DaveSchmindel

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by DaveSchmindel 3mo ago
> Cell sizes are not fixed, however, even within a single species. Cells often swell as they increase their production of proteins and metabolites in preparation for division. This is in line with biology’s only rule: namely, there are e
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by DaveSchmindel 1y ago
It’s hard for me to know where my pessimism stops and my realism begins with these kinds of experiences lately. The latest iTerm2 update had me subconsciously questioning my own philosophy around whether I ever would want or need an AI agen
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by DaveSchmindel 2y ago
> ...Timeline is the only time I've seen a full accounting of my location in the cloud. Yes, that _you've_ seen. I think the person you're replying to is referring to use cases of your location data that you don't see
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by DaveSchmindel 2y ago
> Even though we have an option to set a billing limit, some people don't use it and sometimes get a surprise bill. From the PR this links to.
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
Now do 3d chess!
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
Happy birthday!
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
I may be wrong, but I think user 22c may be trying to point out that we put an amount, W, of CO2 into the air by making the collective decision to fly so many planes in the first place.
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
> ...government digital services and apps need to become less bureaucratic and formal. > Beijing asserted that it wants a "user-centered approach," meaning users don't need multiple logins, and can instead use a one-sto
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
I can, from the other side of life. I was raised in middle-class suburbia, in the North East U.S. My family wasn't wealthy, but wasn't hurting either. I did well in school, but didn't have to try very hard to maintain grades
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31573108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31574313 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34856997 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
Why is this comment getting so much heat for being confirmation bias? If anything, we should all rally around trying to guess the name in question. Did you name your kid Butter? Bananas? Campbell's CHUNKY Savory Pot Roast?
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
I can vouch that this is true in some cases. I worked for a multinational bank headquartered in the U.S., whose corporate team came up with a sexy program to snatch up recent Computer Science graduates. The program offered them a "fair
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
TIL about bikeshedding, thank you @[vips7L]( https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vips7L ).
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
I imagine that many suggestions for prominent open source projects, let alone a widely adopted language, turn into forums similar to small town town-hall meetings. There are probably a number of people of different walks of life and usage o
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
Zoom offers this today! I think Zoom + a custom GPT could do the trick.
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
Ah, nice, like feeding a custom GPT everything that goes on at the company. That seems dangerous to me, and not in the typical LLM weariness way. Meetings can be messy, full of ambiguity, and "unsolved" at then end. If you feed a
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
What qualities should this comment have to vouch for? The art style of the linked video? The accuracy of its content? Should we ask OP if they vouch for the video that started this thread?
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
Interesting. Isn't that just problem solving? If yesterday's problems are unsolved by today, aren't they just today's problems?
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
I smell what you're stepping in here, but I grow more comfortable with the idea of big conglomerates continuing to improve their attack mitigation efforts on behalf of their locales when I compare this to the concept to vaccines. Vacci
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
> The biggest headache when coming across these menus on the web is the complete disregard for accessibility.
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by DaveSchmindel 3y ago
A family member of mine used to be a buyer for the Italian foods department of a mid-market grocery chain in the US. His merchant for San Marzano tomatoes was a really down-to-earth dude. Occasionally, he would host my family member at his
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by DaveSchmindel 4y ago
This seems like an effective way to lose Apple as a client!
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by DaveSchmindel 4y ago
I feel like an old man in my own head, muttering, "I remember the Sort feature like it was yesterday!"
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AngelList Modified My Job Status
1 points by DaveSchmindel 4y ago|0 comments
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by DaveSchmindel 4y ago
Thank you for summing it up this way. It certainly sounds like the original author wants to be taken seriously. In that case they should probably respect the fact that there is literally a word for what they've done. Misquote and its s
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by DaveSchmindel 4y ago
I experienced something very similar to your "coming of age conflict" so-to-speak, only mine began earlier and had certain... catalysts... The short version of the story is that at this point in my life, that conflict eventually d
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by DaveSchmindel 4y ago
I first learned as an end-user, and before I even had a chance to notify customer support at work, I got to watch our bug count climb as an enterprise customer!
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by DaveSchmindel 4y ago
AFAICT, the companies that have the most success in launching an engaging and fruitful OSS project are those that already wrote it internally and have an incentive to continue maintaining it for business needs. If you are finding yourselves
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by DaveSchmindel 5y ago
> Well, everytime you divide by zero, a puppy dies. Welp, I was a pretty heartless bastard back in the days of getting my first scientific calculator.
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by DaveSchmindel 5y ago
Where's your Tinder bio in this article? I can't imagine creating a new account and publishing something obscene on any social platform today without being flagged or worse.

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