pureliquidhw

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by pureliquidhw 2mo ago
If I told you there are certain eye conditions/deformities that impact the refraction of light based on the wavelength? Lasik side effects can (and do) include increased distortion as wavelengths move closer to blue from red. And who c
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by pureliquidhw 4mo ago
Hate that I'm biting on this, but this isn't constructive, whereas AI generated or not, the comment above is. It is the top one, it is succinct, and it articulates the point clearly. You seem to lament AI and given the context of
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by pureliquidhw 4mo ago
Who is selling these with enterprise trappings? What you're describing evaporated 2+ months ago. Everything is metered for enterprise users now. If there happens to be a stray vendor offering this I'd wager 2 things. 1) it's
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by pureliquidhw 5mo ago
I agree century timescales are tough, I'm not convinced 4 of 5 of your listed things have been solved. Rubber has been replaced with oil. Fertilizer has been replaced with Natural Gas that comes from the same place as oil. Coal usage h
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by pureliquidhw 9mo ago
The Goal was written 40 years ago and talks about, among other things, the paradox/illusion of local optima. This isn't new, AI coding assistants are at some level just another NCX-10. This isn't a book recommendation thread,
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by pureliquidhw 10mo ago
Off topic but of all the Mooney images ever made, why a scary clown? That aside, working with complex systems and constraints there often isn't an aha moment, there's just a decision to be made. As someone who loves that aha momen
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by pureliquidhw 1y ago
Indeed, the job of an SE is deviating further and further from code, much like how very few people write assembly anymore. An earlier iteration of your reply said "Is that really winning?" The answer is no. I don't think any
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by pureliquidhw 1y ago
Given it's 2025 and companies saddled with tech debt continue to prioritize speed of delivery over quality, I doubt the craftperson will win. If anything we'll see disposable systems (or parts) and the job of an SE will become eve
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by pureliquidhw 2y ago
I'd wager in bad economic times if someone can afford a new car, they would buy something more subdued as to not stand out. In good economic times they wouldn't feel that same social pressure? Kind of like choosing an outfit for a
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by pureliquidhw 2y ago
This is novel to me. The last line is critical though, this only works if you are out-investing a maxed out 401k. Meaning, after investing over $20k, if you are investing an additional $100k, you are better off taking risks in that 401k bec
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by pureliquidhw 4y ago
ChatGPT is that curation, isn't it? Consumes a bunch of info that no human ever could. Develop a map of said info. Generate content. Rinse and repeat.
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by pureliquidhw 4y ago
Timelines matter here. Nation states separated by centuries are different than a child on the tube. At a certain threshold things become human history and we should be able to rise above "Finders keepers"/"No it's M
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by pureliquidhw 4y ago
I would have agreed with you back when I only watched concerts that cost $20 bucks and the seats were General admission. But lately most acts I see are $100+ and you're assigned a seat and eventually everyone stands. Examples include F
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
If you read the post the timer from the race flagged her and the event owner said she could stay in. So the system did flag her and those in charge ignored the recommendation of race officials.
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Fair point. Rectors enjoy a great deal of privilege, but heavy is the head that wears the crown. I don't have the Russian credentials you do so I'm only able to guess at reasons something so unreasonable can be supported.
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Under duress you'd be surprised what you'd publicly support. It's not as if every Russian has the luxury to say what they want and not fear extreme retaliation. Instead of "Russians", think instead "diverse gro
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Isn't that a Nissan leaf?
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Does OP directly say that? Comments like this show exactly the kind of racism white males are coming up against. They're assumed to have privilege and access to ivy league networks. You directly say with no info except that the OPs fri
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
It matters in principle, but probably not in practice. If it comes down to choosing who next to make rich off search, why reward those who've already benefited creating the modern status quo? And if these people were passionate about e
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Lots of questionable people behind that. Head of monetization at YouTube? Head of ads at Google? Keep scrolling and their investors aren't much better. Why won't they pivot to selling info as soon as they have market share? If you
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Approximately 12.1% in default. I wonder what percentage of the $1.73 Trillion in debt that 12% makes up? Forgiving loans will continue to increase demand (and prices) for housing and other assets, right?
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
All this is does is hurt the local shipyard. Do you think the next buyer of a super yacht is going to build there? Or even smaller yachts now that there's a political limit on the size of ship they can sell. Also throwing eggs at the b
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Did some high level research. Looks like the data sharing is of the Blockchain itself which when decentralized saves storage for nodes, but is a limited use case. Torrents do decentralized storage too. The shared compute I saw was Golem, wh
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
That's basically replacing regular currency buying a service. The earlier comparison was to commodities and crypto's difficult to value nature. I won't argue you can't buy goods and services with crypto. You certainly ca
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Oil has utility. I can make plastics, fuel, or lubricants, and sell the refined product at a markup. You can value oil by the value things that can be made with it against the cost to extract it. Crypto does have an "extraction" c
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
I have had the exact opposite experience. The cheap ones with physical buttons and timers last longer and are way cheaper to fix if it does break.
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
This is the real issue. Excess cash poured into and competing for assets. Having 90% of your money available to invest vs 10% creates a massive difference in real outcomes.
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
From the technical manual: raw stock for replicators is stored in the form of a sterilized organic particulate suspension that has been formulated to statistically require the least quantum manipulation to replicate most finished foodstuffs
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
New mortgages will need that extra 50% driving home values down due to future homebuyers having less "monthly" purchasing power.
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by pureliquidhw 5y ago
Someone needs to buy a new car so everyone else can get that deal on a used one. I played the lease game before, ended up driving brand new cars for around $2000 a year. After 10 years I paid around 20k, sure, but I also had a new car every

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