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by soderfoo 3y ago
For better or worse, I've found reading (deep dives) US history adequately anesthetizes one to modern day shenanigans. But you raise a good point in that Al Gore was far more gracious when aggrieved. He comported himself with the norms
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by soderfoo 3y ago
"But commoditization!" exclaimed the corporate finance types and assorted growth hackers. As someone who transitioned from law and finance to tech, it's apparent that a greater reckoning must take place. Trying to graft tech
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by soderfoo 3y ago
Well said. Digital freedom is inversely proportional to digital fiefdom.
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by soderfoo 3y ago
30% is about par for the course when it comes to contemporary controversial POTUS elections [1][2]. It seems to ebb and flow: each side takes their turn being the aggrieved party and then alternate next go around (2000, 2016, 2020). Conse
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by soderfoo 3y ago
If your prompt falls outside of the "permissible boundaries," do you risk losing your Google account?
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by soderfoo 3y ago
Yeah but it just feels like more of a snub to Canadians.
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by soderfoo 3y ago
When looking at my old code my internal dialogue flips between "What an idiot I was for writing this code" and "So brilliant and performant! I could never write code like this now."
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by soderfoo 4y ago
So sorry for your loss. Regarding wanting to get back in to CS: I became a dev in my mid 30s, and found my first job in a country where I don't speak the language. Received plenty of rejections and embarrassed myself during both whiteb
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by soderfoo 4y ago
The largest contributors for plastic inputs to oceans are commercial fishing and a few rivers in Asia.[1] I often feel powerless when a call to action is cloaked with the phrase "we must do ${something}" Some data at least gives m
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by soderfoo 4y ago
You can't unring a bell. Very true. Nevertheless, the development of AI jurisprudence will be interesting.
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Anyone come up with a term for this type of deliberate prompt baiting yet? Personally, I am over the showmanship aspect of this behavior, and would go with something derisive, like botsturbaition , as in "quit botsturbaiting all day a
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Manufacturers believe consumer sentiment favors cramming more telephoto selfie cams and the like in to phones.
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Waifu2x - I've used the library to upscale both old photos and videos with enough success to be pleased with the results. https://github.com/nagadomi/waifu2x
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Sadly, this is the most accurate answer. Random number generators, premium stores, pay to win, etc... Seeing anything appurtenant to these features take top priority is frustrating.
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by soderfoo 4y ago
> Would you answer an unknown number and spend time taking a survey? > ...the survey respondents are always biased toward specific groups This could cut both ways, I think. Anecdotally, I grew up poor and we let all unknown numbers go
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by soderfoo 4y ago
I always figured absurdist made up half of 4chan. People who say provocative stuff to go against the mainstream. The other half is a mix of the hateful or unstable. But who knows, it's the internet, and it's completely anonymous o
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Recently, I did a similar thought experiment: what's the best platform agnostic way to store data (photos, videos, text, etc) to ensure availability for 100 years? You really start to realize the permanence is mostly an illusion, we ex
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Wonder if this is related to Github Actions being down as well. Kind of putting a damper on my productivity this morning :-/
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by soderfoo 4y ago
I've noticed people using "identity politics" where I think they really mean "intersectionality." Also, I have no dog in this fight, I've been out of the US for a few years. Though my outsider perspective (rig
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by soderfoo 4y ago
A coworker mentioned her partner was struggling with long covid. The wait time for a long covid specialist was long, and the eventual appointment yielded little. Seeking a referral for the specific underlying symptom and abstaining from men
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Unease and woe are the two feelings I'm left with after my quick layman reading of the article. Think I am most concerned with the reproductive implications, which seem under researched. Coupled with the unrelated decline in sperm coun
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by soderfoo 4y ago
Was interested in a source for this as well. The last two sections of the article on the Flynn Effect was the best primer on this claim I could find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect#Possible_end_of_p...
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by soderfoo 4y ago
When I lived in Austin it seems like rabbits swarmed the neighborhood every third year or so, it was quite an irregular pattern. Living in Stockholm now, I'm surprised by the number of European Hares I see when out for a night run or d
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by soderfoo 4y ago
It's almost comically sad, the misalignment of solutions and problems.
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by soderfoo 4y ago
> CVS did not merely collect customers’ Campaign Donations and forward them to the ADA, but, instead, counted Campaign Donations toward the satisfaction of a legally binding obligation, which CVS had made to the ADA, to donate $10 millio
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by soderfoo 4y ago
BJJ sparring is like a chess match that requires complete mental focus for strategy, and the engagement and focus of every muscle in my body. I feel like that analogy is lacking. Nevertheless, it's unlike any other sport I've pla
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Respectfully, I have not found that to be true. No one side has a monopoly on the lunatics or the level headed. It's unfortunate ad hominems, logical fallacies, and the "mic drop one liner" get so much traction and amplifica
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by soderfoo 4y ago
It was an eye opener to see official Taliban accounts. As abhorrent as I may find their ideas, if they play the rules, I'd actually prefer to allow them on the platform. The eye opener was seeing others cheer on the silencing of academ
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by soderfoo 4y ago
It is silly, except to the disingenuous opportunists of all political stripes and persuasions who hold companies (they likely rarely patronized) hostage. It's reasonable to moderate content beyond the pale. But that's on the plat
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by soderfoo 4y ago
If you don't mind, I'd love if you could share a bit about how it helped your marriage. Serendipitous solutions enthrall me, and broadens my thinking for when I'm faced with a condondrum.

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