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by fn-mote 1y ago
Technical comments: I don’t think Unix style should mix multiple purposes into one executable. I would keep save, restore, and list functions as separate executables. I hope it was fun. In case you were wondering, this is at least four deca
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by fn-mote 1y ago
In case you've never done it, let your house get into low 40's (F) and it takes days to warm up. The air gets warm fast, but your bed and the floor take a long time to warm up.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Whereas an established company like Honeywell is [...] going to charge you 5-10x of the cost of a Nest A Nest is ~$150, so I'm curious where these $750-1500 thermostats are... Seems like you get a Honeywell thermostat for almost e
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> which in my opionion is exactly what is wrong with practices like these. What's actually wrong with this? They paid $1.5B for a bunch of pirated books. Seems like a fair price to me, but what do I know. The settlement should refle
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I'm allergic to the idea that these "individualized issues" cannot be resolved by some well-written queries on the sales database. Of course it is in Amazon's best interest that the court not think like a programmer.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
A link to the court case (not the news article) seems like a valid starting place when asking for background and a summary of the case.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Without death, there is no life. Climbers know they risk death in pursuit of their accomplishments. I am positive it is one of the ways they challenge themselves. These aren’t kids you are talking about. As the article says, this climber’s
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by fn-mote 1y ago
This dismissal of a massive drop in hiring (literally 1.5% of the previous half year’s reported hiring) is wishful thinking. “Ignore this data point, NYC is special.” Color me skeptical.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Things may be different today. The point of the comments here is that things ARE different today. I would never have imagined that "AI resume" would be a good idea, but ... Looking at the posts on HN from the hiring side, tot
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by fn-mote 1y ago
By "needs" I take it that you mean "is programmed in such a way to require" and not that the permissions are required to do the job you are asking of it?
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Spell out your argument more. Find some hard evidence. Even “major player” needs to be backed up. Do you even know how many users Mullvad has in CN? I don’t. Searching says the whole company apparently has ~500k users. I don’t think that’s
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> initiate a long contracting process to hire a civilian technician It isn't clear that this is about what we call "right to repair" on HN. (Essentially, no DRM on physical parts.) Maybe it really is if I read the bill, bu
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> cracked versions of spotify/youtube/paid games This doesn't make much sense to me. To put the strongest face on it, by "cracked" youtube, you mean a version that shows the cracker's ads and maybe somehow g
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I agree with a lot of this comment. For example, focusing on SAT scores is definitely not the way to go. > But what is also true is that never in the modern history of elite colleges have they refused entrance to a truly high level candi
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Isn’t the linear algebra conventional wisdom that matrix ops are ALWAYS the bottleneck? I’m sure this is true in scientific computing. In R maybe a bunch of resampling would be expected to dominate?
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Rich dumb kids do not fail. At least not secondary school. They go to “party school” university ~~and major in business~~. Had to do it for a laugh. Posting long after discussion finished.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Include the time frame when you talk about this. 2007-present, in this case People making conclusions should look at the data, though. In this case, every ciruit has a 64+% reversal rate, the sixth has a reversal rate almost identical to th
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by fn-mote 1y ago
If the prompt dump is accurate, it did a poor job of not admitting to being an AI. Unless admitting that you are an LLM is different from admitting you are an AI.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Not all of the stimulants work the same way. When (if?) you build up a tolerance to one, you change to a different med. I expect the same applies to the caffeine -> adderall change.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The comment thread is about a McDonalds franchise owner. They are not going to be committing Apple-level tax evasion. They will be paying taxes like everyone else.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
In the US, you can look back on the previous century of privatized education. No need to wait. Edit: Oh, you think in a century we won’t still be in this situation? Hmmmm.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
In this vein, think of the Stanford brand. You can not only ensure your own success, but you are buying a leg up for future generations of your family… even at full price, it’s a bargain. Not /s but not /100% serious either.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Yes, appending “in Wayland” would have 1000% clarified the topic for me.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> I bet girl scouts bring in more actually Yes. WAY more. Cookie sales are big business. Annual profit is about $20MM according to the annual report.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> the law requires “any threat of mass violence against a school to be reported immediately to law enforcement.” The article specifies this is a Tennessee law. The school is in Kansas. Agreed that the cops screwed up, but the school is a
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by fn-mote 1y ago
A sewer line is on the order of $10k. Fiber across a street should not be $100k. Maybe municipal regulations make it harder than it seems. I’m curious.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Just a comment for institutional subscriptions: if you haven't found out already, you'll probably want to hire some sales people who have the ability to check boxes and get through district red tape. If you're doing it, make
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Kind of. If you knew exactly what you wanted (needed) to talk about, I don't think you would have an issue. You could always pay them to consult if the topic wasn't too boring. However... At least in the olden days, going to the c
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> I don't like the subjectivist take on historical truth [...] The work of historians is to make inferences based on incomplete and contradictory sources. Historians aren't simple fact-checkers. They make judgements in an attem
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by fn-mote 1y ago
My observation has been that after filling out the form, the office skims it and enters nothing in the computer. I guess that's the "nothing changed" situation. Patient time is worth 0 to the medical system.

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