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by seph-reed 5y ago
So strange. Using good variable names is even better than docs in my experience. And having HTML where every div is named helps a ton. It blows my mind how different people's preferences can be on these things.
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Depending on set and setting: anywhere from extremely good to extremely bad. I'm pretty sure they'll be cognizant of creating a positive environment though.
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Any info on the theoretical capacity of these vs Lithium Ion? I didn't see it in the article. (Obviously it's not a competition, but it'd be nice to have some frame of reference)
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by seph-reed 5y ago
> You really have to watch a lot of content before your logical brain will let you believe Textbook indoctrination
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Your response seems to have completely missed the subject. Did you accidentally hit reply under the wrong comment?
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by seph-reed 5y ago
I think the last few generations have ruined rebelliousness by yelling a lot on the internet. Can you imagine watching your parents flame war over politics and social issues on fucking Facebook? I feel like the only way to rebel would be t
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Large groups of people are really only useful when a problem can easily be broken into smaller, self-contained parts. Or when the work requires little "moving in lock-step." This may be one of those fields where "more peopl
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by seph-reed 5y ago
> File uploads remain one of the hardest problems to solve when it comes to security. Why? It seems like they should have read/write but no execute. What goes wrong?
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by seph-reed 5y ago
So every emotion except confusion is inherently just a person over-simplifying their reality. All the fighting: it's fucking stupid.
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Even less than people want to hear that gold is just shiny dirt, people don't want to hear that almost all perceptions of value are inherently subjective and meaningless. That social credit, and money, and everything we hold dear and t
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by seph-reed 5y ago
> The way I see this playing out is that the metaverse is going to be for poor people while reality is enjoyed by those with resources for "all five senses". Given my experience in Alt Space thus far, I think there's a rea
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Nice article. It's amazing how much bike-shedding there is here around the name and logo, and how little capacity most have for what these changes actually mean. Meta is going full in on the metaverse... so that's going to be hitt
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Thanks a ton for sharing that. This is -- so far -- the highest calibre of this debate I've seen. I think both parties are talking passed each-other, having missed a very, very important statement: > You recommended people read GG&
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Most of these points don't seem central to Diamonds thesis as I interpreted it. They do negate some of the spurious theories, but the central theory (IMO) is that there's a whole lot of luck involved in global domination, and that
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by seph-reed 5y ago
I went down another rabbit hole on r/badhistory. There's definitely plenty of holes in the theories of GG&S, if that's what you mean by "academics have problems with it" === "it is not a perfect theory.&quo
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by seph-reed 5y ago
So, I just went down a rabbit hole of criticisms on Guns, Germs, and Steel... it's largely coming from the far left and far right. Very few moderates. The far left says it's a cop out on racism, blaming white evil on natural cond
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Sorry. You're correct. I haven't watched the video in a bit.
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by seph-reed 5y ago
CPG Grey has a great video on this exact subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk In short, you need cities to develop these types of viruses. Cities where the virus can just keep killing, without ever hitting
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Supposedly multitasking and hyper-focus are two distinct and differently useful skills that can't be done at the same time. Hyper-focus tends to lean towards STEM. Boys tend to lean towards hyper-focus. Whether this is cultural or bi
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by seph-reed 5y ago
The empathy gap is real. And it weirds me out that everything people truly value: community, love, relationships, romance, heritage, adventure, friends, family... none of these factor in. Just money and power; which are ultimately just mor
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Yeah, this is really fun. Thank you
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Ask HN: What are some cool free online games to play?
2 points by seph-reed 5y ago|2 comments
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by seph-reed 5y ago
I made one of these, that works for YouTube, Twitter, Tumbler, Reddit, Hacker News, Google Search, and Pinterest You can enable/disable whatever you want. The point is to get rid of lame content. https://chrome.google.com&#
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by seph-reed 5y ago
The fact that so many people are willing to choose a "lesser evil" is striking to me. I wasn't even done with High School by the time I figured out that any dichotomy of two evils is a dead end, and that there is always a bet
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by seph-reed 5y ago
I have one I've been working on for a few years. It's based off something I call "source derivation".... It has data sources where things get stored, repos that handle syncing and pulling data, and ents which represent t
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter all suggest this content to people. Anything they do passed this point is just them trying to cover up the fact that they pushed extremism onto the world.
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by seph-reed 5y ago
YouTube's algorithm actively pushes people down rabbit holes towards fringe content. The best way to combat this is not invest billions of dollars in infrastructure meant to do exactly the thing it just did. Bad actors didn't pois
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by seph-reed 5y ago
I still theorize crowd-moderated platforms are possible, as long as there's really good gate-keeping. My bet is some real-world tie, one which is time consuming and expensive to create. From there it should be possible to create moder
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by seph-reed 5y ago
You'd be amazed at how many of the daily front page political posts come from only a handful of people. There's still a ton of offenders, but only so many super prolific ones.
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by seph-reed 5y ago
Damn. Imgur just became amazing in the last month. They rolled out a feature where you can filter out political posts, and it's become the only place I can go to just enjoy some mindless scrolling. There's still a ton of politica

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