hooverd

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by hooverd 10mo ago
I don't know HN was full of neo-confederates.
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by hooverd 10mo ago
Do you want to help people learn or do you want to make money? Those are very different incentives. I think the gamified apps learn too much towards retention vs learning; because ultimately someone who learns the material isn't a cust
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by hooverd 10mo ago
such as?
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by hooverd 10mo ago
Yes please. I don't care if somebody did their own research via one, but it's just so low effort.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
It doesn't. They're just lying.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
this is why we can't have nice things
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by hooverd 11mo ago
Well, how many non-successful entrepreneurs and business owners do you know?
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by hooverd 11mo ago
Truly, Elon Musk's capabilities are unparalleled in every realm.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
Nonconsenual pornography is the killer app.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
"I want to liquefy my brain on short form video" is quite a take.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
try asking a person?
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by hooverd 11mo ago
I'm using sideloaded Firefox right now!
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by hooverd 11mo ago
Tell that to their advertising arm.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
Now that's just some stupid hyperbole.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
I think they're useful tools but sooo many AI evangelists are just aggressively using them to slop up things.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
After the ballot box, the cartridge box.
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by hooverd 11mo ago
at what point do you actually not know anything?
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by hooverd 11mo ago
Well, as long as they pursue a "copyright for me but not for thee" regime, you can.
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by hooverd 1y ago
ah, the classic "you are a sacrifice I'm willing to make"
50.
by hooverd 1y ago
There are certainly diminishing returns but good coffee is objectively better than some pre ground supermarket stuff. Part of it is recognizing what's a good value more than what's the best and most expensive.
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by hooverd 1y ago
instead of sideload you could use the more correct term "install software on a device you own without permission from Google"
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by hooverd 1y ago
The price floor on the middling chain restaurants has gone up but the prices on the higher end haven't as much. Now it's a better deal to just go to the local, nicer restaurant.
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by hooverd 1y ago
"forcing people to"? it's still more expensive in money or in time if you're getting anything more than replacement level fast food.
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by hooverd 1y ago
I think a lot of "let's use technology to solve a social problem" takes forget to assume that both sides have access to technology.
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by hooverd 1y ago
I like the idea but I'm sure that's a YC startup working on juicing revenue from patients being spun at the same time.
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by hooverd 1y ago
CMS?
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by hooverd 1y ago
That just makes it So the big boys who are making all this money can continue to operate while small platforms can no longer afford to comply with the new regulatory environment.
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by hooverd 1y ago
That's infinitely preferable to scrolling your short form video platform of choice. At least you get some fun facts to use in conversation out of it.
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by hooverd 1y ago
Oh absolutely, The intent and magnitude of a lot of dark patterns do make them quite bad.
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by hooverd 1y ago
what doesn't, at some point?

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