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by drpixie 3y ago
Title is a bit clickbaity, but the authror has a point. We're doing the same things as before but wasting huge amounts of computer power. Been my position for quite some time. But you can imagine it doesn't go down well on HN. Her
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by drpixie 3y ago
Duh - I want the simlle browser too. I use TB daily but the comment still applies. I want it to do just email, simply and correctly. Most of the "smart" features just seem to get in th way :(
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by drpixie 3y ago
I just want to small, simple, fast, low memory browser that shows pages - I don't want 1,000,000 features and confusions.
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by drpixie 3y ago
If that's the worst thing you can find about Pascal (and it's just a style issue) then Pascal must be the best thing ever :)
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by drpixie 3y ago
Strong agree. I used the old Turbo Pascal for many years. It was quite routine to produce substantial programs where the compiler (and type system) had caught ALL the bugs. Meaning: you used sensible types (and had sensible libraries) and
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by drpixie 3y ago
(I'll say it again). I like the term "enshittification" - it implies a deliberate intention that is missing from degradation. And regression merely implies reversion towards a previous state. Enshittification is a deliberate
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by drpixie 3y ago
I like the term "enshittification" - it implies a deliberate intention that is missing from degradation. Regression merely implies reversion towards a previous state. Enshittification is a deliberate process: provide a (typically
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by drpixie 3y ago
We could provide a read-only wikipedia but it wouldn't have much content ;)
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by drpixie 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email (and it wasn't that one guy.)
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by drpixie 3y ago
Personally, I think the video could be improved by having a transcript or text version. (This applies to almost all videos.)
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by drpixie 3y ago
No - just access the apps I install or the programs I've written.
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by drpixie 3y ago
You might have stumbled onto a practical and useful application of LLMs. Yahoo (or whoever) could crawl the web, categorise each page, and provide a genuine "Index". Like in the back of a book, or an old subject based card catalog
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by drpixie 3y ago
For the record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accident... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_stations And " I do not think that [comment] means what
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by drpixie 3y ago
And doing their very best to consume or annihilate all competition.
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by drpixie 3y ago
Check out enshitification. No one went into google or youtube knowing that in 20 years time, their service would be overrun with ads. Everyone has been lured into cheap services by the deliberate and dishonest behavior of the providers.
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by drpixie 3y ago
> Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just
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by drpixie 3y ago
Yes - cost v benefit - ha! I don't see nuclear proponents comparing potential cost (say $10T) against benefit (power produced during plant's lifetime - optimistically $10B (over 30 years). That's 1000:1 against. By wikipedia,
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by drpixie 3y ago
Can't do that!! Must Have Growth ... Must Have Growth.
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by drpixie 3y ago
I've observed the same. And the last few results might as well be random - no clear relationship to my search.
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by drpixie 3y ago
You got 11 pages of apples - you did well ;) I'm told I got 8,760,000,000 "results" but only get to see 1 page of 45 links (some being ads). The "more" page shows only 8 recipes, another "more" another 8 r
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by drpixie 3y ago
Yup - we're doing almost the same things. Only with nicer graphics - sigh.
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by drpixie 3y ago
I run a handful of little servers, some x86, some ARM. I've had none of the issues that the author raises. Sounds a little like the old Linux v Windows or the PC v Mac debate - lots of fuss and really comes down to personal preferences
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by drpixie 3y ago
Yes - widely the case in Europe. Germany has substantial worker ownership requirements - they seem to be doing reasonably well.
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by drpixie 3y ago
Best summary of containers - clear and hits the point.
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by drpixie 3y ago
> There are so many good examples (like Uber) Last I checked their figures (just now) I don't think Uber is a great example. Never yet made a profit, living off capital and their VC gamblers. Agree they did have billions of income
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by drpixie 3y ago
So basically - capitalism is broken. The evidence of our current situation agrees with you. And the US style of democracy, where the rules are written by the powerful, is broken and won't fix capitalism. Pity other (Euro) styles of dem
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by drpixie 3y ago
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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by drpixie 3y ago
> Relying too much on A/B tests for decision-making Need I say more? Or just keep tweaking your website until it becomes a mindless, grey, sludge.
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by drpixie 3y ago
You might be a little pessimistic about needing 3 operators. Turing's original machines have only decision making and substitution. With that you can emulate anything you want, and go on to higher levels and more and more complexity. A
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by drpixie 3y ago
Yes - I was thinking it was about the attempts to ban encrypted messaging. Really - who cares about cryptocurrencies any more!?

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