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by vlunkr 4y ago
Many of those original comments were pretty spot on though. Maybe the constructive criticism you need sometimes is “don’t do this” JSON is useful partially because it’s easy to parse, so parsers already exist in every language. Extending th
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It’s hard to name good sources when we’re talking in generalities. But whatever topic your interested in, there are likely many experts on the subject that have published books or other long form content. That’s a great starting point, the
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by vlunkr 4y ago
> trying to learn more about life, philosophy, how to be a better human, productivity porn etc IMO The internet is not usually a good way to learn this stuff. These are big life concepts that require deep focus and patience. The internet
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I promise you people do care. Just maybe if you’re the one hitting people you’re not being very considerate of their feelings and the concert experience.
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> whoever put the guy on air He put himself on the air, he's the creator of InfoWars. I'm sure other people are involved, but ultimately he's still the one to point the finger at.
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by vlunkr 4y ago
You're right that chaos is the status quo, but have we stopped to consider that maybe it sucks? I love rock concerts, but I'll find somewhere relatively calm to watch from. I paid money to watch and listen to a band play, not to a
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by vlunkr 4y ago
I’m not going to defend this but I also really don’t come to HN for twitter witch hunts. It’s really not that interesting.
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I know, it's just condescending implying that all these office fans don't get the underlying joke.
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> I’ve noticed a disturbing phenomenon: Many people who only recently watched the US version of The Office seem to think that Michael Scott invented That’s what she said. Citation needed on that. Certainly it's been attached to the
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by vlunkr 4y ago
Certainly when you get the QAnon people it looks like a cult. The unusual thing is that in a typical cult, the leader is very involved in peoples lives. Trump doesn't directly get involved, but they still put him on a pedestal and thin
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It's a Salvation Army auction. I imagine the main purpose is to dump stuff that they haven't found any other use for. They get all this stuff for free, any money they happen to make from an auction is just a nice bonus.
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College textbooks have been pretty ridiculous for a long time in their quest to stay relevant. At this point though they're facing some big threats: Tons of information freely available on the internet, some of it already structured in
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Amazing. This has been the solution to postgres issues for me. Just add enough memory that everything, or at least everything that is accessed frequently can fit in RAM. Suddenly everything is cached and fast.
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For now there are some experimental things in the exp module. See the maps and slices packages there. But yes, my understanding is also that they kind of waiting to see how generics work out. They've promised to make no breaking change
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> Also, if a sewing machine or microwave broke, you would get it repaired rather than replaced with a new one This is a big trade-off. The way things are now, I wouldn't mind swinging back that way a bit. Our houses are filled with
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We switched to it in the last year. It's been good for us, but it really depends on your use case. We deploy lots of different applications with different scaling requirements, so it's a great fit. If you're deploying one app
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by vlunkr 4y ago
Really interesting to see how much people fight nuclear power. We’ve been complaining about fossil fuels for decades, and now that the US seems to be seriously exploring a viable alternative you’re going to complain about it? I get that the
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How is it going to get inside your body?
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by vlunkr 4y ago
To be fair, who ever wanted a work-based social media platform? People have accounts because it’s expected as part of the recruiting process. The only people I see posting on there are embarrassing “workfluencers” sharing each other’s conte
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by vlunkr 4y ago
I think you can analyze most human behavior as driven by some kind of anxiety if you want. i.e. I eat because I'm anxious about starving to death. But it's not considered a disorder unless it places you outside of fuzzy "norm
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I think that’s a good thing to consider when making a purchase, but it’s also very one-dimensional. To me 1000$ for a phone is a lot because it’s only marginally better than a 500$ phone. Also phones are big liability. Odds are a good mattr
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I've seen both sides. My first time reading it I think I was just baffled. Now I enjoy him as an enigma.
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Agreed. If you stack it against the rest of the 2600 library, it’s fine. It’s a console with a disgusting color palette, very limited sprites, and a controller with one button. ET is at least most ambitious than most games on the platform,
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by vlunkr 4y ago
This logic seems rather backwards. You think they weren’t addressing bugs because they had money?
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Maybe the problem is that these companies just need to stop trying to innovate? All successful social media platforms start out as fun places to be. Then they become feature complete, but the laws of SV say they have to continue to grow for
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With Blade Runner they've also been good about keeping all versions available. Unlike Star Wars where you'll probably just have to cringe your way through that Jabbas palace song.
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From the creators: "We have George Lucas’d things also that people don’t know about" It's baffling that they are apparently aware of how much fans hate these kinds of changes and went ahead with it anyway. EDIT: People are re
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Those are each distinct consoles.
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Probably because relatively few people have access two VR headsets at the moment.
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I've been railing against VR for years, because I'm really picky about video games, but I was converted. It's really worth a try. It's not a replacement for current video games, nor do I see myself wearing one for hours

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