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by neilv 10mo ago
Apt username, for a pragmatic strategy. A variation I've done occasionally is to run the Microsoft Windows software in a VM on my Linux laptop. When I last had the MS office suite inflicted upon me, a couple years ago, I was able to ru
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by neilv 10mo ago
The last post or so sounded stressed. I hope they feel better. But in general, going to read a little n-gate was a relief when some HN comment thread went off the rails. Someone else could rant about the dumbness, and a burden was lifted.
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by neilv 10mo ago
> Treat AI as force multiplication for your highest-judgment people. The ones who can design systems, navigate ambiguity, shape strategy, and smell risk before it hits. They’ll use AI to move faster, explore more options, and harden the
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by neilv 10mo ago
It's a little bit n-gate. Who unfortunately stopped posting HN critiques, a few years ago. But you can still read old posts on: http://n-gate.com/hackernews/2021/07/ (If you follow that link from HN, an
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by neilv 10mo ago
But the tourists visiting Europe will be impressed.
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by neilv 10mo ago
Of course China will probably catch up, and surpass, in this and most things that it sets its mind to. Instead of the US recently veering into batpoop-insane policy, the US should be focused on promoting a peaceful and equitable world that
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by neilv 10mo ago
ØØ7 Don't forget that the cost is not only the bureaucratic fee; you also have to buy a vintage Aston Martin or Lotus, to display the plate.
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by neilv 10mo ago
> > There is one way the Apple community could exert some leverage over Apple. Since innocently redeeming a compromised Apple Gift Card can have serious negative consequences, we should all avoid buying Apple Gift Cards and spread th
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More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review, often against guidance(nature.com)
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Like previously happened with video store rental records? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bork_tapes > The subsequent leakage and coverage of the tapes resulted in Congress passing the Video Privacy Protection Act (V
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by neilv 10mo ago
I wonder what will be the watershed lawsuit event that makes tech companies consider capturing and holding PII to be liabilities.
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Does AWS intend to have that pipeline within the company, starting with juniors, like this talk implies?
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> “Number one, my experience is that many of the most junior folks are actually the most experienced with the AI tools. So they're actually most able to get the most out of them.” Would that experience be from cheating on their ho
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by neilv 10mo ago
He sounds like an intelligent but misguided teenager. Maybe he's not a bad kid, and just needs better role models than the companies he mentions. If we never do things that later make us cringe and want to correct, we're not refl
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by neilv 10mo ago
Maybe it would be fine if ops alerts were silenced during normal US sleeping hours? HN is important, but unlikely much harm could be done before morning. (Source: Lost a lot of sleep at one place, enough to realize that sleep interruption a
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by neilv 10mo ago
Flagged. The post is about someone just murdered, yet most of the HN comments on this post are strangely insensitive and dumb. HN ranks highly in Google, so friends and family members may see these comments.
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by neilv 10mo ago
> As Mozilla moves forward, we will focus on becoming the trusted software company. That's what I'd do. The question is whether they really mean it. Mozilla will have to recover from some history of disingenuous and incompete
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by neilv 10mo ago
It would help to stop saying "brightest minds of our generation", like we stopped saying "smartest guys in the room". They are not the brightest, just the ones who sold out others and grabbed the money, with ethics and m
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by neilv 11mo ago
I was thrilled when I saw a Reddit comment about this, and it actually worked with my Sony dumb TV + PS5 + Sony RM-VZ320 universal remote. (I was sad at having to give up my nice PS4 universal remote, and not finding an equivalent for the P
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Publisher under fire after 'fake' citations found in AI ethics guide(thetimes.com)
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> Before this administration recruiting was extremely difficult and candidate quality was low. I've heard that it's nearly impossible now and in the last 18 months they've only been able to hire a single person. Federal j
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by neilv 11mo ago
There was this one grad class taught by a professor who was also a capable programmer, and the class incidentally used this one programming language that many grad students wanted to learn. So the word on the street was that his was a goo
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by neilv 11mo ago
> While Chinese companies supply paraquat to American farmers, the report points out China is also a big purchaser of crops, like soybeans, that are grown with help from the pesticide. > “In these two ways, China economically benef
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by neilv 11mo ago
I'd like to see HN generally take a stance that a hacking-ish education platform like Arduino should be open source and hacking-friendly. (Disclosure: I know the Adafruit founder, but haven't discussed this matter with her.)
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by neilv 11mo ago
Would it make sense to replace the link with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Allen or a proper biography? And maybe even permaban a site that's fabricating interviews with real people (without disclosing tha
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by neilv 11mo ago
That disclosure is infuriatingly only at the end of the piece, after 16,000 words . The only hint I saw: there's many unusual notes in how she's speaking, which don't come across comfortably. You have to stop and consider w
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by neilv 11mo ago
Inspired by SCP? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation Great game with lots of related plot, mechanics, and folklore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_(video_game)
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by neilv 11mo ago
That's very different from what I was thinking. Most people have to be a bit selfish, to acquire greater money/power/status than others. You usually don't come in first in the race, by pausing to help another runner who
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by neilv 11mo ago
I think you want a different word than "shill", since obviously he's not being deceptive about his association. Maybe you meant to type "fluff piece"? That could be a matter of opinion.
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by neilv 11mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSeaHfkd3M8

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