megadata

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   by megadata 1y ago

   > and even then being US-centric will work. The world has sadly changed a lot in recent months.
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   by megadata 1y ago

   Might want to have an international version too? I don't know US sport teams.
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   by megadata 1y ago

   It helps a lot understanding diodes first. Like, really understand them. Then transistors are built on top of that knowledge.
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   by megadata 1y ago

   Sometimes it's a paid botnet.
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   by megadata 1y ago

   That's an awful recommendation for an entry level electronics.
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   by megadata 1y ago

   Wait, Linux what? Gotta link?
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   by megadata 1y ago

   Things are also being labelled left/right, where they really should be labelled humane/inhumane or normal/sociopathy, criminal/not.
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   by megadata 1y ago

   Exactly! The are so many alternatives, why do we have to place THE truth so highly?
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   by megadata 1y ago

   > too far down to scroll Yeah, when you can't easily scroll anymore because it's "too far" then something has gone very, very wrong.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    Good 3 part podcast on Houdini: https://timharford.com/2025/03/cautionary-tales-houdini-magi...
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    by megadata 1y ago

    > because it's a complaint about votes It's not a complaint. I'm just pointing them out. Without them I couldn't argue my case at all.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    I haven't tried this out but if it works it's one the biggest bang for the buck I've seen on HN. Thanks!
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    by megadata 1y ago

    And perhaps allow 3x playback speed. It's too fast for me to understand speech on most videos but not all. But some videos are so long winded that it can be tremendously helpful.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    I said nothing about that.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    And me pointing it out is also being downvoted.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    I think the fact that you're being downvoted for your comment proves your point.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    I'm not a designer so pardon for asking. What's the purpose of adding noise to an image?
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    by megadata 1y ago

    I appreciate tools for CSV to tame that ungodly mess. But I loathe attempts to glorify the cursed and putrid sack of shit that it really is.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    The Thin Client idea dates back to the 80s at least. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client
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    by megadata 1y ago

    I think their biggest enemy is distorted valuation/importance. Like sweets and toys could easily "sway" reasoning.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    Did Pinterest sue Google? Do you have a link for that?
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    by megadata 1y ago

    A bit off topic, but is there any good recent Image to midi/XML/Sibelius stuff out there?
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    by megadata 1y ago

    Could we start a community review pool?
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    by megadata 1y ago

    Crap equipment then and crap forecast.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    > Linus (Torvalds) technically "LEE-nuhs" in those European languages while "LYE-nihs" in English, but he actually doesn't care what you say It's hard not to forgive people to pronounce your name wrong, when
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    by megadata 1y ago

    > There's already loads of these Examples?
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    by megadata 1y ago

    You don't need to kick anyone off the internet. Just ban them for accessing your resources.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    Block them for 24 hours.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    AWS and Azure can be blocked like anyone else.
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    by megadata 1y ago

    Perhaps time to start a central community ban pool for IP ranges?