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by the_af 5d ago
Even worse: the comment was obviously referencing TFA, which your dismissive retort failed to address, falling back to the cliche of "every generation complains about the new and thinks old stuff was better". It's a thought-t
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by the_af 6d ago
"This site" doesn't exist. Individual people do. And you'll see plenty of people all hyped over AI or any new tech here.
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by the_af 6d ago
I think your comment is dismissive of valid criticism. Sorry, but I'm not convinced by the line of (blanket) argument who goes "the old always complain about the young". It fails to engage with the actual details of the criti
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by the_af 7d ago
I thought this was how credit cards were used the world over. It's certainly how I use them. How do Americans use them that differs from this? Color me confused. (Also: installments. They are often the norm in my country, but I underst
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by the_af 7d ago
Are you implying the same people that are pessimistic about the internet are also AI hypers or tech entrepreneurs? Because HN isn't monolithic, it's entirely possible -- in fact, likely -- that these are two distinct sets of peopl
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by the_af 14d ago
I love the game, but it was truly impossible back then (pirated, no manual, no idea what I had to do) and even today, with an emulator and every hint on the internet ;) I know it's not actually impossible, some people finished it, bu
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by the_af 14d ago
I understand the saying, I'm arguing it cannot be used as a blanket dismissal instead of actually addressing the point. My comment did elaborate a bit after the sentence you quoted. It's as irritating as those comments like "
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by the_af 14d ago
I made a specific point, it cannot be simply deflected with "every generation always thinks <thing>".
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by the_af 15d ago
An alternative that's a bit like cheating since it's not a real C64 but a lookalike running VICE is getting a TheC64. https://retrogames.biz/products/thec64/ It looks a lot like a C64 breadbin, with an a
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by the_af 15d ago
I despised the limitations of the included BASIC but loved my C64. I also had a pirated Pascal and learned a bit with it (not much). It wasn't a good platform for programming, but it still made me fall in love with computers. Getting m
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by the_af 15d ago
I get what you mean but I think it's fundamentally different. The folks back then had more control over the (limited) capabilities of the hardware, and in order not to just blindly type code from a magazine (which we all did) you had t
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by the_af 15d ago
The 8 Bit Guy has a pretty good video about the Tandy 1000, a great machine.
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by the_af 19d ago
I was disappointed with BR2049 but thought his Dune adaptation is actually good...
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by the_af 19d ago
No, he's a replicant who believes he's a seasoned detective. Nothing Deckard believes about himself is true. Or, if you believe he's human, his the typical hard-boiled detective, he did behave in the way Ford portrays in the
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by the_af 19d ago
> And the actor that played Leon (Brion James) is also difficult to watch (he was a distraction in The Fifth Element as well). Wow, couldn't disagree more. I mean, Brion James wasn't a good actor, but he aced his role of Leon
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by the_af 19d ago
I felt the same way about BR2049. I know some people love it, but to me it was an unnecessary movie that did nothing better than the original, and it only cheapened some of the characters. Also, Jared Leto: I simply cannot stand his scenery
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by the_af 19d ago
> I interpret the ending as Batty coming to the end of his life and realising that all life is precious, not just his own. The voiceover in the original theatrical version makes this very explicit, in fact.
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by the_af 19d ago
Oh, I don't think pigeons spread disease. I just think city pigeons are filthy and poop all over everything. Frequently mutilated, missing toes or whole limbs. Also frequently run over by cars. I like the kind of wild pigeons you can s
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by the_af 19d ago
> They poop on people they don't like That's not so bad! That alone makes them better than pigeons, which simply poop on everything (sidewalks, cars, people, other pigeons) regardless of any personal animosity or lack thereof
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by the_af 19d ago
Out of curiosity, what can you do to upset a crow so much? Shoo them? (Where I live there are no crows, please excuse my ignorance. Only common pigeons, as filthy as they are dumb, and they don't seem to hold a grudge, or think much of
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by the_af 19d ago
I think the parent commenter means the description could include where the planets and major events are sourced from, not necessarily a coherent timeline.
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by the_af 19d ago
What, no Scarus Sector? No Gudrun, no Thracian Primaris! Eisenhorn and Ravenor wiped off the galactic map!? Just kidding. This is pretty cool! I assume it's a WIP, too.
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by the_af 23d ago
Some adults cannot. Also, consider there are lots of people with conditions that deviate slightly from the normal (some medical, some merely "not standard"). They too are legitimate users of public bathrooms.
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by the_af 23d ago
Yes, it does. It's hosted in a software development blog called "Just Another Dev", with other entries such as "I'm AWS certified? Should you trust me?" or "Synthetic Monitoring with Cypress". Is your
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by the_af 23d ago
I still don't understand. Your own "evidence" is completely anecdotal. I and others (including the author of this post) have seen engineers who don't understand what the different components of the "agent system&quo
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by the_af 23d ago
> I knew this would turn into a super boring thing where people will announce that they too misunderstood, therefore everyone does, but this is all very silly nonsense. I don't understand. You said: > I've literally never
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by the_af 23d ago
> I've literally never heard anyone conflate an agent and a model. Ever. I recently had to explain it to my brother, who works as a programmer but doesn't read much about technology beyond documentation that solves his immedi
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by the_af 24d ago
I don't think the TFA has your 80 year old mother as its intended audience.
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by the_af 24d ago
From TFA: > When you can name the layer, you can fix the layer. That is the whole point of being precise. It is not about being pedantic. It is about being able to improve things faster and more effectively. Also, for any given fact, t
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by the_af 27d ago
How does it feel playing the 2004 remake these days? I remember I loved it and found it better than the original game (heresy, I know!) except the "simlish" they speak drove me nuts. If only the had used English for the voices, it

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