nhtsamera

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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Yeah, it's actually one of the last sentences in the New Testament - Revelations 22:18. Jesus did his best to tone down the fire and brimstone, but the Abrahamic god is not a particularly forgiving one.
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
When it comes to producing things, there's a whole world out there. You aren't competing with your neighbor, and materials/labor are vastly cheaper in other parts of the globe. Before you suggest boycotting the rest of the wo
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Another big challenge is the punishment for getting it wrong, which the article doesn't even mention. >For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God sha
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Rail travel is one of the last places that you still see this in the US. I took a cross-country Amtrak trip right before the pandemic, and most of the conductor's announcements were just to tell us when the next smoke break would be. W
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
It seems pretty popular in big software-centric companies like the FAANGs. IME the turnover is usually every couple of months, as the sacrificial lamb gets tired of it and other team members start to feel like it might be time to take a tur
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
And to think, Office Space came out 24 years ago. Funny how things come full-circle. >And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now. >I beg your pardon? >Eight bosses. >Eight? >Eight, Bob. So th
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Not really social media, but Netflix lost (settled) an ADA suit because they weren't providing subtitles consistently: https://dredf.org/legal-advocacy/nad-v-netflix/
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
That would be unusual, so you could probably report them for being a bot. After all, Meta's TOS stipulates that you must provide accurate information about yourself, and that you cannot share anything that is misleading. It also prohib
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Ex post facto, as usual. What are the odds that this whole imbroglio happened because their third-party APIs broke and they can't figure out how to fix them?
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
It's static, until a contractor ignores the post-it note on their monitor that says, "IMPORTANT: ALWAYS add an extra newline BEFORE saving the file". Once that happens, you have to hope that your backups work - why bother hav
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Not particularly surprising to hear that HoloLens may have moved into the "oh well, dump it on Uncle Sam" phase of product development. It's good to hear that the government is demanding fixes to the eyestrain/nausea&#x2
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
This is quite easy to do, but the results can be off in funny ways. For example, try putting this into SD with Euler a sampling and a cfg scale of 10: "The Night Watch, a painting made by Rembrandt in 1642" It generates a convinci
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Well, their API has been broken for days, and they haven't acknowledged it yet. So I would say their current staffing levels are probably not sufficient.
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
The recurring cost is a real problem. Not just financially. We all desperately want to feel some sense of agency over our future, and subscriptions force us to frequently reckon with our existential lack of control.
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
"Subscribe vs buy" feels like deciding between "rent vs own". Sure, if I can snag a rent-controlled apartment for well under market price, that would be a good deal. And yes, if I buy a poorly-designed money pit to live
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
You can't access expensive hardware on YouTube. If you want to learn about chemistry or biology for learning's sake, good luck. Most autodidacts won't have space in their apartment for a -80C freezer or flammables cabinet, an
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
You shouldn't even need to run an "app". A phone is no different from a laptop, except that it is smaller and the mouse/keyboard are part of the screen. On my phone, I should be able to: * Open an IDE and write some code
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by nhtsamera 4y ago
Me neither, but I have heard plenty of complaints about backup cameras being required in all new cars. The idea is that the cameras require a large display on the dashboard. If you could sell a car without them, we might have a cheaper clas