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by swat535 10mo ago
> the negative commentary self-perpetuates a toxic community I read it differently, parent's comment is not toxic or negative, it's _realistic_. If you have never cared about the environment, and in fact actively worked to harm
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by swat535 10mo ago
> You’re not working at the Parts of the company that are doing evil directly This must be a comforting mental gymnastics. UTF-8 is nice but let's be honest, it's not like he was doing charitable work for the poor. He worked fo
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by swat535 10mo ago
There are 2 kinds of Christians: Those who actually follow the faith, and those who only show up for Christmas and Easter. There's a German term for that 'Uboot Christen' - submarine Christians. They only emerge twice a year.
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by swat535 10mo ago
The point is that you have more recourse when dealing with banks than you do with big tech thanks to legislation.
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by swat535 10mo ago
Imagine if banks worked like that.. it's "difficult" to scale is not an argument . These companies are critical to people's livelihood in 2025 and they should be treated at such. Many people rely on them for their life,
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by swat535 10mo ago
Conservatives will shift their strategy but parent's claim of Carney being the most popular of PM of all the time is blatantly false. Conservatives have had best showing at a federal election in decades. 41.3% of the popular vote. Over
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by swat535 10mo ago
> Carney is the most popular politician Canada has had in decades? Liberals didn't win majority and it was a close race, I'm not sure where you are getting your data from. TRUMP managed to change the election results but it was
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by swat535 10mo ago
Using FOSS solutions and setting redundancy is not going to work for average users. I think you’re missing the point here, which is we need regulations to protect consumers against big tech.
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by swat535 10mo ago
> Well, your opinion is literally illegal. That's the whole point.. parent is arguing that it should not be illegal.
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by swat535 11mo ago
Without enough children, who will be taking care of you when you are older? All of society and industrial functions require young people.
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by swat535 11mo ago
Genuinely asking, are there any country that doesn't have a housing crisis right now? From my understanding, it's everywhere in Western nations
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by swat535 11mo ago
Evangelical's obsession with Israel is pretty weird (even to other Christians).. They happily ignore Revelation 14:6? Hebrews 8:13 & 8:9? Galatians 3:28? Mark 16:1 Additionally, Christ commands Christians to preach the gospel to ev
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by swat535 11mo ago
> This is not sycophantic (assuming you meant that, syncophantic is not a word) Am I the only one who feels like this kind of tone is off-putting on HN? OP made a small typo or English may not be their first language. I assume that ever
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by swat535 11mo ago
If they buy out all the supply, there will always be a shortage.
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by swat535 11mo ago
How exactly an AI that can't get the basic facts about the current year and next year right is deemed to be the "new industrial revolution" ?
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by swat535 11mo ago
Do the user of _any_ language care how serious the language is?.. nowdays there are so many options to pick from, I love Ruby, I use it all the time, but I also like Python, Elixir and system languages like C++..
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by swat535 11mo ago
The point of breaking down the long function in God Classes , is to prepare the code for a second refactoring, which is usually extract class, long params list, etc.. If you were to simply leave it a mess like that, you would be right.
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by swat535 11mo ago
I'm so torn on this, because on one hand smart phones have been a net positive in many aspect of my life. I get instantly access to maps, I have my bank in my pocket, I get notified of my bills, check my emails, communicate with friend
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by swat535 11mo ago
> That happened because technology stopped being fun. Exactly and I'm sure it was our naivete to think otherwise. As software became more common, it grew, regulations came in, corporate greed took over and "normies" starte
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by swat535 11mo ago
I think you're a better person than I am. Obviously I can only speak for myself here but I wouldn't be so understanding, especially when my partner lied about such a fundamental aspect of their life and joined in a union of marria
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by swat535 11mo ago
I’ve heard that the Tiberian Sun and Firestorm source code were also lost. To this day I haven’t found a game that replicates the magic of 1999 era of RTS..
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by swat535 11mo ago
I think a better prediction would be that the current (or future?) generation Software Engineers will migrate to building and developing AI systems, basically working for OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. The future of computing could very well be AI
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Masimo wins $634M verdict against Apple in patent fight over Apple Watch(dailyjournal.com)
4 points by swat535 11mo ago|1 comments
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by swat535 1y ago
Everyone knows the recipe for healthy living, it's the same as for similar issues such as personal finance (spend less than you earn, save, etc.). They seem simple on the surface but hard part is execution for most people, due to life
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by swat535 1y ago
Are they really creating local jobs? Last I heard they are bent on mass firings, outsourcing for cheap labor, cutting costs and enriching themselves. Unless there is strong regulation that forces them to actually contribute or be punished,
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Amazon has launched a major global crackdown on Fire Stick piracy(the-sun.com)
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by swat535 1y ago
To counter this, I was using my account for years with no issues, then one day I've had my Wise account "closed" for no reason other than "breach of terms". No other insights or discussion and the appeal process bas
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by swat535 1y ago
I can do this, the best I can describe it is that your brain "knows" you're imagining it so it's different than for example hallucinations. It's similar to replaying music in your head (if you can do that), you can
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by swat535 1y ago
This is one area EA has been doing well. They have been open sourcing some of their older IPs, they recently open sourced their Command & Conquer games for example: https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/
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by swat535 1y ago
You can say this about any “C” title, such as the CEO who is spending his time in Figma or marketing or sales,… In small startups, people wear multiple hats due to resource constraints. Executive roles and responsibilities change when the c

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