is one of the FTC's mandates, then this is wh
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
Activision has dozens of famous titles, and a huge IP catalog from the 80's which they can make 100's of exclusives. The $68 Billion price tag tells itself of it's importance in gaming.
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
edit: doesn't justify invading other countries
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by firebirdn99 3y ago
For one, lack of consumer choice. To play those games, I would need to buy an Xbox, whereas for the last 20 years, Call of Duty, etc. has been multiplatform.

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