whyenot

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by whyenot 4d ago
As Alex noted, apple seeds contain cyanide, or to be more accurate, cyanogenic glycosides. When the tissue of most apple seeds is damaged, an enzyme cleaves the sugar-cyanide bond, releasing hydrogen cyanide gas. You can test this yourself,
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by whyenot 29d ago
It seems like the idea is that we get more fuel efficient tires but at the price of having tires that wear out more quickly? That seems like a pretty lousy proposition, especially when you factor in externalities like all the micro-particle
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by whyenot 1mo ago
Its serial nature also means that an evaluator's standards can drift from students with early exams to those with later exams. Oral exams can introduce issues of sex and ethnic biasing.
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by whyenot 2mo ago
Maybe they are painting the fish and find the experience unenjoyable? :)
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by whyenot 2mo ago
The worst thing that ever happened to Common Lisp was its ANSI standardization, which for many years killed almost all language innovation and improvement.
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by whyenot 2mo ago
Bring. Back. Aperture!!! Yes there are alternative to Lightroom out there (Capture One, for example), but Aperture was so Mac native and was such a joy to use on OS X.
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by whyenot 2mo ago
Wandering spiders do not feed on banana sap. They hunt small invertebrates on the forest floor at night and hide among bananas, or other dark and protected locations during the day. The defensive posture you described is one way to help ide
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by whyenot 2mo ago
It turns out that Phoneutria defensive bites are most often "dry" with little if any venom. It's thought that the spiders conserve venom for use on actual prey items. BTW, the four frontal eyes in a box is not considered
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by whyenot 2mo ago
The people training the model are almost certainly not the same ones writing tweets. I don't know why that is mind boggling. We all make typos, at least the humans among us do.
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by whyenot 2mo ago
The website is all hype with very little substance, as well as the taint of AI slop. If they aren't willing to share details, I'm not interested. As a benchmark, I would use Slate, who have so far done an excellent job providing i
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by whyenot 2mo ago
Pebble never said that anyone "needs" to buy the ring sizing kit. They did suggest that you buy the sizing kit from them for $10, OR 3D print it at home, OR visit a jeweler. The ring has a button on it that you are going to press
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by whyenot 2mo ago
The car that has sold out in almost every market outside the US?
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by whyenot 3mo ago
Because the article is about more than just the buttons. For Boepple, buttons were the family business. At his shop in Germany, he had learned to craft them out of wood, shell, horn and bone. But pearl buttons brought in the biggest profit
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by whyenot 3mo ago
But what if the difference is either talking to an AI now, and the chances are fair that it can resolve my problem vs. staying on the line for a real person, who may be better able to help me, but there is a 2 hours wait (not an exaggeratio
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by whyenot 3mo ago
The way the voting system works at Reddit encourages group think and bubbles. All it takes is five more down votes than up votes and a comment or post essentially disappears from view. It's a design that actively avoids debate.
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by whyenot 3mo ago
Instead of attacking the author, please respond to the content of the article. That is the HN way, and it leads to more substantive and interesting discussions.
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by whyenot 3mo ago
I'm not entirely sure what "100% human-made" even means. Also, what is the difference between 90% and 100%? Is any website (of the modern era) 100% human made?
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by whyenot 4mo ago
That’s a pretty extraordinary claim. Do you have anything quantitative to back it up? HN has bots, I think that is a fair assumption, but half? How do you know that for sure?
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by whyenot 4mo ago
I work as staff at a state university in what as been ranked as the highest cost of living city in California. In my field, I have the highest classification I can get. I am on step 20 out of 20. My salary is $88,000 a year. That is conside
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by whyenot 4mo ago
Maybe this was something country or region specific. I don’t remember ever seeing ads for TV, Red, or other products with my US premium subscription. Now, some channels will promote specific products in their videos (like the mini ads some
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by whyenot 4mo ago
As someone already mentioned. Steam for movies already exists (iTunes, also Amazon’s offering). The problem seems to be that hardly anyone wants to actually own a movie anymore. There are places where the ownership model seems to still be t
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by whyenot 4mo ago
Hopefully it will allow you to filter out AI slop. TikTok currently does not do this, and it’s infuriating.
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by whyenot 4mo ago
I agree, and any time there is a security breach, bug or other employee-caused calamity at a tech company that results in a lawsuit or settlement, the money should come out of employee 401k accounts, stock options, etc. These people need to
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by whyenot 4mo ago
Because it is not obviously theft. If you are getting a discount for making a year-long commitment, and then cancel, breaking that commitment, isn't a cancelation fee appropriate?
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by whyenot 4mo ago
It's probably a little of both: dangerous and expensive. This article makes a good case that the cost is at least part of the reason. I wish the article could have been a lot tighter and shorter. This is not earth shattering informatio
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by whyenot 4mo ago
You give exams in person, in class, on blue books, no phones. This part isn't hard. Instructors have been doing it for generations. It's only in the post COVID era that some have moved to having exams take home and on Canvas or si
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by whyenot 4mo ago
> Despite HN trendiness, SV and business world advocacy of 'animal instincts', and current cultural trends, humans are generally honest and honorable I personally believe this (that people are generally honest and good). BUT, t
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by whyenot 4mo ago
It's a nice saying, but the "head" changes every 4-8 years and this is a problem that has gotten worse over decades. Sometimes the rot doesn't start from the head.
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by whyenot 4mo ago
No it isn't. It's a collective negotiation between workers and their employer.
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by whyenot 4mo ago
No. I am not paying $1,000s in dues for them to spend it on a rally to "End Child Poverty" (to use an example currently in my inbox; and it's a good cause, just not a good use of my dues). My union exists to represent and pro

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