trilbyglens

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by trilbyglens 2y ago
I think only very simple mechanisms can be fully described and reproduced by modern methods. Is it not too hard to image that our grasp on reality is limited, and that the tools and language we possess right nowight simply not be up to the
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Sounds a lot like a blockchain
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Apple doesn't give two shits about the web platform. Google only does because of cultural inertia.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
"The rest is history" is a fantastic show, and definitely not sensationalized. Also San Carlins show is great.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Basically that it's an old and largely discredited notion that the centuries directly following the fall of Rome Europe was plunged into a period of regression and backsliding. It's an ambiguous term in that it can mean that the t
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Historically the answer has been violence. Just ask czar Nicholas, or Louis XVI. The sad thing is that we as Americans have forgotten what freedom actually is, and what it actually means. It's been conflated with doing whatever you wan
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Probably a capacitor in there somewhere that slowly discharges when unplugged for a longer time.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Probably because eradicating hornets can be done by finding and destroying nests. Mosquitoes on the other hand are far harder to get rid of. The most successful mosquito eradication campaign in history was the use of DDT in the 50s. We coul
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Ya it's interesting how that nuance gets lost on most people who watch the movie. Or maybe the wrong interpretation has just been encoded as "common knowledge", as it's easier to understand a computer going haywire and b
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Yep. He's been a scumbag his entire political career, and it's only his association with Obama that seems to have masked that for a time, with a younger generation. He's an amoral shitbag.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Tbh this is the most German shit. Germany has borderline neurotic copyright laws, so likely they are doing this to cover their asses legally. Still insane that they don't even notify you!!
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
A-fucking-men Preach brother
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
America is so neurotic
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
They are decent about giving refunds if you ask, but also.... Got what you deserved there for even trying Amplify. That shit pile needs to die.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Just popping in to say that school sports are a fuckkng cancer that bleeds the educational system and produces nothing much of value aside from a tiny percent of sports scholarships, and good feelies for cheerleader moms. I despise school s
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
You do realize that tunnels under cities are literally the most expensive type of infrastructure possible to build?
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Should be noted that constipation relief is far from the only benefit that probiotics provide to your gut biome. Healthy gut biome has been linked to lower levels of depression and lots of other things seemingly unrelated.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Them none should be allowed to advertise as such
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Do you really not understand?
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Our proclivity to believing that all problems have technical solutions is what has largely lead us into out current cultural cul-de-sac. Namely the idea that AI will somehow "save us". I can't think of anything more patently
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
That's quite a reach there
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Takes shit to know shit.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
I wish there were browser apis for cookie prefs already. Just set it at the browser and all sites just use that setting. But of course Google can't do that since they want people to be bombarded by cookie banners and agitate for an end
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Remote work?
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Or to be born into the right family/country/situation in their next life?
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
That you for confirming that I am indeed reading a hacker news thread
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
We have one here in Prague , Czechia which absolutely crushes the brick and mortar shops. I'm always shocked by how shitty grocery delivery is in the us. There's got to be some factor that makes it impractical. Maybe the distance
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
None of those people were in the public sector until the project was created and drew them in. But I agree, leaving this work up to shit eating PE firms and smarmy VC bros is asking for disaster.
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Because they aren't subsidized by ad revenue
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by trilbyglens 2y ago
Getting a $5m bonus is a pretty good way to annihilate shame in most people.

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