Lu2025

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by Lu2025 23d ago
Well, mint tea does make me sleepy
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by Lu2025 5mo ago
Username doesn't check out.
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by Lu2025 7mo ago
Yep it's rotten. I think the intuitive revulsion many feel toward the Polymarket is simply due to the unfairness of it.
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by Lu2025 9mo ago
> they consistently deliver low quality/bottom-tier services and products I worked with IBMers. The main priority for a lot of them is to ensure continuous employment for themselves and their buddies. They'd add unnecessary com
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by Lu2025 9mo ago
> The R&D they are doing on semiconductors on their 2nm and sub-2nm processes is also impressive and hardcore tech. But they don't have production. How can they develop successfully without running silicon in a fab?
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by Lu2025 10mo ago
> Why make the iPhone look more like Apple Vision when people so obviously hate the latter They are normalizing Apple Vision look so it looks less weird when you switch.
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by Lu2025 10mo ago
They could just make a device that fits in a regular pocket. Most phones are too big now.
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by Lu2025 10mo ago
Good riddance. These guys had like 40% forecast accuracy, worse than random. When they say the winter will warmer it will be colder and vice versa.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Right? Spreadsheets have such a low barrier of entry. I use Google Sheets in a middle of a farm field to enter plant growing records on my cell phone. I don't even have good reception at times so the sheets are in offline mode; they&#x
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by Lu2025 1y ago
> will compromise on hard facts without pause to attain social goals You can look no further than masking for Covid prevention. It makes sense, it works, it's relatively easy but social pressure is strong enough to force the majorit
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Just find zen and stop giving a shit, buddy.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
I see how Google has a vested interest in hollowing out communities to the point you have nobody to text to refer you to a cleaner. I frequently see such requests in a local Facebook group aptly named "Exit 10 and 11" (of a highwa
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Something like 60% of a coffee shop Cost of Goods Sold is rent. You aren't really paying for coffee when you sit down with a cup.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
> it would cannibalize IA64 sales The concern is that it won't cannibalize sales, it would cannibalize IA64 manager's job and status. "You ship the org chart"
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by Lu2025 1y ago
> old lifeless dork professor at "elite" university mumbling some nonsense and throwing walls of formulas with zero context "Oh, you have a PhD in Chemistry? I hated orgo in college..." I heard it often enough to susp
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by Lu2025 1y ago
> employers across the economy who require applicants have 'university degrees' Somebody from HR admitted to me that they often do it to simply trim the applicant pool to a more manageable size.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
It's worse. With plumbing, at least you can see what you are doing. Vibe code? One day, it just breaks and you don't know why.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
I was about to ask whether engaging with this kind of people is even worth it. I've seen enough of Jamie Dimon-like power trips to stay away.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Most doors in public places need to open to the outside for ease of evacuation in case of an emergency.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
They classify a lot of it as R&D and write it off taxes. Taxpayers foot the bill.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Last year Hostgator suddenly changed the conditions of my plan without any warning at a renewal time so I "conveniently" went over the storage quota, then shut me down. I had to pay the extortion fee to restore service. Needless t
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by Lu2025 1y ago
> I don’t think that culturally IBM ever really felt that the PC was a true IBM product This makes perfect sense. In the early 2010s I worked with what remained of IBM development and was surprised at the dysfunction, complete lack of ma
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by Lu2025 1y ago
BTW Covid harms pancreatic cells that produce insulin via autoimmune mechanisms.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
People do quit when it's hard so instead of overriding the very human nature why not work with it? We all saw the "draw the owl" picture. Step 1 is easy step 2 is easy but then the rest appears impossible. Why not make a seri
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Exactly this. It's only us peons who will be prosecuted under the current copyright laws. The rich and well connected will base their entire business on blatant theft and will get away with it.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
I think the difference between Waymo and Uber is risk level. Maybe Waymo would like to skirt regulations but they won't be allowed to by citizens and officials alike.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
It's a lovely story, no cringe detected.
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by Lu2025 1y ago
> Ilya Sutskever And alternative explanation is that he's really nothing special. There are literally dozens of people like him in my social circle. Heck, my very spouse has a more impressive school record. The difference could be c
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Yeah, he post things like "there are no more excuses to be fat". Nasty dude. Romania's overall educational system is unimpressive, as he pointed out himself. Yet he suggested to replicate it in different countries to "ge
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by Lu2025 1y ago
Interest and motivation comes largely from success. You try something, it works, it feels good so you continue doing that. The school's role is to enable this "easy success" early on so kids will continue.

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