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by robswc 3y ago
They only have to be as good as humans because that's what society deems an acceptable risk. I do think the point about how companies are treated vs humans is a good one. Tbh though, I'm not sure it matters much in the instance o
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by robswc 3y ago
>That sucks. IME, one needs to pay a bit of a premium to live someplace where you can be assured of not having such headaches (not that wealthy people are better neighbors, but that problem-free residence is in higher demand). Oh yea, 10
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by robswc 3y ago
>I could just be bored one afternoon and go find a cool event Yea, I'd say this is probably the worst part about living outside of a city. Just not as many events to go to easily. At the end of the day though, the 30-40 minute dri
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by robswc 3y ago
Right!? I swear people know when to do it at the worst times too. When I first moved, it was because they triggered the building wide alarm system at 2 AM. After that, I was sick of it and couldn't take it anymore. Also, I get that
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by robswc 3y ago
>What do you like better about your quality of life? Mainly, how the actions of others (good or bad) don't have as much of an effect on me. Believe it or not, one of the main things was people smoking weed. People would smoke it e
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by robswc 3y ago
Idk, I find economists pretty scary with their big words.
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by robswc 3y ago
Escaping the city is one of the best things I ever did. So much cheaper and the quality of life got so much better, for so many reasons. If I ever want to go do stuff, its only 30-40 minutes away too. WFH has been liberating for so many pe
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by robswc 3y ago
Right!? Maybe we're all just crazy and there's a method to the madness but I spent an average of 15 minutes just trying to get it to pick up the reset, PER LIGHT.
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by robswc 3y ago
Not to high-jack but I too would like to lament (and hopefully humor HN) about "smart home" gadgets and the companies behind them. I bought a "Cync" bulb from GE and had to reset it, I couldn't for the life of me.
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by robswc 3y ago
Yea. Maybe not "destroy" but "bring down to the lowest common denominator." To be sure, there's a market for media everyone can enjoy... I just hate how they seemingly have to find existing franchises to do it with
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by robswc 3y ago
I'm the same way. I love subtitles _but_ they degrade some of the experience. I had to turn them off because they will spoil the moment. Good example is King of The Hill. The I'll see the punchline before the delivery and I fe
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by robswc 3y ago
Well, didn't have that on my bingo card for this year. What does this mean? For people that are into geo-politics. Trudeau isn't some random government official... but is India just going to deny it and Canada just say "oh,
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by robswc 3y ago
I'm not a hardware guy but this is one of those times where my brain can hardly believe that little thing is actually a camera. A camera is something I know of, has a point of reference. I can't say the same about transistors or
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by robswc 3y ago
Seems like a bad move for the business but maybe good for (some) users? I say good for users, but that entirely depends on the userbase. For example, _if_ HN didn't exist as it does now (free) and was paid only, I wouldn't mind pa
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by robswc 3y ago
When you're in a meeting where everyone has gotten past the fear of being wrong, its a whole different dynamic and breath of fresh air. Suddenly the complexity melts away and people admit asking a professional is better than BSing a so
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by robswc 3y ago
That's pretty cool. I know nothing about biking really... these aren't just a gimmick right?
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by robswc 3y ago
I firmly believe noise cancelling headphones are responsible for at least 2% of the US GDP.
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by robswc 3y ago
I'm happy for them. I've gone so far as on-prem sometimes and its "fun" for awhile but then becomes a headache. I really love Digital Ocean's droplets too.
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by robswc 3y ago
In net worth or cash? In any case, I think its ridiculous. That would apply to a non-insignificant % of the population of HN. There are tons of authors, programmers and founders with that much money. You really think that if someone write
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by robswc 3y ago
That's fair. I just have memories of being on forums and interacting with those people you knew where unhinged. They had the protection of anonymity... but I think you have a great point that even then, you had to have at least a bit
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by robswc 3y ago
That's the thing. Just by participating in internet forums, all the way up until around 2010s(?), it wouldn't be uncommon to see comments like "I'm going to go over there and kill you" between two people trying to
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by robswc 3y ago
I have been thinking about this a lot... it sucks because its very hard to prove. I will say, they always seem to come right in time for when sympathy is needed most... but that is all speculation. I don't doubt the number of crazy pe
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by robswc 3y ago
>I can't see future projects building on unity with this "we have changed the deal and can do it again" attitude on the other hand. Yea, that almost seems the worst part. Seems like a huge risk for any future projects. &g
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by robswc 3y ago
Makes sense. Is there anything about Unity that would make the community grit it's teeth and take the terms? Or is it all just economics at this point?
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by robswc 3y ago
That sucks. I mean, going forward would anyone still start projects with Unity? Or is that ship sailing?
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by robswc 3y ago
Why does it seem like "death threats" are more common these days? Or are they just taken more seriously? I ofc wouldn't be advocating to _not_ take them seriously but I don't understand if people are just getting crazie
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by robswc 3y ago
Yea. I don't blame OP for the sentiment but I don't think anyone doing something like that could be reasoned with in the first place.
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by robswc 3y ago
I won't down vote you but I would love to know how you came to that conclusion. And what is "rich" ?
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by robswc 3y ago
This really does seem like suicide. I'm not a game dev though. Is there any reason everyone won't/can't just switch to Unreal Engine? Is this a case where they overstepped or is it like reddit where the only leverage t
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by robswc 3y ago
The US does that too. I'm torn on how it should be done but I don't think its a bad idea to help US companies move away from China.

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