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beckthompson

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    Comment #45549904

    If you've visited old mining operations / shacks that's pretty common! There are always some weird choices and cool things to see

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    Comment #45499159

    My only theory is maybe they thought the author was a bot? It seems very odd to block someone over one PR.

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    Comment #45366965

    Its sad but I think at this point its kind of a safety issue not to use an ad blocker. Those results are not clearly ads and I've clicked on fake links in the past when they were.

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    Comment #45285646

    The word "hypervisor" always sounded so techo and cool to me!

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    Comment #45215913

    Rider is really nice!

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    Comment #45200762

    Super cool! I also really am glad you added videos and examples in your github repo its nice to get an overview

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    Comment #45200742

    > But that's not how real life works at all, right? oh of course! Sorry, I was never trying to imply that that it was in any way realistic. For video games often the most fun / com…

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    Comment #45194269

    I'm unsure how useful they'll really be honestly! In many situations its very useful to know when your "done" talking with an NPC when they start repeating lines etc... There could…

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    Comment #45176261

    I love this game and have had it on my phone for many years. Funny to see this come up - I just played it a couple of times a day ago for the first time in a few years.

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    Comment #45174900

    This is an interesting perspective that I have not heard before. I have to think about it... Thanks for the insightful comment

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    Comment #45107274

    Proton DB is an amazing website that I use all the time. Thank you for maintaining it!

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    Comment #45022604

    Yeah that would be an issue... It's pretty common in like the middle of a week day and I'm in a pretty populated area

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    Comment #45020788

    I'm pretty sure the bots are farming "Drops" which they'll sell for money. Every week you get a free case (or skin I think) which the bots are taking advantage of

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    Comment #45020785

    of course! But there isn't much else to do so I'm just giving a solution that works for me

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    Comment #45020481

    Play casual matches! They only match you with players nearby and its a lot of fun. I regularly see the same people and its a lot of fun getting to know everyone and banter througho…

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    Comment #44976767

    I think its simple, just don't hide it. I've had mutliple contributors try to hide the fact that they used AI (E.g removing claude as a code author - they didn't know how to do it …

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    Comment #44762180

    Github has a cool little article on making JWTs for their API. Very useful! https://docs.github.com/en/apps/creating-github-apps/authent... The JWT website is also super useful htt…

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    Comment #44684797

    > There is actually a lot of literature on how to simulate vehicles, which would be quite a bit of help. Could you link some? I'm interested in this topic but have struggled to fin…

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    Comment #44557094

    haha I remember taking my quantum mechanics class. I thought I finally had "finished" old physics and was finally doing "newer" stuff. In the library there were some old physics bo…

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    Comment #44461611

    Oh for sure I agree 100%! I was just saying that they will always make stuff up no matter what. Those are both good fixes but at its core it can only "make stuff up".

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    Comment #44461543

    But just compiling doesn't mean that much and doesn't really solve the core issue of AIs making stuff up. I could hook up a random word generator into a compiler and it also would …

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    Comment #44461418

    AIs still frequently make up stuff up - there isn't really a way to get out of that. Have they improved a lot in the last six months? 100%! But they still make mistakes its quite c…

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    Comment #44037695

    You also have to remember that new 2x4s are actually 1.5x3.5 while older ones were actually 2x4! Its fun to do work on an old house and actually get the correct measurement of 2x4 …

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