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by latexr 28d ago
To use a literal asterisk on HN, do ** or \*. Your single usage in two places instead turned the majority of the post italic.
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by latexr 29d ago
Basic web search for “australia survey closest international friend” returned https://poll.lowyinstitute.org/charts/australias-best-friend...
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by latexr 29d ago
> No one has to lose anything Holy shit, for the third time that is not the argument . Read what I wrote and try to steal man a bit. Get your preconceived argument out of your head and understand we are in agreement. The difference betw
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by latexr 29d ago
You completely misunderstood the point. In no way do I mean that someone has to suffer for someone else to thrive. We could (and should) all thrive and have our needs met. I’m just saying the term is relative, like “tall” and “short”. If
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by latexr 29d ago
> An analogous question is “isn't it nice to have a society where at least some people are rich?” There’s a crucial difference between the two questions. “Rich” is a relative term: If everyone had the same amount of money, no one wo
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by latexr 29d ago
> So is claiming "if people don't keep learning the absolute basics about everything they'll be stupid and useless" That’s not a false equivalence, there’s nothing being compared there. Also, I have no idea who you’re
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by latexr 29d ago
And would you not agree that is a bad thing?
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by latexr 29d ago
Slow? There’s a Faming Simulator competitive esports league (because of course there is). You can find videos on YouTube.
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by latexr 29d ago
> I said this in different ways before and got shoveled because of the way I said it Are you sure that was the problem? Because to me it seems like it’s the argument which doesn’t hold. You’re engaging in what is called a False Equivalen
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by latexr 29d ago
> Whether it actually meaningfully increases the difficulty of a forgery remains to be seen. Then maybe let’s save those criticisms until this is in the hands of knowledgeable people who can actually test? I mean, I’m no fan of the direc
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by latexr 29d ago
> For most users having to mail a file to someone is way more work than having to just share a link. Citation very much needed. Sharing a link, especially if you’re already at your computer where the app runs, very often means emailing t
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by latexr 1mo ago
> Their style/level of journalism is pretty much the case study with what’s wrong with the internet. What makes you say that, specifically?
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by latexr 1mo ago
Spaces around em-dashes are a convention which changes depending on the style guide.
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by latexr 1mo ago
I mean, technically it got them to write about it, but not from the intended angle , which is important.
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by latexr 1mo ago
> Isn't that a lot simpler? You’re glossing over the recurring cost and annoyance of dealing with the hosting and having to secure the data. This way you just share and it’s local. Sure, if you have to share data between people, you
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by latexr 1mo ago
You severely misunderstand the world if you believe the only way to be harmful and enact change is through votes and legislation. Also, perhaps read up on lobbying and historic cases like Citizens United v. FEC, if you think money plays no
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by latexr 1mo ago
> I understand he may have some views that people disagree with, but he cannot realistically affect any change. You keep saying that, but I think what you’re missing is that he can affect change. He’s a public figure with a large amoun
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by latexr 1mo ago
Not in space, from space.
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by latexr 1mo ago
No, this is why we need stronger regulations which are actually enforced and keep companies from abusing people for unrestrained profit. “True open-source AI models” would just mean that some people get another option while the majority i
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AI hypervigilance is now an omnipresent cognitive load for your users(productpicnic.beehiiv.com)
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by latexr 1mo ago
That was close to happening. He already lost the logo and “tweet”. https://thenextweb.com/news/musk-x-twitter-bird-logo-tweet-t...
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by latexr 1mo ago
You’ll probably be waiting around a decade, then (about the amount of time Apple has between these refreshes), and won’t be able to upgrade your Mac hardware (because they never support OSs older than what they ship with). For people develo
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by latexr 1mo ago
Would be awesome if instead of trying to replace managers and employees, those people tried to replace customers. They could sell to themselves, amongst themselves, and leave the rest of us out of it.
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by latexr 1mo ago
And we made fun of 90’s cartoon villains… They would blush and retire if they saw what’s being excitedly peddled today as “the future”. Pray tell, what will these fantastical vibe coded business sell, and why will anyone pay for it?
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by latexr 1mo ago
> Could it be you are selecting birds that are not actually in Europe I tried it for birds which I’m certain fly to Europe and also saw nothing. Also, when searching for the species, the image in the little preview was wrong (it was righ
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by latexr 1mo ago
> permanently archived Why do you say it’s permanent? Unarchiving a GitHub repository is reversible, and just as easy as archiving it.
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by latexr 1mo ago
I second (from another comment) the suggestion for CARRION. Think of it like those 80’s movies where an amorphous creature is captured/created and stuck in a lab. You play as the creature, trying to get out. https://store.st
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by latexr 1mo ago
Yes, agreed. Sorry, I lost track of the important bit there.
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by latexr 1mo ago
> 'Apple' was a metaphor to Newton “Apple” was a non-intimidating name that would appear early in the phone book. It had nothing to do with Newton, that logo came after the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
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by latexr 1mo ago
> It's like you people see everything in black and white and miss that most of the real world is a gradient of shades of grey and quite never full black or white. I’d go even further. Shades of grey implies two extremes on a linear

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