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have you
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nvrgrls posted:Are more people posting in slashdot or in the forums these days looked at slashdot a few months ago, poo poo all sucked hard. idk forums are slightly higher quality
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# ? Mar 17, 2023 22:29 |
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read phoronix comments for the old slashdot grognard feel without it being quite as depressing constant flamewars about how wayland and systemd is terrible, that sort of thing. very light and breezy entertainment content.
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 01:08 |
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:read phoronix comments for the old slashdot grognard feel without it being quite as depressing but wayland and systemd prevent me from using some highly insecure esoteric tool that my entire workflow depends on!
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 01:35 |
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life was so much better when any program could read or write from any memory it drat well pleased
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 01:36 |
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nice to know people are still unhappy about systemd
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 01:42 |
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you’d think they’d all be angry about snaps now
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 01:44 |
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hobbesmaster posted:you’d think they’d all be angry about snaps now
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ngl I always think “goddamnit” when I type mount on a Ubuntu system
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 02:03 |
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the less stupid part of the complaints about systemd is that it's hard to avoid because of a bunch of poo poo that doesn't inherently need to care about your init system depends on it. it's very easy to just not use snaps
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 03:55 |
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a rare good hn post esperent 5 hours ago | root | parent | next [–] "angst". Interesting word. It's always used to dismiss people's anger. But in this case we're talking about anger at our climate being damaged, our home, earth, the only place we have to live. And for what? To generate fake (or not fake, who cares) electronic currency. This anger is not misdirected, it's laser focused on you greedy fucks who think it's ok to use 120,000 computers for this bullshit. You deserve anger and scorn for this, as you scurry around with excuses like "it's not just us", or "that electricity was just lying around unused". reply
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# ? Mar 18, 2023 15:49 |
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quote:I think the level of racism and sexism on HN is roughly optimal. It isn't enough to drive people away, but discussions are still allowed. Too much and you create a racist/sexist monoculture.
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 14:38 |
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quote:t2hrow 1 hour ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] this whole thread...
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 14:41 |
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lol, this about as pure as telling on yourself can get without it being literal in the text.
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 14:51 |
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hn thread: optimal racism levels ugh.
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 19:07 |
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my god that threadquote:Beliefs that are labelled as racism, transphobia, and sexism are often sensible beliefs. Combined with smelling bad, they imply to me in a person a prioritisation of sincere intellectual pursuit over popularity and financial success/social success more generally.
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 19:11 |
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hn and all, but what the gently caress?
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 19:19 |
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Qwertycoatl posted:my god that thread that is the definition of poe’s law right there
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 19:39 |
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Qwertycoatl posted:my god that thread No way this isn't a failed attempt at a joke
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 20:23 |
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Unfortunately, that stuff all seems pretty average for HN though?
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 20:25 |
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someperson 1 hour ago | prev | next [–] If a signature from Harrison Ford sells for $750/each, why do actors keep making autographs for free to a small number of charismatic middle-men who clearly are just selling the signatures? Why don't the actors sell exclusive access to autographs to a more organized cartel that can better control the supply and provide the actors a bigger cut of the profits?
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 21:03 |
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mirekrusin 10 minutes ago | prev | next [–] ChatGPT 5+ should be able to defend itself in court, support suing itself, help to draft new law and everything in between. We’re for interesting ride here for sure. Legal system won’t keep up with the pace things are changing. They can aid themselves with some AI though. reply
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# ? Mar 19, 2023 21:54 |
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it really is the simpsons disco scene but with "number of parameters" on the chart
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# ? Mar 20, 2023 03:16 |
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"if this venture capital environment continues,"
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# ? Mar 20, 2023 03:22 |
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“your banks are dead”
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# ? Mar 20, 2023 03:40 |
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a genuinely good, no-notes HN postquote:
I am certain the AI freaks being talked to will read and internalize it. Yep. That'll happen.
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thrown123098 4 hours ago | undown | parent | context | flag | on: Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational... My computer is very much a Turing machine since each time it runs out of disk space I can buy more disks. The fact you think a Turing machine has infinite memory rather than finite but arbitrarily large memory tells me all I need to know about the sorry state of your theoretical education.
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# ? Mar 20, 2023 14:45 |
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fritz posted:thrown123098 4 hours ago | undown | parent | context | flag | on: Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational... such an intelligent poster that I can tell he smells bad
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# ? Mar 20, 2023 14:53 |
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fritz posted:thrown123098 4 hours ago | undown | parent | context | flag | on: Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational... clearly 123098 wasn’t enough throwing
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# ? Mar 20, 2023 15:49 |
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fritz posted:thrown123098 4 hours ago | undown | parent | context | flag | on: Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational... I wonder why he thinks that's a relevant distinction, but not enough to actually go ask.
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euroderf 5 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] All this implies that shields and/or "lasers" employ massive amounts of energy. Yet both are man-portable. What gives ? reply wordyskeleton 5 days ago | root | parent | next [–] big worm on sand planet make spice that give prophetic ability. yet this is not how worms work. what gives?
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Maximo Roboto posted:euroderf 5 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] YOSPOS > hn: big worm on sand planet
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gorwell 3 days ago | parent | next [–] It's clear you don't understand or don't want to understand. If the existing organization wanted a union, it would have established the union itself. If it did not, it's parasitizion of an existing organism. reply
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# ? Mar 20, 2023 20:56 |
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is anybody here on lobsters? I see interesting articles there pretty often, and I'd love to join a couple of the discussions.
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bertil 2 hours ago | next [–] I’m all for holding companies that have supported dangerous regimes to account. However, when it comes to data management, totalitarian regimes rarely indicate inadequate implementation. IBM’s role in Germany in the 40s was horrific, but it proved their ideas of tabulations and files were promising. Just like with rocketry, there were many valuable things to learn that defined the rest of the XXth century. The FSB likely has a lot of crimes to atone for. Still, suppose one of their specialists publishes something on data management or how to manage hundreds of sock-puppet social media accounts. In that case, I’d be tempted to listen and learn from a likely expert—unless you suspect that they think this article is not sincere and meant as a distraction from actual good practices. Similarly, the CIA has done very problematic things, but the people who worked in the disguise department have a creative take on changing your appearance. I’m unsure when I would have to do that, but I’m always curious about how data is stored efficiently. And yes, like the FSB, the NSA has opinions about that, and those are typically well-informed. Was their practice constitutional? Seemingly not, IANAL. But do they have good insights into caching video files at scale? Definitely. reply
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# ? Mar 22, 2023 18:38 |
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fritz posted:hn thread: IBM’s role in Germany in the 40s was horrific, but it proved their ideas of tabulations and files were promising.
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motohagiography 3 minutes ago | next [–] The two reasons I disagree with publishing salaries and "ranges" are that a) the implicit collusion creates mean reversion that disadvantages talent, who can afford to leave and go where they are valued and b) the values behind it presume that a job is something paternalistic granted by a manager in return for supplication, and not due consideration for value offered. Together these create a race to the bottom in office culture, where people optimize to compete not on competence and value, but on debasing themselves and attrition with others. Sure, if you are doing government work, (which is basically a sinecure anyway) this is fine, but any country that implements it will only ever be a kind of outsourced piecework shop, like a maquilladora or "friendshoring," where the real talent who manages the work and handles the money will be in places with rational incentives.
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fritz posted:bertil 2 hours ago | next [–] https://twitter.com/dril/status/831805955402776576?s=20
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mintaka5 38 minutes ago [–] a document-based blockchain would curb publishers hard. the CDL is sadly a lousy way to implement lending, as it doesn't offer reassurance that people borrowing documents aren't replicating them. everyone lost their minds making silly useless NFTs of lovely artwork, but did any of those "geniuses" in the dying publishing empire bother to implement any NFTs of their publications? no instead they bitched about libraries being the number one cause of their profit losses (which is an absolute LIE). the problem isn't lending books (in whatever medium) the problem is a lack of an effective brain trust in the upper echelons of industry to embrace tech and use it to innovate and prosper. there is no reason why books can't be woven into a blockchain, and then license the usage to libraries for lending. everyone wins!
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