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Comment #48653861
I share your sentiment of not being overly judgmental when you see an en/em dash but this feels overly reductive and hostile: > Proper writing in general is being derided by younge…
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Comment #46242298
Is there a source for this that isn’t just a random Reddit comment?
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Comment #46224767
If you click the "i" info button in the top right, it'll list the full credits, including those who worked on the music.
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Comment #46222442
The music was breathtaking here - I'd absolutely pay for a version of it. Really solidified the experience
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Comment #45318693
It’s not the media’s fault that the initial executive order was an ambiguous mess that threatened the livelihoods of immigrants all across the country.
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Comment #42341453
One does not need to be a sock puppet to believe that the justification for this ban is shaky at best. Every social media network does basically the same thing as Tiktok and the go…
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Comment #42341414
This law has pretty big free speech implications which seems potentially controversial on the legal front IMO
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Comment #42256476
The third option here is writing type stubs for the library, which you can sometimes find community versions of as well. They’re not too time consuming to write and generally work …
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Comment #41548183
Is there something unique or special about the private keys that are guessed? This seems like an incredibly wasteful allocation of compute (which wouldn’t be surprising given that …
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Comment #40983536
> We have saved millions with hardcore anti-smoking campaigns. I don't agree with them, but they cured millions none the less. Can you expand on that last bit? Why don’t you agree …
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Comment #40286702
I get the point you’re trying to make, but Counterstrike is a free to play game. You might be thinking of Call of Duty?
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Comment #39533018
> I'm trying to get my kids to use their Ubuntu Linux machines instead of the fucking iPads. Why? Like seriously. Why? What benefit does this give to your kid? From your kid’s pers…
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Comment #39106990
> They may well be right. Huh? What does this even mean? Are you honestly claiming that humans can't work without something standing over their shoulder the entire time?
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Comment #38965495
I'm not saying that you should believe they do, but it's pretty common for companies to act like they do and given how common that kind of loyalty talk is, it doesn't surprise me t…
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Comment #38962703
> The company wants to try and make more money and one way is eliminating your job. Why is that so personal? God forbid we expect people to be treated with a bit of dignity and giv…
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Comment #38782347
A search engines principle job is to provide you with links you can find the answer to your question. The LLMs are ingesting all of that content en masse and would provide you the …
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Comment #38782320
> an AI that would otherwise save humanity. Just to clarify, this is sarcasm right?
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Comment #38378971
I feel like the “Terminator Judgement Day” scenario is a strawman more often than not. There are reasons to push for the safe and responsible development of AI that aren’t based on…
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Comment #37804419
What exactly is the target of the comparison here? Facebooks existence? Its behavior? And whatever that thing is, to be clear, you are comparing it to the crimes against humanity c…
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Comment #37493621
Are you really suggesting that every hobbyist game developer should build their own game engine from scratch…?
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Comment #37356766
As a person who grew up and found very valuable social connections in online spaces, connections that helped me figure out who I am as a person, these feel very controlling and ove…
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Comment #37064669
Wait, how are they almost at break even if they’re losing 32k per vehicle?
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Comment #37011972
I have to say, it gets really old seeing this sentiment on HN anytime a post about older technology gets made. We absolutely can and do make technology designed to last this long -…
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Comment #36640129
> If the state of California legalized FAFO to include lethal force for self-defense, a vast majority of these problems would go away overnight. I’m sorry, maybe I am misunderstand…
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Comment #36512230
Even assuming those costs were _only_ employees and don't include licensing costs, contract costs for major voice talent, etc then you're still looking at about 1,000,000 per emplo…