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driverdan
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About driverdan
Current: Director of Engineering at Crowdbotics
Former: Director of Engineering, Ownlocal (YC W10); Founder, Spokefly; Freelancer
Email: dan at driverdan dot com
Site: http://driverdan.com
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Comment #49248623
That's not the case in the US. If anything I see far more beers that are 6-10% now.
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Comment #49138125
What's with big tech companies changing all searches to be fuzzy? FB Marketplace is now like this too. It's impossible to search for anything, it gives unrelated results at least h…
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Comment #49100527
It is. If the price suddenly goes up that much they need to be sending very clear warning emails about the price increase, with the subject clearly saying so. Something like "Alert…
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Comment #49058823
No, you have an LLM do all that again.
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Comment #49058763
Where are you getting that from? It's a productivity tool. Someone who knows what they're doing can leverage LLMs to improve their productivity. Someone who doesn't know what they'…
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Comment #49058425
The other commenters seem to be commenting on style consistency but ignoring your example. Your original format is far easier to read and understand plus the meaning of the comment…
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Comment #49052946
Moderation is a requirement of any platform that has user generated content. Without it they will turn to wasteland of spam and hate.
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Comment #49040825
> Turn off nearly all phone notifications. You should do this regardless, no watch needed. The only phone notifications that should be turned on are ones that could be urgent. Phon…
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Comment #49038902
Why does someone always say this about a tech company when they have layoffs, regardless of company size? 465 employees is not that large. Patreon handles millions of transactions.…
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Comment #49015145
It's nothing until you have to buy a $10/m subscription for every basic thing you do, then it adds up.
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Comment #49014891
Porsche is doing that for RS cars.
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Comment #49009970
> I don't use email anymore. That's a choice. Why no email? Why is it so hard to have an email account for the few things that require it?
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Comment #49008969
He was one of the few judges that understood tech. Unfortunately he retired last year.
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Comment #49000346
Judge Alsup issued the original order that determined they were liable for piracy but that training LLMs on books was fair use. It's worth reading if you're interested in the topic…
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Comment #48992469
> Every practical use of that 50 gb copy of Home Alone would have you transcoding it. Most clients would choke on that bit rate. What clients are you using? I use the highest bitra…
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Comment #48980237
It's funny though. I haven't contributed to OpenCode but if I had I'd still laugh because I have a sense of humor. Don't take everything so seriously.
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Comment #48958002
Thanks for sharing, I'm not sure how I've never heard of this before.
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Comment #48957946
Can you even disable all the ads on Windows 11?
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Comment #48938025
There are two problems, false positives and changing the LLM's pattern. It's really easy to have a false positive and false positives can be very harmful if the person using the de…
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Comment #48937466
That sounds like a fun setup. I need to try out something like that.
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Comment #48935812
It works well until it doesn't. I've been a Spotify user for at least 15 years (wild to say that). I've discovered a ton of bands I've become a long term fan of. But also their alg…
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Comment #48935119
It has been known for a while that they were going to do this. They have multiple brands and sales aren't strong enough to keep them all.
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Comment #48935097
Besides a mix of older Pixels and other phones, in the past few years I went OnePlus 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and currently OnePlus 13. I was completely underwhelmed by the 8 Pro. If felt l…
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Comment #48934993
I just got a new phone a month ago. I wanted a Pixel so I could run GrapheneOS. After researching the hardware I ended up with a OnePlus 13. Google's hardware is far behind, buggy,…
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Comment #48929887
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