teqsun

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by teqsun 1y ago
This list somehow doesn't have "converter" (to refer to a television remote), which was the first word to unexpectedly baffle my American coworkers the first time I said it, to my own surprise.
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by teqsun 1y ago
No one here wants to admit that personal safety is a major factor in avoiding some forms of public transit in many cities in America. This model has the chance to succeed based on that alone.
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by teqsun 1y ago
IIRC in the USA there are features allowed to be installed aftermarket that aren't legal to be installed as a dealer option (like front side-window tinting)
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by teqsun 1y ago
https://microsoft.design/wp-content/themes/wp-base-theme/dis... https://microsoft.design/wp-content/themes/wp-base-theme/dis...
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by teqsun 1y ago
Doesn't the same concern apply to your passport?
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by teqsun 1y ago
I guess the term would be "conspicuous consumption". As to why Koenigsegg doesn't get the rep, I'll take the outside opinion that it's because their name is too inaccessible whereas "Bugatti" slips easily
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by teqsun 1y ago
What would you call "corp dev type wages"?
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by teqsun 2y ago
Exactly. I feel constant ascendancy and the opportunity to do so would be a fortunate thing. For OP, I feel there might be qualifiers that preclude such opportunities, like total comp or location. If you're looking for comp above the m
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by teqsun 2y ago
This is the main reason why I have skepticism towards any claims of imminent AGI.
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by teqsun 2y ago
HN's title character limit is 80 (and the title is exactly 80 characters), so it was abbreviated to fit.
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by teqsun 2y ago
Tiktok is popular on a global level. They'll just block access to US users with a link to the details of the ban, and let things stew up the heat until the US budges.
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by teqsun 2y ago
It's not being thrown away, it will work as normal in every other country except the United States.
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by teqsun 2y ago
To quote directly from the linked article: "The law’s supporters have, at times, minimized the ban’s impact on the First Amendment, citing the mistaken belief that TikTok users can simply move to another platform. From a constitutional
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by teqsun 2y ago
But they're not asking ByteDance to just divest a portion for US operations, are they? It's successful in many countries, so it seems kind of radical to force them to sell everything just to continue operating in one country.
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by teqsun 2y ago
Really? From my reading of it, it seems to focus how such a ban would inhibit the speech of US citizens who use the application, not TikTok as an entity.
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by teqsun 2y ago
I will say: Tiktok is very popular in many countries other than America. Forcing a company to sell its entire business just to continue operations in one country seems flawed, even if the US constitutes a major share.
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by teqsun 2y ago
In a strange way, if it was a blanket China ban, it would almost feel less arbitrary than this, which was crafted to target ByteDance. The fact they packaged it inside a funding bill that would have been politically unpopular for Congress t
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Banning TikTok Is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In(aclu.org)
35 points by teqsun 2y ago|139 comments
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by teqsun 2y ago
The article title implies an opinion the direct opposite of his feelings and the blog content
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by teqsun 2y ago
Not in their traditional form now that the zeitgeist of the ZIRP tech boom is over. The waves of media stories about tech layoffs have probably dampened the hopes of those that would have been previously inclined, and the economical condit
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by teqsun 2y ago
Was this Insight Software? I usually wouldn't ask since you didn't volunteer the name, but seeing as throwaway is in your username I'd figured I'd ask.
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by teqsun 2y ago
"because you want to work for Google" /s
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by teqsun 2y ago
I agree. Click here also provides better context if the CSS doesn't clearly indicate a hyperlink or if the user is unfamiliar with html link styling, and in cases where the web browser veers into non-standard territory.
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by teqsun 2y ago
The past decade and ventures like WeWork and Theranos have shown me that profitability doesn't necessarily have bearing over a certain timescale. You can keep the bus rolling for a surprisingly long time before the wheels fall off.
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by teqsun 2y ago
My natural instinct to return to the "default" view (as in, how the page looked the very first time before I interacted with anything) was to click the header text at the top (that says "deal with it"). Same as you click
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by teqsun 2y ago
I recommend reading the book "The 48 Laws of Power". Learning how the game of power is played on these sorts of stages was very elucidating to me.
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by teqsun 2y ago
I remain skeptical, and I agree with Ed's observations, but I also starting to think that the AI bubble is the only thing holding back a widespread tech depression currently, so I try to remain mostly passive on the topic.
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by teqsun 2y ago
That's fantastic stuff! Minor UX notes: - clicking the header doesn't navigate back to the "home" screen - singular page history (so the back button doesn't take you back to the previous page state) Combined it made
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by teqsun 2y ago
Aren't datacenters usually pretty hardened buildings? I would think they're okay but disconnected.
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by teqsun 2y ago
There's a chunk of people who will pay to see a movie at a big multiscreen theater, then go from one movie to another and see a whole days worth of movies for the price of one. As you said, a "weird" movie doesn't keep t

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