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by xtiansimon 1mo ago
> “ Shift the judgment left …shorten feedback loops.[…] Take the things we say code review gives us. If we want to explore alternative solutions […] If we want knowledge transfer […] If we want junior engineers to learn how experienced e
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by xtiansimon 1mo ago
I want to launch spaceships and have a battle like Homeworld. I’m not a big gamer, but I liked the idea of full 3D strategy. Though, Homeworld had a lock-stop on orientation, which I think was a missed opportunity. https://en.wik
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by xtiansimon 1mo ago
> “…the brush had not been trimmed, so I'm told, because environmental regulation didn't allow it.” Haha. California gets a bad rap. Hands down it’s a tragedy. More like budget cuts and negligence, than anything to do with envi
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by xtiansimon 1mo ago
Snapchat is so cooked
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by xtiansimon 1mo ago
“SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?” https://youtu.be/-1F7vaNP9w0
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
That’s three!
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
What's the overall philosophy/design of this community visa vie the github repo? Are users meant to start their own communities? or connect their community to larger communities somehow? Or or something else?
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “They scroll right?” Well, it’s not the scrolling, it’s the clicking. Isn’t it?
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
Slip from where? Who talks like this putting these semantic concepts into this space? Somebody’s vector, but I don’t recall this in my college education about English composition.
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “Hydroelectric plants withdraw tons of water, but it goes right back into the river it came from.” The consequences to communities of hydroelectric dams are known to most communities, discoverable. And they don’t go into any place you
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
I appreciate the statement. And I appreciate the other reply about adults in the room. What needed to be said was said—Thank you both.
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “The best response must be complete without becoming shapeless, structured without sounding mechanical…” Anyone else scratching their head at these descriptions? Uh, your writing is shapeless. You’re 5% too mechanical. Who talks like
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
Matches my experience. When I need to think or reason about something, between Clause and ChatGPT, the latter is my go to. With more to read, there’s just more to work with. For the same reason it’s bonkers for tech issues. How many times d
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
The UX is awkward, at least on medium sized iPhone. It’s not clear how the answer is selected _and_ submitted. So I scrolled to the bottom for the next button. Then I scrolled to the top. Not seeing an “obvious” sign, my next thought was si
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
In another town he would be asked to remove his costume helmet and if he even tried one hand gesture of his dark powers, the police would knock that hat off his head, twist his arm around his back and frog march him from the room. Don’t mes
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
It’s cultural; style over function—-unless the function is more traffic deaths (for which I have no numbers of traffic deaths involving tinted windows, I freely admit. I have had uncomfortable interactions with tinted cars on the streets an
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “But with AI I can explore and often implement every whim, from things as seemingly straightforward as…” I had a powerful misreading. I thought the author was saying they used AI to help write chapters they had struggled with before (u
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “… the amount of problems to solve is vastly larger …” Are those problems in your “assigned“ lane? I’m curious if you’re saying something else—that your organization somehow permits, encourages, shares its tasks/problems. Or what
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
I wonder at the “worlds” Mr Graham envisions, and what is their cardinality. Is this the only 17 yro reimagining, or is there an army of 17yro, of which this LLM curious persona is but one?
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “…with proper regulations.” Enforcement, no? NY state has 30% tint law, but my Uber driver last night was more than that. I’ve heard tint being enforced with other violations, but i believe window tint analyzers are in short supply or
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “…they aren’t being taught and they’re not learning from what the AI is producing because they don’t understand it. […] the ones who still interact with seniors to get help and actually learn.” You’re describing a gap between those who
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
Like USB ports on public busses? <shiver>
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
“recurrent laryngeal nerve” as well https://futurism.com/evolutianary-proof-the-recurrent-laryng...
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “In the age before … ubiquitous internet access” For some bizarre reason when upgrading from the family Mac SE to a Quadra, I had an idea in my head cd-rom drive was unnecessary. Thankfully in less than ten years I was proven correct.
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
I’m a bad typist, so it’s ‘hoy’ for me.
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
I'm not posting here having never asked for more proof of deliverable, a custom demo, a chat with the implementation team. If it's a thing, then it's a thing in a specific universe I've not yet encountered. Word.
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Ask HN: Is Mockup Data a thing you can ask from SaaS Salesperson?
3 points by xtiansimon 2mo ago|2 comments
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
I'd [subscribe to] 9B of basic coding and reasoning, add [subscription for] 10B of swift/swiftUI, add [monthly lease of] 5B of GIS/geography knowledge and another [monthly obligation] 5B of frontend app design knowledge. LOL
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> "Webmaster" being the person who adds, updates and deletes contents on a daily basis, and fixes misc, small issues with both frontend and backend.” This needs a documentary. We can start with mainframe IT and fast forward to
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by xtiansimon 2mo ago
> “…what kind of things a 10 year old is encountering” 10yro doesn’t know their a$$ from their elbow. They go looking for w#atEver’s and once that’s in their feed, there is no reset to that body of preferences. Side note, I was shocked t

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