Y
HN Search
Hacker News Search
new
|
comments
|
top
|
jobs
qup
searching PlanetScale…
1.
▲
2.
▲
3.
▲
4.
▲
5.
▲
6.
▲
54 ms
·
931.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
And it's only your first day!
932.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
I have a workshop that I credit with the same effect. Every trip to the workshop is at least two trips, because I'm interrupted. Also I associate this with gambling, no matter the stakes or the location, including locations that don&#x
933.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Yes. I started out helping out with some contracting (web dev) for a company that had oversold itself and was overwhelmed. That later turned into a full-time position at my request. I knew someone at the company.
934.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
This was a major plot point to my trip to SF. My nephew, from the Midwest, could not believe someone would throw trash on the ground within close proximity to a trash can. He found out he was wrong after bringing it to their attention.
935.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
I don't watch the news. What are you hearing about everyday?
936.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
> (e.g. every instagram account has a personal chat bot) That made me think of the Black Mirror episode Joan is Awful, where every human gets their life turned into a series for the company to own and promote. Kinda like instagram conten
937.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
You've got to be top 0.1% or something of the population. You're a total outlier.
938.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
> at an age where performance will start decreasing from here Challenge that idea
939.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
> Why VHS rewinders (plural)? One is not enough? My father uses these to rewind some old VHS tapes he likes to study. They just don't last, is all. He went through a bunch of VCRs before we were buying the rewinders, though.
940.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
I don't think the "next twitter" will get there by calling itself a "twitter killer"
941.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
-1 Failing with Firefox on Android I think, anyway. I got a pin then can't figure it out.
942.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
The drugs kicked in
943.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
It can manifest like that, sure. It's not up to me, though. "Great ways" to do things are usually optional. I mostly can work with it. It helps make me very good at certain tasks.
944.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
For some of us, being wrong is its own consequence.
945.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Top priority: ensure our continued existence as a species/planet against all existential threats. Next most important: human aging and longevity. Next most important: AI, energy After that: we're into sci-fi very, very quickly. It
946.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Sure, like shouldn't we try all the colors? What if yellow cures everyone?
947.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Why do we care what non-nerds think? This board is full of subject matter experts.
948.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
I would guess it would learn all of those things already. It's going to have basically every serious take on a controversial historic event. So, I doubt this is the plan.
949.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
He doesn't believe they have a moat, seemingly!
950.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
If people can cameo on google street view...yeah, this is going to happen. What do we want to teach it?
951.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
What's the end goal? To teach it some very specific information, like about your company?
952.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
God no, can you imagine what the web will look like if every grifter can get paid just for existing?
953.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Apple maps is the only mapping software that's taken me to the wrong place, and it's done it several times. It also tried to put me into a permanent loop once, in Branson. Luckily it was a very small loop, or I might not have noti
954.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Lack of moderation or filtering of the content (via voting)
955.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
The kind of people who are out at night; the kind of activities that are available; the kind of places that are open.
956.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
It's not a random sentence, it's the main sentence everyone wants to read. They posted it to be helpful.
957.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
For hiding your network traffic from your ISP
958.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Rent keeps getting paid. It's not a one-time purchase of $25.
959.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
Approximately 10% as much as the british royals, apparently.
960.
▲
by
qup
3y ago
> It doesn’t sound like you’re flexible. You’re pretty set in your ways about disliking every company’s culture I don't think that's a very generous read. I took it to mean he wasn't selecting companies based on their cult
More ›