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by publicdebates 9mo ago
> The plain truth is that developers expect to get their tools free of charge. I've run into this too with my own app. I thought people would like a Lua GUI framework that's professional grade and gives you full access to Win
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
There's also a 50% chance he will not have that company at some point in his life, and will become part of the loneliness epidemic, which for some reason he's not taking into account.
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
Exactly. We want to be our authentic selves, be appreciated for it, find people who find value in what we offer, and find reciprocation. Which excludes people spending time with you out of pity, and excludes people faking enjoyment or you f
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
Side note, but this article reads like a Wes Anderson film, if that makes any sense.
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
A man who commits to the bit. I respect it. You'd probably like the signs I do in Chicago. "Terrible advice, only $3" "Awkward smalltalk, only $2" "Premium snowballs, only $1" Will be doing one of these to
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I must have explained it wrong. He was the one who brought up politics, and also asked for my opinion about it during that interaction. He was clearly not in a rush, having come over to my table to ask the favor, and lingered here while mai
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
> app that plays back the same audio it hears, delayed by ~2 seconds. > idk i'm not a neuroscientist. all i know is it makes people shut up and that's good enough for me. Is it happening for the right reasons? What is going
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
In a general sense, I think two things about this suggestion are universally useful in solving the epidemic: structured activities with clear expectations, and people who take the initiative to design and execute them. For those people who
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
Not at all. First, I didn't express an evil or hateful opinion, or any which could reasonably incite indignation or justified anger. Second, I was willing to dive into a discussion, he wasn't. He seemed more closed minded, which t
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
From personal experience, I know that interacting with people on social media barely helps with loneliness, especially with an increase in bots. What I know would help me is to have genuine relationships, friendships where we both care abou
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I disagree with your sentiment though. Yes, addictive consumption is bad, and apps shouldn't be designed for that. And as long as they are, we should try to find ways to undo the damage and help people heal and recover from content add
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
https://xkcd.com/662/
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
> Building American cities around the whims of car manufacturers is, to my mind, as bad as any social media. I think your framing of history is wrong. Trains, and later cars were extraordinarily convenient compared to former methods of
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
Exactly. The control needs to have both an intentional and major motor movement from the driver. Modern steering wheels have the same benefit as the original iPod wheel. Easy for small movements, even accidental ones; possible for big movem
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
Not at all. In fact, once I learned to raise my standards for friendship, I now have significantly higher quality ones. I have a small handful of people who I talk to regularly, who I genuinely listen to, and who genuinely listen to me, who
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I firmly disagree. I do agree that the advice being given for individuals is very misguided. It's like preaching to a nearly empty church about why more people should come to church. You're only going to reach the ones who are alr
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
The main problem I had was that there were too many responses. There's currently over 1,000 comments that are not mine. I spent all day yesterday reading and responding to them, and there were still dozens of responses that I'm
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I don't think an automated thing would work. But I do think this thread is far too big to keep up with. My plan was to post a similar but more focused thread in a month, and go from there.
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
On one hand, I always want to keep an open mind about religion and politics, and I'm always interested in hearing what others are passionate about, even if it's in those topics. That's how I've learned so much of what I
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I've felt this way for a while, that the give/take in my relationships is imbalanced, and that I'm not receiving what I need. But then I tried to imagine receiving what I thought I wanted, and whether it would truly make me h
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
Argh! I can finally downvote, but not that comment, since it's a direct reply to me. Alas, irony emerges victorious.
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I think of this all the time. What is the relationship between value and relationships? And what is the value of such a relationship? It seems to me that every relationship is value oriented, even ones we consider absolutely perfect and p
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
If it has zero discoverability, nobody would be using it today. Discoverability is more than simply visual cues. Seeing other people do it counts.
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Microsoft GIF Animator(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by publicdebates 9mo ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Where do you find single day software gigs?
2 points by publicdebates 9mo ago|0 comments
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I gaurantee you there will be a very popular niche that focuses entirely on being anti-AI, and it will always be around.
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
That actually might be it! It's hard to tell, I was only 10. Still skimming it. Why would it be funny though? Am I missing something?
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
> I started out with a New Year’s resolution to not intentionally consume significant quantities of human flesh ծ_Ô
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
> aims to remove: Most AI features, Copilot, Shopping features, ... I grew up on DOS, and my first browser was IE3. My first tech book as a kid was for HTML[1], and I was in absolute awe at what you could make with all the tags, especi
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by publicdebates 9mo ago
I'm extremely skeptical of financial solutions to this problem. One of the most fundamental reasons for my own personal loneliness is that, in many of the connections I've made, they simply do not feel sincere, genuine, authentic,

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