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How do you set this up? (TL;DR version?)

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"If you're not technically competent you shouldn't use windows because it's harder to use than linux or mac". Harder but easier and less challenging. The distinction I would make i…

Every time I come across an analysis piece, I always appreciate the author taking out the time to write down their analysis. I then scan the article looking for references to claim…

> I'm curious why people bother tolerating modern versions of MS Office when they could instead use an offline version like 2019 and call it a day? I use the online version because…

JAWA = Just Another Web3 App

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Aah. So OpenAI can use whatever means necessary to gather data for training it's model. Regardless of copyright. But somehow, it's a problem if another model developer distills it'…

AI seems like a better use case for all the GPU and energy that goes to bitcoin mining.

Both the examples cited here, Airbnb and Apple, have been through difficult times as a result of "manager mode failure". In other words, "founder mode" worked after a failure of "m…

A bit "off" the off-topic point. - I'm not really sure Stadia can be called a "technical achievement at scale ". Mainly because it didn't achieve all that much scale to begin with.…

Reed Hastings is also equally famous for having a rather non-traditional managerial style. Especially the "keeper test". > If a person on your team were to quit tomorrow, would you…

Ask HN: Would you use (or recommend) Windows as a developer laptop? There have been a number of new features added to Windows over the past few years that make it a more developer …

> Many credit card providers, at least in the US, let their customers generate single-purpose or short-term card numbers, for when you don’t trust the merchant, or need to let some…

I have the same question, but for querying google.

I wish windows fixed it's registry. Documented where different settings are in the registry. And also streamlined the registry to be a lot more intuitive. UIs will build themselves…

Still working as it did yesterday (tested in India).

Video by https://www.youtube.com/@ColdFusion

"Eventually you’ll discover the Easter egg in Git: all meaningful operations can be expressed in terms of the rebase command. Once you figure that out it all makes sense." - Linus …

> I seriously doubt this is the mistake of $9/hr workers. Those workers are unlikely to be familiar with the whole picture and would probably just have requirements delivered to th…

the only sentence worth reading in this post

I started reading the this article but then half way through the second section I realised I'd be much better of reading about financial innovations in India. I agree the US is als…

Maybe lobbying should be illegal. But right now, it isn't.