snarf21

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by snarf21 11mo ago
This is something she wrote on Twitter... JK Rowling wrote, "There are no trans kids. No child is 'born in the wrong body'. There are only adults like you, prepared to sacrifice the health of minors to bolster your belief in
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by snarf21 11mo ago
This is classic "think of the children" backdoors; whether in the legislation or enforcement or literal backdoors. Politicians know that no one is going to publicly come out and say a law to "protect" children shouldn&#x
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by snarf21 11mo ago
I agree with most of what you are saying but we should also be clear that there some sources of inflammation that are not caused (or fixed) by diet and lifestyle. There is huge upside for some serious chronic conditions that may be helped b
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by snarf21 11mo ago
The real problem here is (in this case) lazy teachers. These kind of tools should only be used to flag potential AI generation. If the teacher read the essay and thought it reflected standard work for this student, then all would be fine.
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by snarf21 11mo ago
You should look into multi-player paper battleship as it plays any number of players and plays in the same amount of time (depending on board size).
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by snarf21 1y ago
I really enjoyed this game and will try it again tomorrow. I can definitely see the inspiration from hobby tile games and polyomino games. I design a lot of card and board games but generating a new daily puzzle sounds daunting to me! :)
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by snarf21 1y ago
Serious question: hasn't the western world largely exporting their manufacturing base to China for everything, just not EVs/batteries? There is a major conflict here between corporate profits vs national security. Consumers genera
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by snarf21 1y ago
The difference in my mind is scale and reach and time. Fire, tools, war are localized. AGI could have global and instant and complete control.
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by snarf21 1y ago
Also, his abstract art was a push back against the realism in art at the time plus the horrible realism of war. He family said, "Abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality". He believed th
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by snarf21 1y ago
This is what I've come to refer to as a Spice Girls sales team. The solution is for the cost of these new additions to come off the top of the deal (pre-commission) they are signing to re-align the incentives.
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by snarf21 1y ago
There have been a lot of advancements on this front too. One promising technique is duodenum resurfacing (DMR). This helps reset some of the insulin sensitivity issues. The one problem we have is that this is a one time low risk procedure c
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by snarf21 1y ago
I would go slightly further and say that a lot of this is subsidized by things like FEMA and NFIP and as such, there should be a three strikes rule. If a property makes a claim based on a disaster like this, they shouldn't be able to j
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by snarf21 1y ago
I agree completely. This isn't the world of BBSes where everyone had a corner or two that they hung out on. As long as posts are gamified with likes and notifications, decentralization will never win. Even HN isn't immune and it h
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by snarf21 1y ago
More poisonous fruit from the Reagan tree.
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by snarf21 1y ago
There are quite a few who work specifically at unblocking the sewers (and a lot in Australia for some reason). Mostly they find tree roots but tampons and wipes are the other major culprits that they have to remove. These plus the roots are
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by snarf21 1y ago
I design board games and almost all of my ideas come while walking or driving. Sometimes we just need to give our brain a minimal task to occupy it and then we can more easily get into flow. This is also the same result of the Ballmer Peak
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by snarf21 1y ago
Yeah, this drives value for almost all roles. No need for a separate focus group when you can ask the people who are already using and/or paying for your product.
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by snarf21 1y ago
So your solution is to put people who are desperate enough to steal say $500 of goods from a pharmacy into jail at a cost of $50K+? As others have said, that money is better spend helping these people out of poverty or helping them with the
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by snarf21 1y ago
I think it is more simple in that we love tribalism. A long time ago being part of a tribe had such huge benefits over going it alone that it was always worth any tradeoffs. We have a much better ability to go it alone now but we still lo
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by snarf21 1y ago
I would argue that difference is that entering my group chat is the same as entering my house to install a listening device. If there is a warrant to tap someone's phone, that is based on probable cause not blanket surveillance. We don
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by snarf21 1y ago
So there was no crime before Telegram? These kinds of things won't be used to stop malware or cybercrime anyway. They'll be used even more by those in power to subvert. The criminals will just move to another operating scheme.
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by snarf21 1y ago
A lot of them are "eating" them in the margins of the unreasonable "inflation" increases they used to see how much the public was willing to pay for their products. (Normally, this would be okay in a functioning capitali
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by snarf21 1y ago
There is part of this that is about a lack of financial education in our country. The interesting thing is that if you give a lot of disposal income to young people without a lot of life responsibilities, they will spend it like water. I kn
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by snarf21 1y ago
In the full quote, he is talking about fitness and being able to lift things and being proud of your abilities to do so. I'm not saying it works for everyone but it is nice to have a "thing" that you can hang your hat on. The
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by snarf21 1y ago
Unfortunately, this worked as intended. These companies want people who are desperate to work there and will do anything to get in the door. Both parties were successful in this case in determining that there wasn't a good fit.
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by snarf21 1y ago
Reminds me of Stewart Brand and the Clock of the Long Now (and other longer time horizon projects they are working on). Reminds me of a statement he made during a Tim Ferris interview that I think is quite profound for our mental health. &q
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by snarf21 1y ago
The feature we need most is Figma > SwiftUI, etc. The ability to take the Figma UIs and export to web and mobile would be such a time saver.
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by snarf21 1y ago
Agreed. When I was a manager, my sole focus was trying to help my team be maximally successful. That can take many forms but it greatly simplifies how and where to put your focus and effort. It definitely helps to keep the mindset that thes
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by snarf21 1y ago
You have a similar thing in golf even though the rivals almost never play their rounds in the same group.
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by snarf21 1y ago
Agree 100%. The best time to lose weight is making good choices during the 30 minutes you spend grocery shopping each week. Much easier than try to make a healthy choice every minute of every day at home.

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