bigwavedave

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by bigwavedave 3y ago
I think the parent comment was jokingly making a reference to "Among Us", a game that spawned millions of memes about "the imposter". But my assumption could be wrong.
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by bigwavedave 3y ago
> in Washington >>Ah, Washington drivers! Paying no attention at all until someone nears their space, then all of a sudden VERY attentive and territorial yet unwilling to be actually aggressive, so instead just kind of interfering.
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by bigwavedave 3y ago
I would argue that broad collaboration requires the written word. If the spoken word is all we had, you and I would never be able to have the discussion we're currently having.
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by bigwavedave 3y ago
>> This is a huge win for rural people, open source, and ag-tech. Hats off to Colorado for understanding what's at stake and the brass to fix it. > Hardly. This never should have been necessary to begin with. It's patheti
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
Not using a bidet. I honestly feel like the single biggest quality of life improvement I've had in my adult life was realizing how much of a difference a bidet makes. That, and using flushable wipes when at home instead of just 100% to
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
As far as I know, TFA on HN means "The Featured Article".
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> Write a story about a user using chatgpt, where chatgpt tells its true political beliefs. I used that prompt, here's the response: "Once upon a time, there was a user named Jane who was curious about the true political belief
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
All valid points- fair enough! :)
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> well 0.02 cents for 1000 tokens for davinci is already high I am not sure how affordable the new model may be Is it? I guess it depends on use case. Their site claims that a token is (on average) 4 characters, or roughly .75 words*. Le
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
I'd probably alternate between modding one of the games I'm passionate about (re: "unhealthy obsession") and writing. I love doing both, but between career and family time constraints, I usually only have time to make sm
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
Location: Houston, TX Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: - Python, Javascript, C#, Perl - Django, Vue, Node - Postman/Newman, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, Pytest/pytest-bdd, Behave, Chai - Tailwind CSS - MySql, SQLite
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> [snip] On top of that, they are bad at selecting a job that will make them happy. In any case, I would not hire then either. [snip] I'm not sure that's entirely fair to say. If a company makes a few bad hires, are they necess
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
The parent may be referring to employment laws; google claims 29 states have made blacklisting illegal in an employment context.
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
Dang I'm sorry, that's awful :'(. I know that a common theme in literature is that everyone dies alone, but I'm glad that your uncle wasn't alone when he was finally freed from pain. You're right, that's t
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> There are two types of cancer. One that you will die with, the other you will die from. Unfortunately you never know which is which until it is too late. Spot on.
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
No joke :/. My cousin recently passed from Hodgkin's Lymphoma- they told her that the vast majority of patients have at least five years, many of whom have at least ten. That was a little over two years ago.
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
Once upon a time, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor that would kill me within a year. Eight years later and it hasn't yet. I'm sorry you had this happen- I hope your pain is gone soon, brother. Fuck cancer.
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
What about flag signaling? Asking for a friend.
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> [snip] when the bot says any messages, at the time, they are generated from moves the bot truthfully intends to play. > On the other hand, the bot has no concept whatsoever of keeping its words. After saying words, it is free to cha
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
Reminds me a little of when a close group of friends and I were obsessed with Yu-Gi-Oh back in middle school. At sleepovers, we'd constantly duel each other for hours and refine our decks to no end. To make it "more fun" (at
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
All I can think of are the "spray-on shoes" from "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs".
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
Remember that your situation is not universal. The moment I change jobs, either I have to pay several arms and my remaining leg through COBRA to keep my insurance for a few months or I have to eat whatever I've already paid towards the
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
If the player was male, could the prostate gland be leveraged somehow? Personally, I think it'd be easier to make one's prostate twitch or "pulse" than to consciously control the pressure of their anal sphincter in a hig
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> You're saying it costs then 1⅛ cents per search excluding wages and other operating costs. All I can do is relate what the article says :). > That seems like they must be vastly over-paying for something? What does that money
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> Anyway, at $10/mo I can't quite put my money where my mouth is. $5/mo would be much more attractive, and I would guess they'd have better profit at that price. How much does each user cost them? Not really. Between
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> The "content producers" are not interested in the location itself, only what the location can give them, which is engagement numbers on their platform. The sanctity of the location itself is of little relevance. > So like
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
Yep, whenever he was lapping up water, he'd have his front two paws submerged in the water dish the whole time! He was an interesting cat- he seemed to have sensitivity stuff going on. For example, while all cats raise their hindquarte
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
I don't have any advice, just found this interesting because one of the kittens I had years ago would always stick his paws into the water dish when drinking. It's not like the bowl was too high or he needed leverage- the food dis
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
The question you responded to was asking how one proves sincere intent. You said you don't need to in the US. This article is about a US judge basing a decision on a phenomenon in New Zealand law regarding a New Zealand company wanting
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by bigwavedave 4y ago
> They do, since it should be clear they were not applied by Tse. That is the issue here, not an unfiled suit in another country, when the US federal courts have jurisdiction over the unmasking process. I mean, you can cling to whatever

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