wyclif

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   by wyclif 4y ago

   All the Filipinos I meet here say if they could go to the US, the first place they would go is Las Vegas. I tell them, "that's the last place you should go in the US, it's just a tourist trap" but it took me a while to f
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   by wyclif 4y ago

   This is quite true, I've found. I have a very extensive pinned map of the UK that I share with people and most of the really interesting places are outside of London.
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   by wyclif 4y ago

   There's also "Amerikamura" (America Town) in Osaka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikamura
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   by wyclif 4y ago

   Americans are very fond of wide open spaces and square footage. Imagine being from Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana...or even California...and staying in a Japanese salaryman hotel. It's going to be claustrophobic for some people not used
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   Ask HN: Best infosec news sites/channels?

   2 points by wyclif 4y ago|0 comments
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   by wyclif 4y ago

   Nope, he just mispoke. That's not me and I don't have any alt accounts.
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   by wyclif 4y ago

   Meant to say "billion."
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   by wyclif 4y ago

   Trump was not the government. He was only the chief executive. Ever heard of separation of powers? The Congress, the Senate?
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   by wyclif 4y ago

   Pretty bad take. He paid 44 million to own the town square.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Pre-Elon Twitter was quite bloated in terms of assessing it as an organisation. Tons of pointless meetings, massive amount of time spent tweaking icons, and a shitload of DEI mandates. The fact that it's now faster and less hateful wit
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    Tech Civil War(piratewires.com)

    3 points by wyclif 4y ago|0 comments
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Unfortunately, Toyota has now discontinued the Land Cruiser.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    I really think you are vastly underestimating George. He's clearly a brilliant programmer.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Things like emotion-based statements. Excessive exclamation points. Complaints that have no basis in fact and no proof. Classic example: "Twitter is burning LMAO!!!"
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    But the point is that enough people were saying it that it quickly became something to be mocked and pushed back on.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Yes, and you can easily find these tweets right now with a search. People claiming it would crash and burn within a week or less.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Exactly.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    They're not boasting that it's up and running; they're boasting that the people that tweeted about Twitter burning or going down are idiots. And they are idiots. If they're boasting about anything, it's that Twitter
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    I'd put all my chips on George Hotz, but he's got a lot of work to do because he'll only be there for 12 weeks.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Two separate things there, just as you point out: being "up" and being profitable. But my original criticism was about all of the hysteria in the last two weeks about Twitter "going down". Those sky-is-falling tweets got
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    It's because even though Elon Musk is no right-winger, he voted straight Democrat his entire life until very recently but then he voted for a Republican. The haters will brook no deviation from their accepted political narrative, and w
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    I was surprised to hear that a cutting edge social media app uses Mesos. Why did they choose that over other options?
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Best band name ever!
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    You know what, though? I've had a better experience with Obsidian because it's desktop centric. Trying hard not to be anecdotal, but I can't think of anybody I know that uses a note taking app that enjoys taking notes on a
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Heads up, under "What makes Upbase different", #1: No more switching back and forth between a dozens of apps. There's a typo there; you just need to delete the "of" and edit "dozens" to the singular &quo
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Yes. The entire post is a contortion to justify SBF as some sort of hero. But he's just another scam artist.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Yes, it was actually two accounts: BDO Unibank and Bank of the Philippine Islands.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    Same. Remember these guys hacking away in an office in the early days of lawn chair-era del.icio.us? https://www.petefreitag.com/images/blog/delicious_office.jpg
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    @landhar Some feedback: the EDIT | DELETE and COPY TO MINE text is too large and overwhelms the bookmark entry, being bigger than the link title.
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    by wyclif 4y ago

    EDIT: I got it to work after a few tries.