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by sandcat_ 3mo ago
It may not be critical thinking though, but simply being contrarian, which is one of the easiest ways to sound smart without necessarily providing much of value or substance. And strangely, seeing as it’s relatively rare IRL, seemingly the
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by sandcat_ 3mo ago
Vancouver always feels like Cities Skyline or SimCity to me, in a good way. That point where you’ve maxed everything out and there’s all sorts going on. You turn a corner and you see a seaplane landing, people cycling, rowing, running, doin
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by sandcat_ 3mo ago
Another thing I found recently, kind of the opposite, is that /insights reads from a cache of previous findings, often several months old. So if you’re finding that your /insights are all old news, asking it to clear them out is o
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by sandcat_ 3mo ago
Not really related, but the other thing I found out recently that cannabis can cause is the worst panic attack I have ever experienced: a DPDR (derealization / depersonalization) panic attack. I’ve had regular panic attacks before. I g
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by sandcat_ 3mo ago
Is their whole premise that they forgot to put “and search” at the end of their prompt?
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
That is one of the creepiest things I've seen in a while! And the first time something akin to uncanny valley has gotten me. The way it slowly raises out of its dock. The arms just hanging there in the photo at the bottom. The weirdly
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Does anyone actually do this? I’m looking to reduce my reliance on iCloud but I’ve kept my backups there so far as it always seemed onerous to have to plug in and trigger the backup manually. And easy to forget, too.
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Unrelated, sorry: Curious. With my adblocker on, I don’t see a title on this post. Anyone else seeing this too? I couldn’t say which rule is doing it. (I’m on mobile, but I only use typical lists like EasyList etc.) First time I’ve had to d
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
I find the reduction in smoking cigarettes fascinating at a societal level, in a similar way to a few other topics: toxoplasma gondii, widespread use of SSRIs. Probably some others I'm not recalling. This must have had an effect, beyon
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
I'm curious, has it affected pleasure at all in other areas of life? Are things you used to enjoy still as enjoyable? Is it more the "addictiveness" of things that has dropped, as opposed to how enjoyable they are? (Never tri
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Eh, this is a bit fatalist. Every bit of pushback is a tax. If a company applies to build in X location but is threatening to move to Y location where it's cheaper, or they can get away with something, there's obviously a reason t
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
> I know what the comment said, thank you very much. I'm not sure you do. Or at least you're replying to a very uncharitable interpretation. From my perspective, this read as: the moment you put one of these IP cameras in a roo
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
The quote from Gruber in question (IMO, a little more reasonable than you give it credit for.) > For the same reason, I also do not think they’re going to raise the prices of existing products mid-cycle. ... But unlike with the MacBook P
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
That’s not true. From mandatory refunds when selling online, to capped credit card fees, to longer warranties, the EU is clearly better for consumer rights. Some US businesses have realized that openly screwing your customers isn’t good bus
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
I feel like there’s a difference between Virgil Abloh being brought in to work on an iteration of the Air Force 1s and simply ripping off a design from an unrelated company, presumably without permission, and making a few tweaks.
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Are you sure this isn’t just because it’s the “wrong” people who are building them? Instead of the typical (older) FOSS/geek/whatever crowd? It feels overly negative to me. People, mostly younger people, are building them, tinkeri
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
> being able to buy "off the shelf", two click VPN solution for 5$ already puts you into "geek" category I’m not sure that’s true anymore. I discovered recently my 70 year old, very technology-averse, parents are usin
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Those closed labs need to justify the investment still, and as we approach stagnation in model capabilities that’s harder and harder. Right now Fable and Mythos are cutting edge, but soon enough they’ll be commodities. And for every company
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Eh, they’ll learn soon enough there’s a limit to their power, unless they somehow start acquiring munitions. There’s a reason the electricity companies and other utilities didn’t take over the economy, despite now being essential.
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Agreed. This is no different from the US government attempting to control SSH, or restrict the sale of the Apple Power Mac. 10 years from now we’ll look back and laugh at how silly it all was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
I do kind of agree, but at the same time, if a company is not on the cutting edge (the post says they're happy to remain 6 months behind, whether true or not), then it is just technology at that point. Any damage has already been don
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
I think the criticism isn’t around Marvel films being Marvel, but rather the reaction to Marvel films being popular to make every film like a Marvel film. Can’t really comment if that’s true, though I’ve definitely noticed an increase in
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
For what it’s worth, a non-locking blade is a plus for some people. I wouldn’t really want to leave a locking box cutter around, I’m too forgetful, but one that stows itself away automatically I’d feel a bit safer about. Still a silly price
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
That used to be $95 at launch, which still is very expensive of course, but slightly more palatable. I wonder if the current price is due to tariffs perhaps?
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
https://www.qwencloud.com/pricing/token-plan I think
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Worth noting that Meta has a track record of revising breach numbers upwards. We may find out it’s a lot higher than this in the coming weeks.
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
Yeah but they’re different. Print ads don’t grab your attention in the way animated ads mid article do. You can even fold the paper to ignore them if they are. I can read a newspaper with ads no problem, but NYT without an adblocker (or in
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
I pay the $2/month. They occasionally try and get me to pay more. No chance, I always tell them I’ll cancel (and I would.) I don’t get it. If they cut out all the awful mid-article ads, stopped the page resetting to the top every time
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by sandcat_ 4mo ago
> People need to learn to guard their time and schedule like a hawk and not operate in chronic reaction mode, i.e. someone else setting your priorities for the day. Why not just use a smartphone if you’re able to guard your time effectiv
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by sandcat_ 5mo ago
> When Meta, Google and Apple [and Mozilla] agree on a “privacy” feature, watch out. ? This feels like a good sign, to me. I get far more worried when I see the likes of Meta, Google, Spotify, Epic etc team up.

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