jmann99999

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by jmann99999 3y ago
Civilization I. Although I should have been studying for college finals, I couldn't stop playing. The turn-based-strategy and entire concept were new to me. I wish I could go back and relive that.
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by jmann99999 3y ago
Codefio- Fair enough. Thanks for the explanation.
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by jmann99999 3y ago
I get tired of the VB.NET hate. In this case, if some kid picks up Small Basic, and then graduates to VB.NET at 14, he/she will probably graduate to the next big thing by 18. It's just like many of us picked up PHP in the early 20
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by jmann99999 3y ago
Thanks for that! A few days ago I looked at returning to it but wondered if it had become gamed. I appreciate it.
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by jmann99999 3y ago
I used Fakespot a few years ago. It seemed to work well at that time. I switched computers and didn't go back to it (probably out of laziness). Does the HN community still view it as a trusted source to make better buying decisions?
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Pascal's wager for a different time and place. I have never thought about it that way. That's interesting.
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Yeah, I have found I need to be careful. When I have used it, there is no confidential information in the email. I do pay attention to that. That said,I think it will be interesting as Microsoft introduces this into Office 365. You bring up
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Note: I tried with GPT-3.5 and it doesn't respond with all the same APIs available. That said, if you want to try the above... It appears that the rates api isn't available in 3.5 but if you follow the example through.... it will
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Great question. If you ask it for an API endpoint that is described online but isn't well documented publicly, it seems to default back to what it thinks you should do. For example, in one example, it hallucinates that you need a bear
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Here is a good example: 1) Use Chat GPT in GPT-4 mode. I have found GPT-3 doesn't work in the same way. 2) I ask "What APIs does EasyPost have?" It will respond with 7+ API endpoints 3) I ask "Can you write code in Ruby
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Generally rewriting emails for clarity... but I found another neat use of GPT-4. For public APIs, I ask to make sure its aware of the api. Then I ask for endpoints. I find the endpoint I want. Then I ask it to code a request to the endpoint
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by jmann99999 4y ago
I have very little understanding of India. While reading the article, it sounds like the changes to Indian labor law would enable more hours to be worked. However, I don't understand whether this is a good or bad thing for the average
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Nextgrid, I completely agree. If I borrow one from Sirius XM...I listen to POTUS... and a host named Julie Mason who is on early in the mornings will say "for more information follow me @ Julie Mason on Twitter." People figure it
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by jmann99999 4y ago
At over a billion a year in interest payments to just service the debt is going to be hard. Twitter, before Elon, was already losing a couple hundred million a year. It has to be worse now. I do agree that Morgan Stanley and the other finan
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Hi ABM. Good question. Here is my perspective (I could always be wrong). I listen to a number of news podcasts and they still tell people where to find the hosts on Twitter. I have yet to hear someone tell people how to find the author on M
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by jmann99999 4y ago
I just don't see the replacement for Twitter as Mastodon -- which it seems the Tweetbot people are targeting. Twitter will likely file for bankruptcy later this year due to the debt burden. However, the replacement for Twitter won&#x27
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Interacting with birds has been so wonderful for my family. We live in the mountains in North America. We were tearing down and replacing our deck when the builders came upon a nest with multiple eggs (finch eggs). Thankfully the builders a
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by jmann99999 4y ago
The way I look at it is that 30 years ago this guy created an app. He's kept it updated and it has provided a living. Not bad and not something most of us have achieved over that extended timeframe. It's impressive.
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by jmann99999 4y ago
This thread reminded me of three things. 1. I have always been afraid to cancel my Adobe subscription that gets me Photoshop 2. I bought the Affinity Suite months ago 3. Why not cancel my Adobe subscription, burn the ships, and give Affinit
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Sorry for your loss. It's never easy. However, I do want to take away the stigma of eating alone, watching a movie alone, etc. In my previous life, I was a tech consultant who traveled with a team and then was left behind by myself to
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by jmann99999 4y ago
Old school systems fascinate me, and what people are able to do in 64KB of memory on a 8 bit computers today seems like magic. Genuine question… Could Commodore have made an OS like this in 1982, if they had today’s perspective?
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by jmann99999 4y ago
If this BBC story doesn't indicate that there is an overreaction to new Twitter management, I don't know what will. It reminded me of when I was considering trying to move all of our customers to receive PGP encrypted mail in 2005
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by jmann99999 4y ago
I am a long-ago purchaser of Dark Sky. I find I never use it on my iPhone. Carrot Weather is always superior in both the forecast and Radar. Dark Sky's "it will rain in 5 minutes" was hit or miss. I live in the mountains, so
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by jmann99999 4y ago
What people seem to miss in this conversation is that fraudulent ACH TRANSACTIONS can be reversed for up to 60 days if I recall. This is different from WIRE TRANSFERS that can't be reversed. So, it is not a fertile ground for fraud.
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by jmann99999 4y ago
We've used Pushover for a long time, and it works great for our SAAS. It's rock solid. However, what sets this apart in my mind is: * The web interface. Maybe Pushover has this, but I haven't seen it. * The MyNotifier web app
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by jmann99999 4y ago
It also increases the risk of stroke and heart attack[0]. After finding that out, I don't take it quite as liberally. [0] https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fda-strengthens-warning-...
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by jmann99999 4y ago
You haven't been camping in Utah recently. If you did, you would wonder whether anyone has any other vehicle besides an F150/250/350. It's incredible.
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by jmann99999 4y ago
I'll give a slightly different view. Many of us who lived through the early 90s, the dot com bubble, and the great recession are worried about this because recessions happen pretty frequently (every 4-6 years). However, the last big do
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by jmann99999 4y ago
I am excited to see more of these Frameworks on top of Frameworks happening. Folks interested in this may also want to check out Bullet Train [0]. They are also a Rails Framework/Framework. I believe they started out with a pricing mod
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by jmann99999 5y ago
The problem with this assessment is that it will never be enough. There is always more to make. For you. For your partner. For your kids. Many of us here are in software development and make more than $174K a year. That's great. Howeve

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