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by haswell 3y ago
I read the parent comment differently. In a hypothetical future where there is no degree requirement, whatever they’re doing now to assess applicants is not relevant. In that scenario, the system has fundamentally changed, and I think this
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by haswell 3y ago
The risk is not in sifting through billions of records. The risk is enabling a service that unlocks a capability like “give me the password for this email address that may or may not be mine ”. The source of a breach is a single attribute
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by haswell 3y ago
Linking the latest generation tech to the previous generations is actually really helpful from my perspective. All of the terminology for this tech is still emerging, and it can be quite difficult to formulate a reliable mental model for an
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by haswell 3y ago
> This definition of "feeding you stimuli" seems extremely broad to me. To rein this in a bit, here's how I'm defining this: regularly "choosing" to interact with a library of content and experiences that
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by haswell 3y ago
What is it about VR that makes it meaningfully different enough from the current generation of problematic technology that we don't need to worry about the same problems? This isn't a "gotcha" question; I'm genuinel
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by haswell 3y ago
> But otherwise this warning is too early. When would the right time have been to warn people about the current generation of social media? We now have a ton of information about how technology will be used and abused, and we have a laun
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by haswell 3y ago
I don't think ambient and immersive are mutually exclusive. Ambient tech just widens the potential space in which someone can become immersed. Before ambient tech, I primarily interacted with my computers. With ambient tech, I interact
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by haswell 3y ago
While sitting with my iPad typing the other morning, something about the experience struck me in a way that it never had before. I've been typing since the early 90s, and can type around 120WPM without looking or thinking about it, and
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by haswell 3y ago
I’d be careful not to conflate criticality with complexity. The TCP/IP stack is extremely well defined and covers a finite problem space. Products higher up the software stack tend to balloon in complexity as they reach into concrete u
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by haswell 3y ago
You don't really need that IDE; you can just use a text editor. But you use the IDE because it brings major productivity gains with it. The broader point was that yes, meeting discipline can be achieved by just sticking to certain pr
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by haswell 3y ago
> But we are not even close to the youth suicides numbers of the 1880s … To me there is obviously no new epidemic Do we have any reason to believe that the suicide numbers in the 1880s are at all correlated with systemic factors that
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by haswell 3y ago
> Both cost time, which is finite and precious As social animals who will eventually face the loss of every friend we've ever made, cultivating both a good network of friends and a kind of internal resilience is probably the best
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by haswell 3y ago
We all use tools that are not “necessary”, but are very useful. Most developer tools fall into this category.
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by haswell 3y ago
Hey Greg! Thanks again for the work you were doing. It made a difference.
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by haswell 3y ago
Not OP, but their approach to devrel was by itself a huge differentiator early on. We’ve become so accustomed to developer-oriented marketing and programs that it’s easy to forget that Twilio was really at the cutting edge of this movement
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by haswell 3y ago
> Is hardware going to be the differentiator that makes it so much more useful? The tech journalists who got an early look seem to think so. Obviously time will tell if this holds up under real world conditions. I was a VR early adopte
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by haswell 3y ago
It is not fair to compare the Quest devices, given what we know about the Vision Pro so far. The AR functionality on current-gen gaming headsets is terrible, and the screen door effect is glaringly obvious. What Apple is advertising blows t
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by haswell 3y ago
Recent threads about this: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38827569 (6 days, 17 comments) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38899120 (8 hours, 9 comments) This particular thread is odd since it
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by haswell 3y ago
This highly depends on the use case and software involved.
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by haswell 3y ago
> if someone wants to do drugs they should honestly reconsider their life and do something productive I think this is a problematic way to frame the situation. If we zoom out a bit to look at systemic factors, a significant portion of
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by haswell 3y ago
> Given the current fear around hidden cameras in Airbnbs, the idea of every single window (or even shower door) in a rental property being able to spy on you is a little disconcerting. While there are some really interesting potential
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by haswell 3y ago
Regarding social media, I think the current form threatens the fabric of society. It causes people to believe things about each other that they would never believe if not for the algorithmic rage machines promoting the worst outliers. The u
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by haswell 3y ago
The paranoia is no longer prevalent, but I don't think this has much bearing on the underlying risk that exists regardless of the degree of awareness by the general population. One of the only reasons MAD has held up is because we&#x27
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by haswell 3y ago
I disagree. Lawyers and judges practice and interpret the laws for which we, the people are collectively responsible. Laws are written based on the results of these kinds of discussions. These discussions tease out the nuances of issues, an
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by haswell 3y ago
While I wouldn’t call myself a Luddite, I’ve definitely moved beyond the blind techno-optimism that I held in the 90s and early 2000s. But it’s not AI that’s making me shift my views. It’s the mess of unresolved problems brought about by th
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by haswell 3y ago
It’s generating what are arguably important discussions at a time when no one really knows where all of this is going. I wouldn’t frame this as stupid, or even trolling. An art project maybe, and one that is doing its job seemingly pretty w
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by haswell 3y ago
I hear what you’re saying, and I agree that running something locally is appreciably different than using something hosted elsewhere. But I think it’s critical to be precise about this. Open source is still open source, and this designation
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by haswell 3y ago
I think my use of "boil down" didn't come across as intended. My point was that many/most people do not have the ability to independently verify the claims of experts in various scientific fields, nor do they care to. Th
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by haswell 3y ago
> Originally you said I am obligated due to my education I originally said "It’s not as if the only benefit we enjoy is the education system that we did not utilize." , i.e. education is just one of many things we all collec
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by haswell 3y ago
As far as I can tell, I disagree with your point but have not missed it. > Absolutely nothing is inherently owed to society. There is no obligation at all. As a member of a social species of animal, why do you believe this to be true?

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