sidereal1

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by sidereal1 2mo ago
I think this also maps cleanly on the American blueprint of enshitification. Facebook took off by cleanly integrating and siphoning from Myspace so users could get the best of both on Facebook. Once Facebook took over the market they locked
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by sidereal1 2mo ago
Additionally, tariffs should be targeted for the specific goods (e.g. CHIPS Act). To do blanket tariffs on entire countries doesn't make sense. Why move manufacturing to the US when importing raw materials also costs more?
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by sidereal1 4mo ago
I've heard stories of current day federal employee performance reviews where, unofficially, no manager is permitted to give out a perfect 5 out of 5.
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by sidereal1 6mo ago
I think another big change is the offer rate. I've had plenty of interviews in recent years but almost no offers.
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by sidereal1 8mo ago
> implied near-termness of SaaS being disintermediated Also, is this even true? The author's only evidence was to link to a book about vibe coding. I'd be interested to hear anecdotes of companies who are even attempting this.
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by sidereal1 9mo ago
Crime is related with poverty which is related with race.
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by sidereal1 9mo ago
One thing that's having a little comeback is the email newsletter (see Beehiiv). There's something nice about being able to get exactly what you signed up for and nothing more. No ads, no recommended content, no infinite scroll.
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by sidereal1 9mo ago
The crazy part of that is how much it undermines all the apocalyptic hype about AGI replacing our entire workforce. Surprise, it's just another app filled with ads and premium subscriptions.
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by sidereal1 10mo ago
Couldn't do what? You haven't told us what to search for.
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by sidereal1 10mo ago
> The far left always moves the goal posts The goal of the far left has always been equality. It's the same goal that legalized interracial marriage. > That's why you see the rise of Christian nationalism We've always h
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by sidereal1 10mo ago
It has been conclusively ruled out. At some point we don't need to keep checking if the Earth is round because no amount of research and evidence will convince some folks. This isn't a science problem, it's a propaganda probl
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by sidereal1 9y ago
Alexa correctly answered a not-so respectable 19.5 questions out of 54. But, with a whopping 32.5 correct answers out of 54, Home comfortably takes home the gold. ---------------------------------------- This feels a lot like a technology t
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by sidereal1 10y ago
I've always wanted to go but I've heard the heyday has past. It's gotten bigger and more commercialized over the years. And that's the other thing, it sounds very expensive, which is kinda counter to what it is meant to
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by sidereal1 10y ago
I wouldn't think of it as a replacement for bash/zsh or other shells. Those are meant to control the OS and run programs where powershell is an environment to programatically interact with API's. They can both fill similar ro
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by sidereal1 10y ago
Not really. They always have the option to save the money or invest it in their own products and services just like any other business.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
In my experience Windows 10 has become much better at getting the proper drivers for you. One of the nicer features to the OS.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
What I find interesting about this is that Windows manages to achieve all these goals (most of the time) while having a flat modern design. High contrast, responsive feedback, Windows 10 has that. Of course Windows falls short in other area
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by sidereal1 10y ago
That's always easy for us to say in hindsight.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
It's a ponzi scheme when Government subsidized debt and high risk mortgages (NB: free money) removes price pressures, allowing prices to inflate to unreasonable highs. It's a feedback loop where more money > higher prices = goo
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by sidereal1 10y ago
Tesla can make the hardware and Uber can make the app, that's not a bad deal for either. And there's no reason why Tesla couldn't sell to Uber's competitors as well.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
I can provide an anecdote. When my parents where shopping for their first house ~5 years ago it was a common occurrence for a house to go on the market to be immediately purchased in cash. By circumventing the usual mortgage process with th
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by sidereal1 10y ago
The objective is to create a decentralized fund/holding company. Thousands of people put money into a pot and then vote on what that money should be invested on. I view it as more of an experiment with new tech rather than an actual pl
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by sidereal1 10y ago
There's a lot more to finance than "evil bankers"
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by sidereal1 10y ago
In the ability to propose a hard fork, no difference. However, you need to be able to convince the majority of miners to vote for your fork and that's where being a core dev has a lot of influence.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
Nah, they have often had this sort of user-hostile-in-the-name-of-cutting-edge attitude for a long time. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. IMO this is a case where it doesn't.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
There is a huge difference between an internship and that sort of volunteer work.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
This is becoming an issue in Sacramento as they continue to shut down public restrooms. There's is talk of setting up port-a-potties with full time attendants, so we will see how that goes.
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by sidereal1 10y ago
It's not just about money. Someone who is severely mentally ill isn't going to able to perform tasks, let alone function without a caregiver. Living on the streets is very dangerous and stressful. Somewhere around 25% of homeless
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by sidereal1 10y ago
Is the fire hose a description of the number of pop-up boxes on that site?
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by sidereal1 10y ago
I try to bring this up to explain to people that no food is natural. This is exactly why I don't worry too much about GMO products. We have been messing with genetics through artificial selection for thousands of years, doing so in a l

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