mike10921

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by mike10921 2y ago
Back in the day, Open Source projects thrived on the enthusiasm of creators who didn't view software development as a means to make money. Instead, they saw it as an opportunity to build a community and create superior products through
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by mike10921 3y ago
The reason is that labs can decipher the drug contents and produce the drugs at a fraction of the cost. Of course, these companies never paid for the research and cost to bring to market. So yes US citizens end up carrying the cost, but in
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by mike10921 3y ago
I'm the last to defend the drug companies, but at a basic level, they get the right to sell at high prices because of the cost to bring to market which is absolutely enormous. Once it goes to market the cost of producing the drug is o
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by mike10921 3y ago
On the flip side, I find that GPT4 is constantly getting degraded. It intentionally only returns partial answers even when I direct it specifically not to do so. My guess is, that they are trying to save on CPU consumption by generating sho
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by mike10921 3y ago
They cant get away with "oh shiz we screwed up", this is the essential part of their business. If you're unable to perform the fundamental service you are offering, it's indefensible. Okta having a security breach is lik
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by mike10921 3y ago
This is similar to discussing the off-road capabilities of a Range Rover. The extent of off-roading for most Range Rovers is typically just driving onto a front lawn. Most cybertruck owners will likely show little to no concern about its to
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by mike10921 3y ago
Who could forget trying to download a game that was two Gigs, and it would give an estimate of a week :)
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by mike10921 3y ago
The usual movie: Google pushes its monopoly with shenanigans, they get sued, and if they lose they pay a random fine that is a drop in the ocean. Nothing changes and shenanigans continue.
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by mike10921 3y ago
I'm no fan of either company but the general concept is that Meta specializes in software not fashion, so partnering with Rayban will allow people to feel fashionable while using Meta's device (and of course allowing meta to follo
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by mike10921 3y ago
Short version via ChatGPT (for the lazy but curious like myself): Between 1994 and 1998, AOL (America Online) emerged as a significant player in the digital landscape. Initially established in 1985 as Quantum Computer Services with a produc
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by mike10921 3y ago
Yes, the commute removal definitely added a new perspective to many people who have been working in offices for many years. I ended up renting a small office near my house because working and being in the same place without any change felt
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by mike10921 3y ago
As a long-time software engineer and related positions. When covid started it felt as if the world said "We worked enough we need a collective time off"
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by mike10921 3y ago
It is not bad if one has self-control and eats a small amount of it, but that is really the case for most bad substances like alcohol, weed, etc. If one is out of control eating sugar it is clearly going to have bad consequences. The immedi
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by mike10921 3y ago
Nicotine itself is not more harmful than coffee or similar products. It is the smoking that is the main health risk. Assuming that vaping is less harmful, that would make it a win if one was to choose between smoking and vaping. Of course,
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by mike10921 3y ago
I fully agree. The main argument is that if you use sweeteners you will eat more sugar, so it is worse than sugar. So basically don't eat the non-poison because it will cause you to eat poison, so instead eat the poison itself. Also,
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by mike10921 3y ago
The funny thing is most of my college mates who took mathematics or electrical engineering degrees, or some other random similar degree all ended up doing programming. The pay in coding is so much higher that they all end up in it, and half
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by mike10921 3y ago
Something I learned recently. There exists a 1967 international treaty that no space exploration can touch external water of any sort to prevent earth duelers from contaminating water outside Earth. https://spacethoughtsblog.word
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by mike10921 3y ago
Very impressive. So few entertaining websites of this type these days. I really enjoyed it
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by mike10921 4y ago
Will likely result in some sum of x millions in fines. This will make zero difference in Google's control over search and anything related. We all seen this movie multiple times and end is always the same..
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by mike10921 4y ago
This technology in Bill Gates hands, doesn't sound like a good idea for humanity...
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by mike10921 4y ago
Why is no one asking? LOL pretty much everyone knows the answer but won't say it. The reason is that those who are supposed to ask the questions would open a pandora's box of their own shiz and dealings. So they prefer to pretend
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by mike10921 4y ago
I'm with you. Of course, if I already owned one I would be searching the net up and down on how to crack the feature without paying :)
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by mike10921 4y ago
I missed that line while skimming the article, but that is exactly what was going through my mind. It is mind-boggling how this can exist on such a grand scale without any scrutiny.
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by mike10921 4y ago
If someone at a party complained to me that octopuses is wrong and it should be octopi, I would most likely be moving on to the next table..
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by mike10921 4y ago
Marvelous, these people are so connected to the land they see and feel things that very few do.
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by mike10921 4y ago
When google was pure this would absolutely not of happened.
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by mike10921 4y ago
Completely agree. Just a few years back before I was using a password manager with random passwords I googled one of my commonly used passwords. I was able to find leaked databases of passwords etc. The other day I did a similar search and
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by mike10921 4y ago
YouTube is my time waster as well (besides when I actually watch technical info). YouTube Shorts are decent but I must keep the volume off because for some reason creators think they must add the most annoying music to any video clip they u
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by mike10921 4y ago
Back in the day, I used to frequent Comedy Cellar and I was there multiple times when Chris Rock was trying out his material in order to decide which jokes he would later use with his larger audiences.
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by mike10921 4y ago
1000% agree. The whole narrative to non-stop discuss vaping as opposed to smoking is being pushed by the super powerful cigarette companies. Vaping MIGHT be harmful to a person but cigarettes are 100% CONFIRMED to be terrible for humans. An

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