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honzabe
2y ago
> In that context, everything starts to make sense. In that context, a lot of it does not make sense. Why the threats about annexing Canada or Greenland? Why the tariffs and extremely hostile rhetoric towards all allies? If you are prepa
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honzabe
2y ago
This is what despair looks like. I am not judging - I am from Eastern Europe, and I grew up in a country still occupied by Russians. Knowing that no matter what good I do, my life might be destroyed by Russia makes me feel all kinds of feel
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honzabe
2y ago
> Germany will absolutely not have its own nuclear weapons in 10 years (there are already US nukes stationed in Germany, so foreign ones aren't a change in status quo). Given the regime change in the US, those would be useless if th
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2y ago
> Mark my words, in ten years, at least three out of Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Canada will have nuclear weapons. My bet would be on Poland, Japan, and South Korea. And why is almost no one mentioning Taiwan in these discussions? I
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2y ago
The cost of the "discovery feature" should be considered too. In my case, the cost (being distracted/annoyed) is so high that it outweighs the benefits of using the app. But maybe this is just my problem. It's entirely p
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2y ago
> I think it's the difference between working with ChatGPT versus playing with ChatGPT. I think I get what you mean and I agree, kind of. However, even my "playful" mode is a lot more specific - I used to use ChatGPT a lot
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2y ago
In my experience, it appears (and keeps changing) while typing. Maybe I do not write fluently enough.
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2y ago
Maybe this is my problem? I can't NOT look at it. Am I easier to distract than the average person? Before someone asks... no, I do not have ADD. I used to use ChatGPT a lot. I stopped paying the subscription. Partly because I switched
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Is ChatGPT autocomplete bad UX/UI?
(honzabe.com)
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Can writing about summer help with winter depression?
(honzabe.com)
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honzabe
2y ago
Well... that will give me nightmares. And I am not even an American.
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honzabe
2y ago
Aristotle explained (in Politics) why running government like a business is a bad idea. Sometimes it feels that we are forgetting what we have learned and have to re-learn it the hard way again and again.
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2y ago
Military analyst Ryan McBeth argues the military industrial complex is nowadays a lot smaller and less influential than people think - he even uses a mental shortcut "military industrial complex does not exist" [1] - make of it wh
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2y ago
> I'd rather my kids have a few gaps in their knowledge than be traumatized by the school system I went through a normal school system (the first 8 years still during the communist regime in my country, so take that "normal&quo
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2y ago
> all it took was a single run with someone holding the seat I think this is the key - holding the seat. The author of the article says "I did so in the usual manner - have her sit on the seat while I grab the handlebars and run alo
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2y ago
I am not sure I can agree with that. I almost got scammed, but isn't that my responsibility to check? The thing is, those services really are useful. A lot of stuff that used to be complicated and required me to stand in line somewhere
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2y ago
That is the thing - you don't. In Czechia, something called bank ID is commonly used to authenticate. The point is to verify it is you, for example when you sign a contract online, fill in tax returns online... stuff like that. The way
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2y ago
That's bizarre - someone tried to scam me in a similar way literally a few minutes ago. I am selling something on a marketplace. Someone contacted me - they want to buy the thing I am selling. Do I still have it? I say yes. They say th
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2y ago
> That is a very particular use of the term 'escalation' which is bound to mislead people. I am not the OP, but I think your interpretation is not as obvious as you make it to be. This often leads to misunderstandings. AFAIK mi
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2y ago
> Public opinion is against further weapons shipments to Ukraine The linked article is about the opinion of Germans about shipments of German weapons. When you don't specify that in the context of this thread, which is about Eur
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2y ago
> Generally, it seems to me that a lot of people are saying, basically, "I don't want to engage in a social network that isn't and echo chamber of my beliefs." > I find it incredibly sad. But it does feel like the
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2y ago
> I was speaking to a librarian the other day who teaches incoming freshman how to use LLMs. What was shocking to me is that the librarian said a majority of the kids trust what the computer says by default. Not just LLMs, but generally
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2y ago
Location: EU (Czech Republic) Remote: Yes please Willing to relocate: Yes, to Spain or Portugal Technologies: Python (Flask), PostgreSQL, JavaScript (NodeJS, uPlot), HTML/CSS, Stripe API, UX design, market research, and more. Résumé&#x
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If I had to make kids read, I would make reading forbidden. There is something about reading as a duty that kills the joy, and others already described it better than I could. I loved reading as I kid, and I was lucky I had read most of the
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3y ago
I like the idea. I am not a native English speaker, so please take the following with a grain of salt - IMO the copy might need improvement. When selling something, you want to build a mental slide on which the prospect slides effortlessly
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3y ago
I find it hard to process a text when there is a moving .gif next to it. I had to cover it with my hand to read it. That jumping "Learn more->" button also made reading the text above it weirdly difficult - and that is probably
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Two people in my head, productivity and quality of life
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3y ago
> They get more valuable the more people are on it. That depends on your definition of value. I am craving for a small easy-to-use platform for people who are maybe all interested in a certain activity, talk about it, know each other, an
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> I think I've heard this in reference to the difficulty of software estimation. I don't like linking to Quora but I have to link the legendary "coastline trip" story posted by Michael Wolfe as a response to the quest
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Why? Nuclear plants are extremely valuable targets for at least two reasons: 1. Destroying them can cause great environmental damage. People are going to be afraid of something like intentionally caused Chornobyl, which gives the attacker a
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