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by randomdata 2y ago
> think about all the people growing your food etc Did he really say that? Farmers are the original WFH-ers.
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by randomdata 2y ago
> OP said Exactly. Just as we also see the sun rise each morning. That, however, does not imply one predicts that the sun will forever rise each morning. In fact, we know that at some point the sun will no longer rise in the morning.
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by randomdata 2y ago
> It is amazing how impactful the tuning of an interest rate by a central bank, a single float, is. But not all that amazing when you remember that said tuning always happens in reaction to what is already happening. If money were free
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by randomdata 2y ago
Do you still find HTML5 to be as interesting as ever, or do you find that interest wanes with time? AI is many decades older than HTML5, so if your interest does wane then it stands to reason that there would be very little vestigial intere
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by randomdata 2y ago
> What if we _don't_ have one every 5-10 years? Then the observed trend will come to an end. Seems rather obvious, no?
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by randomdata 2y ago
> But, you'll have people claim "that isn't efficient! the private sector can do better!" They might, but, if you are going to let the private sector do better, doesn't that also come with the implication that
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by randomdata 2y ago
Certainly if you need a network-attached database and aren't creating your own home brew network-attached database (the so-called API server), Postgres is a pretty good choice.
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by randomdata 2y ago
I'm not sure that's analogous to "best practices" like "do not repeat yourself (DRY)" or "don't use GOTO". These are little more than stylistic choices that claim to offer more maintainable code.
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by randomdata 2y ago
> How other engineering industries deal with this phenomena? They don't. CAD, the "programming languages" of most other engineering disciplines, is as much of a Wild West.
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by randomdata 2y ago
Go has objects, but objects alone does not imply orientation. For that, you need message passing.
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by randomdata 2y ago
> If cars simply didn't exist, our cities would not, could never have, been designed the way they are, in any way. Nah. Many cities long predate the car. They absolutely were designed in the same way they are still found now, asid
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by randomdata 2y ago
> Have you ever visited any really big cities (eg. Tokyo) Yes, these are the rural areas of which we speak. Everything gets spread out and then you're stuck travelling long distances to do anything, just like those who live in act
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by randomdata 2y ago
Stacked like a sardine for $3,500/mo, yet still have to travel long distances to do anything. The curse of the wannabe rural city. But, as people want to (or at least want to pretend to) live in a rural area, change is unlikely.
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by randomdata 2y ago
> We really need to get serious about improving our transportation infrastructure. Better yet, we really need to consider urbanization. That way everything you need is right there by your own two feet. No need for any extra special tra
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by randomdata 2y ago
> One can choose to leave a group/platform/party without believing they are contributing to the negative direction the group has taken. It is true that one can make up any arbitrary reason for leaving, sure. They could have a
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by randomdata 2y ago
> Are you thinking about some of the homestead influencer types here? Not really. I was humorously comparing farm incomes to incomes of certain pornographic performers. Not quite up there with the 1920s (when the farmers all built mans
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by randomdata 2y ago
According to the specification, DNT: 0 = Yes, track me. DNT: 1 = No, do not track me. > I'm not even sure with it set to 0 that you can assume that intent. That's the problem. Someone not paying attention might inadvertently
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by randomdata 2y ago
> Does that change your response? No. It was understood to be of their origin. But X being a toxic platform has no bearing on the content The Guardian might post, unless they think their content is also toxic. Recognizing that would ju
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by randomdata 2y ago
> "X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse." That may be true, but irrelevant to the Guardian – unless they feel they are feeding it. That wou
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by randomdata 2y ago
> However if your looking at the "for you" page, shits just kept on getting more extreme. That's all I ever read. I only follow a small number of people who produce high quality content related to my industry, though. Pe
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by randomdata 2y ago
> This is not an accurate characterization of The Guardian's reasoning. Go on. There is no logical association with "right wing" conspiracies in their decision unless they believe they are contributing to it. But as they
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by randomdata 2y ago
Interesting that they felt their content added to right wing conspiracies. Good on them for realizing and backing away, I guess, but won't they still feed other platforms? It does not appear that they are willing to halt production on
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by randomdata 2y ago
There is a "Yes-Track" header – DNT: 0 Granted, you can't legally use it like that where EU laws apply, per the GDPR. Hence the complaints about the GDPR you see in other comments.
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by randomdata 2y ago
Implying that is how people use X? Continually creating new burner accounts, not giving "the algorithm" what it needs to provide what they really want to see? Seems unlikely. I suspect those who complain it is a "right wing&q
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by randomdata 2y ago
> The industry is not in a place where farmers can make any meaningful profit To be fair, there was Onlyfans kind of money in it in 2022. It ebbs and flows. Always has, always will. It just might not be a good tech backup plan as the e
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by randomdata 2y ago
And the problem with the GDPR. In a typical market situation the onus is on the buyer to first offer payment. The beggar on the street saying "Sir, can you spare some personal information?" is not how anyone likes to do business.
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by randomdata 2y ago
> it has increasingly become a right wing echo chamber and place to promote conspiracy theories. In what way? I still only see the very same industry-focused information that I first started using Twitter for. If anything, X has improv
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by randomdata 2y ago
Are you trying to tell us that Infowars wasn't already outsourcing its content creation to Onion writers before the sale? Big, if true.
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by randomdata 2y ago
Again, as the law in question requires informed consent, "allow" and "ask" end up being the same thing. A new DNT law as you propose would contradict the other law of which we speak.
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by randomdata 2y ago
> Blame the parasitic adtech industry wanting trade your personal data. Blame them for what? We all understand that personal information is the currency that pays for these services. While we may not love that we have to pay (who does?

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