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by xp84 3mo ago
“But, Ben, you didn’t ask me for money when you called last night at 2AM. You asked for $4,000 in Fortnite gift cards to be released from Mexican prison. Thankfully 7-11 had them and was open!”
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by xp84 3mo ago
Not enough people know this: in Chrome and Edge, making a Guest window is usually more useful than Incognito. You do it from the profile menu. It’s a throwaway profile, without the various weird special-case behaviors (including the ones we
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by xp84 3mo ago
It's good to know that Claude knows its place then. By contrast, I have to watch myself with Siri, because calling it the *&^#@$ it is seems to trigger refusal a lot of the time.
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by xp84 3mo ago
I used HTMX on a recent project and really enjoyed it. As a person who knows how the Web worked before the invention of AngularJS and React, I deeply appreciate being able to build actual pages and minimize the amount of JS that has to exis
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by xp84 3mo ago
Macbooks aren't the absolute best example anymore, since 20W is plenty to charge ARM-based MacBooks in a few hours, so a 200W 10-port charger could do a fine job with 10 MacBooks. But your point is still valid. As a nerd I really appre
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by xp84 3mo ago
They are good! Although my wife manages to kill hers every few years, I don't think I've ever actually had one die myself. I also have my original UV sanitizing charger unit that I purchased new circa 2009! I've found that on
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by xp84 3mo ago
Just recently acquired a set from "Philips" that is an 8-pack of lithium-ion AAs with a charging-case that connects to USB-C (Note: the case itself doesn't have its own battery, like an earbuds case would -- it's just a
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by xp84 3mo ago
Thanks. The website itself has the most infuriatingly long and vague description (Menu->Naive art?)
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by xp84 3mo ago
> I asked, what about porn I love that you went there directly, that’s hilarious. I would have wondered the same (wouldn’t we all?), but been embarrassed to ask.
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by xp84 3mo ago
This is relatable. Though I’d add that the company can’t be grateful, it’s just a machine. But the colleagues you’re helping out, they absolutely can be grateful, and will sing your praises, leading to positive things happening. In the righ
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by xp84 3mo ago
This reminds me of the terribly designed timesheet system I was using earlier this year, where I accidentally logged like 55 hours of work for something instead of 55 minutes… I got a shocking direct deposit that week and had to mail them b
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by xp84 3mo ago
Too bad for them that Trump probably won’t be on the jury
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by xp84 3mo ago
> "one persons terrorist is another persons freedom fighter" yes, but only to weak-minded cultural relativists. I don't mind stating a definition explicitly. If you would consider killing nonviolent civilians, merely to se
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by xp84 3mo ago
> Fighting a much more numerous enemy may seem stupid, but if you really believe your ideology, any odds of success are better than none. Embracing and believing this destructive ideology itself in the first place, when you could devote
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by xp84 3mo ago
I'm the farthest thing from an Apple fanboi you can find, but Apple's not so unethical as to make all this (OpenAI trade secret) stuff up. The OpenAI settlement they'll no doubt get from this won't amount to 30 days of t
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by xp84 3mo ago
For real. If Apple can prove half of this complaint, OpenAI need to be jumping straight to "how can we settle this immediately. " Can you imagine how much fun Apple lawyers would have taking this to a jury trial? Especially consi
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by xp84 3mo ago
It's not about education itself necessarily, but I'd bet any amount of money that most terrorists' IQ is below the overall human average. The average terrorist is not that innovative or creative so the most mundane GPT &quo
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by xp84 3mo ago
> am skeptical of any claim that they are providing some material embargoed knowledge that isn’t available elsewhere, in a way that either improves efficiency or effectiveness of their activities, This will sound like a hot take, but con
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by xp84 3mo ago
Depends who you ask!
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by xp84 3mo ago
Hey now, let's not get carried away, these jackass restaurant owners want to make it clear, the "Living Wage" guilt trip is the tip part, and the fees THEY put on are to pay for "benefits like healthcare" and you&#x
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by xp84 3mo ago
I wonder if the bit about 'junk fees' will include undisclosed hotel fees. I just stayed there last week in a no-frills "hotel" which doesn't include daily room cleaning, has no staff at night, and has no amenities
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by xp84 3mo ago
Agree. I would be utterly shocked if this exact same scam didn't play out for every ambulance call in San Francisco (And according to this article, it's actually completely normal that the "networks" are nonexistent, so
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by xp84 3mo ago
Not surprising. They clearly care(d) a LOT about the regulators asking questions. I was actually shocked that this mechanism was surprisingly effective at reining in abuses from insurers. It could have been Cigna -- I've cycled between
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by xp84 3mo ago
I mean in real life, that is EXACTLY what many people do every day.
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by xp84 3mo ago
- The "why $1000" part is the subject of the article (I assume COVID-era inflation has brought that up to about $1700 similar to everything else) > why is a government-run ambulance service making this the patient's proble
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by xp84 3mo ago
Sorry, yes, that scenario went past believability. Clearly no one in Europe or North America is interested in inviting conflict that way!
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by xp84 3mo ago
Some of your estimates on this seem fine, but not this: liability, both for the vehicle and for the medical treatment; that's about $12k per year. Insurance on my SUV is close to $3,000 a year, but with the understanding I drive it abo
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by xp84 3mo ago
They had the duty to pay and they try to trick every one of their customers into not realizing that, so that's why I'm only mad at them. I acknowledge that the CA law is forcing them to, in the mechanism the article covers, causin
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by xp84 3mo ago
Good analysis. I agree that China could consider targeting the US mainland, but in every scenario other than "crazed madman" I think they'll know that kind of thing inevitably ends up with symmetrical (or worse for them) dest
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by xp84 3mo ago
TSMC is absolutely critical for 'frontier' silicon but: 1. In a China/Taiwan conflict, China's not getting TSMC output either - Bear in mind that I doubt China would ever want to destroy TSMC though, so I'm talkin

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