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What's funny is that the people who hate on America the most tend to also have a strong belief in American exceptionalism without realizing it. "America is the worst!" in one breat…

> The video doesn't promote or highlight any tools used to circumvent copyright, get around paid subscriptions, or reproduce any content illegally Here's my theory: they aren't con…

Is this just someone reposting espressif's esp-drone ( https://github.com/espressif/esp-drone ) and passing it off as their own (and DigiKey posting it on their site)? They talk ab…

The thing that bothers me about the idea of the "Ruliad" is that it's completely unfalsifiable. Even if we existed in a reality where true randomness existed, or computational irre…

Since apparently this list allows decimals (bozo: 0.208), why does the regex need to exclude words ending in two o's? Words like "boo", "goo", and "igloo" can be made with the same…

Just bask in the knowledge that if those "social safety nets" and UBI become a reality, you'll have more problems than you do now. You'll look back at this moment in time with fond…

Exactly. It's also pretty disrespectful to the honest people who spend years mastering a craft or skill that is appreciated for the process rather than just the end result. It's an…

It's not a problem to take shortcuts when making something for the screen; in most cases that should be encouraged. But this project wasn't about making a Netflix logo animation; i…

And most of that growth is just on paper; it represents very little growth in actual spending power. It can be explained by (1) some economic recovery after COVID and (2) devaluati…

There are two potential issues that I wish he either explored or explained in more detail: 1. When he cut the post-treated wood and the middle looked very much like untreated wood.…

> ... a mix of massive fiscal stimulus and supply chains that got blown up by the pandemic If pandemic-related supply chain issues are really a major factor in the inflation we're …

If you attach to the running docker container, these defaults appear to be defined in /crul/dist/crul-docker/packages/startup/.env Don't spam APIs. That said, if you're determined …

Building a Twitter clone is so trivial that it's basically become the new todo list app for people showing off any new web technology. The value of Twitter has nothing to do with t…

That's true, which is why I explained why I think he's making smart moves. Maybe he has departed from his usual trajectory towards success, but at this point (given his history), t…

Agreed. To me, the genius is just his courage to actually do it while probably feeling like the entire world is against him. A lot of leaders might come up with similar plans, but …

Elon is a genius - seriously. Having worked at similar companies myself, I have a pretty good sense for how this went down (mostly speculation of course): • On day 1, Elon probably…

It's cool technology, but let's be careful here. If we've learned anything about technology in the past few years, it's that the benefits usually come with a host of new problems. …

A quick search brings up quite a few academic articles supporting it, e.g.: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12122-016-9229-0 https://academic.oup.com/aler/article-abstra…