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by flir 11mo ago
The only way to win is commoditize your complement (IMO).
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by flir 11mo ago
It might be possible to lash up a cross-plaform solution with KeePassXC. It's got an API that can be accessed from the command line (chezmoi uses it to add secrets to dotfiles). Yes, you'd be authenticating every time you need a t
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by flir 11mo ago
> the homeland of the hipster dads, Central Shoreditch Old enough to remember when the hipsters moved in, I feel vindicated. Vindicated! (I like the beeb/amiga comparison, and I like the textured case, but I don't like the left
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by flir 11mo ago
> A motorbike wants to be ridden that way That's a lovely example. But is the dangerous thing the bike, or the infrastructure, or the system that means you're late for work? I completely get what you're saying. I was think
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by flir 11mo ago
I'm actually thinking of Marshall McLuhan. Maybe you're right, and tools aren't neutral. Does this mean that computation necessitates inequality? That's an uncomfortable conclusion for people who identify as hackers.
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by flir 11mo ago
> I'm not paid enough to clean up shit after an AI. I enjoy making things work better. I'm lucky in that, because there's always been more brownfield work than greenfield work. I think of it as being an editor, not an auth
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by flir 11mo ago
Now apply that thinking to computers. Or levers. I've seen the argument that computers let us prop up and even scale governmental systems that would have long since collapsed under their own weight if they’d remained manual more than o
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by flir 11mo ago
Re: focus. It looks like a collage - like the burrito has been pasted in. The Nano Bana 1 image doesn't have that problem.
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by flir 11mo ago
I was more thinking that evolved systems rarely have convenient switches you can flip and just get a single outcome. You perturb the system, and you get a cascade of changes. It's not like engineering. Nothing about justice was implied
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by flir 11mo ago
Nah, obesity reduction is itself a downstream effect of messing with neurotransmitters. There have to be other consequences of that - both good and bad.
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by flir 11mo ago
> On their default behavior they try too hard to make me like them, which I find intolerable. "You're absolutely right!" Yeah, that's what I was trying to avoid, too. Why do we have such strong negative reactions to s
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by flir 11mo ago
> LMAOOOOO OKAY SO THE POLYNOMIAL IS LITERALLY SHITTING ITSELF That was a fun read, but I can see that persona quickly becoming wearing. I had a "talk like a wiki article" persona for a while that worked better (for me) than an
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by flir 11mo ago
"Unavailable Due to the UK Online Safety Act" Does aphyr even have comments, or is it a pure political protest? That's the first thing that's tempted to break out an ssh tunnel - I can live without the occasional NSFW re
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by flir 11mo ago
So, uh... do you know of an implementation that has both those properties? I'd be quite interested in that.
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by flir 11mo ago
> I don't think it will be easy to just remove it. Always has been so far. You add noise until the signal gets swamped. In order to remain imperceptible it's a tiny signal, so it's easy to swamp.
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by flir 11mo ago
Still.... the tabloids are gonna love this.
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by flir 11mo ago
The Sherlock Holmes is heavily influenced by Cucumber Patch.
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by flir 11mo ago
Show 'em the Hole in the Wall.
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by flir 11mo ago
Sticker of a Fluke 87V for the laptop?
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by flir 11mo ago
Implies that the stickers are more precious than the hardware, which is an attitude I love.
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by flir 11mo ago
And yet they used less coal in 2024 than they did in 2023. Maybe it's just an economic downturn. But... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-m... I just don't buy that car
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by flir 11mo ago
China's target is 2060.
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by flir 11mo ago
The idea is that, if it's that important, you ultimately fund it from taxation. It's so important that it's really defence spending.
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by flir 11mo ago
You've got to go up the chain - protect steelmaking, too. And ultimately, where does the iron ore come from? Not saying you're wrong (idk either way), saying that to do it right is a big pivot.
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by flir 11mo ago
When did the opioid epidemic start? How come other countries don't have that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
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by flir 11mo ago
So, uh... how come you die younger?
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by flir 11mo ago
"A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true."
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by flir 11mo ago
> Advertising will simultaneously become a lot more expensive and less effective. Oh no! > The ability of job seekers to find jobs they're willing to apply to will go down. The playing field will be level. Who doesn't love a
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by flir 11mo ago
The job was posted was in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.' But it was posted , and apparently that's what matters. So the ads that sign
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by flir 11mo ago
I'd bet a chunk of cash that it's segmenting people, at least initially. And the "gender A" segment are seeing the ads that are popular with the "gender B" segment at a far lower rate, or not at all. So it&#x27

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