macintux

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by macintux 4mo ago
And yet, people in my home state are passionate about coal, as is the current clown-in-chief. I do not believe that economics will win in 10-20 years if the U.S. government continues its current path, at least not to the "100% clean en
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by macintux 4mo ago
> All energy will be clean energy in the next 1-2 decades. You're disregarding the culture wars for which science, and even economics, seem to offer no respite.
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by macintux 4mo ago
> Winds can be low for extended periods. I'm curious how true this is anymore. It sure feels like as the globe heats up we're getting windier and windier.
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by macintux 4mo ago
I forgot to mention: a thick head of hair is useful for safety as well. I've had a nasty head wound that would have been mostly avoided, and I've certainly bumped my head on multiple occasions where it was much more painful withou
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by macintux 4mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_En... has a good overview. Note that 97% of the employees are civilians.
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by macintux 4mo ago
I'd also suggest skimming this free ebook: https://erlang-in-anger.com
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by macintux 4mo ago
Speaking as someone who's been shaving for 20 years now, it is bad. More sun exposure, less cold protection. It has benefits too, but it's overall harmful.
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by macintux 4mo ago
My high school band teacher and my father have both performed with New Horizons. Great group.
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by macintux 4mo ago
> The ones that were still under copyright are a different matter. Given the sheer volume of information posted to the Internet in the last 40-50 years, I'd wager that covers 80% or more of the relevant input data. Old text is relat
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by macintux 4mo ago
It's not a question of escaping AI. It's a question of whether it's integrated in such a way that it works for you, or against you. The blog post sounds like Google is actively making AI work against their users.
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by macintux 4mo ago
I really hope Apple watches what Google and Microsoft are doing with AI, specifically shoving it into their customers' workflow without invitation, and steers far away from that path.
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by macintux 4mo ago
> Microsoft: Our priorities are clear: availability first, then capacity, then new features. > This is a lie. Github - and the microsoft organization more widely - clearly prioritize flashy AI features over fundamental reliability Git
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by macintux 4mo ago
I’d wager your range of tech literacy/capabilities for your firm is much narrower than big tech.
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by macintux 4mo ago
I started maintaining mine in plain text, no markup at all, 20 years ago and try to use it wherever I can. My favorite employer, a startup, liked it. Regrettably most companies these days lack a sense of humor.
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by macintux 4mo ago
In the mid-90s, when I started my career, I was convinced (and very sad) that Microsoft had won the computing business and I was doomed to work on their software the rest of my life. So, perhaps "general" sentiment wasn't the
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by macintux 4mo ago
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. Rudeness may be acceptable elsewhere. Not here.
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by macintux 4mo ago
Some of us have loathed Uber, Airbnb & Meta. Are we allowed to be negative about AI?
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by macintux 4mo ago
If you're on the phone gesturing wildly to communicate with someone who can't see you, by definition you're not being disciplined.
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by macintux 4mo ago
I watched a guy driving on the interstate, one hand holding his phone to his ear, the other hand gesturing wildly, zero hands on the wheel (a few years before there was any car available that could conceivably be even so much as lane follow
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by macintux 4mo ago
We’ve never had a central data store that would make it practical to achieve such a feat. Now we have one that could answer questions like this, forever. Mass surveillance at scale is not a trivial problem to solve, but Flock is both making
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by macintux 4mo ago
> Nor when I pass a flock camera. You are not, or at least, you think you are not. How far removed are we from the federal government revoking the passports of everyone who attended a No Kings rally, anywhere in the country?
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by macintux 4mo ago
I didn't say it was an accurate extrapolation.
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by macintux 4mo ago
Many parents grew up with TVs as their screens. It's a reasonable extrapolation to think that their kids will be fine with devices as their screens.
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by macintux 4mo ago
How many of those employers are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to feed their kids? I have less sympathy for decision-makers who are stressed than the people who’ll be fired first, and have less mobility. Or safety net.
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by macintux 4mo ago
Thank you, that Wired piece is fascinating. (I probably enjoyed it 10 years ago too.)
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by macintux 4mo ago
I hope the negative reactions here are to the truncated title (HN drops the “How” from titles). The author doesn’t seem to be claiming anything revolutionary, just describing how they created their pipeline. Good grief. > Please don&#x27
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by macintux 5mo ago
Not even that. Bury it in a sufficiently-large PR and there’s a very good chance it’ll be rubber-stamped because no one wants to take the time to carefully review the entire set of changes.
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by macintux 5mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_attacks_on_journali...
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by macintux 5mo ago
To anyone for whom Houston is a bit too far of a drive (plus the fact that the museum now seems closed), but Cincinnati is not: Union Terminal is another beautiful example of art deco. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinc
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by macintux 5mo ago
I remember, ~20 years ago, there was some free Christmas elf game (Flash?) that went viral and everyone was playing it. Struck me as a perfect vector for malware, I was a little surprised that didn’t happen.

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