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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Doh, it's by Jim Crace, should have mentioned that.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
If anyone is looking for a good read, there's a great book called Arcadia , which revolves around this trend of traditional city food markets being supplanted by upscale hipster traps.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
First generative AI destroyed Google search, and now it has pretty much destroyed YouTube. Social platforms, including this one, are probably goners too. We live in interesting times.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
... for cardiovascular disease. The benefits of standing, is for neck and back posture, I think most people agree. Standing all day sucks, it's no secret, anyone who works retail will tell you that.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Sounds like a potential compliance issue too, if you work with sensitive data.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
This is good for bitcoin.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Google gives you AI-generated slop anyway, so might as well get it at the source. I already use ChatGPT exclusively when I need information, partly because Google is so bad now, but mostly because it gives me the answer, not just some links
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
That's his/her point.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
The legs do seem like a huge overcomplication. I can't think of many situations where they would be worth the added cost/complexity (compared to simple wheels). Sure they can walk stairs, but a place that employs freaking robots c
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
They already do this (the encryption-at-rest part). Deleting the data is still a hard requirement. Also, the keys are never seen outside of the centralized encryption service. Deletion is still a must.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Google-scale companies have very capable people employed, both on the technical and legal side, who do nothing else than look for these kinds of oversights, and are empowered to make sure they get fixed.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
I have built systems for a lot of EU companies, and they all took GDPR compliance very seriously. Maybe some mom-and-pop shop would bodge it, but any serious business has legal council and wisely listens to them.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Not in the EU.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
A Visa run corollary to the ethereum blockchain? Why wouln't a bank just issue its own ERC-20 token?
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Even back when all the kids had C64s, most only knew enough about it to load up games from the tape drive. Personally I was intrigued by the built-in basic, and that got me started programming (and I absolutely loathed the mindless consoles
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
I use my LTE watch for smaller errands where I don't want to lug around the phone, yet can still take or make a call if it is really necessary, make payments, etc. Like going out for a walk, or leaving my desk at work for a few minutes
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
For phones, I think foldable screens are good for a couple more generations of updates. I've had a Flip for a couple of years and won't go back, when they make them lighter I'm in the market for the next one.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Always wondered why they don't do this. Just a subtle sloping of the edge around the lense, so the phone is flush with the table it is lying on.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Doesn't this break EU law, by collecting personal information without consent, and without offering the option to have it removed? I would be surprised if this stands up in courts in the EU.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Is it even possible to have high blood sugar while eating zero carbs? You could be catabolising muscle mass but that would be a case of extreme malnutrition and/or type 1 diabetes. These drugs fix symptoms only, and only for ad long as
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
It's in the article. Local consumption of fish dropped by half.
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
Apparently, water can turn solid at room temperature (and above) as well, when seeded by a hydrophilic surface. Some researchers actually believe that all water in living cells are made up of this kind of 'solid water', and that t
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by sfjailbird 2y ago
'Freedom of speech' as a topic is interesting to HN and has an obvious Information Technology angle. It is probably the one that skirts the edge the most though.
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by sfjailbird 3y ago
No need to imagine, just look at the disastrous VW ID line rollout.
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by sfjailbird 3y ago
I have had several very close family members die, and had to clean out their stuff. That is always the weirdest part. Looking through things that they had hung on to, which have absolutely no meaning to anyone else, and are just thrown in t
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by sfjailbird 3y ago
I always wondered why he was not refereeing anymore. Instead, he now sits as a ringside official. I guess he failed up.
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by sfjailbird 3y ago
It would be intetesting if Lasse Collin published his off-list interactions with 'Jia Tan' and any of the other pseudonyms, to get an even better angle on the social engineering parts. Apparently a large part of the campaign was v
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by sfjailbird 3y ago
And lots of people pay for lots of things with bitcoin, today. It works fine, even if the confirmation takes 15-20 minutes and it costs five bucks. For some things where you prefer discretion, it's fine. For privacy, just use a coinjoi
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by sfjailbird 3y ago
I hate Schiphol, and my family tend to call it by a name that rhymes.
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Bitcoin mining in Argentina using flared excess gas(cnbc.com)
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