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by slingnow 4y ago
I hope you realize the pattern doesn't self-destruct after you complete one pair of shorts with it.
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by slingnow 4y ago
How exactly are you equating "stock manipulation" with the ability to "buy broad equity index ETFs at near zero cost" ? That's clearly not what the OP was referencing.
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by slingnow 4y ago
Did you miss the part where the sister says "that [if] they want to let the rabbit loose, they can return it for free"? That's an outright lie, since they aren't letting the rabbit loose to live on the farm -- they'
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by slingnow 4y ago
I'm really glad people don't leave comments for downvoting. Then this forum would be littered (heh) with completely useless 3-word comments "downvoted for x". Be less concerned with your internet points.
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by slingnow 4y ago
I would much rather live in a world where people question biased media narratives and we risk hurting someone's feelings than the other way around. If this kid can't handle a little bit of criticism, he won't be long for the
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by slingnow 4y ago
This is exactly the kind of content I have always come to Hacker News for -- a snippet of information that I can already see with my own eyes. Next up to the front page: a weather report from your favorite major city.
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by slingnow 4y ago
So if someone came to you asking you to teach them to make a cheeseburger, you would "build their confidence" by quizzing them on trivia about ground beef? And that this will somehow translate into not being "intimidated by t
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by slingnow 4y ago
I had the same reaction. Not much explaining, no justification for the tooling decisions, pushing more undocumented code to pypi because why not, "I saw this other package do this", etc. I guess it's great if you're just
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by slingnow 4y ago
You're right! That hypothetical and highly unlikely scenario is completely worth all of the ways in which the tech could be and is being abused.
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by slingnow 4y ago
It took "thousands of brilliant engineers" to replace the engine of a vehicle with some large batteries? I think you're overstating the "brilliance" of the engineers. I have no doubt the core of them working on the
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by slingnow 4y ago
The tipping point would be when you can come up with a compelling answer for the question you laid out. You don't just rewrite it in C as a reflex to that question.
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by slingnow 4y ago
Why is this on the front page of HN? Do we really want to encourage these sorts of glorified customer service requests? Every time someone is confused by Google's opaque moderation practices, vote it to the top? This one isn't eve
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by slingnow 4y ago
You don't think comparing the current defacto standard low-level languages (C/C++) to Rust shines any light on the issue you raised? [1] C/C++ : 6.17% Rust : 0.29% This was addressed in one of the linked sources. What would y
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by slingnow 4y ago
I would bet if you made a modern version of this tech demo today with modern graphics, people would be excited about it. To me this is evidence that for some reason no one wants these kinds of interfaces, and they are largely just cool tech
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by slingnow 4y ago
> Over the years I have heard here and there various versions of "Attitude is more important than knowledge" and __each time I was furious__ I'd start there, because if such a simple statement makes you furious, I can only
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by slingnow 4y ago
Have you ever played a multiplayer game? Have you seen how people move in FPS games? Highly erratic, especially during gun fights. Instantaneous starting and stopping. Your example is only relevant if the player just loves to hold down the
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by slingnow 4y ago
Talk about analysis paralysis. You won't read a book because you're not sure how the book _should_ be read?
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by slingnow 4y ago
You interpreted an achingly long post desperately justifying the need for this checkbox as being done "for funsies"?
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by slingnow 4y ago
This article was one of the most unsatisfying things to read in a while. There's so much misdirection and fluffing up of simple concepts that by the end I just want it to be over.
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by slingnow 4y ago
Are you saying the designer didn't design the case where you can uncheck the checkbox because "reasons"? Why wouldn't you be able to undo your action in a habit-tracking app, specifically?
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by slingnow 4y ago
Have you considered that you're an outlier and that policy and approaches shouldn't be based on your outcome? It's clear you're an evangelist for this approach, but your complete dismissal of people who have issues with
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by slingnow 4y ago
None of these sound like particularly low-level concepts the book is purported to cover. Like you said, "learning a little bit of C" would probably cover most of the things you listed. It sounds like you're a web developer.
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by slingnow 4y ago
Except that there are no other interpretations of the words "christian" and "muslim", where it's quite clear you're referring to specific religions. Black and white are colors. _You_ are making the leap from co
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by slingnow 4y ago
> Like many things...it is a powerful tool that produces catastrophic results when wielded by those who do not understand how it works. We must have very different definitions of the word "catastrophic" ...
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by slingnow 4y ago
I don't think any one of these could be classified as a "mind-reading magic trick".
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by slingnow 4y ago
So you're telling me the device I buy will stop nagging / forcing me to install updates to it that changes / breaks the way it functions? Sign me up!
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by slingnow 4y ago
I know the #1 reason I buy a phone is to get updates for it. The rest is window dressing.
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by slingnow 4y ago
The in person conversations are much less likely to be embellished and polished to look like more than they are. The in person conversations are also a form of two-way communication, rather than something more like a person standing on the
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by slingnow 4y ago
You don't have to know the intimate technical details. You just need to have the awareness that "something shady is probably happening as a result of this interaction". If someone is surprised that in 2022 people are tracking
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by slingnow 4y ago
Would you have been equally confused by someone saying "talk to your dentist"? I don't understand this widespread bafflement. Would it be less confusing to say "talk to _a_ lawyer"? This just seems like a bunch of p

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