coremoff

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by coremoff 1y ago
I don't think I'm qualified to provide an answer - trying to detail how execs should not be able to profit from fail-cases like this is a mine-field of edge cases, I expect. I do think that you shouldn't be doing anything to
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by coremoff 1y ago
I agree with what you're saying, however I think talking in absolutes is counter-productive: > No golden parachutes, no deferred bonuses, no pensions In my opinion, hard cutoffs like this create perverse incentives, but there defini
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by coremoff 1y ago
The tradeoff suggested above (not saying that it's the right way around or correct) is: * If you provide ChatGPT then 5 people who would have died will live and 1 person who would have lived will die. ("go to the doctor" vs &
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by coremoff 1y ago
It's the trolley problem reframed; not sure we have a definitive answer to that.
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by coremoff 1y ago
that sounds like something that would be worthwhile presenting to a wider audience
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by coremoff 1y ago
GP's reply was written to emulate the sort of response that ChatGPT has been giving recently; an obsequious fluffer.
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by coremoff 2y ago
FYI that page linked does not work in firefox
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by coremoff 2y ago
Sonos were originally great, when they were a platform to injest your music and stream to your various rooms. That was years ago, and now they want to own the whole thing, from music to speakers, and are willing to brick old devices to forc
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by coremoff 2y ago
Explain XKCD to the rescue: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1242:_Scary_Names
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by coremoff 2y ago
Something needs to be done; Google's mission is at odds to good browser development, and having an effective monopoly with the world using a single browser is not good for users even without the advertising conflict of interest.
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by coremoff 2y ago
A timely message, particularly given the apparent sabotage of undersea cables and other hubrid warfare we've been seeing recently. I hope this also helps with morale in Ukraine.
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by coremoff 2y ago
it's a bit more involved than that, IIRC (been a while) - the civilisations involved typically migrate around the galaxy, entierly abandoning entire arms of the milky way and moving to another; agreements with other non-compatible civi
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by coremoff 2y ago
I have a wobble board at my standing desk; keeps me moving constantly without distracting me.
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by coremoff 2y ago
Pedestrians have quite broad right of way in the UK - you can't step into moving traffic and expect them to slam on the brakes, but you will see people crossing anywhere and everywhere at any time: https://www.thewindscreenc
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by coremoff 2y ago
I've posted in the sibling thread r.e. the density (which I believe you have underestimated by several orders of magnitude), however a stroll around london will show you that, excepting arterial roads, cars always have to deal with ped
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by coremoff 2y ago
I believe you'll find that the London number you mention is the average density of the Greater London Metropolitan Area. The City of Westminster has a day-time population of around 1 million people, and its area is around 8 sq miles; (
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by coremoff 2y ago
unfortunately it's not much different carrying an adapter around than carrying the cable; but I'll have a look at options, thanks
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by coremoff 2y ago
ah, I missed that announcement - that's a shame; thanks for the info
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by coremoff 2y ago
no oasis refresh? no buttons? no purchase. Been waiting a long time, I suppose it's time to move to alternatives, as it's a pain to carry around a usb-micro cable just for my kindle.
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by coremoff 2y ago
FYI Reader mode solves most of these problems (not that it should be needed)
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by coremoff 2y ago
I like your idea of spotify for news; it's quite similar in idea to the "If YouTube had actual channels" from yesterday [1]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41247023
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by coremoff 2y ago
I don't let my phone make any noises, but I do use it for music. Would be nice not to have to turn "do not disturb" on or off to listen to music.
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by coremoff 2y ago
I've never seen one on mine - behind a pihole though. It does push paid content (as in rented/purchased movies/tv shows); I don't consider these to be adverts, per se, but obviously you might.
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by coremoff 2y ago
I disagree; it's much longer than it needs to be, is filled with pseudo-technoese to hide that there's little of consequence in there, and the tiny bit of real information in there is couched with distractions and unnecessary deta
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by coremoff 2y ago
Such a disingenuous review; waffle and distraction to hide the important bits (or rather bit: bug in content validator) behind a wall of text that few people are going to finish. If this is how they are going to publish what happened, I don
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by coremoff 2y ago
There's a certain comfort, and security, from the anonymity afforded by randomly generated SSIDs.
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by coremoff 2y ago
depending on your NAS, you might be able to run [0] Logitech Media Server; I still have it running on mine, and use it occasionally - I use it particularly for "play random album" which I have never seen elsewhere, and is great if
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by coremoff 2y ago
Provided the advertisers like what you're saying
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by coremoff 2y ago
You might enjoy "The Robot's Rebellion" by Keith Stanovich (in this context, you are the robot)
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by coremoff 2y ago
the UK is supposed to have made it illegal to have unhealthy stuff etc. near checkouts and illegal to include them in certain promos (e.g. buy-one-get-one-free) - I thought it had passed into law years ago, but when I had a quick look it is

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