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by robocat 8mo ago
> I think the proportion of new software that is novel has absolutely plummeted after the advent of AI. We were not awash in novel software before AI (say last decade in 2019). I can only assume what you're really trying to say is &
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by robocat 8mo ago
Makes sense. If you want to gather kompromat (blackmail/extortion material) then piggybacking off someone else's operation would be a cheap way to collect it.
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by robocat 8mo ago
Plenty of people say that - but in my experience people often change their minds when faced with hard choices. Fortunately in New Zealand we have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_Life_Choice_Act_2019 if you've
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by robocat 8mo ago
If you've got the yen for travel, maybe visit an Asian country where she might be a "normal" size against the population. I went to Vietnam and noticed the sizing difference for myself: suddenly I was oversized. I've als
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by robocat 8mo ago
Voting em out: I reckon the hidden key to democracy, is being able to vote disliked politicians out. Managed democracy seems fine so long as you can remove the bastards if they become Putin-like. There's a lot of hot air about democrac
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by robocat 8mo ago
You won't be able to in the future unless you are very wealthy. Countries cannot afford the benefits and healthcare promised to retirees. So governments are getting more grabby. That pattern seems to be occurring in many countries. New
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by robocat 8mo ago
> it's not completely clear how long it lasts This explanation assumes we won't develop a better vaccine in a decade. Shingrix was expensive. I knew too many people with horrific Shingles. A couple of days of very mild flu symp
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by robocat 8mo ago
Good luck getting spare parts or maintenance on jailbroken fighters! Code is only one of many dependencies (designed in, I assume).
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by robocat 8mo ago
Trick questions test the skill of recognizing that you're being asked a trick question. You can also usually find a trick answer. A good answer is "underground" - because that is the implication of the word bury. The story im
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by robocat 8mo ago
> Informal tone and mistakes actually signal that the message was written by a human Except that this signal is now being abused. People add into the prompts requesting a few typos. And requesting an informal style. There was a guy compl
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by robocat 8mo ago
Your calculation assumes an overhead of zero: for example you assume that knocking on doors takes up no time. Plus: is knocking on doors obsolete? I'm not sure you'd be able to get a response in my suburb (not that I've tried
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by robocat 8mo ago
Correction: the investors lose billions (and perhaps their customers and/or suppliers lose billions too). The companies don't lose anything. The employees and executives are not losing anything. Welcome to business.
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by robocat 8mo ago
Kiwi here - I'll use the word with my friends in future because a label does help.
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by robocat 8mo ago
Developers can control the tapzone already - by using an invisible clickable div and some workarounds. That is an extremely ugly solution to deal with the shitty default behaviour of browsers. CSS would (1) make the option explicit and, (
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by robocat 8mo ago
> felt the need to work while ill in bed, with very little sleep and sick with fever You are assuming that... He says he currently has a fever. But was he sick when he wrote the article? That is not so clear.
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by robocat 8mo ago
> Scanxiety Cute written word - even though two words pronounced completely differently at join (an versus añ). Which do you pronounce correctly the scan or the anxiety? [scan]xiety or [sk]anxiety
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by robocat 8mo ago
> Has changing zoning laws historically ever boosted housing construction by more than 10% Certainly has in New Zealand - particularly in Christchurch and Auckland. The local politics are against densification - but the national politics
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by robocat 8mo ago
> just doesn't make any sense I suspect the gap is that you don't know enough about IBM's business model. When something doesn't make sense, a very common cause is a lack of context: many things can be extremely sensi
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by robocat 8mo ago
If we took a random sample of people from around the world, I wonder how long it would take them to be trained to create a better SVG.
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by robocat 8mo ago
Link about problems of shrinking population demographics: https://www.250bpm.com/p/life-at-the-frontlines-of-demograph...
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by robocat 8mo ago
Where does Vercel fit into their list?
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by robocat 8mo ago
Mobile Safari has some horrific hit-testing for touches. There's plenty of places where touching near a control incorrectly snaps the tap to the control (sometimes with rather nasty usability consequences). Ideally there should be some
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by robocat 8mo ago
That is unstable if defectors are rewarded - which is a common issue on the internet. If you are too tolerant then bad or lazy actors will cost you too much. You end up with the tragedy of the commons called "quirks mode".
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by robocat 9mo ago
The issue is what to do about aging demographics? My few paragraphs or your few paragraphs can only encompass trite answers. There is no obviously good solution. We can only hope our glorious leaders find good compromises. I am mostly tryin
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by robocat 9mo ago
I was told the other day that the people most likely to choose to avoid the extra 2.5% fees are the wealthier. In New Zealand, most low margin business (like cafes) ask you to accept an ~2.5% transaction fee (if you use a credit card or pay
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by robocat 9mo ago
In New Zealand, you are stopped at 75 (or 81 if given an exemption) assuming you started donating before 71. You can't start donating blood after 71. From age section: https://www.nzblood.co.nz/become-a-donor/am-i-
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by robocat 9mo ago
Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by robocat 9mo ago
My point is that your opinions are not universal facts. Some of what you say might be true for the US, and we've heard of other countries with severe issues due to immigration. But your opinions appear to me to be simply unbalanced ant
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by robocat 9mo ago
Not really. One dichotomy categorisation I personally look for in people is: * likes heirachy versus * dislikes heirachy. I suspect heroes are mostly relevant if you are a heirachy lover? I also believe that heirachy lovers are more likely
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by robocat 9mo ago
> cash back benefits Only in the U.S. In many other countries the processing fees are regulated by the government so the banks can't afford to give you your "cash back".

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