retrac98

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by retrac98 1mo ago
I was so pissed off by the lies around the launch of this game and subsequently being refused a refund that I never went back to it.
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by retrac98 2mo ago
“just do not go to / via the US” is not a serious solution for a lot of people.
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by retrac98 3mo ago
Decisions here are made slowly, with complete information, and agreement from all parties. Once they’re made they’re then slow to change for all the same reasons. Until this changes I don’t think Europe has any hope of competing with the US
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by retrac98 4mo ago
Price sensitivity doesn’t spring into existence at the point something becomes unaffordable.
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by retrac98 4mo ago
Fuel (diesel, specifically) in the UK is getting towards $10/gallon, so not surprising really!
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by retrac98 5mo ago
Not in every instance, but in aggregate technological progress has clearly been beneficial. Just look at living conditions, infant mortality, life expectancy or education. You could be anywhere on the planet relative to me and I can talk to
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by retrac98 5mo ago
Repeat ad infinitum through history. Old ways of making a living getting commoditised is just the price of technological progress. It’s unfortunate that it’s happening so rapidly that people are finding it hard to adjust, but I’d take that
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by retrac98 5mo ago
The page keeps crashing on my iPhone 17 Pro.
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by retrac98 5mo ago
Been at this 10 years. My top tip is if you’re doing cold outreach, kickstart the value exchange by giving something first without asking for anything in return. A “hey I noticed x is costing you more than it should and could be better&#x2F
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by retrac98 5mo ago
They don’t say how they plan to avoid a repeat scenario a few months down the line. Donations are fine, but something needs to change or people are just propping up a non-viable business.
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Speed Run to Legacy: How Cheap AI Tokens Hide Expensive Mistakes(bitbrawn.com)
2 points by retrac98 5mo ago|0 comments
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by retrac98 6mo ago
I’m always amazed that people don’t post pictures of development projects that are primarily visual.
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by retrac98 6mo ago
I remember signing up to Netflix to watch house of cards back in the early 2010s and being absolutely blown away. I don’t think there’s been a single show on Netflix I’ve genuinely looked forward to in the past couple of years. It’s like th
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by retrac98 6mo ago
A few reasons I can think of, having been through IVF twice now: - Capability. Many couples are perfectly capable of carrying a pregnancy, they’re just having trouble conceiving. - Cost. Surrogacy in a lot of countries is very expensive com
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by retrac98 6mo ago
My parents generation are the most screen addicted people I know. Absolute slaves to Facebook’s algorithm. It’s really disheartening to see.
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by retrac98 7mo ago
The site seems to be falling over. Is that a skill or taste issue?
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by retrac98 7mo ago
Wow. I’m finding it hard to even conceive of what it’d be like to have one of the frontier models on hardware at this speed.
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by retrac98 8mo ago
You don’t have to, of course, but you probably will if you want to be competitive in a professional capacity in the future. Not doing so seems a bit like a farmer ploughing fields and harvesting crops by hand while seeking to remain competi
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Technical Debt Just Got a Bailout(bitbrawn.com)
2 points by retrac98 8mo ago|0 comments
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Cheap Code, Expensive Pitfalls(bitbrawn.com)
1 points by retrac98 8mo ago|0 comments
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by retrac98 8mo ago
At this point, when people say this I just assume they’ve not used the latest models or haven’t invested time in learning how to use these tools properly. There’s slop out there, yes, but in the hands of an engineer who cares to use tools w
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A Comically Complex Cloud(bitbrawn.com)
1 points by retrac98 9mo ago|0 comments
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by retrac98 9mo ago
Unnecessary complexity isn’t much of a problem when the code is virtually free to maintain or throw away and replace.
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by retrac98 11mo ago
An aside - this monitor is proving surprisingly difficult to buy in the UK. Everywhere I look it seems to be unavailable or out of stock, and I’ve been checking regularly. Relatedly, I also don’t understand why a half-trillion dollar compan
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by retrac98 11mo ago
At this point we need big names to choose to remove their services in the UK so the government gets the message.
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by retrac98 1y ago
Great idea but the whole app looks like it could be achieved with a prompt template in ChatGPT et al.
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by retrac98 2y ago
This is disappointing to hear. I was thinking of getting some HomePods to replace my Sonos system which has got progressively less reliable over the years to the point of being virtually useless now. Are there any modern home audio setups t
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by retrac98 2y ago
If your plane had a 3.1% chance of crashing, would you get on?
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by retrac98 2y ago
Games nowadays have a real accessibility issue. Every new game feels like I need to spend hours learning how it works before I get to having fun, when as a working parent I might only have 30 minutes here or there where I’m able to play. Wh
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by retrac98 2y ago
I’d bet most people don’t know what a paradox is.

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