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NickC25

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About NickC25

tech and food

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    Comment #48826069

    >but then the comments would chastise me for that. Who gives a shit? You use AI to vibecode a tool you use to make music...cool, if it works for you and you make cool music with it…

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    Comment #48819090

    I find my niche VSTs by being active in music production circles, as well as actively making (shitty) music. I browse KVR, Gearslutz, Synthtopia, etc.. and if something catches my …

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    Comment #48818779

    If you need Instagram ads to tell you which VSTs to buy, you haven't: 1. spent enough time on KVR or Gearslutz, discussing with other musicians, hobbyists, plugin nerds and develop…

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    Comment #48818569

    You're forgetting some things which are quite sad and reflective of our society: The CEO will not be personally affected at all. He'll still have hundreds of billions in the bank. …

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    Comment #48785489

    >(No we don't know if it was AI that made the mistake...) Yes we do, but not the AI that you're thinking of. That AI that did it stands for Actual Idiots.

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    Comment #48718677

    Skimmed through this hoping it was some sort of joke, and there was a genuine "gotcha" moment before diving into the stuff professional analysts spend lots of time examining. Turns…

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    Comment #48678305

    Big chess fan here. This is great!

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    Comment #48647514

    >what consequences might that have? All depends on who is holding the bag, and how big the bag is.

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    Comment #48646664

    > He’d be first in line for a government handout. And he'd take a good chunk of that money for himself, and a good amount of that to also "donate" to a foreign, nuclear-armed, host…

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    Comment #48517469

    How utterly predictable.

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    Comment #48506380

    >FOMO at its best, fuck their personalities and development and having happy childhood as base layer of personality for rest of their lives, its grades at all costs! It's about mak…

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    Comment #48506343

    Worse yet, these people can vote . And are completely susceptible to disinformation/misinformation campaigns.

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    Comment #48506320

    fellow Fairfield County native here. Likely around the same age as you. I went to a great public school (I was a terrible student, crippling ADHD but that's another story for anoth…

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    Comment #48504559

    or 4, or 5, or whatever makes Elon more money than he knows what to do with.

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    Comment #48504161

    Something here stinks....and I'm not sure what it is. But my god, the corruption here is staggering.

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    Comment #48293768

    >Moral of the story: if the interview feels wrong, email them and decline going forward right away. Give yourself the satisfaction of consciously dodging a bullet. I wished I had k…

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    Comment #48282727

    I believe this thinking can be abstracted to software design via AI in general. If you are thoroughly prepared, and keep things simple, it's incredible what help Claude or GPT can …

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    Comment #48282156

    Good on 'em, but autonomous cars are on their way and it might displace the union. In my city, Zoox are already rolling out driverless taxi services, and the vehicles they are usin…

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    Comment #48247140

    Meh, I disagree. I get my GF pasta from a local italian food importer. the quality of the pasta is out of this world. i've done blind tasting tests with said importer and he couldn…

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    Comment #48236732

    > and I'm sick and tired of American vultures buying up everything in Europe Just Because They Can. Here in America, we're also sick and tired of vultures buying up everything just…

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    Comment #48197772

    I don't know - my grandmother (father's mom) was fully left handed. My dad writes left handed but everything else right handed. I am left handed for fine motor skills (writing, for…

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    Comment #48195854

    >The reason these CEOs go to NYC is because that is where the talent and economic clustering is: if these high-net-worth individuals could get the talent they need to run their fir…

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    Comment #48195619

    What does it say for mixed-handed folks like myself (different skillsets per hand - in other words, throw and write with different hands)? What about cross-dominance (different bod…

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    Comment #48185425

    This is being disingenuous. Maybe not deliberately so, but still. There's a difference between a few people getting together and petitioning the government for redress; versus, a m…

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    Comment #48185326

    Seriously. Instead of using that land to build a $250 million penthouse Ken Griffin only spends 10 days a year in, they could probably build enough housing for 500+ middle class fa…