silenced_trope

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by silenced_trope 6mo ago
True, the first third had some mystery to it. The rest was kind of mediocre as far as sci-fi goes.
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by silenced_trope 9mo ago
> We should instead restrict the franchise by exam to provably non-ignorant, non-evil critical thinkers so that we get representatives who are non-sociopaths that we can respect. How do we prove non-evil? Also the exam part brings to min
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by silenced_trope 9mo ago
they came up with that phrase to put the british at ease
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by silenced_trope 9mo ago
They're never going to be far enough in the lead, they had a first mover advantage a couple years ago but the gap is never going to be that large again. Once a major player just decides "ok we're going ads for free users&quot
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by silenced_trope 10mo ago
> I’m not a big Thunberg fan either but I cannot replicate the thought process that would lead to mentioning her as a potential Antichrist prototype. And that wasn’t even the weirdest thing, just the easiest to explain. I know he doesn&#
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by silenced_trope 11mo ago
> The key is really this - all LLMs that I know of rely on entropy and randomness to emulate human creativity. This works pretty well for pretty pictures and creating fan fiction or emulating someone's voice. I think you need to tur
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
Neat! I like the concept, cool that everything is just one page
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
I'm also a hobbyist gamedev that struggles with the art side. Can I ask what AI tools you've been using most?
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
I don't think it's just that. - Amazon's back-loaded vesting costs them top talent. - Amazon's pip culture is notorious. When Amazon managers get hired at other companies people immediately consider it a turning point fo
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
Is GDScript really less efficient than C# in Godot? What bottlenecks are you experiencing? I'm a developer experienced with Python (GDScript-like) and C#, but am new to Godot and started with GDScript.
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
I started consuming Beet Chews recently. I'm not convinced of it though. I think it's just one of those things where I see a YouTube video and go to Amazon to add a new supplement to my life. Then once the supply of the supplement
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
Mavis Beacon disagrees!
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
nice, anyone who provides links with their recs is top-notch!
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
Nice! Did you read the rest of the Sprawl Trilogy too? What do you think of the other books?
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
This. Character.ai reached out to me for an opportunity, but they've already been carved up. I think it's great that the rank and file got some of their equity cash-out (based on the other comment), but I imagine it isn't an
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
Relevant: Nathan Fielder's show "The Rehearsal" on HBO recently released season 2, the entire season is about airline cockpit dynamics between the first officer and the pilot.
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
These types of comparisons are always annoying. I saw another one recently that said something like "ChatGPT has 350 millions unique visits per month, if it were a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world" Or something al
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by silenced_trope 1y ago
yea I used to work for an advertising network and every game that implemented the Android SDK ended up with this permission, it was a way that we used to not show ads for games that the user already had on their phone
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
Jason is my least favorite of the four. Last year he was suggesting the democrats run Jeff Bezos as a candidate saying the party would rally behind him. The dude realized he was completely out of step with the democrats, so despite constant
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
Are you in the Bay Area? Do you know if Meta requires all employees to commute to their S. Bay campus? I have a recruiter pestering me from them. I'm open to Meta but not commuting. If their SF office is open though I'd consider a
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
Why do take T in this manner? Won't it cause your hormones/sperm/hairline to get messed up?
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
This looks great!
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
> I actively dislike Neal Stephenson Why is that? I really liked Snow Crash and Anathem. Reamde was okay. I don't remember much about Diamond Age or Cryptonomicon.
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
PDS?
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
This was in the thread for useless programs just now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41894765
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
yes - I'm currently at a new job where I work on a python back-end, but there's also java/kotlin microservices, and I do front-end web with typescript or mobile with java/kotlin python is the only one doing this weird cr
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
I also noticed an elitism from other devs when it comes to Rails devs. I literally heard on multiple occasions "we don't hire Rails devs here!" followed by a laugh. Of course it was tongue in cheek, if the candidate is amazin
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
That monologue was PAINFUL. My god not just the length of it but what an absolute blowhard to deliver such a self-righteous diatribe. I forgot about that until you mentioned it!
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
No different than designers pre-Figma. Many of the people in this thread are talking about designing web-sites. But I did work on mobile, specifically Android for the past decade. It's amazing to me how many designers have always just
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by silenced_trope 2y ago
I don't think that would work. I've thought about this when I see bottles and other crap strewn on the streets or in parks. Then I see a garbage can nearby that's been tipped over by someone, or an animal, or the wind. A ciga

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