stewx

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by stewx 9d ago
1) Force platforms to let you turn off algorithmic feeds 2) Keep undesirable content out of feeds entirely for under-18s
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by stewx 1mo ago
I am in the process of using Claude Opus 5 to build an N64 game, and it really works. I've written no code and it is able to build a fully functional game. I got it to write a skill for driving the Ares emulator via GDB Remote Serial P
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by stewx 5mo ago
Read the book. It's good. I have almost finished it and the biggest criticisms you could make of it, IMO, are "this is all just common sense!" or that the techniques, which are all essentially about treating people well and t
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by stewx 8mo ago
> We are ending the war on protein. Every meal must prioritize high-quality, nutrient-dense protein from both animal and plant sources, paired with healthy fats from whole foods such as eggs, seafood, meats, full-fat dairy, nuts, seeds,
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by stewx 1y ago
I wonder what would happen if the app stores posted info on the app page like "the top 1% players of this game spent an average on $5,000 on it last year". Would that do anything to help people avoid getting into this form of quas
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by stewx 1y ago
It isn't just "the rich" who need blood plasma. It's everyone. And paid plasma is the only mechanism in the world to date that yields enough plasma to meet demand.
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by stewx 1y ago
What diseases has Torvalds eradicated?
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by stewx 1y ago
We should just GPS track the cars and arrest the thieves.
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by stewx 1y ago
My takeaway from this is that laws and rules don't matter if the officials on the ground are incompetent, ignorant, and have contempt for you. There is a lot of unnecessary cruelty and lack of due process in this story.
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by stewx 2y ago
One represents a time in a specific place, and one represents merely a shift from UTC. A specific time zone can have different offsets depending on the time of year, for example with Daylight Savings Time.
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by stewx 2y ago
Only the super rich can afford to pay $9? I.e., roughly the price of a sandwich in 2025?
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by stewx 2y ago
There is going to be an interesting breaking point when DVDs and Blu-rays stop being sold mass-market. I think a lot of people will realize the downside of going all-in on streaming.
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by stewx 2y ago
Lenny was the OG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWrkDOt_IfM
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by stewx 2y ago
I presume this is for applying rate-limiting, so their API doesn't get utterly abused
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by stewx 2y ago
I've gotten 2 good jobs directly or indirectly from LinkedIn. I would argue LinkedIn is probably the one site that you absolutely need to be on.
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by stewx 2y ago
Willing to bet that the retailers will opt to change the button label rather than change business practices.
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by stewx 2y ago
To be fair, hard drives are not necessarily more future-proof than audio cassettes. A hard drive typically lasts, what, 10 years, whereas a cassette tape is probably good for 50 years. You need to back up the digital copy onto different dev
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by stewx 2y ago
One answer: Google's interests are at cross-purposes. They are simultaneously making money from showing you advertisements, but also giving you a browser, and sometimes these conflict. For example, they recently rolled out a new on-by-
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by stewx 2y ago
Because member states like China and Russia are illiberal and left to their own devices pose a risk to global security and human rights. When these illiberal countries band together, the West loses economic and political leverage over them
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by stewx 2y ago
Ok, TikTok has the illusion of being content-neutral and just a fair algorithm, but we have no reason to believe it is unbiased.
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by stewx 2y ago
ByteDance is headquartered in China, a repressive country where they throw you in prison or worse if you don't obey the government. If the Communist Party told them to meddle with the algorithm to the advantage of China and harm of the
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by stewx 2y ago
Note that the 15-20% of people who are "disabled" are not defined as needing around-the-clock caregivers. Disability is a spectrum. I would indeed dismiss that particular statistic about the number of kids spending 50+ hours look
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by stewx 2y ago
Another approach would be to apply tariffs to chips coming from adversary countries, until it becomes more economical to produce them in North America.
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by stewx 2y ago
Counterpoint: sometimes teams actually do use a tool poorly, and it ruins the experience for people and makes them think something is wrong with the tool itself. You're allowed to not like Git, but the complaint "branches are bugg
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by stewx 2y ago
If you actually prefer SVN over Git, then your workplace is definitely using Git very, very wrong.
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by stewx 3y ago
These illegal offshore "IPTV" operators are taking over the streaming market in my area. They have succeeded in marketing themselves to ordinary people via word of mouth and local resellers, and have apparently built enough of a r
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by stewx 3y ago
IMO, complaining is probably a more effective way to get the message to Apple in this case than buying a different computer.
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by stewx 3y ago
The free app Dozer gives you the ability to move icons into a collapsible section, which also solves this problem from a different angle. https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer
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by stewx 3y ago
The essence of capitalism is competition. Mega-mergers and acquisitions are antithetical to healthy capitalism since they stifle competition.
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by stewx 3y ago
From 2000-2022, Canada's average age increased from 36.8 to 41. Older population consumes more health services. https://www.statista.com/statistics/444844/canada-median-age...

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