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by spurgu 3y ago
Sucks when you leave your comfy dungeon. Hence I use NextDNS to achieve the same thing, anywhere.
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by spurgu 3y ago
> It's just another arbitrary, an inconsistent point in the tech tree of real life. Solar panel powered server is low tech, but a firearm is not, for example. Solar is not low-tech but I think you need to view it from the point of b
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by spurgu 3y ago
That sounds a bit hyperbolic to me. There's not a whole lot I would wanna exchange my experiences for. Basically we're talking about traveling back in time but forgetting all your memories after that point. And without those memor
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by spurgu 3y ago
> There's a reason why we don't put 20 year olds in charge of our nuclear arsenal, for example Articles touches upon that: > I don't think any of us would trade our lived experience for a faster-working brain.
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by spurgu 3y ago
This made me think of how I hate Youtube comments. All the high-fiving positive ones end up on the top and not the ones that provide an opportunity to learn or think critically.
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by spurgu 3y ago
One aspect of it is that the 5-15 kid has a ton more spare time. And when practicing is able to be more immersed, not bugged down by real life chores and problems like the 25-35. Personal history: I started playing guitar around 18 and at ~
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by spurgu 3y ago
Well the top answer was written 3 days ago, the correct one 3 hours ago. Give it some time.
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by spurgu 3y ago
How does "it" perform that magic? Edit: I.e. how does "it" know if people just bought a ton of used cars, or if people were simply selling them back and forth to each other constantly? (and if sales between private perso
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by spurgu 3y ago
That's important to keep in mind when dealing with sensitive content yes, but when talking about just generic privacy I doubt I have neurotic friends and family members screenshotting everything. Recipient's phone could also be co
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by spurgu 3y ago
It's great for security - I know my supposedly encrypted discussions aren't lying around somewhere in plaintext.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Doesn't GDP measure transactions rather than income? I.e. if everyone just bought stuff back and forth from each other constantly (assuming no taxes on the transactions) the GDP would shoot up.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Yeah there could be a lot of hardcoded stuff that makes it hard to change without interruptions but on the other hand they've had plenty of time by now to sort that out...
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Tweetdeck becomes X Pro, behind subscription(pro.twitter.com)
2 points by spurgu 3y ago|2 comments
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by spurgu 3y ago
There are so many different kinds of scrolling though. For me: - HN scrolling to find ideas/inspiration, staying longer if I find something interesting - Twitter scrolling to get a glimpse of what's going on in the world and then
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by spurgu 3y ago
Fair point.
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by spurgu 3y ago
> And I have to assume bodycam software is less reliable than iOS/Android. I'd argue that it's waaaay easier to make stable bodycam software than a stable mobile phone OS.
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by spurgu 3y ago
You have to be on good terms with people high up.
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by spurgu 3y ago
I wonder if the satellites fly in a pattern that repeats every 24 hours...
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by spurgu 3y ago
> eugenics (which we today know as incorrect unscientific nonsense How is it nonsense? I am not that knowledgeable on the topic but to me the biggest issue (outside of moral ones) is the decrease in genetic diversity. Is there anything e
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by spurgu 3y ago
I'm a bit embarrassed to not have considered wood gas as a civilization jump starter - my wood/metalworking teacher in high school actually built a wood gas car as a side project but for some reason I hadn't really incorporat
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by spurgu 3y ago
Some really interesting food for thought, thanks!
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by spurgu 3y ago
> More and more oil and natural gas reserves have been discovered and much of it in just the last 10 years (including off the coast of Gaza, go look it up). > > This means they are not running out like most people think. You seem t
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by spurgu 3y ago
He didn't actually say that.
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by spurgu 3y ago
A problem I see is that we've long since depleted all the easy-to-extract fossil fuel reserves, if there's ever a catastrophe of any sorts there will not be any way to reboot our civilization. Or there possibly could be, but then
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by spurgu 3y ago
Outdoors?
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by spurgu 3y ago
To stimulate discussion perhaps? Because it is a related topic (regardless of whether or not there is direct correlation). Hiring people based on skin color rather than skills is a problem, esp. with industries where lives are at stake.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Yup. Things like filters & algorithms have "improved" significantly.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Once you have it in place there's suddenly a good argument for "if 10, why not 9?" -> "if 9, why not 8?" etc etc. --> 5. ---> 2.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Yeah I was also expecting a more well-thought-out structure given the periodic table layout.
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by spurgu 3y ago
Huh? I've had third-party cookies disabled forever and I've never had any problems downloading stuff from Drive.

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