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by giantg2 11mo ago
"but the purpose of college is not to write papers. The papers are so that the students can demonstrate that they understand the subject and that they have "learned to learn"." That depends on the perspective. In theory,
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by giantg2 11mo ago
"We need people who understand how computers work more than ever." In small numbers, yes. In current/large numbers, maybe not. Do college students need to understand language, grammar, or the subject to write B grade papers?
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by giantg2 11mo ago
The outsourcing is the only real threat in your list. In the past, we have eliminated jobs in the primary (eg farming) and secondy (eg manufacturing) industries through automation and outsourcing with the goal of moving workers into higher
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by giantg2 11mo ago
Batteries that undercut the market price have serious flaws... who would have thought!
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by giantg2 11mo ago
If it's not scandalous, can I shit in the lobby trashcan? If the hotel wants me to have an audience, might as well...
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by giantg2 11mo ago
New business idea... set up a truck with automated lockers on it next to the hotel and rent folding doors to the occupants for $20/night.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
Yeah, was mostly interested in the tooling.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
Do you know of anything similar for pip?
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by giantg2 11mo ago
Nothing moved. You gave me the 2% property tax from TX. The other person gave me the dorm in Atlanta. I gave you a real example where I will pay more in property tax than I will in interest. Property tax varies from state to state and won&#
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by giantg2 11mo ago
"EU car registration usually provides information about who the car is registered to, not who owns it." The authorities disagree. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/...
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by giantg2 11mo ago
"I think you're vastly over estimating property taxes." You're implying that this needs to be the biggest monthly cost, which I don't agree with. Eventually you will pay off your mortgage, leaving you with just prop
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by giantg2 11mo ago
It does seem easier, but very low vlaue. If we let the recoding continue we will still have facial recognition, gait recognition, OnStar tracking, etc.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
It's mostly redundant as the registration schemes in most other countries do the same thing.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
No, the license plates are not the problem. It's the scanning/recording of them that is. License plates provide basically the same info as the title to the car or your house. They only supply addition information, such as location
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by giantg2 11mo ago
"Naive google shows it saves you about 600 a month" What does it cost? Otherwise, this is like saying I saved $100 buying a pair of shoes on sale. Property tax is a major component of most property expenses (maybe not for schools)
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by giantg2 11mo ago
If you set it up as a charity or something, then maybe you could. Otherwise, there's still likely $100+ in property tax per occupant per month even on a dorm sized space. That's before utilities, upkeep, paying off construction, a
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by giantg2 11mo ago
There is no "cheap place to live" due to property taxes in most areas.
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Ask HN: Securing Pip and NPM package use?
1 points by giantg2 11mo ago|1 comments
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by giantg2 11mo ago
I'll give it a try. Even if it is better, that's might not help noobs since there are tons of tutorials using the Arduino one. That could change over time though.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
Certainly an option. The IDE is nice for beginners, which seemed like a major point to Arduino.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
It's like apps for phones in 2005-2015 - take a shot and see where it lands. Might be worthless, or might hit it big. VC investing is basically just playing a lottery that you can influence the odds.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
I won't even connect my cell phone to the company wifi. Anyone concerned about the surveillance state or big tech and privacy would likely do the same as they can be very invasive.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
"If you're using Cursor with a company (teams, enterprise) subscription, information of all your code commits is sent to their API." Yeah... get your own personal subscription. Creating side projects on company resources coul
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by giantg2 11mo ago
"Why does Y Combinator seem to be consistently funding AI slop?" Because everyone is funding AI slop. The example you gave is more about AI workflow management vs actual slop. It's a slop enabler.
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by giantg2 11mo ago
I'm half tempted to say just give everyone cheap multispecral goggles and get rid of the headlights, streetlights, etc. With volume, you could build a set with digital night vision and a Flir Lepton for under $400 (which is about the c
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by giantg2 1y ago
"Despite what the media (and for crying out loud, the US President), says, London is actually a remarkably safe city." I'm not sure what the media or president is saying, but looking at the data I would not call it "rema
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by giantg2 1y ago
They are smaller shoes. You could lock them up, but you could also modulate it (success depends on the type and user experience). Instead of a joke, here's some actual information. https://www.nationwide.com/lc/res
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by giantg2 1y ago
The same sort of mechanism that transmissions use today - a sprocket and pawl or similar somewhere between the motor and wheels.
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by giantg2 1y ago
And motors/actuators wear out and can rust too. A cable is still much cheaper.
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by giantg2 1y ago
"They also don't really stop a moving car, it's a parking brake." This is false. Have you ever tried it? I can say from experience they will stop a moving car.

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