gamerdonkey

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by gamerdonkey 12d ago
This reminds me of a story of Diogenes the Cynic [1], who embraced minimalism to the point that he slept in a large wine jar and owned only a few simple possessions, such as his tunic and a drinking bowl. One day, he saw a boy drinking wate
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by gamerdonkey 13d ago
I see the Playdate as further from a Louis Vuitton bag and closer to hockey gear you might buy to partake in an amateur adult league. It's not practical in the terms that you can use it to plow fields and feed your family, but it'
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by gamerdonkey 19d ago
This is one example from a source I just happened to read this morning, which is otherwise pretty positive about the prediction markets. > Beyond fears about bad actors attempting to distort the markets for profit, some political operati
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by gamerdonkey 28d ago
> That ain’t a rare book. Thanks for your opinion. I see you disagree with my first point. > I would also be shocked if you couldn’t find a way to repair and use this 1966 sewing machine… so it seems like a red herring. "Repair o
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by gamerdonkey 1mo ago
> you can just ask the AI how to repair the sewing machine Like so often in its usage, the word "just" is carrying immense weight in this sentence. Please see "hoovered up into the walled garden of Amazon's AI [...] s
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by gamerdonkey 1mo ago
I don't think HN commenters need to be the arbiters of which books are beneficial to society. And beyond just benefit to society, don't forget how subjective the decision about what constitutes a "unique artifact" is. Th
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by gamerdonkey 1mo ago
The warehouse worker getting paid near minimum wage to unpack 100 boxes per hour is probably not taking a ton of time to look for and report AirTags. However, a title can be cross-referenced against purchase histories in probably under a mi
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by gamerdonkey 1mo ago
This is mentioned in the article when discussing a player that found the optimum route: > Sarah also did something that appeared a bit unnatural. Instead of simply continuing straight a few times, she intuitively and preemptively turned
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by gamerdonkey 2mo ago
I agree that this is not an apocalyptic moment for the protocol. And I support what Blacksky is doing, so I kind of hate that this will probably be the only thing I get to say to you. But the argument that established, profitable organizati
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by gamerdonkey 3mo ago
Yeah, that closing message was a little weird to me. I understand framing the article as "not anti-AI", especially if the author uses and enjoys the tools. But the end sounds like a call to blindly adopt the tools and figure out t
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by gamerdonkey 3mo ago
I'm just coming across this discussion now, but I did a little research that I can add to possibly explain the difference between the advertised capacity and the perceived capacity. The 4400 number is based on a capacity test that the
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by gamerdonkey 4mo ago
I was once in a hackerspace that held regular "show and tell" nights for people to present interesting technology projects. We eventually hit a rash of non-regulars bringing in "projects" that were essentially sales-pitc
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by gamerdonkey 4mo ago
> They're not collecting in depth telemetry on every mile you drive, as you drive it. I mean, yes and no. It is most likely that the majority of carmakers are not collecting detailed telemetry. But we know from data breaches that so
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by gamerdonkey 6mo ago
MC Frontalot and MC Lars had a fun take on this same concept in "Captains of Industry", which you may enjoy, depending on your feelings on old nerdcore hip-hop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTrKmP7oU9U It'
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by gamerdonkey 6mo ago
I agree that it's self-fulfilling. I just feel that it's being used more as a tool for compliance than for direct productivity.
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by gamerdonkey 6mo ago
> It's use AI or be replaced by AI I think they want to sell that perception, but the biggest thing the tech execs want in their SWEs is fear. Fear that makes us stay in our jobs, even when raises and bonuses stagnate, because the m
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by gamerdonkey 6mo ago
The strategy is called "Buy, Borrow, Die" https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/03/tax-loop... (viewable by disabling JS)
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by gamerdonkey 6mo ago
What do you want the title to be? "Have a Website"? No, that's missing the emphasis. "I Strongly Encourage Businesses to Have a Website"? There we go. That sounds bland enough to be regurgitated by your LLM of the w
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by gamerdonkey 6mo ago
Interesting that this question didn't warrant a response. Anyway, here's new research demonstrating the near polar opposite of the original claim, in case anyone digging up these old threads was also wondering if slibhb's fou
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by gamerdonkey 7mo ago
> and the worst case scenarios have already been avoided. Do you have a source on this?
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by gamerdonkey 7mo ago
In many cases, the decision to install Flock cameras have been made by city councils and sheriffs' offices. So it very much depends on local candidates. On the broader topic, I'm not sure that just voting is the way that we'l
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by gamerdonkey 7mo ago
Cynicism warning, but my honest guess is they see that the Colbert problem will be solved in June and so don't feel the need to spend any effort on him.
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by gamerdonkey 7mo ago
At least it is possible for an unethical person to face meaningful consequences and change their behavior.
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by gamerdonkey 8mo ago
Ford Motor Company manufactured charcoal, but in the end it stayed a car company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)#History
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by gamerdonkey 8mo ago
I was a little miffed that this blog didn't include a link to that particular study, especially with how vague the citation is, so I went and found the original publication[0]. Of note, they have a "Setting the record straight&quo
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by gamerdonkey 8mo ago
My bad. Thanks for clarifying.
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by gamerdonkey 8mo ago
Ah, my bad. That does seem to lower the stakes a bit.
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by gamerdonkey 8mo ago
> As an example: a an African American janitor in our kids' school voted republican in 2024 for the first time in his life, because the park in his Brooklyn neighborhood has become a shanty town and he can't work out there. Oka
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by gamerdonkey 8mo ago
The gambling analogy has been brought up before. https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gam...
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by gamerdonkey 9mo ago
I have many questions about your methodology: - How many stations were you left with? - Did that number decline over time (as you excluded replacement stations)? - What was your scale? - Are you willing to share your results? - How is this

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