neckardt

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by neckardt 2mo ago
> I don't want to live in a concrete honeycomb in the middle of a loud city. Yes, this is the crux. Loud, smelly, concrete cities suck. And you’re right that density alone would lead to this. What we’d ideally want is cities that ca
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by neckardt 4mo ago
The government would only buy your house if you underestimated the value of your property. You wouldn’t be able to buy a comparable house with the proceeds because it got sold for much less than it was worth.
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by neckardt 5mo ago
If the stop hook is implemented as a tool result, there would be a rational explanation for this. Agent tools can often return data that’s untrustworthy. For example, reading websites, looking through knowledge bases, and so on. If the agen
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by neckardt 9mo ago
The best cities have laws that allow for light motorized vehicles in the bike lanes. Not just ebikes, but also mobility scooters, microcars, electric wheelchairs, and adaptive bicycles.
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by neckardt 9mo ago
I thought the industry solved this by bundling breaking changes in major version updates. V 1.0 - foo introduced V 1.1 - foo deprecated, recommend bar V 2.0 - foo removed, only bar Users can stay on 1.x indefinitely, even if it never receiv
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by neckardt 11mo ago
Love it! One nit: the % number jiggles around. This can be fixed either by left aligning the number, or by using a monospaced font.
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by neckardt 1y ago
The problem with mountains is twofold: Many mountains can be climbed without being elite while exposing yourself to major risk, and for some mountains there is objective hazard that can’t be mitigated. One example of an “easy” but high risk
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by neckardt 1y ago
My first job out of college was working at Epic on MyChart. Great people, terrible code. Epic’s main problem is a lack of clear internal code ownership. Everyone owns all the code. This means that even if you clean something up, someone on
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by neckardt 2y ago
I’ll bite. Theory of mind (ToM) is the ability to understand that other people have different thoughts, feelings, and intentions than you do. So let’s run through a basic scenario with ChatGPT 4o: Prompt 1: Briefly respond: You’re driving o
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by neckardt 2y ago
All public Tor relays are openly listed on Tor’s directory. You can query for relays yourself here - https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html
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by neckardt 3y ago
This doesn’t answer all of your questions, but Apple has an accessibility feature which lets you generate a voice based on your own. It’ll prompt you to say various phrases, at the end you’ll have a synthetic voice to use. Info on it here:
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by neckardt 3y ago
Here’s a video which takes a visit to a nuclear waste storage facility: https://youtu.be/lhHHbgIy9jU?si=CFBqha3wOO8BiQY4
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by neckardt 4y ago
That was when the channel initially got banned a month ago, this article is about how it's back now. GP mentioned that the content of the stream today is very different than it used to be, likely due to legal issues.
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by neckardt 4y ago
I read the "the Texas Legislature is here to protect you" as a sarcastic joke rather than a statemement. If that was the author's intention then it would make the article consistent.
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by neckardt 4y ago
Historically, there are several instances of governments accumulating more and more power until they turn into a totalitarian state and remove freedoms from their citizens. I don't know of any companies who have abused their power to t
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by neckardt 4y ago
I walk past an amazon go store on my way to work. It's super convenient if I need something, I can be in and out within less than 30 seconds. The problem is I rarely have anything I need to buy on my commute.
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by neckardt 4y ago
At the top of the article it says: > The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Looks like someone with a subscription submitted the link to HN, allowing us to read the article.
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by neckardt 4y ago
My understanding is that lack of trust in Tether actually makes Tether money. First a few things to note: - Tether sells 1 USDT for 1 USD - Tether will buy back 1 USDT for 1 USD - Tether is also traded on crypto exchanges When people start
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by neckardt 4y ago
Nitpick, Technoblade isn't known for creating mods, he's known for creating online video content, mainly on youtube and twitch.
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by neckardt 4y ago
> Would an acceptable compromise be to allow insults but to punish people responsible for suicides? I worry that could increase the rate of suicides. Consider the following train of thought: "If I kill myself, the government might
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by neckardt 4y ago
> you're yanking the content those other people actually created I didn't get the impression they were directly scraping other sites. Also, it is very unlikely the recipe originated from those posters. I would guess those peopl
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by neckardt 4y ago
I assume you are asking about this line: > The US and Western Europe are violating the rights of their own citizens by allowing mass immigration. I don't think GP was talking about Europeans invading America. Instead I think he was
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by neckardt 5y ago
Could you post your resume for us to review? Make sure to remove any personal information, company names, and position names so you remain anonymous. It doesn't need to be in PDF format either, could be plaintext so there's no ris
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by neckardt 5y ago
> If anything is perfectly private/secure it won't be allowed to exist due to regulations. Why? I was under the impression that these days the NSA and other government agencies prefer perfect security since if they can crack th
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by neckardt 5y ago
I think parent was referring to certain jurisdictions decriminalizing retail theft.
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by neckardt 5y ago
I'm not familiar with either of those products. However if you haven't had luck applying to FileNet or Neoxam specific jobs I would try the following: 1. Figure out how other companies are solving the problem FileNet or Neoxam sol
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by neckardt 5y ago
> I'm looking to switch but not finding anything better. What is your skill set? Finding a new job can be hard, with a bit more information we might be able to provide some advice on this front.
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by neckardt 5y ago
You are correct that 12 volts is not high voltage. However it can still heat up a ring or watch in milliseconds if the power supply can supply the needed amperage. Using the equation V (volts) * I (Amps) = P (watts) we could calculate the
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by neckardt 5y ago
www.levels.fyi will get you a salary range for most companies. Based on my own compensation and that of trusted friends the real numbers are actually a bit higher than what's on levels.fyi right now. (Seattle) When you apply the best t
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by neckardt 5y ago
The opportunity to switch jobs is still there. The reasons you gave for not finding a new job boil down to "it's hard". That's certainly true, but you shouldn't let that stop you. > And eventually one will have t

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