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ncr100

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About ncr100

One-line fixes are the best

FTFY: Fear leads to hate. Hate leads to sarcasm.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardsnick

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    Comment #49260023

    I believe it is sarcasm.

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    Comment #49259997

    My snarky redux sentiment, below, helps me when appreciating competitive business folks, though Winner Takes All is present outside the business realm too: "What's mine is mine, an…

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    Comment #49259875

    Nice, 15s to move from underneath an unstable object or understand why the freeway is collapsing

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    Comment #49259390

    Ethics can guide us here: The trade/net is: 1) bad company does good things.. 2) further reinforces toxic Ends Justify The Means thinking.

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    Comment #49245302

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238793

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    Comment #49245271

    May be worth it to the public, to vibe code a clone, and sell that PDF output for $0.00.

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    Comment #49245213

    Horrific details inside the article, be warned

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    Comment #49243879

    Better, "I am John Smith 415-123-4567 abc@123.com 456 Main Street Anytiwn USA and I am Recording everything I can see right now, including your full bodies and children, and storin…

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    Comment #49243572

    WOW, COOL. Thank you!! Yes. Informative.

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    Comment #49243568

    Okay, disturbing, ty.

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    Comment #49243560

    Thank you, informative!!

  13. comment
    Comment #49243523

    It's unclear. Only stating the existence of the privacy email. > [...] Buried at the bottom, a single line: "If you have discovered a privacy or security issue that we should addre…

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    Comment #49232714

    The "pro" adds conveniences, is faster, and somehow is still distraction free. The color features are a subtle joy, although a bit underwhelming and dim. I've had all, too. I do li…

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    Comment #49218928

    I saw a contribution by this maintainer to another user who ALSO HAS 14.5k followers: https://github.com/yumiaura/myCat/pull/99 "yumiaura" and a preference for "my[APPNAME]" repo n…

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    Comment #49218906

    Wait, who is the robot? Am I getting that right, someone in that thread is AI?

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    Comment #49212173

    That redux of "Rise and Fall of Roman Empire" suggests a policy shift, and a media shift, for USA and globally. * Smart Decisions can be celebrated * Stupid Decisions can be "5-why…

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    Comment #49199172

    Is this a public-relations policy at Cloudflare?

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    Comment #49199140

    Curious if the tech writing team is drowning in work / underempowerment.

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    Comment #49198855

    "Eventually" might be several million years though, and a lot of death in between. In evolutionary theory is there a term for plateaus of differentiation?

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    Comment #49192293

    Yikes, yes that's a great point. Implicit racism in OpenAI's messaging.

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    Comment #49192284

    Ya prolly true

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    Comment #49192236

    Enjoy their art b clicking the link in the first paragraph. Watch a time lapse illustration video here: https://www.peppercarrot.com/0_sources/miniFantasyTheater/ma...

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    Comment #49171319

    This should be shown in court, first, to avoid predictable blowback around making a weak-appeal. I feel like OpenAI is attempting to obscure the public sentiment trend. And that ar…

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    Comment #49141232

    Nice. I see this as A stepping stone to personal digital identity.