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by worrycue 5y ago
> is completely consistent with the game's setting and story That’s true but I can’t help but feel it’s deliberately written this way to score points.
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> Bash is not a "real" programming language, so do not treat it as one. Is there a reason we aren’t using a shell with a proper programming language for scripting? I can’t say I’m a fan of bashscript. I wonder why we are using
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HZD was released in 2017. I think we were already seeing "diversity" in most media then.
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> top #1 for me as far as story goes - ignoring the game play completely - was Horizon Zero Dawn I watched people play it to the end - mostly. I played it when it came out on PC - never completed it; the combat didn’t work for me. Person
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> It would have been a better strategy if, at some point in the last decade, the powers that be had stopped printing money and let some bankers go broke. If you are talking about 2008's TARP, the US gov actually turned a profit from
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by worrycue 5y ago
> There are many very smart people at these companies and Mark Zuckerberg has consistently shown himself to be a canny and innovative founder (even if you dislike him for whatever reason). There is good reason to be skeptical given the l
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> The only differences would be: (1) You aren't there to complete missions; there's no storylines and it's totally open-ended. There are no writers, and (2) The spaces and content are created by anyone, not a central compa
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by worrycue 5y ago
> Unfortunately, if you're in the market for a real high-end TV, you often don't have another option What about Sony?
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by worrycue 5y ago
> nay-sayers from ROC might be concerned about losing political significance with their western trade partners It's more than that. TSMC's competitive advantage is their volume. It allows them to experiment and iterate faster t
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Don't downvote. It's probably seen as "engagement". Click the "..." on the recommendation and choose "Not Interested" - optionally you can specify you don't like the video.
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It’s called a deflationary spiral. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deflationary-spiral.asp
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> I really don't know the exact incident you speak of. He went nuts on Twitter bashing CNN. It was kind of pathetic if you think about it. I honestly don’t get the appeal of Musk. Maybe I’m just old and don’t get excited anymore for
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by worrycue 5y ago
They can but generally they don’t allow inflation to exceed 3% - ideally keeping it with 1-3% - as the destruction of the currency is not worth it long term.
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The Central bank controls the currency, having a monopoly on creation of said currency, and that’s by design.
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Being able to print more would actually be a benefit as it allows for inflation. Central banks typically aim for 1-3% inflation to get people spending money and allowing the economy to function instead of just hoarding it.
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I feel I still explore the Internet. Sites like HN introduce me to new sites all the time as does Google search.
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by worrycue 5y ago
> The British guy who also didn't actually do anything and was jealous that he didn't get much attention and attacked him first by slandering him in the media? This made Musk look like an asshole to be sure, but it was not out
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by worrycue 5y ago
> Many, if not the vast majority, have built-in capabilities for red-eye removal, adjusting brightness, color correction, cropping, etc. More than that. There are apps that have “beauty filter” that can airbrush your face, enlarge your e
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by worrycue 5y ago
> Bezos is driven by pride more then anything else. I don’t know. If his ego is so wrapped up in it wouldn’t he be putting more effort into Blue Origin? BO is mostly run by people he hired no? Why is he suing? I don’t know. Maybe he does
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I think everyone will be a lot more motivated to go into space once we figure out how to make living in space comfortable and healthy.
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by worrycue 5y ago
There is also the fact that the new nests ... kind of suck. We humans have evolved to live on Earth - with its 1g gravity, an ozone layer and magnetic field to protect us from the worst of the sun, relatively oxygen rich air, ... etc. Life
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> I consider getting all our eggs out of one basket to be the single highest strategic imperative for humanity. On a side note, I'm kind of disheartened by all the negativity in this thread. Isn't it good that companies other t
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> How does an algorithm determine what is a lie or bad idea? Please share. I don't know. Perhaps there will never be an algorithm that can do it even "approximately" never mind accurately - OK maybe "never" is to
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> which notes that more analysis is needed to understand whether the amplification is unnatural relative to user interactions Whether it’s natural or not is irrelevant IMHO. If a post fanning the flames of a religious war or ethnic clean
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I don’t know if it “free” but I do know that monopolies that abuse their market position makes for a less efficient market.
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To me it didn’t really make much of a difference other than preventing me from easily copying the URL.
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> Similarly, I don't think Amazon ought to be able to operate a marketplace as well as selling Amazon branded goods. There is a long precedence for that though. Companies like Walmart and countless other retailers have been doing th
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Drains are typically between the pavement and the road to drain water from both of them no? Hence roads have a slight convex curve to them and pavements slope towards the road.
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I watch a documentary called “Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire” which is about the UK’s tax havens - and talks a bit about the US too. Didn’t know how much of it to believe but I get the feeling quite a bit of it is probably true.
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> There's a slight tilt on all pavements in Las Vegas that slowly push you towards the building, Wouldn’t that cause rain water to flow into the casinos?

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