spurgu

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by spurgu 2y ago
We also choose to have cars, which cause a certain amount of death. It's an acceptable tradeoff (which most don't think about much). I'd speculate that it's mostly people who don't use cars who criticize them the mo
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by spurgu 2y ago
Aren't you asking how to create software without bugs?
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by spurgu 2y ago
I'll gladly put money on music that a human has poured blood, sweat, tears and emotion into. Streaming has already killed profits from album sales so live gigs is where the money is at and I don't see how AI could replace that.
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by spurgu 2y ago
Really? You can find a laptop with the equivalent of Apple Silicon for $3-500? And while I haven't used Windows in ages I doubt it runs as well with 8 GB as MacOS does.
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by spurgu 2y ago
Even though I could easily afford an iPhone or Pixel my daily driver is a $150 Android phone. Due to the low margins of the manufacturer it's actually a very usable device.
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by spurgu 2y ago
You know, us lifeforms.
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by spurgu 2y ago
Perhaps like jazz vs. classical musicians, one joking about the other's sense of time and the other about their sloppiness or lack of sight-reading skills. Only an insecure musician (or autist) would take those comments seriously. They
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by spurgu 2y ago
> Coloured other than black and white? So it's about certain colours then. That's the most reasonable way I am able to interpret what the original author was saying (tongue-in-cheek). Maybe it was a super petulant/arrogant
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by spurgu 2y ago
You're taking this in weird directions. Are you trying to argue that there are no benefits to being comfortable reading code without syntax highlighting because there are tools you can apply in every scenario? And just to counter your
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by spurgu 2y ago
See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40208837 tl;dr: A piano with colored keys (other than black/white) would "look childish". I don't even understand why this is a debate. It seems
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by spurgu 2y ago
> I'ma stop you there: more than one brain exists, and they don't all behave the same. Let me stop you there then: From that perspective viewing syntax highlighting as childish is normal for some brains. Empathy goes both ways.
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by spurgu 2y ago
For sure they'll look that way if you're used to seeing monochrome signs.
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by spurgu 2y ago
Things are often color-coded for kids. To either make things more fun/lively, or to differentiate objects more clearly, I suppose.
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by spurgu 2y ago
Agree. But... It might actually hurt? Having rainbow colored guitar strings (to see their difference more clearly) would give me very childish vibes. Before disparaging them though I would first consider whether they actually might be usefu
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by spurgu 2y ago
This is weird. I used external monitors at the office back in 2017-19 and I thought it was magical how the windows resized/positioned themselves when I plugged in the monitors. I didn't use external monitors at home though (just l
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by spurgu 2y ago
If you work for NASA it's probably quite common to think about aliens more than the average person.
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by spurgu 2y ago
I went to Cueva de los Verdes in Lanzarote (Canaries) somewhat recently, it's 3.7 miles long (plus another mile under sea level). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_los_Verdes
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by spurgu 3y ago
IPv4 will be around forever. It'll just get more expensive.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Yeah I'm just assuming that it includes devices as well.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Seems like that's what was just released.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Weird. > $23 a month, for a 48-month period with $2,900 2900/48 = ~60..? Still, 60/month is very low. 43 mile range would be a dealbreaker for me though (not that you'd wanna venture very far at 28 mph).
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by spurgu 3y ago
A month ? :o You must mean day?
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by spurgu 3y ago
Because the economy and thus everything around you relies on constant growth. Personally I'd be happy with a world with a lot less people, finding some sort of equilibrium. But it would necessitate a lot of pain to get there.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Seems to be going better in India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adTsC7RPlUs
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by spurgu 3y ago
Where I'm from we have holes in the top corners of the cover. Just put your arms in there, grab the duvet and pull it in, shake it a bit, done (additionally you might need to fix the bottom corners and shake again). I was surprised whe
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by spurgu 3y ago
https://archive.is/yS2wX
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by spurgu 3y ago
Wouldn't "decentralize" or "diversify" be a better term than "democratize" here? I don't really see the democracy involved as opposed to simply having a broader disaspora of education. Agree with your
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by spurgu 3y ago
Not sure why you're getting downvoted (upvoted to counter). I assume you mean the notifications of Google Photos (and not disabling notifications altogether). I don't see any legitimate use for them so might as well just turn them
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by spurgu 3y ago
Indeed. Maybe there should be a setting for this functionality so you can turn it on/off according to your preferences.
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by spurgu 3y ago
The application window switching has been glitching ever since I was forced to upgrade recently[0]. Instead of switching between windows of the same app it (using the keyboard shortcut) sometimes includes windows of all apps . Rebooting

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