stemlord

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by stemlord 4y ago
>The quality of that “tool” in particular is imho markedly different as opposed to non-AI digital tools. Do you remember the printing press? Computers? How is it different than just another jump in magnitude of production (if it pans out
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by stemlord 4y ago
> on HN. Really? Because Amazon is on pace to lose $10B this year
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by stemlord 4y ago
Right, every time I felt trapped working on a problem into the evening became MUCH more easy to resolve the very next morning after a good night's sleep and the ability to seek outside help/resources from others who are also at wo
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by stemlord 4y ago
>lots of web developers write their pages in a way that defeats the bfcache optimization Yes, webapps, with their own internalized breadcrumb system.
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by stemlord 4y ago
I like always visible top tabs but personally ctrl+tab has always been bs. Hitting it 10 times then ctrl+shift+tab once more because I miscalculated has never been faster than using the mouse
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by stemlord 4y ago
The css tricks website definitely has always had way too much css. Imo a very jarring user experience that often had me hitting the back button and clicking the adjacent w3schools article for whatever "css trick" I was searching
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by stemlord 4y ago
I'm repeatedly surprised at how many people dont seem to get that most scifi is deliberately a reflection of issues that already exist in our current day society. Like that is what makes the jokes in hitchhikers guide funny, and why th
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by stemlord 4y ago
Yeah a time/activity based trust system like thepiratebay uses could be helpful. Also devs should get into the habit of providing sha256 hashes on offical channels (i.e., github readme) so users can validate (if its possible to validat
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by stemlord 4y ago
Why should I care if the economy were to move entirely off the web? Anything beyond sparsely scattered minor inconveniences?
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by stemlord 4y ago
Wouldn't the death penalty be a cheaper solution then?
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by stemlord 4y ago
Do the mentally ill belong in prison?
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by stemlord 4y ago
>its significance is dramatically overemphasized and mostly serves as a covenient excuse for people to not get their act together. Jury's still out on that for the rest of us but glad you have the comfort of such certainty on the ma
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by stemlord 4y ago
>The south and Midwest were built before cars. I don't think this hypothesis tracks Reread the portion you quoted and misinterpreted, with its context. They are responding to a specific passage from the article, which predates the a
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by stemlord 4y ago
I'm genuinely wondering if this is satire. No offense. I was just under the impression that the ping pong table has been the subject of enough startup-culture critique in popular opinion to put the idea that employees will actually see
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by stemlord 4y ago
These guys are prevalent in nyc. You can always spot a group of these zealots in hot spots like times sq preying on unknowing passersby baiting them into conversation and bullying them
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by stemlord 4y ago
They mean usb c port in the phone itself, so consumers could use virtually any usb-c cable to charge relatively safely rather than overpriced proprietary apple lightning cables or bootlegs
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by stemlord 4y ago
Imagine knowing you got a bonus because the person you referred is black/trans. That's so backwards and patronizing
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by stemlord 4y ago
>Sexual orientation is actually very visible these days. Well, obvious selection bias at play-- only some lgbt people do this. If any founders/managers/HR people are reading this: I say this as a member of the lgbt community: i
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by stemlord 4y ago
I agree with you that there wont (or shouldnt) be a one size fits all AI solution for millions of different pieces of music. The same reason why mastering audio is considered an art form as much as a science applies here-- it involves deep
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by stemlord 4y ago
>It's not the most visually stunning site, but that doesn't matter here - McMaster has chosen function over form. Why do we tend to pretend this kind of thing isn't beautiful. Most people would agree it is. Why do we tend
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by stemlord 4y ago
Fair enough, I envy your optimism!
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by stemlord 4y ago
Seems like a form of virtual eugenics, a sensorship or the body in a way that's oppressively homogenizing. I feel like this is part of why zuck leverages cartoons to market metaverse for corporate settings, or why all the retail-safe a
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by stemlord 4y ago
Creepy, offensive, dehumanizing
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by stemlord 4y ago
OP says in a few different tweets that they are synced between both Discord and Slack free-tier, which seems like somewhat of a solution in lieu of your point
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by stemlord 4y ago
> feeding me what Google makes the best margins on. Lol exactly, Google and I disagree on a fundamental level, they cannot be the ones to do the work to find what I like, which is why I've disappeared the entire right-hand column on
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by stemlord 4y ago
I'm a 3 hr plane ride from my parents. I have a sibling who lives in my city too but I see them only once every few months or so. I have a largeish family so I've always felt more comfortable away from family because it allows me
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by stemlord 4y ago
Nice to have a kitchen but the costs of letting Airbnb's business model thrive far outweigh such benefits to me. The "authenticity" of a good airbnb is still quote unquote authentic, it's a branded commodity once a real
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by stemlord 4y ago
I went back to booking actual hotels or classic bnb's and will never look back, airbnb was cute while it lasted I guess but good riddance!
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by stemlord 4y ago
Probably just ignorance, I never hear Americans calling American regions provinces
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by stemlord 4y ago
Right? Covid allowed my employer to offset so many costs onto me

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