jaqalopes

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by jaqalopes 2mo ago
These are so sick. As a 34 year old whose first computers were already Windows 98, it's so weird to imagine a past where this is what the future of computing looked like, as opposed to what we actually got.
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by jaqalopes 2mo ago
Possible bug: Went scrolling way East on the map for kicks and was surprised to find 14 courses on Guam, but also that the data don't repopulate as you make it back around the globe a second time. This seems to happen in both direction
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by jaqalopes 1y ago
Editing my fantasy novel. Made a mindset change recently that helped me get past a months-long block.
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by jaqalopes 1y ago
Sounds like the perfect setting for a souls-like game.
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by jaqalopes 1y ago
A friend and I were at the WW2 museum in New Orleans a couple years ago and he said something that really stuck with me. Amazed at an exhibit on wartime manufacturing, he turned to me and said, "This is so unbelievable to me. To think
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by jaqalopes 1y ago
This is pretty amazing. I clicked on a Luganda-language channel in Uganda and it was a concerned-looking woman being interviewed for a news segment about a "for men" testosterone supplement. Kind of heartening to see that people e
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by jaqalopes 2y ago
Tangential question: Is housing activist your occupation? And if so how did you get into that line of work?
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
This is miraculous. I randomly flipped to Air Bud and it's just... playing the whole movie! How on Earth was it possible for one person to make this???
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
> All of the people who lived in the country of the Tigris and Euphrates were white. We don’t know how nor when nor where colored people first lived, though it is interesting to guess. I guess you can read this as a funny, outdated text
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
93/100 here, wonder if there’s a difference between mobile and desktop? I played on mobile and being able to bring my phone right up close to my eyes seemed to make it easier to judge the spacing than if I’d done it at my desk.
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
I’m a fellow ADHD sufferer and you’re 100% right that it is disabling in many contexts where “normal” function is optimal. But I want to encourage you not to despair entirely—-there are legitimate ways in which the ADHD mind has an edge. Ma
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
> I could hardly believe this finish, yet the program certainly earned its victory. … Only one thing marred the scene. Villa, who only a day earlier had reached the summit of his backgammon career in winning the world title, was disconso
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
The author conflates individual YouTube channels with "publishers" which is nonsense. The publisher is YouTube. You don't read 10 different "publishers" when you read stories in a newspaper by 10 different journalis
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
I'm surprised how many negative responses this essay has received. If you read it as prescriptive, "Do these steps and you will achieve greatness," then yeah obviously he is skimping on the "why" of it all. But as h
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
https://www.chriszombik.com/blog/ Most of my writing energy the last couple months is going into finishing a book projects but when that's done I will have more to write on other topics!
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
On the topic of the nude statues, I have no evidence for this idea, except: modern toy dolls are often "nude," with the idea children will put clothes on them. Is it possible that the Greeks put different clothes and decorations o
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
This first struck me as obvious, but really it's only obvious if you're already deep into generative AI. From my heavy usage and reading about AI in the past few months, I see absolutely no technical barrier to the creation of sel
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Too Much “Generative,” Not Enough “AI”(chriszombik.com)
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
Not an hour ago I was remarking to my roommate that airplanes are "better" at flying than bumblebees, but the bumblebee does things no machine can, and that I see AI versus human intelligence similarly. Yours is pithier though!
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
> "Generate a testimonials section." What a perfect use case for AI hallucinations!
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
I wonder if this is why my heart rate goes up and I feel inexplicably enraged when I can slightly, just barely hear my roommate two rooms away watching TV when I'm in bed trying to fall asleep. I ask for things to be turned down and
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
Anecdotally, my buddy (31M) in London says he's having the time of his life. Making a lot of money at BP, parties every weekend, just moved into a nice flat with a partner. I suspect, just like in America, that if you're inside th
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
I hope you will try other entries in the series! Player of Games and Excession are big favorites of mine, but they're quick reads and if you have the time I would really encourage all of them in order of release!
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
The Fed as we have seen definitely "has the power" to raise rates. The question behind your question is, to what extent does raising rates lower inflation? I'm not an economist, just some guy on HN, but I'm pretty persua
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
I was cackling at this part. How could anyone in Texas say that with a straight face after the big ice storm two years ago? The climate is changing everywhere. The idea that you can move away from the climate is simply deluded.
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
I've also seen it suggested that modern tech is causing people today to be less in touch with their physical bodies and the bodies of those around them. I personally think I'm much happier and more "productive" when I ha
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
Today's Money Stuff opens with a story in which JP Morgan owned $1.3 million worth of nickel metal in a warehouse somewhere (for reasons having to do with metal futures trading). Somehow it was recently discovered that the bags of nick
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
It's not for society , it's for the author's specific needs. On Twitter, you can filter certain keywords you don't want to see. Why not build a tool to do that sort of thing for the entire web?
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
Part of the solution is certainly better mental habits by information consumers, but it's not fair to expect normal people who are just trying to go about their business to bear all the costs of trying to stoically ignore this mental p
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by jaqalopes 3y ago
Consider Phlebas was such an odd entry point into the Culture series. In a way it makes more sense as a prequel, to be read after you understand the world and the general conceit of the series. In fact, I think Consider Phlebas is better

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