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by robswc 4y ago
>Nobody bats an eye if someone spends $80 on the latest console, but everyone is sharpening their pitchforks if they spend a similar amount in mobile game IAPs. Even if the hours played and enjoyment received are perfectly equal. I'
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by robswc 4y ago
https://robswc.me/ Constantly working on this. I wanted one of those incredibly functional, nearly entirely text-based sites (huge fan of those) ... but I decided to try to be more creative and have fun with it.
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by robswc 4y ago
I love ChatGPT for simple tasks. It is currently wreaking havoc on some communities tho. Including one I created on reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/pinescript/comments/1029r7p/please_... People have t
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by robswc 4y ago
Reddit is exhausting. One big feedback loop. People will say anything to get good karma or avoid saying certain things to avoid being down voted. If there is even just a slight majority in the way the group thinks, it will soon become th
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by robswc 4y ago
>There's nothing elite about being a programmer at any of the big tech companies. It's software engineering and design. It's the same everywhere I just can't agree with this. I have worked with tons of companies and
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by robswc 4y ago
I think one of the most insightful things I've learned in life is that books, movies, articles, etc. have warped my perception of the "elites." When you split hairs, there is certainly a difference in skill/knowledge _b
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by robswc 4y ago
Oh no for sure. I thought your comment was really insightful (as is this one!). Just wanted to be sociable while the topic was on something I enjoyed! I think a healthy blend of "fiction for reality" is best. Too little makes l
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by robswc 4y ago
That's wild to me... but I guess if it all checks out legally. I think its only blows my mind because of how hard Disney protects against that sort of thing. I guess they just can't fight it anymore tho.
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by robswc 4y ago
I still like to go in to get a book the same day if its available. I'm just impatient, lol
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by robswc 4y ago
Oh yea. I mean, I was on tech forums chatting as a 13 year old and looking back, I _know_ so many people realized my questions were just ridiculous or dumb lol. I'm just wondering if that must be where the this is coming from. As an e
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by robswc 4y ago
I haven't read the book, so I can't comment on that... but this comment resonates with me. I think its similar to how people will completely write off a book/movie/person for _one_ thing. I get some things have more wei
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by robswc 4y ago
Would you be allowed to sell and distribute the original Disney cartoons? Just can't create any new stuff? (at least on a rolling X years basis?)
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by robswc 4y ago
I love Sherlock Holmes. I know it's implied he is just a normal human but I find it more entertaining to realize its impossible for someone like that to exist. It falls apart due to the sheer probability of the events involved. Howev
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by robswc 4y ago
I do algo trading and you wouldn't believe the number of people that show up with ChatGPT generated code, asking if it will "work." The answer is always "no." I love ChatGPT but I didn't realize how many people
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by robswc 4y ago
Oh I don't doubt that. I'm referencing the fact that some subs will run a bot that checks your post history and will ban you if you have previously posted in a sub they don't agree with or like. I've personally been &qu
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by robswc 4y ago
That makes sense. I was looking for an instance and they listed their server specs. They were very small servers. Would they be susceptible to simple DDOS?
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by robswc 4y ago
I just tried and got a message that "this is currently not possible" It took me here: https://joinmastodon.org/servers Where it seems the majority of servers are overtly political and require an "application.
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by robswc 4y ago
I feel like if they did that, the service would be 100x more viable… but would lose its claim to total decentralization. Idk, good luck to anyone that does a social media site cause that seems like a hard problem to solve.
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by robswc 4y ago
I think thing the biggest threat to mastodon will be the “mods” and “admins.” It’s a matter of when, not if there will be drama and it’ll be interesting to see how that is handled. A lot of subreddits went so far as to make a bot that will
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by robswc 4y ago
I find that comment funny too. Internet has only gotten more accessible. I do miss when it seemed almost everyone you talked to was a hacker in their own way but at the end of the day... you have everyone from kids on tablets to your grand
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by robswc 4y ago
I noticed this too. I made an account for a business and it was just odd. Maybe they’re targeting the younger generation? If not, that’s certainly what it felt like when signing up, lol.
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by robswc 4y ago
Yep. It sounds silly but I learn more and more to just make things as frictionless as possible. Someone explained how to sign up and the first instance I found said it was shutting down soon and to migrate off. A few others I tried said t
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by robswc 4y ago
Fair, I totally can believe it. I think between HN and some group chats I have all my “online socializing” covered though :)
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by robswc 4y ago
I want to agree… but I’ve seen some truly insane stuff coming out of tik tok. Maybe it just seems worse because these people are “face to face” with us in most cases, vs Twitter it’s just “some crazy writing 120 characters.”
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by robswc 4y ago
I would he very concerned if it were the “rich” tax payers/companies leaving though. Not sure if it is but it could easily start a feedback loop.
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by robswc 4y ago
I have a "reading list" but realistically, I never actually get to it. I have UpNotes which is pretty nice. That I used all the time. If something gives me an idea or I remember something, I write something down under an "id
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by robswc 4y ago
HN is literally the only place online that doesn't feel like a toxic environment. Reminds me of older internet forums where you can have your arguments but at the end of the day, you realize everyone is on the same team more or less. T
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by robswc 4y ago
>I never argued that they are on the same footing Sure. Though, the footing is so unequal that it effectively prevents US companies from gaining a foothold. Maybe that is a little broad but it certainly leans towards the rule vs the ex
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by robswc 4y ago
> simply have to follow the same rules Chinese companies have to I don’t think it’s simple at all. That might be how it works on paper but I’ll ask you this. Do you think a US or European equivalent would ever be allowed to gain a comp
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by robswc 4y ago
I tend to agree. The amount of time and effort they would have to spend on ramp-up and context sharing... seems it would be a nightmare. Unless its just some grunt work but even then, seems much more reliable to have a contracting partner

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