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mehphp

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    Comment #49246812

    It’s about retention not generation. The problem is greenhouse gases changing how much of the sun’s energy can escape. I think you’ve simply misunderstood the basic mechanism/claim…

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    Comment #45391341

    I was referring to adding redis prematurely

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    Comment #45381895

    I think you just convinced me to drop redis for my new project. Definitely a premature optimization on my part.

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    Comment #44756782

    I’m so bad at drawing it only had a 46% confidence level that it was a fish

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    Comment #44611363

    Yes, it’s a roll of the dice which is unfortunate because it was actually pretty fun and a quite profound experience. I’m not saying people shouldn’t do it but just to proceed with…

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    Comment #44603955

    Anecdotally, I didn’t get severe anxiety and panic attacks until immediately after trying mushrooms. I didn’t even have a bad trip, but the next day something was off and I never t…

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    Comment #44542190

    I agree with all you’ve said but with regards to writing a dissertation for larger changes : have you tried letting it first right a plan for you as markdown (just keep this file u…

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    Comment #44356565

    Seems like it but I’m not sure consciousness necessarily comes along for the ride with AGI.

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    Comment #43868868

    Depends on the game for me, there are definitely games that I get $80 worth of value.

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    Comment #43589278

    I had no idea what I was getting into with that book

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    Comment #43503842

    Sure, I’m not baffled that he think that, I’m baffled that society allows it.

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    Comment #43503837

    Can you elaborate on the difference, I’m not sure I get it.

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    Comment #43480779

    For whatever reason norms/laws just don’t apply to Trump. He’s above the law; it’s baffling.

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    Ask HN: How often are you able to build throwaway prototypes?

    How often do teams actually get to build POCs that aren’t expected to go into production in some form? I just ran into this again. I asked explicitly if the code I was writing was …

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    Comment #43366468

    I find if i eat an early breakfast, it is indeed hard to not eat after the 8 hours. I find the opposite to be quite easy though. Just skip breakfast and don’t eat until around 1. I…

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    Comment #43325167

    I sense that change too. Comments are starting to feel too much like Reddit unfortunately.

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    Comment #43319183

    Do you have an example?

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    Comment #43313150

    Interviewing is a skill of its own. Some people are really good at it.

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    Comment #43282649

    > It is not like water flowing in a direction guided by the terrain. I understand it doesn’t seem intuitive at first, but evolution is actually quite similar to that. > Trees produ…

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    Comment #43253442

    He’s insisting on something that the U.S. already agreed to… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

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    Comment #43171759

    Almost certainly. I should have rephrased it as "I'm not sure how to grow it from here".

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    Comment #43158623

    Maintaining current Shopify app and building another. Why not just grow the first one? It has plateaued and I can’t seem to figure out why.

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    Comment #43051679

    The guy leading the charge is calling people “retards” on twitter. How does that effect your “who’s the idiot” calculus? https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889062581848944961?mx=2

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    Comment #42910386

    No, but fossils can.

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    Comment #42905125

    So glad I watched Midnight Mass on a whim. Incredible show.