century19

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by century19 29d ago
I think that is right and with the way Ukraine and Iran is going, we will need smaller decentralised data centres etc too. Its coming from a sad, bad place but it may be better and more democratic, less centralised.
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by century19 5mo ago
I think mostly like Tesla in the EU. And warranties are long, like 10 years.
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by century19 5mo ago
So no free market. Consumers have to subsidise crap companies.
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by century19 5mo ago
Vehicles have road taxes. It’s a very clumbsy and annoying way the UK have planned this new tax. I hope other countries do not copy it.
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by century19 9mo ago
It’s not about Andrew Tate, it’s about Gaza.
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by century19 1y ago
Maybe it is 2000 in your analogy.
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by century19 1y ago
Yes and I’ve seen this at work. People saying I asked the LLM and it said I was right. Of course it did. It rarely doesn’t.
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by century19 1y ago
Bakfiets no? That’s what the Dutch call it and they use them widely. Especially the electric versions you can get nowadays.
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by century19 1y ago
People that I have seen substitute with vaping seem to get more addicted to that.
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by century19 2y ago
I don’t think you are the hero in this story. Pretty terrible behavior.
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by century19 2y ago
I have interviewed Turkish people that did not have Cloud experience as their large companies (e.g. banks) were not allowed to use US cloud services. Seems like that was wise now.
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by century19 2y ago
I've worked with many and it was always Windows, with some use of MacBooks in recent years. Never once seen Linux desktops.
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by century19 2y ago
Don't worry. There is plenty to be done. These stories come up every few years. Previously it was outsourcing to India, or low-code tooling, etc. AI can make you more productive but there will still be plenty of jobs.
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by century19 2y ago
How come Stack Overflow posts are fair game for AI without user permission?
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by century19 2y ago
Intel cancelled a 25 billion site in Israel. The future of multi national companies in Israel does not look bright. This feels like a propaganda piece.
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Sellafield apologises after guilty plea over string of cybersecurity failings(theguardian.com)
1 points by century19 2y ago|0 comments
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by century19 2y ago
Jobs famously muscled his way in and took their ideas, albeit from a dumb board. Famous story: Steve Jobs confronted Bill Gates after he announced Windows' GUI OS. "You’re stealing from us!” Bill replied "I think it's mo
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by century19 2y ago
You don’t consider Maps a Google product? I guess there was some tech acquisition part there.
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by century19 3y ago
Folk is as old as folk. As Lou Reed said when asked about folk music he said, “let me tell you about folk music, the folk are listening to rock and roll”.
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Solid-state batteries: inside the race to transform electric vehicles(theguardian.com)
3 points by century19 3y ago|0 comments
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by century19 3y ago
Checkout this map of outdoor art in Amsterdam. https://amsterdam.kunstwacht.nl/plattegrond A lot of them are small adornments to housing, one large area of which (Apollobuurt) was built as social housing 100 years ago.
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by century19 3y ago
If I remember correctly, the Lockerbie / Pan Am attack was in response to this.
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by century19 3y ago
Exactly this. It also moved Microsoft’s share price. Is that not questionable practice?
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by century19 3y ago
I’ve heard the same about crèches in The Netherlands.
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by century19 3y ago
In the example it was something like: https://booking.id123456.info/ As someone once said, the fact many companies use different domains for their overall service has added to the confusion for users.
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Booking.com customers targeted by scam 'confirmation' emails(theguardian.com)
9 points by century19 3y ago|4 comments
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by century19 3y ago
What age range was this? Do you have the name of the camp. Sounds like a great idea.
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by century19 3y ago
AlphaZero was pretty huge news. I’ve seen videos on YouTube of its play being analysed and wowing chess players.
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by century19 3y ago
The OP said the Chinese did some good things but nothing like the special Europeans. It was clearly a race discussion.
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by century19 3y ago
Like I said, I called it out in its tracks and gave them the chance to correct if there was a misunderstanding.

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