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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
> Seems like it makes a lot more sense to buy a computer without Windows preinstalled. For the vase majority of users, it only makes sense to buy hardware with a preinstalled OS.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
There is no modern isolated Nuclear family. There's mostly broken homes now, and that is the root cause of most of the problems.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Of course, because prescribing pills is the sole job of a psychiatrist. Go to a phycologist or therapist of you want to try to talk it out. If talking doesn't work, they'll send you to a psychiatrist for medication.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Good. Before, there were questions. Now, there's precedence. Thanks for taking one for the team, Anthropic!
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
> Yes, it's inspired by Minecraft. More likely that Minecraft was inspired by Luanti since Luanti was released first. (at least, formally released)
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
I think the bigger issue there is that you're trusting Google with your health data. Surely there's an offline calendar app that could help you track it just as well. Anyway, I hope you benefit from the therapy regardless of how y
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
The old UI is worth signing up for using a completely anonymous throwaway email address. You just need to verify it once, and then you never need access to the email address ever again. I don't know why people seem to find that so diff
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
It's not their point as stated in the description, but it is the point inferred from the title alone. "How much of Hacker News is about AI?" would have been better.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Agreed. "How much of Hacker News is about AI?" would have been a more accurate title.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Why would I leave when it's a more engaging and vibrant platform than ever before? As well as still being just as useful, if not more so.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
That's what we call cutting off your nose to spite your face , and it's generally not a good idea, but it is completely on you.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Presumably so rockets can get out over water as quickly as possible in case they fail.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
a tale as old as time. e.g., fixing a fight or a game
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Thankfully, the training is only required if you're doing the installs for/as a business.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
> if you are working remotely that's likely a proxy for an increased likelihood of job loss due to AI. only as likely as literally every other scenario. the difference is you can continue to use your backyard office for your new job
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
okay then, that was always allowed
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
I mean, if you were already a security guard before the apocalypse, it would kind of make sense to find a billionaire bunker for you and your family, and just continue being a security guard in order to stay there. Whatever that entails, th
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
NO, I'm saying they're controllable, so why let something make you angry if you can't do anything about it. And if you can, choose a different path of motivation.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Okay, but why get angry about it? Getting angry at things you can't do anything about is just silly, and if you can do something about it, get motivated instead of angry.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
But I thought everything is a file in *nix OSs?
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
> Had a lot of fun (tedious tho) going out to Alcatraz Curious, did you use a vehicle/glider, or did you take the heel-toe express all the way there?
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Hot take: Staff engs don't "find" problems. They find solutions to problems found by engg managers. If they wanted to find problems, they'd have went the management route instead of the IC route.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
> AI-generated text warning This seems incorrect to me. Are you basing that on the use of bullet points?
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
It's not an art piece, it's a writing piece. The illustration is just there for support, not the central focus or even the topic of the article. The author is obviously a decent writer, but I don't see how they should be expe
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
> if you accept the US has entered its East Germany / late 20th century Soviet era That's just too ridiculous and absurd for most people to accept, thankfully. I accept reality, not social media narratives.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
Ok, leather over carbon fiber, for the wealthy.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
I think you're correct. I think it would form sort of an upside down W shape when sat on, but with softer curves, and no edges digging into the user.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
In general, I hate undo. I'd almost always rather confirm/decline. Undo is ephemeral, if I even notice it, and is a recovery from an accidental action (that I may or may not even know would have happened depending on the UI). Decl
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
My issue is that the equation has been discussed to death without anyone, including this author, proposing a solution. The horse is dead but the beatings continue.
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by stronglikedan 2mo ago
I don't know about a lot . Probably more like a few. I take a lot of screenshots for various reasons, and over 800 seems like I could have done a better job framing and cropping.

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