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by shever73 3y ago
Not a mention of 0.7734 or 5318008 anywhere.
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by shever73 3y ago
It’s possible (likely) that I’m not seeing something too. I read the article in the spirit of the headline, which is basically: we wrote a bot to tell us stuff that would do well on HN so we can shill our/our clients’ stuff. In other w
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by shever73 3y ago
Sorry in advance for the grumpy response, but I hate articles like this and I detest the manipulation of an organic voting mechanism for self-promotion. I know this is the Internet we have to live with, but this kind of stuff just makes it
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by shever73 3y ago
I haven’t read that, but thanks for the recommendation. That definitely sounds like a more positive philosophy.
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by shever73 3y ago
Thanks for the clarification, I was wondering if they were related.
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by shever73 3y ago
That current technological advancement has the potential to be positive, at best, or at least benign. I love coding, but my attitude has changed based on what I see big tech doing. Google, Facebook and Amazon particularly seem to be dead se
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Tesla cancels right-hand-drive Model S and Model X(autocar.co.uk)
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by shever73 3y ago
Thank you. That link is perfect :)
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by shever73 3y ago
That is probably the most succinct way of putting it.
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by shever73 3y ago
HN is on the more tolerable side of social for me. I kicked Instagram years ago, never had Facebook, hate the hustle mentality of LinkedIn, and deleted my Reddit account due to the constant bickering and flame wars. I find the discourse on
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by shever73 3y ago
I took the acrostic approach as well. A combination of that and suggesting that we could only communicate in reverse worked well.
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by shever73 3y ago
True, I have a photograph taken in Kenya that has been variously described as in California, Guatemala, Colombia, Australia and South Africa.
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by shever73 3y ago
Even an ebook in English that's not Amazon/Kindle would be great. I'm happy to pay for an epub or other format.
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by shever73 3y ago
Not quite anyone...I get the "Bard isn't supported in your country" message when trying it.
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by shever73 3y ago
Is it possible to get an English ebook or print version that isn't through Amazon? I loved the sample.
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by shever73 3y ago
Ok, that makes sense. I never saw much of the critical stuff, so if it was a big part of her writing identity then I understand why they said it. I just often think that these identifiers (like "lapsed Mormon" or "former memb
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by shever73 3y ago
The Guardian's take on it was: > Armstrong was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but left the religion years ago. I suppose my question is, why is it relevant to mention at all? Is it because Mormonism is les
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by shever73 3y ago
Feels like a missed opportunity to call it the Xerox PARChive.
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by shever73 3y ago
I was interested to see that this was published in London. A few things seemed to be more, what I would have called, American rather than British English. Examples would be calling a full stop a period, and the use of the serial comma in a
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by shever73 3y ago
I've only started reading Pynchon lately. I'd seen too many comparisons to James Joyce, and I struggled and gave up on Ulysses at least 4 times. Anyway, I picked up a copy of V at a second-hand bookshop recently and, so far, I&#x2
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by shever73 3y ago
The last time I cancelled Prime from Ireland, I still encountered dark patterns. Lots of attempts to get you to reconsider, buttons being labeled "Lose my Prime Benefits" instead of "Cancel", cancellation links being a l
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by shever73 3y ago
I also really like "We Are What We Behold"[0], Nicky's projects are always clever and thought-provoking. [0] https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb
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by shever73 3y ago
Not a feeling as such, but I suppose it would be able to determine an angry or furious tone: https://i.imgur.com/abRLZYO.png
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by shever73 3y ago
A sad, but true, indictment. Siri on Apple Watch is brutally bad, it fails more than half the time when asking it to do something simple like setting a timer. I've disabled CarPlay because my car's voice control is much, much bett
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by shever73 3y ago
Samsara is excellent. I watched in an indie cinema, and it really generated a mood without any form of judgement in what was being portrayed.
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by shever73 3y ago
> like the Fully Charged EV show Nice reference. I have had similar problems when travelling to the UK for large events. Whenever I go over for an Arsenal match (it still hurts, thank you) I have trouble just using my phone anywhere nea
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by shever73 3y ago
This was my main problem with Netflix and why I cancelled it a year or so ago. When I realised we often couldn’t find anything we were bothered about watching, it just became a waste of money.
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by shever73 3y ago
I was thinking the same thing. I just turned 50, learned to code on a ZX Spectrum, and regularly play Space Station 14, Dwarf Fortress and Elite Dangerous among others.
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by shever73 3y ago
Yes, it is. For an ad-free experience, I play it at https://www.countle.org , which has a daily puzzle similar to Wordle.
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by shever73 3y ago
If you care about privacy, then Amazon is the last company I would buy from. From personal experience, I would be far more concerned about what Amazon does with your data than Mullvad.

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