overtone1000

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by overtone1000 7d ago
I thought his repeated use of the phrase "ordinary people" instead of something like "laypersons" was a little telling about how he views himself and the members of his industry. The opposite of ordinary is, of course, e
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by overtone1000 8d ago
I can't help but think the most plausible scenarios are the ones that have a little less machine supremacy and a little more human stupidity. The Matrix is less plausible than WarGames.
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by overtone1000 11d ago
Seconded
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by overtone1000 12d ago
But would still be a copyright violation
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by overtone1000 15d ago
I made hundreds of cards to get me through the ACR core exam, and I'll be teaching my kids to make cards when it's time for them to do intensive memorization. Paper is just fine, but I think this is a situation where digital is be
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by overtone1000 19d ago
I also experienced vertigo, but I'm particularly prone to vertigo induced by 3D scenes. Still, I think this is the first time a screen as small as my phone did it.
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by overtone1000 23d ago
That is very accurate sphygmomanometry!
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by overtone1000 24d ago
Agreed and then some. It's a decent thought experiment, but I think the lesson would be why housing (and many social problems) are so difficult to solve. But, the original tweet seems to frame it more like, "Why haven't we do
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by overtone1000 25d ago
It's odd to me that concerns about equity are cited as the reason to get rid of a swimming requirement because some institutions discovered that the students who didn't know how to swim were predominantly non-white. I think it&#x2
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by overtone1000 28d ago
It's a metaphor. He was comparing seeing the woman to seeing an attractive or valuable object like a coin on the ground or a jewel.
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by overtone1000 29d ago
Okay, now, just for fun, run the numbers for a diesel-powered data center in space .
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by overtone1000 29d ago
Uh oh, this is the comment chain where somebody is gonna say "fiat"
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
There is a point beyond which the probability of finding meaningful content is too low to justify the work required to find it. Beyond this point, limiting yourself means never trying. The juice ain't worth the squeeze.
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
The "About" and "Leadership" sections of the website show that there is government involvement, and the "Funding Partners" section shows that the CEC (a state government entity) is providing funding.
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
Thank you for this comment. I think your perspective helps me understand one of the examples I had in mind.
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
Of course! You do, however, require some minimal quantity to use contraception. It's worth mention that the examples I have in mind also weren't bad fathers. They were just secretly regretful and resentful.
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
Ha! It's more than contraception availability although that certainly is why I qualified my bafflement as being in regards to reasonably intelligent people. It's pretty easy to imagine how this could happen due to temporary or per
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
As someone who now identifies first and foremost as a father, it baffles me every time I meet a man who has means and intelligence but managed to end up a resentful parent. It's not that I can't understand the many reasons a perso
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
That would be true with or without AI. That isn't what happened here. Open source isn't just code, it's an idea, a public square, and a community. Fork a repo and customize to your heart's content? Go for it! Fork a repo
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by overtone1000 1mo ago
lol, great closing line
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
Up vote for Big Celery.
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
SpaceX is now publicly traded, so go and place that bet!
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
End stage True Capitalism™ is when you have to subscribe to a streaming service to watch as the streaming service cartel fixes their prices.
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
This reaction is surprising to me because the previous comments about its utility seem so obvious to me. I also grew up in the US south where this is often used as a filler word. The other use I observe is as a cushion for a statement that
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
This is why I read Hacker News. Thank you.
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
The final rotation around the horizontal axis was brilliant.
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by overtone1000 2mo ago
In such situations, the golden mean is a useful lens.
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by overtone1000 3mo ago
If you read the article, you might rescind this prediction.
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by overtone1000 3mo ago
If one of these clients of yours became an engineer, doctor, or lawyer, would you want their services for yourself or your family?

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