radlad

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by radlad 4y ago
It would be a false dichotomy, if I meant to say that you must choose one of these paths. I suppose "it's easy to go too far in either direction" was not clear enough. The argument I'm making is that the OP is creating a
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by radlad 4y ago
> The next aspect is you have to relentlessly say no to feature requests that literally destroy the system to add some new feature, the pressure to smash it to bits and make it a no longer simple system is such a perverse incentive that
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by radlad 4y ago
>> it's nice they are saying it's not enough. > Mullvad [...] is having a "hard time" being profitable/growing This is how I originally interpreted the parent comment as well, but they actually meant "
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by radlad 4y ago
Defined Networking | Engineering Roles | Full Time | REMOTE (USA) Defined Networking is looking for a few smart, ambitious and kind folks to join our venture-backed, infrastructure software startup. We are 100% remote, and we are actively b
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by radlad 4y ago
Can't drive a car... or can't drive a car safely? A bit tongue in cheek, but the point I'm making is that AI doesn't need to necessarily do things _well_ to cause a lot of damage.
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by radlad 4y ago
But we are talking about programming languages today. The article in question is "Nostalgic for VB? BASIC is anything but dead." The article details alternatives you can run today, such as FreeBASIC. The commenter you're repl
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by radlad 4y ago
Well, do be aware... I don't think that Best Buy _technically_ pays commissions based on sales, but they do often have reps from brands around who will try to sell you heavily on their product (e.g. Samsung reps.) I've also heard
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by radlad 4y ago
> Instead [...] you think bigger and write programs with with substantially more complexity and capability. I fear that this is true, but that the complexity will be accidental rather than incidental. Humans are capable of understanding
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by radlad 4y ago
I don't think that this is accurate, in general. If it is true, it certainly varies by jurisdiction. Here's an interesting read: https://jcms-journal.com/articles/10.5334/jcms.1021217
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by radlad 4y ago
"A few hundred feet" and "20 feet" is a huge difference!
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by radlad 4y ago
These are fantastic counterpoints, thanks. Still, I can't help but wonder if they are now out of the public view, but still being developed. (e.g. North Korea nuclear missile tests.) I think you make a fantastic point that the barrier
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by radlad 4y ago
I'm not sure about Germany, but in the US there's been very little legal action taken against torrent users or websites in recent times. There are still plenty of popular torrent sites for anything you can imagine (e.g. The Pirate
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by radlad 4y ago
Bitcoin begs to differ.
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by radlad 4y ago
> Near the end of his column, he offers a pretty radical prescription. “One of two things must happen. Humanity needs to accelerate its adaptation to these technologies or a collective, enforceable decision must be made to slow the devel
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by radlad 4y ago
What I find amusing is not the statement you quoted, but this one: > The Not By AI badge is created to encourage more humans to produce original content and help users identify human-generated content. How does this encourage humans to p
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by radlad 4y ago
True, he supported it overall but... > Problems with the bill, Frank said, include the amount at which a bank is considered risky and subject to harsher oversight. The new bill increases the threshold five times, from $50 billion to $250
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by radlad 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf-PAC
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by radlad 4y ago
It seems this will be funded by selling off SVB's assets.
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by radlad 4y ago
Will film cameras see a revival?
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by radlad 4y ago
... and all the people and companies those companies banking with SVB have to pay?
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by radlad 4y ago
The most immediate problem is payroll, perhaps as immediate as Monday. But there's still no concrete end in sight for if and when non-FDIC insured amounts will be available.
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by radlad 4y ago
Thanks for mentioning LinearMouse. I've previously used Scroll Reverser so it's nice to hear of other options in this space.[0] [0] https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/
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by radlad 4y ago
The second largest employee count in the world, behind only Walmart: https://companiesmarketcap.com/largest-companies-by-number-o...
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by radlad 4y ago
Hah, I had a different thought: How long until every Ring/Nest doorbell video looks like this? It does seem to only work against IR cameras though - presumably brightly lit scenes won't struggle.
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by radlad 4y ago
Typically when you make a dispute the CC company reaches out to the vendor. The vendor can then make their case. Sounds like eBay was saying they wouldn't: they would just accept the loss. I believe they'd still be dinged though,
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by radlad 4y ago
Could you elaborate on what software architecture IS about?
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by radlad 4y ago
Something like this also works: hash="4e575a5ee4af2925477c9eea887ff560d23a586dbaf90b616d26c47ec429ca13" [[ "$hash" == "$(shasum -a 256 file | awk '{print $1 }')" ]] && echo "Val
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by radlad 4y ago
I am confused because I have been using Windows 11 through Parallels for probably 6 months. Parallels automatically downloaded the ISO for me and everything.
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by radlad 4y ago
I don't think that's right. There are many exceptions to the 2A, such as the classic example of a sawed off shotgun. [1] https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-ut/legacy/2... [2]
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by radlad 4y ago
The goofy thing is that I remember when iOS used to be _better_ at notifications. Android didn't used to give you so much control over app notifications and iOS required apps to use them much more sparingly. I still have issues with An

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