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by toofy 1y ago
i’ve seen plenty of people upset at golf courses, in fact it was so prominent a lot of golf courses were actively looking at ways they could use more water friendly landscaping on the sides of greens instead of the lush landscaping. either
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by toofy 1y ago
i didn’t say those words at all, but since you bring it up, yes, i think palantir, many AI companies trainings, and many many other companies have completely ignored IP laws, yes. these and surrounding “disruptive” industries have been beha
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by toofy 1y ago
If the tech industry and the wider "disrupting" industries haven't been laissez-faire since the 90s then what on earth do you consider laissez-faire? Governments around the world have let these industries do whatever they wan
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by toofy 1y ago
Yeah, I tend to agree. It's disturbing how badly certain groups of people just destroy so much of what they touch. Almost everyone on HN has witnessed something similar happen in our spheres. We've all seen the marketing dept, ac
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by toofy 1y ago
yeah, this is unfortunately exactly what is going to happen. the writing was on the wall once they won their first Oscar. but, at least they've proven that there is success to be had in creating new IP. there will be people who will w
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by toofy 1y ago
> “ Decentralization" isn't the end-goal… it would be high in my list of desirability because decentralization means agency to move freely. i like the fact that if i find the city or state i live in to be boring or economically
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by toofy 1y ago
do we have other sources for this other than just this government’s? i absolutely believe it may have happened, but due to overwhelming and well documented history of lies from this regime, i’d feel like i was standing on more solid footing
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by toofy 1y ago
why did you leave out the most important piece of context? he didn’t go out of his way to learn how to bypass the safeguards, it specifically told him how to get around the limit by saying, i’m not allowed to talk to you about suicide, howe
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by toofy 1y ago
would ai companies be ok with taking on a fiduciary liability?
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by toofy 1y ago
> … meanwhile, South Park hasn't really evolved and misses the opportunity… i understand where you’re coming from looking at the most recent seasons, but this year has that humor bite that it used to have years ago. i’m not sure wh
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by toofy 1y ago
some people in my circle are reacting to this kind of thing exactly how i expected. the people who go on and on about meritocracy and despise diversity, etc… love this. they have loudly cried for years about meritocracy but despise any pro
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by toofy 1y ago
yep, there’s a reason these people start their businesses in stable economied countries, yet certain groups of them do everything to pretend they owe nothing back. i’d love to see a comprehensive study on how much corporate tax avoidance co
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by toofy 1y ago
> … pushes out buggy software as production-ready and that we're all their beta testers is a pretty common … this is such a pet peeve of mine lately. companies are doing this all over the map now, from cars (especially self-driving)
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by toofy 1y ago
this really sucks. but (and i know this is gonna sting some people) but this has always been coming. this is the absolute inevitable result of these companies refusal to meaningfully self-regulate. anyone who has been online for more than
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by toofy 1y ago
this would be the opposite. the llm situation may be heading back towards something similar the church age. the church did all of the reading and understanding for us. owners of the church gobbled up as much information as it could (encour
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by toofy 1y ago
it is also that. it’s is both slang for sports uniform (usually shirt) and also is a type of fabric material super common in clothing [0] [0] https://fabricwholesaledirect.com/collections/jersey-knit-fa...
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by toofy 1y ago
> … don't block crawlers. this rhymes a lot with gangsterism. if you don’t pay our protection fee it would be a shame if your building caught on fire.
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by toofy 1y ago
> So you claim that nobody in the US has died due to waiting for care, misdiagnosis, or inefficiency leading to magnified costs i don’t thing they made those claims, at all…
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by toofy 1y ago
i’m getting super fatigued on this change we’ve had where what used to be beta testing to a closed group of invested parties has morphed into what we have now. from video games to major product roll outs to cars. will all of the knowledge
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by toofy 1y ago
i absolutely dread the day of the enshitified internet connection.
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by toofy 1y ago
could be. or it could just a situation of picking something and moving on with their day. especially as you say, there doesn’t seem to be anything unique vs many similar apps. this is exactly the kind of thing i appreciate. where if i’m
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by toofy 1y ago
like most solutions to complex societal/economic issues: it’s almost certainly going to take both of your ideas, more diversity in the browser space and political actions. and then other actions as well. the collective We have fallen
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by toofy 1y ago
anyone ever noticed how so many completely different restaurants food tastes almost exactly the same? it’s because so many of them use the exact same food suppliers to buy their food before they cook it. [0] gaming over the last few years f
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by toofy 1y ago
yeah, it sounds like we both agree with the original post. it literally doesn’t make someone an engineer. its not difficult to understand but for some reason when its said it pisses certain people off. i suspect many of the people upset wan
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by toofy 1y ago
i think people are trying to make this difficult when it’s honestly super simple. yes, you can make a product. no, it does not suddenly magically make you a musician. you did the equivalent of hiring someone else to do it. you did not do i
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by toofy 1y ago
If you hired people to build that product, you never wrote a line of code. No, you didn’t build it. Your team did. You’re not magically a software engineer, you hired someone else to do it. Is there a product? Yep. Do you own it? Maybe.
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by toofy 1y ago
If a founder hires an engineer who develops a product, the founder is not magically an engineer. He hired the work out. This isn’t complicated but people struggle to understand it for some weird reason. If I have someone photograph my weddi
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by toofy 1y ago
no, it isn’t unreasonable at all. i’ve noticed a large uptick over the past couple years of some people insisting it’s unreasonable to consider context and known past behaviors when we try to discuss things. again, no, it’s not unreasonable
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by toofy 1y ago
hilarious seeing that he views it this way when his company is so very well known for taking (strong arguments say stealing) everything from everyone. i’m noticing more and more lately that our new monarchs really do have broken thought pat
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by toofy 1y ago
i’m sure this wasn’t what you intended, but it reads as if you’re saying: > stop being hysterical just because you can’t breathe outdoor air. just build an indoor air filtration system.

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