thefz

13 ms·

271.
by thefz 1y ago
Believe it or not but currently the US is perceived as a third world country from the other side of the ocean.
272.
by thefz 1y ago
> Sure, EU doesn't need to discover everything again but they will need to pay top talent world class money for years until their products become refined. Some of this top talent is already in the EU working for US companies
273.
by thefz 1y ago
The first iPhone is very well known to be a rip-off of Palm's Pre. And Jobs did not invent anything himself, he was limited to saying yes/no to the engineers who did.
274.
by thefz 1y ago
> I’m continually astounded that so many people, faced with a societal problem, reflexively turn to “Hmmm, perhaps if we monitored and read and listened to every single thing that every person does, all of the time…” .. and stored! Which
275.
by thefz 1y ago
I guess some other places got an increase that summed up are close to that 77% :)
276.
by thefz 1y ago
Stretching your hate for the company a bit too far, don't you think? I mean all the cool kids do it, but you can't blame them for not having done this.
277.
by thefz 1y ago
> The same people who clamor about the EU regulations are the ones who hate on the EU for their protectionist measures against US tech Bingo, my friend. And good old american exceptionalism taught since the first days of school.
278.
by thefz 1y ago
> Actually nuts to me the degree to which European policymakers do not even begin to understand how to kickstart technologically-intensive industry. Ah the good old "Europe can't do Silicon Valley" trope.
279.
by thefz 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number Thanks to David Wong for explaining this in JDATE, calling it the Babel threshold.
280.
by thefz 1y ago
Then spell the letters if the name offends you
281.
by thefz 1y ago
> They're renaming Coq, too, for the obvious reason. Which is a perfectly legitimate name in French and the whole "issue" can be worked around by spelling cee-oh-queue.
282.
by thefz 1y ago
Not the whole world speaks English. "Chicago" speaks funny in Italian, rename the city because I am offended. See how ridiculous it sounds?
283.
by thefz 1y ago
> It's time that the PC gaming ecosystem breaks free from its dependency on Windows. Proton and SteamOS, combined with the unpopular mess that is Windows 11 is the perfect opportunity to do so. Looking at the Deck's popularity
284.
by thefz 1y ago
Yes, outliers gonna outlie. I also know runners that purposely eat at severe deficit to lose muscle mass and be lighter. Which is idiotic, like wanting to lose brain cells to win a chess competition.
285.
by thefz 1y ago
Easy to ballpark that, to burn 1500Kcal it's an hour and a half run on top of the local hill, or... don't eat that pizza. Which one is easier?
286.
by thefz 1y ago
On a random mid-range laptop I can still install the OS I want and upgrade storage and memory, not to mention source another battery from ebay. So the overall value is way higher.
287.
by thefz 1y ago
It just means it's shared between GPU and CPU. Has its advantages in specific workloads, but dedicated super fast GPU RAM usually is better. Everything else in this statement in marketing bullshit and Apple trying to look like they inv
288.
by thefz 1y ago
You: > EU does not foster any form of framework for growing any industry Also you: > did you notice that not even a single company you've mentioned is something new K, but that was not your point since they did indeed "grow
289.
by thefz 1y ago
Not that the rest of his comments show some brilliant reasoning to be honest :)
290.
by thefz 1y ago
> EU does not foster any form of framework for growing any industry You are right. Pharma, automotive, financial in EU all come from the US. Companies like Nokia, Siemens, Bosch, BMW... all american names.
291.
by thefz 1y ago
Brightball's comment here is relevant in this context as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45579968 We build robust encryption, then comes the naive-ignorant wave of "why do we need this? let's remov
292.
by thefz 1y ago
But the discussion here is that it does not output good programs at all.
293.
by thefz 1y ago
Then if it can't really reason on its own creation how do you expect it to be correct in what it does if it's simply regurgitating code parsed online?
294.
by thefz 1y ago
> it doesn’t really get its own code It doesn’t really get its own anything, as it is unable to "get". It's just a probabilistic machine spitting out the next token
295.
by thefz 1y ago
> I understand that journalists have to go where the people are, but if your archive strategy relies on posts on social media, you do not, in fact, have an archive strategy. Opposite view: platforms should have no say on content if it is
296.
by thefz 1y ago
Because drum roll the USAs are not the world.
297.
by thefz 1y ago
Good point. Wasn't going to say the fight is useless, just that those who know are the minority.
298.
by thefz 1y ago
The vast majority of software now runs on personal devices and the average user has no knowledge nor interest in it, as long as they press the button and the action is done. The only ones caring about FOSS are technical minded people alread
299.
by thefz 1y ago
If you feel hurt by my comment, read about the Westboro Baptist Church and decide by yourself if it reflects the founding principles of Christianity of love and tolerance. This is just my point of view as a non-US citizen born in a heavily
300.
by thefz 1y ago
By using camelcamelcamel or keepa it's easy to spot the fake deals, who get a bump in price the day before only to get a "discount" for the promotion day. Aside, keep a list of things you need and don't buy anything just

More ›