vict7

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by vict7 19d ago
I agree with you. I simply took umbrage with the characterization of other human beings with different points of view as “bots”. It’s really no different than the cringy characterization of other humans as “NPCs” often spouted by children.
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by vict7 19d ago
That is a perfectly reasonable request. Is it reasonable to trust statistics provided by the current administration?
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by vict7 19d ago
i.e. create a personal bubble to avoid being exposed to alternative points of view. We’ve seen how well that has been working out.
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by vict7 19d ago
Are you familiar with the concept of cause and effect? Are you aware of any major changes to these agencies in the past couple years? I’ll leave the rest as an exercise to you. inb4 correlation is not causation.
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by vict7 19d ago
Ah yes, blame the victim for their decision while also attempting to moralize the consumption of frozen food. It’s not unreasonable for people to expect their food not to poison them. Have you considered being less sociopathic?
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by vict7 3mo ago
Morals? On Hacker news? But seriously, happy to see some pushback against such inane takes as that which you replied to.
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by vict7 3mo ago
“Terrorism” right… as defined by the folks at CPAC who openly admitted they are all domestic terrorists. And the same traitors that pardoned the insurrectionists that attacked the Capitol and police officers on Jan 6th.
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by vict7 5mo ago
Wallhaven has consistently been the best location I've found on the internet for wallpapers. From alpha until now. I'd be surprised if there's any other site that matches the UX and amount of quality wallpapers they have. And
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by vict7 5mo ago
First I've heard of Nova. I have used Transmit--also made by Panic--and was impressed with the UX there. I'll have to give Nova a spin.
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by vict7 5mo ago
> Not all is doing a lot of work to avoid engaging with the actual argument.
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by vict7 5mo ago
IDEs are free. Libraries are free. Languages are free. This is becoming more like an internet subscription where you’re at the mercy of Anthropic the same way you may be at the mercy of Comcast. I’m sure you can see the difference between a
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by vict7 5mo ago
Team plan shows “Claude code” in a main bullet point still. Which would indicate it is part of the team plan regardless if it has premium seats or not. But it seems this is all in a state of flux. And there’s the lovely asterisk at the bott
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by vict7 5mo ago
Key thing being pictures, not videos. Far easier to make the same false equivalence you are making that way. Sad to see folks continuing to twist themselves into knots to defend an indefensible gesture performed by an objectively terrible h
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by vict7 5mo ago
I have been dealing with the same issue and thought I was going crazy that the setting which purports to fix this exact behavior simply doesn’t work?
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by vict7 6mo ago
Have you ever heard of the Goomba fallacy?
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by vict7 6mo ago
Could you provide an example of your “very simple tests” ?
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by vict7 7mo ago
I have not read Echopraxis yet, but I thoroughly enjoyed Blindsight. Some very thought-provoking concepts in that book. The idea that vampires needed to take “anti-Euclideans” and the way the ship was constructed to avoid generating right a
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by vict7 8mo ago
I saw the same post and was a bit saddened that all the comments seemed to be focused on the implied hypocrisy of the OP instead of addressing the original concern. As someone that’s a bit of a fence-sitter on the matter of AI, I feel that
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by vict7 8mo ago
Yep, the nonstandard part of their setup absolutely should have been the first thing to consider. Feels a bit disingenuous to not mention that part straight away.
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by vict7 8mo ago
Nope. You apparently are incapable of distinguishing the massive gulf between an e-bike that enables the elderly, differently-abled, commuters, and less fit people to enjoy cycling at reasonable speeds. And an e-moto which is an illegally s
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by vict7 8mo ago
There are 3 classes of e-bikes in the US, with class 3 topping out at 28mph—anything above that is illegal or in some weird legal grey area. You are thinking of e-motos which are an entirely different beast. e-motos are a real problem; plea
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by vict7 9mo ago
Many players perceive Arrowhead as a pretty incompetent and untrustworthy developer. Helldivers has suffered numerous issues with both performance and balancing. The bugs constantly introduced into the game (not the fun kind you get to shoo
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by vict7 10mo ago
I feel this is similar to how my brain works. If I am not using a skill close to every day/week then it can atrophy fairly quickly. On the plus side, it also comes back quickly (usually) if I start using it with greater regularity agai
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by vict7 11mo ago
That is truly fascinating to me. My rumination takes a verbal form almost all the time… but it is also often related to past or anticipated conversations or interactions. With no internal monologue, you can still hear words inside your head
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by vict7 11mo ago
Yep, as someone whose brain is biased towards a higher verbal IQ and thinks primarily in words, a lot of the replies to this post are amusing. I have genuine curiosity about those that claim to think in “pure abstract thoughts” or whatever.
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by vict7 11mo ago
I appreciate the discussion. Not entirely sure why you appear to be becoming somewhat incensed. I’ve been engaging in good faith. I am aware of MAGA arguments and the continued expenditure of large amounts of money on other countries. I don
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by vict7 11mo ago
That’s a really interesting argument that I hadn’t considered. The US certainly has the unenviable position of being the world’s “policeman” for lack of a better term. Other countries wanting help from the US, yet also maligning it. Which…
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by vict7 11mo ago
America has higher levels of inequality than any of its post-industrialized peers [0]. It’s absolutely an issue here. Combine that with the ability to purchase political power, and you get the mess we have today. I think we actually agree o
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by vict7 11mo ago
> And then the other party that claims anyone who's done better than anyone else is necessarily immoral. This is both a strawman and dismissing a real issue. Inequality is a real problem that has a corrosive effect on democracy. Als
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by vict7 11mo ago
For mobile HN, I have been using the Hack [0] app for some time now and found it to address some of your wishlist items. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader...

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