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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority [Edit: Interesting that there are multiple effects, e.g. the sibling comment, that refer to similar but distinct phenomena!]

As one example, here is a relatively well-cited study from 1994: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/014616729420200... Note that interpretations of "dominance" tend to va…

From my perspective, the biggest differentiator is that Matrix allows users to remove the centralized coordinator from their chat provider. That is, I can run my own Matrix server,…

> Without advocacy, conferences, documentation and tutorials, Matrix would become a niche protocol used by a few enthusiasts for side projects, whilst big proprietary and siloed ne…

I partially agree, and I'm generally in favor of doing our part to help dang and keep the level of conversation high. With that being said, I read the parent post slightly differen…

From my reading (IANAL), there are three types of occupational fraud: asset misappropriation, corruption, and financial statement fraud. Since job posting are interpreted as a posi…

> There are obviously still people working in German law enforcement today, who think that harassing a node-operator NGO would somehow lead to the de-anonymization of individual to…

This is a "modest proposal" for sure. No legitimate thrust toward domestication would cherry pick such an esoteric example as "threading wires in automobile manufacturing facilitie…

Historically, Google has served as the fallback for pretty poor performance from Siri on knowledge tasks, which to this day often falls back to web search results. But, if Bing (es…

This correlation is often referred to as the 'hygiene hypothesis' by researchers. The underlying cause is still being understood; you can find an article comparing two theories her…

> If you are hurt by arsenic you can sue the person who harmed you. You can try, but you'll probably be dead before your estate wins the case. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hin…

Truly, dang is the "secret sauce" in maintaining the HN ethos. It certainly helps that the commenters do their part to reflect the ecosystem that they want, but it's easy to undere…

Thanks for the recommendations! I checked them both out, but for me iTerm is still a better fit. I think of my Mac terminal as my viewer into the lower level, and not as the lower …

> the attitude of the developer in the response has certainly convinced me to never become one If you are a Mac user and not using (or at least considering) iTerm2, you are doing y…

What is the expectation here? That the companies would refuse to comply with an (apparently legal) governmental information request? What justification would they use? Wire and esp…

Emphasis on 'standardized' -- the 2 in LPCAMM2 is indeed meant to refer to the second generation of LPCAMM, but it's the first generation that has been approved as a JEDEC standard…

Like the GP (and most people, I assume) I really value my mental faculties, but more relevant in my opinion is that in terms of time and often money, your collective knowledge and …

I don't think that was the grandparent's premise, but I actually think that it's not unreasonable to expect experts to be able to boil down their ideas for non-experts. We know it …

I have one, and I can corroborate your experience that its Bluetooth connection was atrocious . However, after a number of (nail-biting, fritzy) firmware updates, it's pretty good …

> I'm pretty sure that's where the line begins Based on what? From my perspective, the easiest way to design such a system would be to create entries for every 'actor' in the syste…

In short, yes, because the preservation of human life supersedes other religious considerations. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10619987/

Table 3 here [0] provides a breakdown of drug discovery by country and by expenditure. In terms of number of drugs discovered, the US leads with 66%, followed by Canada, the UK, Ge…

> a full human being If I can indulge in a bit of what-aboutism to promote discussion, how would you classify animals? Do they deserve respect, and if so, what characteristic quali…

Do you have any plans to release a desktop-compatible bundle?

The weak point is always the network connection. My cameras are PoE backed with a UPS, and the footage is replicated locally and to the cloud, but that replication still requires a…