mrhottakes

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by mrhottakes 6d ago
The Samsung foldables are an entirely different size and aspect ratio; how is the Duo a copy of something entirely different?
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
How can you make a computer or smartphone that's distinct from the competition? These are commodity appliances built to a price point with some graphic design slapped on top to pretty it up.
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
Based on the marketing materials, the Duo is different from other folds because: - Runs iOS with lots(?) of attention to UI - Won't break from a piece of dust - IP68 rated - Will actually receive software updates unlike many Android de
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
Correct, it's not that. It's worse.
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
If I wasn't talking to you and you were just listening to me in public, yes.
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
> It is absolutely impressive; these types of models are going to change the world in one form or another. > But at least for the moment I don’t know how to work with it for actual software engineering. These two statements seem contr
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
Apple isn't really an innovator, at least in the sense of delivering "new" things. Their success is in assessing a market and refining products for consumer adoption. Mac wasn't the first personal computer but it was wel
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
The linked page is entirely incomprehensible.
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
Do you honestly think roads and the internet are similar? I don't think you've really thought that through.
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by mrhottakes 6d ago
Yeah, looking around at society today it's obvious the main problem is the government trying too hard and passing too much legislation.
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by mrhottakes 14d ago
> Why do everyone assume they are subsidized? It's not an assumption when the companies hosting the models publicly announce that they're subsidizing costs.
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
Worthington's Law strikes again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vudnMLzZjTg
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
I'm glad you are recognizing that different things are different.
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
People with power do what they want, and regular people don't like it. Glad you saw the error of your ways.
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
You're looking at people upset about Lake Ontario being renamed and saying "people don't get upset about things being renamed." Different things are different.
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
How about "don't openly support a fascist regime by giving it money and attending the inauguration"?
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
Yep. They're open and obvious about it.
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
Pretty weak troll, but there are a lot of good reasons that society agrees to call things by common names.
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
Which previous administration renamed everything under the sun?
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
> Nothing I know about Google informs me that anyone there is thrilled about the change either Oh, at least a few people are thrilled: https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/420aa69/214...
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by mrhottakes 16d ago
Google is raking in money from the Trump administration. Sundar and the other execs are all in, they love the guy.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
Great piece. Seeing that depth and context is one of the best parts of gaining intellectual maturity.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
Anecdotally, in the tech industry you usually will need to change companies to move up. Certainly not true everywhere, but it's been a "feature" of the industry for a decade or more.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
I think the headline accurately describes the content of the article. The actual op ed is linked.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
Deterministic tools are very useful for people that need a single answer that is verifiably correct (or at least wrong in a way that follows a deterministic process). Plus, very few orgs are letting employees run up cloud spend bills to rep
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
Not really. That's a very facile way to look at the history of technology.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
Anyone that takes the "OpenAI agents did a hacking swarm!" story at face value is naive and helping Altman pump value for the IPO.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
Well they can have it I guess, I'm not really using it.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
CIA funding helped keep a lot of industries afloat in the 20th century.
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by mrhottakes 27d ago
You're far enough behind that you had to create a burner account to tell someone to self-harm.

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