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by ghostpepper 1y ago
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUFkSN0XLZ-ltETI20mpX... The ost2.fyi courses are all high quality
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
My layperson understanding is this happens because the mechanism that dilates the pupil responds to visible light so glasses cause it to open wider, but if they don’t block UV then you end up with more UV exposure than if you didn’t wear an
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
I agree, and sadly this kind of gives the Montessori label pretty limited predictive value. Turns out you just need to find a good school, regardless of label.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
I turned off chatGPT memory entirely because it doesn't know how to segment itself. I was getting inane comments like this when asking about winter tires: Because you work in firmware (so presumably you appreciate measurement, risk, du
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
it's a bit of a blurry distinction because, what is firmware if not the software that runs on an embedded device? a more accurate description would be that the high-level operating system (HLOS) has been modified to include the install
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
I agree that most rss clients lack true power user features for searching and filtering. I spent a bit of time proving out an idea to use Bleve indexing to allow scoring each article with weighted keywords but I haven’t had time to work on
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Not a lot more detail but a better source in general https://therecord.media/secret-service-cellular-network-disr...
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
This is a cool site. For anyone who doesn't feel like clicking, the top overall is Carnegie Mellon. There are three from China in the top 10, the other seven are American. ETH Zurich is the first outside of China/USA at number 12.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Modern mazdas are one example - the touchscreen locks out above 5 miles per hour. This is only feasible because the physical controls are excellent, and you can basically accomplish anything except typing an address or a song name without t
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
I wonder why Zulip isn't mentioned more in these comparisons. Personally I would pick Slack over Mattermost any day in terms of sheer usability, corporate lock-in notwithstanding. I find Discord's UX to be pretty awful in terms of
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Most of the people in this thread are agreeing with you. You are not even close to the only one.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Facebook changed its name to Meta. Meta is the company with the brand problem, not Ray Ban.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
A big part of why they're considered the best is features like moving seamlessly between iPhone and mac within seconds of starting audio playback.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
do you live in Canada or is this happening elsewhere?
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Making attackers work harder is still a worthwhile goal. No security is perfect.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Can you be more specific on what you consider "widespread" vs "rare"?
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
> If they are going to push for office collaboration, at least organize the teams so all the team members are actually in the same office. As far as I can tell this is what apple does, and it actually makes a lot more sense than "yo
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
I would never install one of these apps (more for security/privacy than information detox) but if Uber can abuse the notification system for advertising then it wouldn't surprise me if these companies would too.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
I'm confused by the wording "we create simulated job assignments" Was this entire study based on real data or a simulation?
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Just search (both on HN and the internet more broadly) for Canonical (the company that created Ubuntu) hiring horror stories
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
This begs the question of what would be required to get an AI chatbot to emulate the process you (and others, including myself) use manually, and whether it's possible purely through different prompting. Is the fundamental problem that
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
If you don’t have the time (or the musical background) for the full article, this short YouTube video touches on some of the same ideas in a much more condensed and accessible version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP
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Lies We Tell Kids (2008)(paulgraham.com)
7 points by ghostpepper 1y ago|1 comments
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
FWIW I have a free app installed called iVerify that mostly just reminds me when a new iOS is released but recently I noticed they added a "Strip metadata from photo" feature to the sharing tray, so you can pipe a photo through it
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
it doesn't matter who the war is with/against, if the lead developer of a software project gets drafted that will likely affect the users by virtue of them having less time to work on it (or none, if they get killed, which is not,
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Thanks for sharing. Pretty aggressive paywall that is blocking archive.is and won't allow viewing a gift link without an account.
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
shouldn't every new company be using SSO for everything in 2025 and beyond? how long before this no longer becomes a good signal?
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
Is Flamingo a luxury hotel?
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
> €200-250 a night this is still cheap compared to Vegas. even in the middle of august, when the temperature routinely tops 40C, hotels are upwards of $300-400USD/night
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by ghostpepper 1y ago
what happened with the lock pick village?

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