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by mthoms 3y ago
Knowing your altitude on the main route is fairly easy. Those routes are entirely marked (roped) and have obvious geological features that mountaineers have memorized. The four camps en-route are also at the same altitude every year. Gettin
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by mthoms 3y ago
Most anyone who climbs Everest knows their approximate altitude based on certain landmarks (waypoints) that are very well known. The most obvious of which are the camps (1 through 4) but there are other landmarks that are well known. If you
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by mthoms 3y ago
You're right on what some of the major problems are but, there are no SAR teams on Everest. Your SAR team is the expedition outfit you signed up with. Many are under-manned and under-equipped but even the best ones won't be able t
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by mthoms 3y ago
Good catch. There's still something fishy though. I mean, does anyone here know of an an unpowered, waterproof GPS "chip" that can be "sewn" into a jacket? Also, charging a $10-$15 mandatory rental fee is weird give
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by mthoms 3y ago
Oh come on. The rendering shows plants growing on the balcony railings. That's it. Obviously it's way overdone to make the rendering more appealing but none of the other things you said are present. Number 4 is particularly off-ba
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by mthoms 3y ago
What's wrong with plants on the terraces and balconies? How would their presence make it less comfortable to live there? And high rise developments "enclosed in glass"? As the article mentions, that's sort of what Vancou
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by mthoms 3y ago
The post I responded to was asking why Nintendo (and similar) shouldn't face the same regulation. Despite you point being mostly off topic I'll humour you. Since what's possible or impossible is the only options you've g
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by mthoms 3y ago
>If it’s enforced by regulations, by definition it’s no longer a “free” market. It’s a regulated one. By that definition there are no free markets nearly anywhere (save for illegal markets). At least not in modern, well-functioning econo
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by mthoms 3y ago
Access to gaming is not critical to participation in a modern economy. Whereas a phone gives you access to banking, government services, medical services, emergency services, education, information, news, wayfinding(GPS), shopping (especial
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by mthoms 3y ago
As someone who's not overly familiar with Docker, how big are these executables in the end? Edit: This was already answered here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39622184
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by mthoms 3y ago
M1 Max also supports two external monitors (plus built-in monitor).
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by mthoms 3y ago
Well, you're wrong. A monopoly is when there are no viable alternatives. "Mono" meaning "one". Firefox presented not only a viable alternative, but was a demonstrably better browser. According to this site [0] Firef
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by mthoms 3y ago
The claim I addressed was "Firefox has never reversed a browser monopoly" (paraphrased - the original comment had much more derision and snark). Obviously the person who made this comment was unaware of Firefox single handedly kic
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by mthoms 3y ago
I kinda love the fact that it's on a Microsoft website even though the author takes some (not so subtle) digs at them. It took me a minute to realize this was a syndicated article from another site.
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by mthoms 3y ago
>Nobody forced Apple to do that. That alone is solid material fact, blowing away hypothetical claims of evil intent. Apple has been actively using the existence of PWA's as an argument in court that it's App Store does not ha
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by mthoms 3y ago
It's more complicated than that. 1) From a regulation standpoint, it's in Apple's interest for PWA's to exist; Apple has used the argument in court that PWA's are a viable alternative to it's App Store and t
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by mthoms 3y ago
>Mozilla has reversed a browser monopoly? When? Do you mean back in the late 90's when Mozilla's predecessor (Netscape) lost their monopoly to IE? I guess that's technically true they reversed a monopoly back then... but t
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by mthoms 3y ago
Nice pivot attempt. I asked for an example of existing laws against inciting genocide being used to stifle free speech. Because you made the claim it was inevitable... I pointed out that it's never happened even though those laws have
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by mthoms 3y ago
You’re using vague but scary language without offering specifics. Sounds a lot like fear mongering. Why should Canadians “get out”? That’s a pretty bold thing to call for. I think asking you to explain yourself is perfectly reasonable. So…
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by mthoms 3y ago
You’re grossly misinformed. Advocating genocide is already a crime in Canada. This just makes it more explicit in an online context since the laws around this were created pre-internet. And given that this is a law that has existed for lite
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by mthoms 3y ago
You’re afraid of “this kind of thing” happening in other countries. What do you believe is happening here and what problems do you have with it specifically ?
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by mthoms 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzhbAK1pdPM&list=PLzBixSjmbc... I highly recommend the first 4 parts of this playlist (at least) and other videos and writings by Dr Barkley.
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by mthoms 3y ago
Someone once suggested that if you are travelling by air and absolutely must have your checked bag arrived with you - put a starter's pistol in there (and fill out the appropriate paperwork). The chances of that baggage being lost or m
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by mthoms 3y ago
>LLMs, currently hyped as (among other things) near-term replacements for human workers in all sorts of professions and positions No well-informed sources are saying that. If you're saying that mainstream reporting and other non-tec
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by mthoms 3y ago
I just don't believe that LLM's have to reach the impossible bar you set of near-perfect correctness in order to be world changing. Thus, I disagree that any outcome less than that should be considered a "bust".
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by mthoms 3y ago
NVDA has a wee bit more of a moat around their business than OpenAI does. It’s not even comparable.
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by mthoms 3y ago
> You get a "consultant" whose every word has to be verified against an independent second source So, no different from YouTube Videos or [insert any website here]? That’s still a ton of value to capture and repackage. Especia
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by mthoms 3y ago
If that's your use case, then great! My iPhone connects me to my government, my bank, my school, my family on the other side of the world, my portfolio, and perhaps most importantly; critical safety services (local avalanche foreca
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by mthoms 3y ago
>That aspect is only talked about at the very end almost as an aside It's talked about at the end because that's usually where the conclusion goes. Everything talked about before that is providing evidence for said conclusion.
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by mthoms 3y ago
I do not, no. Would that help?

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