ptelomere

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by ptelomere 2y ago
The article is misleading, I've read the actual report in Japanese. It's not trying to built Tokyo-Osaka conveyor belt, too expensive, too close the the realm of sci-fi. What they're trying to do is to use the current truckin
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by ptelomere 2y ago
Something I've experienced first hand. Programming the ps3 forced you to manually do what CPU caches does in the background, which is why the ps3 was a pain in the butt for programmers who were so used to object-oriented style programm
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by ptelomere 2y ago
Drug dealers also have the same modus operandi. First, free samples, then you must pay, once addicted you pay more and more, no money ? go sell these drugs and be an evangelist for us, now your work is our profit.
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by ptelomere 2y ago
Every AI answer should starts with "I read it on the internet, that ...". or ends with "... so said the internet".
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by ptelomere 2y ago
First they lie to you saying they will save the world. Then they take from you saying they're using them to make the world a better place. Then they rule you, saying "there are no other ways". All the while many people believ
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by ptelomere 3y ago
Because competition is bad for business (good for customers for sure), but I repeat, BAD for business. Why would you want 10 companies competing, bet your investment in one, or "spread it" like a loser, when you can pool ALL your
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by ptelomere 3y ago
I'm more of a visual person. I usually "draw" my notes to make things easier to understand. When I need to revisit it, remembering how things relate to each other, I find it easier to picture what I drew, "retrace"
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by ptelomere 3y ago
When there's a gold rush, sell the best shovels you can make. Pretty much the business model of Steam, Amazon, nVidia, Nintendo, all to some degree, we can go on and on.
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by ptelomere 3y ago
My God, once in a while, you need to read something like this, reflect, ask the question "can I do better in my work ?", such an inspiring story of technical feat, persistence, and ingenuity.
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by ptelomere 3y ago
"It's different this time, we have machine guns, rockets, tanks, drones and AI, while Louis XVI only had guns, which was easily overcome with dirty peasant's pitchforks" - elites probably.
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by ptelomere 3y ago
Google's "don't be evil", removed when it was against profit. Silicon Valley's "We're all family" culture, screw that, company profit first, you're all laid off! Now this. When did "liberal&
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by ptelomere 3y ago
My girls join the Girlscout in Japan. When they have outings, they'll prepare "girlben" which is short for "girlscout's bento/lunchbox", which is literally just 2 or 3 onigiris with whatever ingredients th
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by ptelomere 3y ago
Does Tesla get any kind of royalties or patent payment when car companies adopt their standard ?
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by ptelomere 3y ago
Massive public transports, not EV, is the solution.
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by ptelomere 3y ago
Living here for more than a decade, spent first five years just working myself to death. Then I managed to finally settle, bought a car and started exploring the country. The difference between Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya and the country-s
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by ptelomere 3y ago
If you have children and visit Japan, stop by Yokohama cup noddle museum. The children can "arrange" their own cup noddle, good fun!
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by ptelomere 3y ago
"Invoking awe" is easy, travel to places you've never been, do things you've never done, and what not. Richard Feynman once said "The easiest person to fool is yourself". The real "humility" is how yo
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by ptelomere 3y ago
IMHO, don't blame touch screens, blame bad UI design. My touch screen annoyance: "oops, it detected a swipe instead of a press, because the car just went through a bump!". Or, "Oops! I accidentally pressed cancel instead