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by objclxt 4y ago
> Enjoyment of music linked to a specific physical item seems incredibly shallow to me. To a certain extent, but across the arts there's always artists that want to play with the format, so a changing of format can result in somethi
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by objclxt 4y ago
> Give me hypothetical scenarios any day of the week. Hypothetical scenarios are just that, hypothetical. Competencies are much better evaluated through evidence, rather than speculation. A classic example here would be conflict resoluti
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by objclxt 4y ago
> The 1800s „recessions“ were minuscule at worst compared to today‘s global meltdowns happening every decade. One of those recessions (the panic of 1857) was one of the main contributing factors to the American Civil War breaking out, wh
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by objclxt 4y ago
> Meanwhile, the OP-1 was used on like 40% of all modern pop music production process. I’d love to see a citation for that. Lots of artists use it for demos, and it’s a good live tool, but if you look at modern pop it’s being produced wi
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by objclxt 4y ago
> Why do you think it money laundering? What’s the exact mechanism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhsUHDJ0BFM Replace "nail salon" with "candy" and you're there. Candy is a great product for th
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by objclxt 4y ago
> I mean it’s such a bizarrely undervalued company. Is it, though? Snap's market cap is $56 billion right now, and they have more MAU than Twitter (~320 million vs ~220 million).
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by objclxt 4y ago
> This is similar today to what is happening in web3/crypto. If you don't think the ingenuity of humans will get us somewhere productive with these technologies, then I don't know what to say to you. They won't, becau
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by objclxt 4y ago
> He tweeted about this before buying. He tweeted about it after he'd bought the stock but before that knowledge was public, which I think is further proof that Musk is somewhat disingenuous.
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by objclxt 5y ago
No, it’s not. PSD2 does not define any APIs. Open Banking implements the requirements of PSD2, but they’re not the same thing.
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by objclxt 5y ago
> the stated purpose is to eliminate social/in-person biases. Except it doesn't eliminate bias at all! In fact, it has the potential to further increase bias. For example, the question "what university did you choose and
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by objclxt 5y ago
> George Lucas definitely didn't have the name or history necessary when Alan Ladd gave the go ahead to make Star Wars that you would need these days for a comparably ambitious film. I don't know if that's entirely true. G
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by objclxt 5y ago
> The battery is the most expensive part in the car, no way manufacturers would put them in and not expose them through software just to sell at a lower price point. That's just not how the world works. That is literally what Tesla
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by objclxt 5y ago
> In UK sedation is rarely used unless specifically requested by the patient It varies by hospital trust, there is no uniform guideline. My local NHS hospital sedates for colonoscopy as a matter of course (using fentanyl). But as you say
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by objclxt 5y ago
> meduza is considered a foreign agent in Russia. I would take it's words with grain of salt Given the Russian government has labeled numerous foreign journalists, news organisations, and even Nobel peace prize winners as foreign ag
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by objclxt 5y ago
> I wish game engines would put some effort into making games FEEL real more than just LOOK real. “More realism” doesn’t equal “more fun to play”. Games engines are capable of realistic physics (look at the simulator and racing genres, f
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by objclxt 5y ago
You do not necessarily pay a higher rate, but you become directly liable for all fraud, rather than the credit card company or bank. So effectively you will be paying a lot more. I suspect Amazon have run the numbers and determined that peo
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by objclxt 5y ago
> Meta gives >$1M in discretionary equity to top performers to prevent them from leaving Most of the engineers receiving these bonuses would never get discretionary equity at Meta. Discretionary equity is given to < 1% of engineeri
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by objclxt 5y ago
I don’t use Forkyz but The Guardian has an introductory cryptic every Monday (the “Quiptic”) which is somewhat easier. I also find it depends on the setter: Qaos (one of The Guardian’s setters) is a mathematician and software engineer, and
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by objclxt 5y ago
> you evaluating them, not the other way Ehhhh...you say that, but it definitely goes both ways. It's not meant to, but hiring managers at Meta absolutely do evaluate the bootcampers who reach out to join, especially for more popu
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by objclxt 5y ago
I am reminded of the BEST stores, many of which were designed to look like they were falling apart or unfinished: https://www.archdaily.com/778003/the-intersection-of-art-and...
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by objclxt 5y ago
If you are classically trained I highly recommend Mark Levine’s book[1]. It digs into the theory of jazz, alongside improvisation. It does assume a working knowledge of basic theory, so not so great for those starting from scratch. [1]: ht
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by objclxt 5y ago
> Is it irrational that this makes me a little anxious about job security over the longterm? In the 50s, we programmed computers with punch cards. Who does now? How many web developers today could tell the difference between `malloc` and
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by objclxt 5y ago
> not towards the enormous mountain of power required to power non crypto servers as part of normal professional software business The incentives are very different, I don't think you can compare them like that. Miners and companies
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by objclxt 5y ago
> A single aluminium smelter consumes more power than the entirety of the Netherlands. It's not a very useful comparison. This is patently false. The Netherlands has an aluminium smelting plant[1]. Why would you say something so o
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by objclxt 5y ago
> Nothing to suggest FB has broken the law I don't know what rock you've been under, but just this week Facebook has been accused of illegal collusion with Google[1] *and* illegally ignoring competition authorities when compl
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by objclxt 5y ago
> if union is generally flatten the salaries to make me receive less for others more Who says that’s what will happen? Tom Cruise is a member of SAG, do you think he gets paid SAG union rates? Union busters in tech have done a fantastic
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by objclxt 5y ago
> the US is genuinely a country of immigrants [...] I don't get the impression people are looked down on because they are foreign, once actually on the ground. Whilst that may be the personal impression of some, the harsh reality is
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by objclxt 5y ago
> which are just repeats of the other tiers Those are the price adjusted tiers. They look like repeats in USD, but if you look at other currencies you’ll see they’re different. They’re designed to allow you to offer price points that are
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by objclxt 5y ago
Healthcare is free in the UK. I don’t know where you’re getting the idea you need to spend “£5-6k” on it. A lot of employers in the UK offer additional health insurance as a benefit, but that’s on top of - not instead of - what the NHS offe
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by objclxt 5y ago
> I wonder how much of this is related to people having paved over their lawns and gardens. Whilst that may well contribute, the main cause here was just the sheer volume of water in such a short space of time. I was right under the thun

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