foobarian

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by foobarian 5d ago
Stadia? GeForce Now? Xbox Cloud Gaming? :-)
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by foobarian 5d ago
I feel like Sun's main problem was that that era was pretty much the steepest part of the Intel S curve as far as chip performance goes, and it was outpacing the older chips on fab progress alone. I'm pretty sure had something li
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by foobarian 7d ago
That just feels like an extension of how things used to be done back then, especially on DOS. Making a recipe app? A bookkeeping app? A paint program? Well, you start by making a UI library first, and the product stuff got done eventually.
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by foobarian 8d ago
At least the next generations past 2-3 probably won't have the genetic problems we saw with the Habsburgs
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by foobarian 8d ago
Now here I thought it was the Byzantine Theme in the Caucases
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by foobarian 8d ago
I feel like this pattern is a great way to practice and sharpen critical thinking. It's like a whole new skill to deal with computing systems in this way.
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by foobarian 9d ago
My impression was that the frontier AI coding models are kind of resetting the barriers to entry/reward ratios to before the dot com boom, when people didn't go into this career for money, and so most folks that ended up in it wer
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by foobarian 9d ago
I'm not sure when the lamb chops started showing up in local supermarkets but it feels like it's recent. I dress them in olive oil + kosher salt + crushed garlic + chopped thyme and oregano, and then grill over lump charcoal.
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by foobarian 9d ago
In that case they should have those giant propellers that seem to spin at a few rotations per minute
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by foobarian 10d ago
So it's like two kubernetes pods happen to run on the same node.
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by foobarian 12d ago
> Of course, we've had the ability to extinct ourselves for decades This gets mentioned often in various doomer narratives, but I question how true it is. A global thermonuclear war would be terrible and would bring us back to the s
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by foobarian 13d ago
This was a fun thread to lurk on but it's kinda fascinating that there is so much debate about something that should be seemingly well known and documented. It's like having a couple of software engineers debate what e.g. a Java s
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by foobarian 15d ago
People keep saying this and yet I struggle to find a decent sized house battery that doesn't cost as much as a new car.
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by foobarian 17d ago
Clankers found me one study [1] that suggests total handling costs may actually be this bad, but are highly business dependent e.g. restaurants are worse than grocery stores [1] https://www.ihlservices.com/product/the-c
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by foobarian 17d ago
Huh, I thought accepting legal tender was a federal rule, I guess not. Looks like a salad variety of regulations that vary by state and city.
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by foobarian 17d ago
Maybe an increasing share of their market are people like me, that is, old and blind :-D
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by foobarian 17d ago
But.. what if it's true? It's like not wearing a seat belt, or smoking, or drinking while driving. If AV are widely available it becomes similarly opt-in high risk behavior.
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by foobarian 25d ago
Just remember Charles Dickens was paid by the word too
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by foobarian 1mo ago
Wonder if there should be a "UBI reservation" set up where everyone gets it, and very basic needs like housing and food are taken care of in a self-sustaining manner with machines. (which is the whole premise, everything is automa
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by foobarian 1mo ago
I've heard this advice a lot with respect to graduate school/PhD work. And indeed, the students that came from industry jobs tended to be much more impressive; some of that was probably from the "real-world" experience,
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by foobarian 1mo ago
There used to be one at the museum of natural history in NYC, where if you didn't have the supplies you could pay a dollar to get 4 quarters to activate the machine and a penny to squish. It was a legit infinite money bug in the real
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by foobarian 1mo ago
I am doing well with remote because I'm pathologically introverted and find that being around people is exhausting. I can imagine things being the other way around for extroverts and that is saddening.
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by foobarian 1mo ago
Warning: this whole thread is full of spoilers!! :-D
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by foobarian 1mo ago
Too bad the tire particulates likely get worse, both because EVs are heavy, and because they have more low-end torque and encourage driving that leads to more tire wear. I don't have sources but it's my educated guess from recent
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by foobarian 1mo ago
> Funny part is that locals here are absolutely scared of any sign of draft or direct aircon I have always been and am still baffled by this. My whole family loses their minds if there is even a slight draft or AC, whether in the house
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by foobarian 1mo ago
Yet what is matter but a (strong) force
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by foobarian 1mo ago
Winter is a better use case, because losing power during deep sub-zero temps can lead to plumbing damage and even be dangerous, but doesn't require too much power if heat uses natural gas as the main power source.
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by foobarian 2mo ago
My problem with deep frying (besides the points you bring up) is the waste. I can't stomach the amounts of oil I end up disposing even if I get several uses.
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by foobarian 2mo ago
If it doesn't work try thinking in Russian
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I think it is a net positive for me, because I am super unconfident by nature and the agreeable, almost sycophantic output from major LLMs give me just enough of a boost to debias me. They are certainly better than a physical rubber duck.

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