rkoten

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by rkoten 2mo ago
It's very much number 2 in my experience with it. Predominantly whenever a really advanced word or phrase is used it can be substituted for a much simpler one without losing useful context. And it seems to really prefer to use them a
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by rkoten 2mo ago
Very well written and presented, thank you! Reminds me of Bartosz Ciechanowski's works: https://ciechanow.ski If I may ask, what stack do you use for the inline interactive elements and would you choose anything different a
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by rkoten 11mo ago
Not OP but got quite a bit of experience with this playing competitive FPS for a decade. You're right that refresh rate sets the physical truth of it, e.g. 180 FPS on a 160 Hz monitor won't give you much advantage over 160 FPS if
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by rkoten 5y ago
Durov posting about this in his Telegram channel in 3... 2... 1...
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by rkoten 5y ago
Ah, good ol' HN.
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by rkoten 5y ago
Having a laugh picturing a similar article about Linux.
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by rkoten 6y ago
> If a user is not specifically on that page, they are not listed in the section. I'm consistently seeing some of the people nearby across multiple times opening the page, some of which weeks apart.
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by rkoten 6y ago
My somewhat educated guess would be that, firstly, cell tower triangulation includes altitude by necessity of measuring directly the reach of electromagnetic waves, whereas Telegram advertises the subset of users' GPS data that they ch
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by rkoten 6y ago
Can you hit a 7 minute mile now that you've been recovered for a while? (How) did it affect your health longer term?
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by rkoten 6y ago
With the prospect of brain interface development in the next 100 years, it's possible we'll be able to have a meet-in-person perceptional experience while being physically away, virtually wherever.
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by rkoten 6y ago
"Read a compilation of Lua basics in 15 minutes"
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by rkoten 6y ago
The difference is though, with the internet evolving, the platforms were figuring out their revenue models, and we can see now which model turned out superior.
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by rkoten 7y ago
True, and cash is used for any activity at a scale that dwarfs Bitcoin. It makes sense to compare their ratio of illegal to all transactions in this case.
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by rkoten 7y ago
While I absolutely agree that niche spaces that fit your interests tend to have much higher content quality, this argument doesn't quite apply to social networks that attach to your IRL persona. No point in switching until most your IR
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by rkoten 7y ago
Doesn't the same logic apply if you're a legitimate provider?
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by rkoten 7y ago
You may be right in that regard, but I would argue that Tesla is bringing a new variable into the equation which is autopilot software. I'm no expert at mechanical engineering but knowing how every major car manufacturer has mastered t
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by rkoten 8y ago
Looks like they are willing to let Russian authorities block the app. https://twitter.com/durov/status/976083990938517509