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841.
by mcv 1y ago
But what is the point of all of increases in productivity if not to let us enjoy life more? Longer life expectancy should be more than offset by the increases in productivity.
842.
by mcv 1y ago
Romance novels are notorious for this, but Campbell's Hero's Journey also identifies a constantly reused plot. But ultimately books aren't just about the plot (some don't even have one), but also about the execution.
843.
by mcv 1y ago
Is it really too much to ask that a human has a look at the book before it's published? Even just to proofread. Otherwise we might as well let AI also do the reading for us. Actually, that already happens: ask it to write you a summary
844.
by mcv 1y ago
That second rate novels use AI is probably unavoidable, but is at least one pass of proofreading by a human really too much to ask?
845.
by mcv 1y ago
Also a nice opportunity to steal a company's business. Didn't some food delivery service get their own phone numbers listed for various restaurants a few years ago?
846.
by mcv 1y ago
I haven't used it for relational databases, but I can imagine it's useful to visualize complex relationships between tables.
847.
by mcv 1y ago
What does management have to do with it? They're not involved. It's for the team.
848.
by mcv 1y ago
90 minutes is not a standup. Keep it brief. If something needs to be discussed in more detail, take it outside the standup with just the people interested in that issue. A good standup is often followed by a bunch of smaller meetings to dis
849.
by mcv 1y ago
It's definitely possible that culture matters. I wonder if there's something about American work culture that makes their standups so often dysfunctional. I'm Dutch and I have pretty good experiences with them in most project
850.
by mcv 1y ago
I strongly disagree. It's a brief moment every day to see everybody, check up on what everybody is working on, and notice if anyone needs help. Every part of that is useful.
851.
by mcv 1y ago
Interesting observation about Swedes. I'm Dutch, and I've noticed Swedes and Dutch people and culture are very similar in many ways, very egalitarian and everything, but the Dutch are not hampered by politeness. And our brutal hon
852.
by mcv 1y ago
The guy certainly had a brutal way with words.
853.
by mcv 1y ago
I'm not so sure your first point is correct. Would you consider the Nordic countries to be collectivist? Because they are among the most sparsely populated countries in Europe, more sparsely than the US, but they are the countries with
854.
by mcv 1y ago
Why such a crippling policy? Like you said, many successful entrepreneurs are university dropouts. For research grants, sure, go to PhDs. But if you want a tech industry, you need to cast a much wider net than that. Although there's al
855.
by mcv 1y ago
I haven't read it yet, but I've got it right here, and I just finished my previous book.
856.
by mcv 1y ago
As weird as he is, his claim that Trump uses a form of mass hypnosis is still the best explanation for Trump's success that I've heard. But why then Adams would support Trump, who is clearly the ultimate PHB, is something I never
857.
by mcv 1y ago
> If you want to use GeoIP, fine — but only for currency, shipping, legal stuff Possibly not even then. Shipping should depend on the address it's shipped to, not the IP. Currency, I prefer in your original currency. I don't wa
858.
by mcv 1y ago
Unintentionally spreading malware is bad enough, but blindly dismissing reports as false positives is really bad. Verify first.
859.
by mcv 1y ago
It is true of all IP law, which is why there are international agreements on IP law. But Europe already seems to be a lot more restrictive than the US on this front, so it's the US making it a race to the bottom there. China is probabl
860.
by mcv 1y ago
Offline navigation is really nice. The fact that I can use maps and find routes regardless of where I am and what connection I have, is great. It would be nice to have slightly smarter search, though. That definitely requires improvement. E
861.
by mcv 1y ago
> Redistribution as a macro government policy is still not advisable. Why not? It has worked very well in the past. > Government cannot allocate resources well however well intended. Your primary example is probably the US government,
862.
by mcv 1y ago
> America is equality of opportunity not outcomes. It would be nice if America had equality of opportunity, but it's not. Not even close. No country is, and the US less than many. Do you think a poor kid gets the same opportunities
863.
by mcv 1y ago
The Euro already is the second reserve currency of the world, and because it's already an international currency, no single country can just decide to print more. It's a far more attractive choice than the Yuan or arguably the Dol
864.
by mcv 1y ago
To get those pesos to pay you back, he needs to get those pesos, which means selling you something and then giving back the money you used to pay for it, which means the real interest you got was those goods. That's real value that dil
865.
by mcv 1y ago
That's the real damage Trump is causing. The US has traded on trust for the past 80 years, but they had that trust. Trump squanders that trust and then wants a new trust-based deal? That ship has sailed, and he's the one who sent
866.
by mcv 1y ago
I suspect Trump's goal is for the US to also produce 25% of the world's goods. Otherwise, Americans reducing their consumption to more reasonable levels sounds like a benefit to the world.
867.
by mcv 1y ago
I would love this for reading PDFs. I've got a ton of RPG PDFs that I constantly need to zoom in on on a smaller screen.
868.
by mcv 1y ago
I've heard people expressing disappointment (or triumph) because there's an American pope now, as if that would somehow strengthen Trump's position, but I don't see how. Trump doesn't control him and the pope owes n
869.
by mcv 1y ago
Yeah, it feels to me like there's some other reason they dislike VLC that they're not telling. Does it compete with their own media player or something? Did the creator of VLC date a Unity exec's ex?
870.
by mcv 1y ago
Maybe Luxembourgish doesn't have an uppercase ẞ? Dutch is also not supported. Presumbly no support for the 'ij' digraph. But do you even need that in a monospace font? Admittedly old Dutch typewriters used to have a single ch

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