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by mfer 3y ago
It sorta makes sense for a bunch of reasons: 1. You only have to deal with one Linux distro in the VM. Managing things across many distros can be difficult at that level. 2. There are times you want to blow away your environment. Can't
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by mfer 3y ago
To run Linux containers you will always need Linux somewhere. On macOS this would be in a VM that's usually managed by the tooling. Docker Desktop, Rancher Desktop, lima, and others all do this. On Windows you have the Windows Subsyste
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by mfer 3y ago
That depends on what you need. For most people and use cases you can replace it with something like Rancher Desktop [1]. But, there are use cases and situations where you needed Docker Desktop. Disclaimer, I started Rancher Desktop. [1] ht
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by mfer 3y ago
I’m reminded that people like habits. They like comfort food. Always trying to be creative and different can be mentally taxing on viewers. Sometimes people just want comfort shows. With the usual.
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by mfer 3y ago
> There is a reason people would complain that "every week is the same story!". There are many people who like series that are similar each week. Look at the popularity of shows like Friends or The Office. Maybe a question is,
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by mfer 3y ago
Who defines what is “good” air quality in a dispassionate way? Or any of the other levels. If they just showed numbers without colors, how would the UX work for the general public who isn’t all that knowledgeable? Building a useful [1] exp
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by mfer 3y ago
People who want to make good faith efforts are a valuable thing. They are willing to do the work and, typically, they genuinely care. Not everything they do will be useful. Sometimes they don’t know what to do or are directed by others. Whe
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by mfer 3y ago
> "If a moderator team unanimously decides to stop moderating, we will invite new, active moderators to keep these spaces open and accessible to users," This is where things have escalated to.
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by mfer 3y ago
The response from the NHTSA highlights an interesting mismatch... > The NHTSA said a malicious actor "could utilize such open access to remotely command vehicles to operate dangerously, including attacking multiple vehicles concurre
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by mfer 3y ago
There is a shortage of trained professionals. The baby boomer generation has more chronic health problems than the generation before them. And, there are more of them. This leads to more health care services needed. Yet, where I live the nu
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by mfer 3y ago
They use a microservice architecture. Some services could scale well in servicing all those assets. What handles checking access to private subs may not. You can’t treat the scaling as a binary feature, that it does or doesn’t
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by mfer 3y ago
FWIW, “the author” is the creator of nodejs and deno. That’s part of his personal context
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I didn't claim it was Facebook's fault. I did write... > Useful solutions to the problem are where we are running into disagreements. I consider Useful to be Usability + Utility. One of the problems in finding a useful solution
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by mfer 3y ago
There is a real problem. Content creators are not getting enough income to operate on. Middle companies (e.g., Google and Facebook) are making a lot of money. This is a problem especially for local and regional content. Useful solutions to
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by mfer 3y ago
In most places there are limits to who can put things on poles. For example, where I live it’s the local municipality, utilities, telephone companies, and cable companies. That’s it.
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by mfer 3y ago
I think it’s more complicated than it seems. For example, - electricity payments are highly regulated. I’ve seen places where the electric company wants to raise rates to cover investments in infra only to see the gov not allow it. - there
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by mfer 3y ago
It has to do with what the chips can support. Compare the AMD USB channels [1] with the Intel Thunderbold channels [2]. Intel has more channels for motherboard/system manufacturers to work with. [1] https://www.techpowerup.c
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by mfer 3y ago
Are you suggesting companies put their company confidential information into a system that will use it for training and other purposes?
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by mfer 3y ago
It's about leaking private/proprietary company information. It's not about features. How will that private/proprietary information be used by OpenAI? Does it include NDA information from another company that they don&#x2
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by mfer 3y ago
You can make 250k a year, eat out every day, buy a starbucks coffee every morning, regularly have new clothes, etc. This is all expensive. Consider the cost different with cooking your own meals and eating out for every meal. Lifestyle choi
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by mfer 3y ago
> Dropbox moved beyond basic file sharing long ago. File syncing and storage is a feature rather than a full product, these days. Microsoft and Google have made sure of that. You need something more to compete. So, it makes sense that Dr
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by mfer 3y ago
Low fiber can leave you feeling good in the short term but it has long term health implications, I've read. The book Fiber Fueled [1] talks about what happens with fiber in our gut and the impact on our bodies at a high level. The auth
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by mfer 3y ago
I wish it detailed the types of carbs. Carbs from whole grains and things like fruit are different from processed carbs where the supporting parts of the food are removed. That's why Keto bread will look at fiber compared to total carb
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by mfer 3y ago
Azure and Office numbers are separate in the announcement.
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by mfer 3y ago
Not only has Hawking radiation not been observed but the article starts with a "may have" and concludes by pointing out that there aren't conditions to observe the phenomenon described today. Maybe I'm just not a fan of
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by mfer 3y ago
Some thoughts... First, you need organizations interested in sustainable and not more and more shareholder returns. Sustainable is a different way to look at the financial planning. Second, newspapers have long been funded by ads. But, the
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by mfer 3y ago
They have a page on their site where you can signup for notifications, too.
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by mfer 3y ago
I really want to use Vivaldi. This makes it even more interesting. But, iOS sync is something I use daily. Not having sync to a browser on iOS is a limiter.
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by mfer 3y ago
Clarity can include explaining how some laws apply in situations relevant to Coinbase or crypto currencies. Sometimes dots need to be connected.
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by mfer 3y ago
> has a slightly old-fashioned flavor When people use things like this I try to catch it. This isn't a reasoned argument. It's meant to have the reader or hearer feel a certain way to change minds.

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