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by selestify 3y ago
As a younger person than you, I moved from being vaguely pro-Palestinian in the past to being staunchly pro-Israel now that I have learned more about: - how Israel has repeatedly needed to fend off simultaneous attacks on its existence - wh
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by selestify 3y ago
So when your enemies bring war to your doorstep, you refuse to fight it? Or you will fight it only until your enemy retreats, and then you’ll let them regroup?
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by selestify 3y ago
Why was Schmidt on Apple’s board? Did he care about Apple’s mission or Apple shareholders?
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by selestify 3y ago
Wow, I have nothing to say, other than that’s some major BS!
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by selestify 3y ago
As someone unfamiliar with him, please do elaborate or link to something I can read up on about how he sold the community out.
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by selestify 3y ago
> due to the usual reasons FOSS continues to only appeal to small niches. I’ve noticed this too. What are the usual reasons?
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by selestify 3y ago
Funny, I’d choose the opposite.
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by selestify 3y ago
> If MemGPT is as spectacular as you suggest then I think an honest, down to earth title would have gotten you a lot more attention. The fact that the current title got onto the HN front page suggests otherwise when it comes to incentive
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by selestify 3y ago
> and, frankly, just cost in general. Well, of course. Edge cases aside, why shouldn’t anyone save on money when it’s acceptable to do so?
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by selestify 3y ago
It is not irrelevant because higher GDP is exactly what enables many of the conveniences of modern society. Nations ignoring GDP would mean putting access to these amenities at risk as well.
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by selestify 3y ago
No, they never said anything about lying. That would be selling something the customer didn’t paying for. Selling lower quality goods like the article mentions is not a problem if the customers are fine with it given the lower price of the
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by selestify 3y ago
> For instance, most individuals would probably never agree to manufacture a weapon that is specifically requested to kill your neighbor. Are you talking about gun manufacturing for law enforcement or military purposes? Because those wea
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by selestify 3y ago
What did the PSF do to make people feel accepted?
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by selestify 3y ago
What would have been a better transition model? Are there any languages with major breaking changes that have done the upgrade smoothly?
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by selestify 3y ago
> Vermont, Maine, and Alaska have the highest vacancy rates—between 22% and 20%, according to the study. So not really highly desirable metropolises. Places where most people actually want to live have low vacancy rates and not enough ho
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by selestify 3y ago
Why would the bus driver know or care that you’re using their WiFi?
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by selestify 3y ago
That’s not the responsibility of the retailer, it’s the responsibility of the government.
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by selestify 3y ago
> I have done much more difficult jobs than the one I'm applying for Why is that such a bad impression?
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by selestify 3y ago
I can’t believe you’re the only one in the thread who’s mentioned that it’ll revert to traditional open source licensing in four years. That changes everything, imo. It’s so much better than software staying closed source forever, possibly
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by selestify 3y ago
I would love to know this too. For me it’s involved too much manual copy-pasting of existing code for context, for it to feel like it’s doing much for me.
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by selestify 3y ago
That was good writing, thanks! I don’t know why you got downvoted
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by selestify 3y ago
> They don't mean anything if the money is from people with low information? Why wouldn’t that incentivize someone with high information to come in and make a quick buck?
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by selestify 3y ago
In my experience, they only inform you if you need to pick up your luggage in between. Otherwise, you can assume you pick up at the final destination. You can ask for additional confirmation if you want, but the onus to double check shouldn
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by selestify 3y ago
What do you think causes this difference?
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by selestify 3y ago
You are right. But good luck convincing those billions to voluntarily reduce their living standards. I fear change will have to come involuntarily.
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by selestify 3y ago
Out of curiosity, why GPL2 instead of 3?
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by selestify 3y ago
I agree with much of what you say. But how are we supposed to get there from here? It seems hard, if not impossible, to convince entrenched interests to give up the game. It seems even harder to get “the people” united enough to overthrow e
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by selestify 3y ago
Surely, with decentralization and the dark web, such a platform can be created. But would there be enough people who join?
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by selestify 3y ago
I thought the original hype around LK-99 was that it was supposed to be easy to manufacture with materials most labs have on hand? E.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36865106
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by selestify 3y ago
Which part specifically is the breakthrough?

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