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This kind of reply is what makes me want to quit HN forever. There's always somebody out there smarter who knows better. Why bother to try and contribute anything?

> Also, the service is amazing, and they won't accept tips. If you leave money on the table, they will chase after you, to give it back. I visited Japan some years back and loved t…

The moon is so interesting, easy to forget how much it affects life on Earth because we see it all the time. Like others in the thread, I have a telescope and it's a wonderful expe…

> I'd like a platform that focuses on face-to-face (video) interaction, including (somehow) with strangers. You could start today by going on Omegle and carving out a niche as some…

> What I don't understand is, what benefit is there for 99% of companies to get in on the ground floor of LLMs? "Mr. President - we must not allow an LLM gap!"

For a really hard one give it audio of William F Buckley!

In my experience it's a skill that takes time to develop. It's hard at first for sure. There are lots of different models out there that people using for visualizing software and a…

First time I had heard of lottocracy - interesting concept but I don't think I would like to be alive for it.

All I can say is that I am speaking from life experience. It sounds like our experiences have been different.

> And regarding scrutiny, morphine is a immensely usefulness tool and it's use surely extremely monitored. I went to high school in a fairly affluent area and I promise you this is…

> One of the most glaringly broken things about society is that abuse of power is not punished harshly enough. Maybe it's just me getting older but it seems like this has always be…

That's right. :)

What Google has made money on are the ads that show up next to the search results. That's their way of "charging" for search if you like. Similarly for iCloud Drive / Dropbox, what…

Theological might not have been the best word but there's definitely a lot of spiritual insight offered up in C&H.

IIRC this came up when Apple tried to buy Dropbox - it was a way to accelerate the building of iCloud Drive. The Files app is essentially Apple's version of Dropbox, they make mone…

Agree. But they're well in second and third compared to Calvin & Hobbes. :) I also think Bloom County deserves to be on the list of all-time greats.

I guess we just don't see eye to eye on these things, which is okay. I freely admit that my employer isn't too sharp on its use of technology. But I also won't be convinced that fo…

Man was Calvin & Hobbes awesome. IMNSHO every comic strip currently in print still lives in its shadow. C&H had it all - good illustration, good writing, life insight. It was a rea…

You're leaving out bending the customer over the barrel come renewal time once services are migrated and there's lock-in. And sorry bud, but the whole "operating independently" thi…

The plan is to go native with our IaaS since they offer a native solution that is comparable to what we had with OpenShift. We have always been hybrid cloud and I don't see that th…

Keying off your comment - in the field of neuroscience, is consciousness viewed as a kind of simulation? (I'm just a programmer so it's fascinating to me to consider how actual bra…

Hmm no. My $dayjob got quoted a nice price only for them to rug pull later. Also it’s not Red Hat anymore, it’s IBM.