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by init2null 2y ago
There's inefficiency in any system. Engines, motors, fusion power, and transistors. We can calculate their efficiency, and the numbers aren't impressive if that's all you care about. Maybe it's better to ask how they com
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by init2null 2y ago
Not everyone is willing to pay for 4K, 120 Hz, and quality raytracing. There is a market for less than premium experiences. I wanted some marginal CUDA for Blender, so I got a 3060. This experience is anything but insignificant to me.
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by init2null 2y ago
My Hisense with Google TV has proven to be decent. I never connected the TV to the internet and went with an external Apple TV instead. It always starts on the last video input. I was able to refuse all the EULAs and was still left with all
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by init2null 2y ago
You are very fortunate if you've never witnessed the suffering of those who are less blessed with mental soundness, intelligence, or health. That's why we've created social safety nets, because sometimes pure capitalism simpl
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by init2null 2y ago
Anyone that makes $21,000 a year is making too much to get Medicaid. This not-so-wealthy person's insurance is almost free, but they are required to pay for all medical expenses up to their out of pocket maximum, which is typically aro
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by init2null 2y ago
That's a rude and somewhat inaccurate response. Photoshop has autosave that works well, even for files with hundreds of layers, so it can be done. That being said, I can see that it's less useful when someone chooses not to save.
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by init2null 2y ago
Sequelitis and remakes have persuaded me that some people really want intellectual baby food. I'm worried that the majority really just wants content to pass the time. Let's hope creative indie movies will continue to flourish, as
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by init2null 2y ago
Once it starts raining you have access to all the bodies you need on the ship. Rewatch every flashback and take notes. Details really matter, and those flashbacks are crime scenes that need to be studied fully. Pay special attention to clip
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by init2null 2y ago
I'd argue that erotic sources are nothing new. Consider swimsuit calendars and pinup girls. You could even look at the shows from the sixties and seventies to find people being chosen for sex appeal. For instance, there's the clas
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by init2null 2y ago
This deals with one of our primary human drives. It's very easy to condemn those showing bad behavior in public, but too often it's motivated by a lack of access to privacy or mental illness. As long as no harm is intended, I don&
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by init2null 2y ago
That can only work when there's a commitment to treat customers well. Otherwise, it's just a user base waiting to be sold to the highest bidder. And that's most likely a dating giant that will use the brand in an attempt to m
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by init2null 2y ago
I think it's due to the toxicity of dating apps in general. But Grindr gets more freedom to treat users poorly since the overall user success rate is better than on mixed sites like Tinder, at least in the short term. It's also to
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by init2null 2y ago
I get forced into political (and yes, religious) conversations. I avoid when I can, but sometimes it's less of a drive-by political swipe and more of a head-on collision into that load of toxic sludge. My coworkers feel comfortable for
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by init2null 2y ago
Given that I'm in my thirties, I'm not exactly in the audience being discussed here. But I've become skilled at lying about politics to my small-town coworkers and my older relatives. Telling someone the truth means I respect
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by init2null 2y ago
Fair enough. If you ever decide to do the proofreading yourself, you may find a prompt like this useful: "Consider the following message. Distill the main thrust of the message, and list any implied statements made within. Be particula
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by init2null 2y ago
Perhaps I'm naive or old fashioned, but I prefer this unpolished version. You clearly have an unclosed parenthesis that's attached to a rough sentence, but two minutes of rephrasing will serve you well in improving both your writi
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by init2null 2y ago
This is giving me flashbacks to the days of bad fonts and bad rendering. Back when using the web on Linux was a totally different and grossly inferior experience. At least we can still simu late it whenwe get n0staIgic.
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by init2null 2y ago
You will always hurt sometimes. Either it's the pain of disconnection, or it's the pain of loss. The former is subtle and easy to ignore, but it's always there. At least it certainly was for me. I've now simply decided t
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by init2null 2y ago
Yes, everyone loves it, but it fails the surprisingly sane criteria. Try uploading a video to YT on 9. Or even do a cloud phone backup. Why do we tolerate connections that force us to be nothing but consumers online? Creation needs real ups
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by init2null 2y ago
I always find it interesting that Civilization (especially 5+) is basically a board game with added fog of war. These specs seem a little extreme given that fact. That being said, anyone who's played older versions knows that the AI ne
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by init2null 2y ago
They've done fairly well with TV. They can do prestige TV without the insane budget. Old HBO is dead, and there's room for Apple to fill that role if corporate PR doesn't meddle too much.
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by init2null 2y ago
The price difference could be a large part of a romantic trip to Europe. The desire for such showcase possessions is tough for me to understand. A ring rich in gold, platinum, rubies, or emeralds would at least hold its value well by compar
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by init2null 2y ago
Google was aggressively apolitical back in the early years, but Yandex is thoroughly tangled up in politics just like the others. There are no search engines that just naively show results today. No one today realistically sees the internet
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by init2null 2y ago
29% of people report having been diagnosed with depression in their lifetimes [1]. Major depression seems to be more like 8.3% [2], but once you start restricting someone's freedoms based on their state of minds, the treatment itself b
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by init2null 2y ago
Biggest advancements in launch technology would surely be correct. Scientific research isn’t in their domain and should never be. There’s just too much political influence there.
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by init2null 2y ago
I've never had that happen and wouldn't appreciate it. Corrupted configuration maybe?
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by init2null 2y ago
I meant changing it in Preferences though, and not a drop-down like it used to be. You can add completely new engines, change defaults, and even give them keywords for quick searches without any undocumented change.
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by init2null 2y ago
There's no excuse for not making search engine management as simple and flexible as Firefox does, especially on the desktop, but I appreciate the hoops you jump through to keep hacks available for browsers with less user choice.
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by init2null 2y ago
A 10% risk of death of a massive gamble compared to the alternatives. I can only hope this leads to a more useful solution than immune system replacement. I expect many would prefer a life of daily medication, or even shots every few months
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by init2null 2y ago
The underlying APIs can enforce permissions. I don’t care if LLM prompt engineering causes the bank assistant to say that John Doe has 500K in his bank account. As long as it isn’t real data, there’s far less risk. This is more or less how

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