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by mshaler 3mo ago
Om was a bright light and so very kind. RIP
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by mshaler 3y ago
This response is EXACTLY emblematic of why HN has my trust. Great insights, many thanks.
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by mshaler 3y ago
Maybe AVP aspirationally (once in sunglass form factor) seeks to replace iPad, then Mac, then iPhone?
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by mshaler 3y ago
AWS 2.0 = Amazon goes all-in on EVs: EVerywhere.
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by mshaler 3y ago
Meta/off-topic: we gripe mightily here about clickbait titles (and legitimately so), but huzzah to this headline. Majestic and mellifluous. Pure poetry.
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by mshaler 3y ago
Ever since the iPad Pro came out, Appe has had a first-party 3.5 female to USB-C dongle for wired audio
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by mshaler 3y ago
Gerontocracy is the symptom. Citizens United and court/regulatory capture are the linked causes.
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by mshaler 3y ago
The house (insurance companies) always wins
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by mshaler 3y ago
"Only 5 websites each mostly screenshots of the other 4" makes signal to noise more than difficult. Amplify the mutually adverse forces of SEO and advertising dark patterns and here we are, alas
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by mshaler 3y ago
A couple of decades back, I was on my way back down from Half Dome and there was a bit of a traffic jam in the trees of jittery hikers and even more nervous pack horses--a black bear was about 50 yards ahead. Without warning, the bear made
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by mshaler 3y ago
"Dogs living in cyclical time" changed my life profoundly and for that I am immensely grateful
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by mshaler 3y ago
We need to get Randall's analysis here.
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by mshaler 4y ago
"We have always been at war with Eastasia..."
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by mshaler 4y ago
Cory Doctorow called this with the formal notion well-described in this essay: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
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by mshaler 4y ago
Following the money--of casinos.
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by mshaler 4y ago
Nova (don't go) has entered the chat
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by mshaler 4y ago
It _WILL_ get easier. Hang in there.
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by mshaler 4y ago
Go hike in the rain--with a head lamp. I survived my time in the PNW because of this one rule.
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by mshaler 4y ago
When edges are REALLY weighted...
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by mshaler 4y ago
Ship of Theseus coming to port with different livery every time...
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by mshaler 4y ago
Clickbait headlines are an oppressive use of technology.
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by mshaler 4y ago
IMHO Lotus Improv/OpenStep Quantrix is the epitome of elegant software.
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by mshaler 4y ago
David Hume would agree
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by mshaler 4y ago
Go team!
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by mshaler 4y ago
https://www.aboutamazon.com/about-us/leadership-principles
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by mshaler 5y ago
I love not having to buy gas for my primary vehicle. At scale, this is scary stuff.
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by mshaler 5y ago
Exactly my M1 MBA 4K external display experience: "works perfectly."
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by mshaler 5y ago
I want serializer for Twitter. Please.
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by mshaler 5y ago
Two thoughts here: - This is why ETL + variants are hard - Graph databases are (arguably because HN) better than the relational model (e.g., flexibility, ease of modeling, accessibility of algorithms/analytics)
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by mshaler 5y ago
Digital vigilantism averted for now.

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