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by gilrain 4y ago
Is Musk really incompetent enough that he can’t be responsible for contracts he signs? Does he need a legal guardian?
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by gilrain 4y ago
That’s how the commons gets tragedied…
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AI Data Laundering(waxy.org)
3 points by gilrain 4y ago|0 comments
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by gilrain 4y ago
The browser is traditionally the “user agent”. An agent operating in my interests does not advertise to me.
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by gilrain 4y ago
Google making big bets: I’m all in! Actually, no, I fold.
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by gilrain 4y ago
Appropriate in response to the breathtaking arrogance-in-ignorance of what it was responding to.
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by gilrain 4y ago
Aside from the unpleasant surprise of there not being an audience.
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by gilrain 4y ago
Apple music is my choice, exactly because it is still album focused. That said, I’m not surprised you bounced off… the UI isn’t very good.
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by gilrain 4y ago
> When asked what changed from the week prior, Harrison admitted nothing had and told those on the call, “We knew.” I encourage you to consider looking for work at a company which respects you; you’re worth it.
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by gilrain 4y ago
They really don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt when it comes to abandoning products.
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by gilrain 4y ago
This would depend massively on the equally long evolutionary, cultural, and political history that they would have… just like that context is necessary to understand our own decisions. Folks assume “aliens” would be some kind of clean room,
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by gilrain 4y ago
“Rust” isn’t trying 20 different things. Various independent teams and developers are working on their own projects for various reasons.
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by gilrain 4y ago
A promise from a well known con artist and a promise from a centuries-reliable government aren’t actually usefully similar.
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by gilrain 4y ago
> He really did not. Why would I believe your guess instead of his actual statement?
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by gilrain 4y ago
> Witch hunt firings Translation from conspiracy speak: there was one resignation
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by gilrain 4y ago
The GIMP thread experience: exactly one diehard user of the software takes on all comers to explain why GIMP is actually great.
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by gilrain 4y ago
When you walk into a grocery store, all those colorful products you see? They aren’t digital… they require pigments, dyes, and paper. We’re not in VR just yet.
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by gilrain 4y ago
> So the original source for custom things is probably a jpeg image This assumption is wrong.
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by gilrain 4y ago
And the notion remained absent for close to 20 years and counting, huh?
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by gilrain 4y ago
People being free to trade things of value is not capitalism. Many other economic systems allow for this.
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by gilrain 4y ago
I love Tabasco, but there’s a trick to it: think of it as a really good seasoning vinegar rather than a really thin hot sauce. It stays in my fridge for use on breakfast eggs and potatoes, where it excels. That “diner breakfast” flavor in a
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by gilrain 4y ago
> Manufacturers are working on getting rid of them. It might be more ethical to stop selling the dangerous product until a replacement can be found, but I’m not a huge chemical manufacturer.
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by gilrain 4y ago
I assume they switched to a less studied but very similar analog, like happened with BPA? Edit: Yep, of course they did. > Another potential concern is that other PFAS are now in use. For example, hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO, also kn
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by gilrain 4y ago
I’d love to try an American mustard with no mustard in it. Would you mind sharing any brand which fits this description? Or, did you mean American yellow mustard isn’t usually spicy? That doesn’t mean there isn’t mustard in it.
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by gilrain 4y ago
They should all have white wine as part of their formulation.
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No…
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by gilrain 4y ago
I hope so.
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by gilrain 4y ago
UI is specifically about the points of interaction between the user and the system. UX is about the entire, holistic experience of using the system, whether interactive or not. The latter is a superset of the former.
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by gilrain 4y ago
Fair enough… one can only speak for oneself, after all.
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by gilrain 4y ago
Marketing says not to worry about a negative rumor? Well, case closed!

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