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by jbm 5d ago
I am legitimately shocked that it was this Triple H. I was sure before reading it that it would be another Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
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by jbm 17d ago
Nitpick but solid wood furniture does not weigh more than the particleboard furniture from Ikea. Also, my 2 cents, but it is high time for a return to utilitarianism in furniture. Just getting a basic leather sofa without cup holders and o
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by jbm 21d ago
Prior to Covid, my wife had to exit the country to get photos taken as part of the permanent resident process. We took a trip to Montana for that purpose. This seems to have changed in the past 3-4 years, but as the GP said, the original p
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by jbm 25d ago
This is such a Reddit opinion. If you are in Alberta or Saskatchewan, the government is decided before your election is done. There is no Senate, like in the US, to balance your needs vs others. Despite this unbalance, there is a clear maj
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by jbm 25d ago
I don't understand this and would like a clarification. There are zero Canadian automobile assemblers; they are Canadian subsidiaries of American companies, with some parts manufacturers being here. Assuming American companies (and com
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by jbm 1mo ago
A previous grade school my kids attended (a public school in Calgary) started at 8. They left the house at 7:40ish to go, which was pretty awful. Eventually we wound up home schooling / remote schooling during Covid and moved to a spo
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by jbm 1mo ago
While I dislike Instagram reels and stories, I do feel like there is almost certainly scientific studies on radicalization that would benefit from actual histories of dumb memes. I feel like that about a lot of things, really. There probab
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by jbm 1mo ago
Maybe the text should include some extraneous war crime solicitation to ensure a human wrote it. Maybe we should all do so. Death to (insert random enemy here)
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by jbm 1mo ago
I went to a decent high school, this was not something covered in 7th grade. It isn't covered in my daughter's school either. For the 2026 version of me out there, please ignore. It is nerd posturing, and as real as the boomers
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Game Industry Hardship Fund(itch.io)
3 points by jbm 2mo ago|0 comments
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by jbm 2mo ago
Lobbying, as it is practised in the US, is hardly better than bribery. Talking to lawmakers about what is exclusively in your best interest, to the exclusion of everything else, is harmful. You wind up leveraging a group collective's
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by jbm 2mo ago
> Open-source software isn't a moral good Yes it is.
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by jbm 2mo ago
I was a little radicalized when ChatGPT literally refused to translate parts of 1000+ year old religious texts and told me it was due to copyright concerns.
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by jbm 2mo ago
I live in Calgary. Both major airlines cost the same. There is no difference in sorting. Both airlines use the 737. I lived in Tokyo. I used to spend more to avoid getting accosted at the US border. A lot more. You can't call it c
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by jbm 2mo ago
If human activity is taxed, AI activity will be taxed. It's just inevitable. It will be taxed at multiple levels until we figure out the right level to do so. Some of it will be detrimental to AI development but that's normal -
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by jbm 3mo ago
Your ships would have been sunk during the 2002 Millennial challenge and an entire bureaucracy would defend you for the next 20 years.
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by jbm 3mo ago
Even Cargo Bicycles cost more than $10k. I think a 6 seater people mover is worth far more than those. I'd buy a 6 seater with this range but not with the speed limitations (I think it is like 50-60 kph which is a non starter)
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Language Transfer(languagetransfer.org)
3 points by jbm 3mo ago|0 comments
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by jbm 3mo ago
No one is "grateful" for being labelled a security risk. The statement reads more like a Chinese "Ah Q" story than a real response. (Unless they are piping the F1 Mercedes theme song in the announce system at anthropic,
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by jbm 4mo ago
I own a Model 3 and I like driving it, but I scratch my head at everyone who claims there are no mechanical problems. I'm glad you didn't have any, but there are some repairs that are almost obscenely common. In the past year, th
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by jbm 4mo ago
I see this on all sorts of non tesla cars and it makes no sense. I saw it even on brands like Fisker (although that was a solar panel that apparently didn't work). Just a nice metal roof that won't make me expend more electricity
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by jbm 4mo ago
Windows did not even support Final Fantasy 7 between two versions due to their broken Direct X design. Let's bury that turkey; just because there are compelling blog posts doesn't mean they are a legitimate reflection of Microsof
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by jbm 4mo ago
Please eliminate the glass roof. Why do EV companies keep making this customer hostile decision? On my 2019 Model 3, a stress fracture showed up overnight and everytime I look up I see a 3000$ fix for a car that is worth 10k max. I have no
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by jbm 4mo ago
> Should they have supported PPC emulation forever Yes.
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by jbm 4mo ago
The idea that people did not thank the US is laughable. I have literally met Japanese people who have been thankful to the US for dropping nukes on them while pissing themselves about North Korea having missiles. The difference is that the
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by jbm 4mo ago
For what it is worth, I live in Calgary and the McDonalds near me does not have deals like that. There is apparently a huge range in prices across McDonalds in a city, so there may be geographic limitations. I don't go either, and the
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by jbm 4mo ago
I've been doing level 1 charging for the past 3 years or so. It is fine even in cold Calgary (albeit in an unheated garage) Unless you are regularly doing upwards of 150 km/ day, it's fine.
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by jbm 5mo ago
Is there? I walked past a parking lot yesterday and everything was in black, white and silver. When I bought my house the agent turned up her nose about the wood furnishings instead of "millennial white". The resale value of macs
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by jbm 5mo ago
This is surprising. Has Canonical built something recently that requires "math geniuses with top grades at school"? The last time I remember using any of their software was Unity. I'm not a Unity hater, but where is the hea
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by jbm 5mo ago
For those who were immediately curious; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36731320 Spoiler: That whole thread is probably an excellent troll ("I might make this a startup"), except a ton of mid(dle brow) people

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