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by vba616 4y ago
Amazon is always pushing Prime on me, and every once in a while, they're like "no, we really want to give you free shipping, no strings attached, cancel anytime before a month is up" and I'm like "okay, if you ins
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by vba616 4y ago
If the headline's possible misinterpretation is deflated with the first sentence or two, that seems to me like old school journalism and the opposite of today's typical BS. Most of the headlines that bug me start with an absurd cl
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>software had to not only be downloaded, but it had to be hand built against each operating system Back in the day, we didn't even have modems or compilers, let alone internet - so we would go to Ye Olde Computer Store and copy the
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by vba616 4y ago
I volunteered with a non-profit several years ago, and due to the competition for the available Windows machine, I located an old iMac nobody was using - large flatscreen era, but still apparently too old for system updates. And apparently
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by vba616 4y ago
>this was a competition in who could be more ableism-aware Ah, that's just it - I assumed you were "ableism-aware". I believe in the spirit of the XKCD cartoon "Ten Thousand" ( https://xkcd.com/1
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An obvious question that perhaps has been researched - I'm curious how many different individuals' DNA would normally be found using current methods at a given site? Surely they don't just take a sample from a likely location
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It seems reasonable that DNA evidence should not be used to convict someone alone, but if it's used as a starting point to find other evidence, well and good. Couldn't that other evidence be perfectly legal but not publicized yet?
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>insufficient awareness of different definitions of words Lot of that going around. If you look up "retard" in Merriam-Webster, it says "informal + offensive : a foolish or stupid person" If you look up "schizo
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by vba616 4y ago
There are mainframes & COBOL still around, but speaking as someone who's never worked in the sort of place that uses the trendy things mentioned on HN, I would say Oracle and things built on Oracle are my concept of "normal&qu
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Why does Chrome correct “antisemitic” to “anti-Semitic”?
3 points by vba616 4y ago|3 comments
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Depends on which multiverse timeline. In mine, he died "in obscurity" in Russia in 1976. Unless of course the sources that say so are disinformation from the ruling class.
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>Public opinion is a schizophrenic cultural phenomenon that most people understand in a hyperlocal sense. I asked someone with schizophrenia and they thought this pretentious comment was hilarious in the midst of a thread on ableism.
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Once people are literally throwing billions of dollars at you, I have trouble imagining a person who is immune to having it warp their perception of what is normal and socially acceptable.
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At some level in some way? A space station will never be truly airtight; are screen doors as good as airlocks?
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>As long as you are optimistic on the "SOME" fraction being small in comparison to the gigantic size of Tether, you can hope that Tether is still a low risk for losing your value. What is the "size of Tether"? Do you
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by vba616 4y ago
I don't know why you would think it is or think I think it is. "Why not refrain from violating your conscience" implicitly is in the context of having an opportunity for a choice, and being in immediate physical pain is not h
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>What of a white lie to protect the feelings of a loved one, lying to tell someone who is about to die something good If you choose to do that, it might be the right thing, but it also might be the most monstrous thing you ever did, and
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by vba616 4y ago
If, life being temporary, and no afterlife being apparent, there is nothing to be gained from good or evil in the end, why not refrain from violating your conscience just because you can?
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I don't understand. If their problem is lack of automation, I wonder why were they reportedly melting down due to the automation failing. Superficially, I'd think that's because they were too dependent on automation. Obviousl
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by vba616 4y ago
"Established"? What is this, my thesis defense? I was soliciting information, or a source for information, for a topic that has been on my mind for years. I've read many a time on HN, a comment about how electric cars are sim
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There is no such thing as gray hair - it's dithered white hairs.
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You don't see the relationship between how long cars last and the depreciation curve? I thought the connection was more than obvious.
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I asked ChatGPT a question related to how long Teslas last and the entire response was unctuous, gushing praise for Tesla, a shameless ad, completely avoiding any relevant information.
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The Northeastern US largely gets its gas and electric power from National Grid plc. headquartered in London, England. I guess that's not Europe.
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Yes, I ended up doing that sort of thing, but I failed to find the link I was looking for, because the phrase I found was "政治生力军" (zhèngzhì shēnglì jūn). When I use your format and ask about all three, in a new session, ChatGPT re
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Who are three famous people named Zora?
1 points by vba616 4y ago|1 comments
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For all you know, they are bots or shills to encourage actual users to comment. Remember this? <Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars <Cthon98> ********* see! <AzureDiamond> hunter2
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by vba616 4y ago
Well, known by who? More of them are known to journalists and Google than to a proverbial person on the street, but there are supposed to be over 3,000 billionaires in the world. We probably haven't heard of most of the 99% of billiona
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ChatGPT Sensitive Areas
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Well, after some more experimentation, its forte seems to be as a programmer's assistant. It's not that it writes production ready code, but asking it questions seems remarkably like interviewing a fresh graduate who shamelessly B

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