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by pmg101 5mo ago
Nothing to do with mothers, wasn't it something to do with visiting your "mother church", the church where you were baptised?
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by pmg101 5mo ago
That certainly used to be the case. Do you think that in 2026 maybe rapid progress can also come from using the same primitives faster? I'm still figuring this out but I'm certainly open to the possibility.
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by pmg101 5mo ago
Fourth Sunday in Lent or something, very easy to forget it!
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by pmg101 5mo ago
Awesome AI startup idea. There's a camera in the glasses and a motor in the mouse. It watches your screen and moves the mouse to click on the right things at the right times. What are we doing about the keyboard though? Are we putting
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by pmg101 5mo ago
I really used to think this. Those old incumbents, I used to think. Such slow old dinosaurs! A crack team of just me and a few friends could eat their lunch for sure, and soon they'll be gone. And yet, here we are. Of course, some thin
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by pmg101 5mo ago
Yes!
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by pmg101 5mo ago
I agree with everything you've said, but don't you think quite a lot of things have also been like this before, just to a lesser degree? I've often had the sense that most of what is done inside companies is a kind of perform
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by pmg101 5mo ago
Your car isn't 'effectively free', because you could sacrifice all £20k into the pension, paying no tax on it, and get the £12k in childcare subsidies because your income is <=£100k. The EV is costing you £7000 pa out of t
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by pmg101 6mo ago
An incredibly prescient parable for the modern information overload age, if so. Do you recall the title? I'd love to give it a read. Asimov was a master.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
I don't even know what to make of this comment! Because I have a different view from you I must not be a person? Not the sort of debate I'm used to on HN.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
Correct. It was kind of a joke based on that.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
I'm a parent and on board with this, and many parents I know are too. It's organic. We just have a different view from you.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
"I’m not saying it will happen today, tomorrow, in 12 months’ time." So those are times when it won't happen I guess.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
Oh I see. So yes, for pedestrians standing nearby when you start up. That probably represents 0.01% of the people I encounter on my drives. The other 99.99% don't notice.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
Yes mine was used. Battery is fine. Of course I made sure to buy one with a suitable range for my needs. There's lots of options.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
Mine is a model available with different power trains, so nobody knows. Or cares, I'm sure!
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by pmg101 6mo ago
My insurance went down not up when I switched. EV servicing is cheaper and I do it less often. I bought used. The monthly depreciation is less than my previous fuel bill. YMMV.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
Yes. It's a good idea, therefore should not need lots of lies, indeed lots of lies aren't told, and so the idea should just catch on of its own strength? But it doesn't seem to and I'm identifying that as due to inertia.
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by pmg101 6mo ago
I'm not sure. Don't underestimate the power of inertia. I bought an EV last year and it's definitely been a "good idea" for me. Luxurious ride, fuel costs a tenth, doesn't stink. Seems such an obvious upgrade i
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by pmg101 7mo ago
Sometimes the elements in the `Avoid patterns like:` list are quoted text it should avoid, sometimes they're just descriptions of things to avoid. But they are "quoted" in both cases which is a bit confusing. Maybe not to an
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by pmg101 7mo ago
I don't think either of us disagree though that the number of miles of non-leisure journeys walked per capita is significantly less in 2026 than it was in 1926 or 1826 though? I always found it pretty remarkable in David Copperfield wh
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by pmg101 7mo ago
I do look forward to being an older person because at a certain age I do feel society gives you carte blanche to talk to anybody.
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by pmg101 7mo ago
I mean it is true to say that most people in the West now use a car for transport, and walking has become more of a leisure pursuit (rebranded as "hiking") rather than a practical necessity.
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by pmg101 7mo ago
It's not sarcasm, it's satire.
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by pmg101 7mo ago
Self evidently not the case, look at people absolutely falling over themselves to pay hundreds for seats at West End/Broadway shows just to see the spectacle of live human performance.
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by pmg101 8mo ago
The title I posted with was the title when I posted it. They changed it since.
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Mumsnet campaign demands ban on social media for under-16s(theguardian.com)
6 points by pmg101 8mo ago|7 comments
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Everyone in AI is building the wrong thing for the same reason(joanwestenberg.com)
5 points by pmg101 8mo ago|1 comments
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by pmg101 8mo ago
I don't judge content for being AI written, I judge it for the content itself (just like with code). However I do find the standard out-of-the-box style very grating. Call it faux-chummy linkedin corporate workslop style. Why don'
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That 6am feeling – living at the end and beginning of everything(antonioaestero.substack.com)
1 points by pmg101 8mo ago|0 comments

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