mirmor23

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by mirmor23 2mo ago
of course. this experiment is not novel. in the courts witness would swear on the bible (not sure now). Heard this from an Indian friend, and not sure how much of this true - Indian cities used to have problem of folks chewing tobacco and s
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
> We conducted 138 observation sessions (61 experimental condition, 77 control condition). In the control condition, the chances that a passenger would leave their spot were 37.66%, while when Batman was there, the chances increased to 6
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
Amazing guy. I like the part where he was not deterred by the (stereotypical human garbage) business guy that kept destroying the plants so his hoarding of the land didn't get in the way. Humboldt redwoods state park, and 'avenue
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
don't kid yourself -- learn to read and comprehend the totality of what has been said. also, stop acting tough on internet forums, iow, grow up.
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
> Axon, for example, advertises AI-powered cameras that attach to an existing streetlamp and are designed to completely blend in with their surroundings, and also collects license plate data with cameras installed inside police officers’
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
work on the ones that have traction. or maybe the one that you like to advance the most.
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
'meant' was a wrong choice of word which i stated above. you come across as a child by being snarky - you definitely need to spend some time learning how to behave like an adult.
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
'meant' was used to the effect of 'destined'; I've no disagreements with your position or moral principles. But spherical cow is different from reality.
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
being born into slavery is a random fact -- life happens and they had no control over it really. many people are meant to be slaves is also a fact -- it is not like everyone is gifted cerebrally, or even blessed to be in an environment wher
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
many humans are still slaves by nature -- look at how averse many folks in the society are to rational and pragmatic thinking, being enslaved by religion, ideology and showing indifference to human suffering, and endless worship of wealthy.
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
the etymology of snowclone itself is amusing ;)
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by mirmor23 2mo ago
many times, even etymology does not make things intuitive: e.g. 'spendthrift'. similarly, many English words are close, but their meaning diverge a lot. e.g. condemn vs condone, or vindicate vs vindictive.
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
as a pointing/selection device, touchpad is a degenerate version of mouse, and its ubiquity is primarily because it excels at the constraints imposed by the laptops -- form-factor and portability in a unibody chassis; case in point - m
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
It's the customers 'mindshare' that value the fit/finish/status that comes with it, more than anything. I owned only one mbp when they first introduced the retina display (I believe it was 2012), and it used to rand
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
> In Ouadane, her optimism is not misplaced. Hajah’s prospects improve with every divorce. “According to our traditions, if a woman is married many times then she is celebrated and beautiful,” says Haiba Mohamed Anna, a local tour guide.
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
> Just as defeating Godzilla once does not resolve the underlying problem, the same applies to Trump. “As long as the societal conditions that awoke the monster remain unchanged, sequels will continue,” he added. With electoral college,
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
you are right, but that does not negate the friction that people felt at the time. my experience is with netflix, and i never found issues canceling, and as a matter of principle, i do not subscribe to services unless there are no alternati
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
the big city that i lived in back then only had blockbuster or hollywood so my comment was about them; besides indie video rentals didn't have those kind of fees so, i was not talking about them. besides why cruel? market dynamics chan
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
more romanticizing of the bygone era. late fees (due at midnight!), restocking fees, etc; some of these fees to the tune of a new dvd/vhs; good riddance.
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
folks have been building cars, motorcycles, machine parts, building way before vision pro. outside of tech folks that can diy the pipeline to a large degree, this sounds like a gimmick to extract more money from wealthy folks with some wow
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
maybe the definition of 'clean code' in the agentic era should be changed to 'the code that complies to the specs, the design constraints and the exhaustive scenario test suite'; this is definitely a better outcome since
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
I hope the aging never get solved. Certain garbage humans that use their wealth/power to inflict endless pain and suffering on the innocent is already heavy. Now imagine the said garbage -- Putler, Min Aung Hlaing, Lukashenko, and the
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
embedded is a landscape from tiny mcu to imx/h7 style mega beasts; most of the HAL/RTOS/protocols/UI/FS/crypto are in c99; firmware app in c++/rust is possible to take advantage of better abstractions; nob
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
the website is quite responsive, good job! what did you mean by zero-latency developer tool? it is neither open source, nor it does things that instill confidence; i used uuid gen, and url formatter (pasting the amz product url - its output
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
if llm language is frustrating, then maybe your mind is not on solving problem at hand. imagine someone new to US start getting frustrated with 'hey, whats up?' 'let's go!'; i fail to see what the issue is, other th
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
this article reads like llm generated astroturfed bs. how can whisper flow latency be even anywhere close to keyboard? since you've posted to HN i assume you are in tech, and your are not writing novels or long memos or terms-and-condi
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
'a lot us' you say? just speak for yourself so at least you will sound confident; all you've demonstrated here is your ignorance of LLM, and those who use it, and you amplify that by throwing silly examples to prove your igno
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
people complain when not spoonfed; however there seems to be no issues about spending effort to complain.
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
Just ask for one-time payment also. IMO, this whole 'article' has such a corporate bootlicky flavor to it. I pay for subscription (claude, gpt, netflix etc) since there are no real (pragmatic, convenience and financial) alternativ
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by mirmor23 3mo ago
I watched wall-e in theater, and when that scene came on, i remember muttering 'what bs'; since then, i recall that scene every time i see a situation of 'convenience at all costs'; metaphorically they were pretty accura

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