nervousvarun

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by nervousvarun 13d ago
In 2014 asking AI "what it is" wasn't an option.
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by nervousvarun 2mo ago
Interesting. Anybody out there been able to do this with a Quest 3?
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by nervousvarun 2mo ago
Agreed but for it to happen implies altruistic, non-profit based corporate decision making R&D & subsequent manufacturing etc. No doubt the innumerable shareholder overlords out there who place the basic good of humanity over profit
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by nervousvarun 3mo ago
Why bands tour so much more now...only way to make $
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by nervousvarun 4mo ago
I'd go so far as to say the VAST majority are not. "back of the napkin" logic: ~2M FAANG employees (source: Gemini & this includes all types of employees...is your avg Amazon delivery driver regularly reading HN?) ~10M H
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by nervousvarun 4mo ago
To the extent it doesn't negatively impact the stock price sure but you would agree the CEO and any sort of power-trip they have is ultimately beholden to that right?
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by nervousvarun 4mo ago
My sentiments are fairly similar. In the US at least the middle class was already being hunted to extinction and it seems reasonable. This is just accelerant on that already burning fire.
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by nervousvarun 4mo ago
"not always strictly profit maximization." Maybe in the short-term but public companies with shareholders won't allow this in any sort of long-term way right?
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by nervousvarun 4mo ago
I have family in Lakeland, Fl which is an area that is currently deciding on whether to build one. All I've heard from them is they're worried about their power rates and water bills going up. Their assumption is the added stra
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by nervousvarun 5mo ago
All true...been a huge fan since it originally aired. I was about the same age as the characters and doing the same work and got all the references and loved every minute of that show but looking back now overall I only feel regret for no
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by nervousvarun 5mo ago
Consider yourself lucky...You are one of these mythical creatures who don't get migraines from caffeine withdrawal. My wife is the same. When I quit I get splitting headaches that are way more severe than a typical tension headache.
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by nervousvarun 5mo ago
Obligatory recommendation for: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World by Mark Pendergrast Fantastic book. I first encountered it...in a coffee shop :) Read a chapter and immediately bought the book for
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by nervousvarun 6mo ago
As with most things cyberpunk, Gibson also did this masterfully w/ the Panther Moderns, specifically Lupus Yonderboy. One of my favorite parts of Neuromancer is when Lupus has his interaction with Armitage and says (from the link bel
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by nervousvarun 7mo ago
Brian May stands out even among that group (well maybe not w/ Les Paul there) The guy built his own guitar as a teenager and has played it for the rest of his career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Special
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by nervousvarun 8mo ago
Right as an American this reads like "American who's never been to large Asian cities like Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing etc..
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by nervousvarun 8mo ago
Totally agree. When people say "Reddit is mostly bots" I find they're really talking about political subs. Niche/hobby subs are mostly bot-free.
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by nervousvarun 9mo ago
How could they possibly have solved it faster than this? There's no magic to this and it takes time like anything else. Yes there's digital footage but someone has to go through it. The murder in Massachusetts isn't immediate
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by nervousvarun 9mo ago
I keep seeing this sort of sentiment everywhere and I'm trying to understand it. The same thing happened after Charlie Kirk was killed and the arrest there hinged on a confession by the killer to his dad. A lot of commentary then t
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by nervousvarun 9mo ago
Man you just unlocked a memory. I'm about the same age...I had forgot about when we lucked our way into "turtle trapping" (didn't know until I read your post it was even called that). When the lives counter goes cra
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by nervousvarun 9mo ago
Obligatory Banks Culture universe reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series Basically when the "minds" are benevolent deities all scenarios are possible including this one. We can spend our t
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by nervousvarun 10mo ago
Ah ok. That’s uh…a quite the obscure custom but alrighty then!
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by nervousvarun 10mo ago
Just curious...what's the point of pointing out the year? Typically that's done to emphasize out of date content. Would you expect a map of comparative latitudes to significantly change in a decade?
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by nervousvarun 10mo ago
Only tangentially related but maybe interesting to someone here so linking anyways: Brian Kohberger is a visual snow sufferer. Reading about his background was my first exposure to this relatively underpublicized phenomenon. https:/&
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by nervousvarun 11mo ago
You're right! Edited the post...thanks for pointing this out was actually a mistake on my part the article was about incorrect dosage which was the point I wanted to make.
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by nervousvarun 11mo ago
Seconding this...also works well when I wake up in the middle of the night to get back to sleep which unfortunately seems to happen more and more every year.
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by nervousvarun 11mo ago
FYI it's unlikely you will eventually develop a tolerance, but it's important to not increase dosage: https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-mi...
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by nervousvarun 11mo ago
Makes sense...basically the energy equivalent of Herbert's https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Stillsuit
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by nervousvarun 11mo ago
Is that actually true? The U.S. was pretty damn divided in the late 60s. Widescale race riots, Vietnam war protests, a President and Presidential candidate assassinated etc. That said a few cms or so difference and that bullet takes out
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by nervousvarun 11mo ago
Or...it could be as simple as his being born in Central America and this taking place in the U.S. means they didn't have access to his earlier health records.
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by nervousvarun 11mo ago
Similarly, what about flight simulators?

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