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newman8r

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About newman8r

things I like: GNU/Linux, sdr, ham radio, battery tech, agriculture, off-gridding, fishing, camping/hiking/bouldering/overlanding, kayaking, surfski, EDM parties in the desert, 3d printing, spelunking, fermenting foods, pizzamaking, smoking meat and making jerky, tea/coffee, psychedelics, gold prospecting, knot-tying, truth-telling, ukulele-playing, lifelong self improvement, road tripping, etc. Pacific Crest Trail Class of 2024... thinking about how weird the universe is. Working on something special.

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    I assume AI assistants would be able to prevent a lot of this

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    Comment #46696476

    I think just because you've studied something for years doesn't mean you're good at it. I've interviewed plenty curious hackers with no degree who are miles ahead of CS people with…

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    Comment #46637499

    Yeah that's my opinion on the matter. Lots of unskilled people have creative thoughts right this moment, and want a way to express them, and share them - they just lack the skills …

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    Comment #46613350

    Disagree. Producing electronic music with a DAW still takes considerable skill. I've used all of those and open source alternatives as well.

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    Comment #46608551

    I feel like I appreciate good music and I've been into the underground DnB scene in LA for a while. > nobody cares about your individual consumption choices Not sure if I agree tho…

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    Comment #46607565

    Agreed, I'm just pondering the general attitude around the space rather than bandcamp itself

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    Comment #46606274

    If I have an exact idea of what I want something to sound like, and I'm able to use an automated system to create that, is that creative expression? Obviously AI isn't entirely cap…

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    Comment #46425695

    They recently changed the max results per page from 100 to 10 and they're suing serpapi. They've basically killed their google newspaper archive. Not happy with google. And it's be…

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    Comment #46395447

    reminds me of trip reports from people trying Salvia Divinorum - there's even a name for these tiny people, 'Smelves'

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    Comment #46224132

    I got the reference, it's just the 'not technically alive' part that I was calling out

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    Comment #46221200

    It claims a banana isn't technically living, but a banana has living cells so I'm not sure how accurate that is. I'm not sure when they're all considered 'dead' after harvesting th…

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    Comment #46064501

    > Web 1.0 was full of weirdos doing cool weird stuff for the pure joy of discovery. That's the ethos we need back, and it's not incompatible with AI. True. And to some extent, I've…

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    Comment #46059537

    > And we wouldn't show respect to the latter person either. Not respect as a carpenter, but perhaps respect as a businessperson or visionary.

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    Comment #45946976

    True. and if you know what you're building, and don't explicitly say you're trying to "hack" something, you could easily build what you're looking to build. for now.

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    Comment #45632978

    Not better IMO but I can appreciate the attempt. Seems messier than the real thing. The icons don't really do anything to help. Takes more time to read.

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    Comment #45597435

    What's sad is there's still no asahi support for m4. I have one and I barely ever use it for that reason.

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    Comment #45297181

    > which he explained were for air circulation intended to work in harmony with interior modifications which I can't remember. That's intriguing. Along those lines, I've also been i…

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    Comment #45287917

    That was the day I stopped developing for VR completely. Kind of dodged a bullet because the space didn't explode the way I thought it was going to.

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    Comment #45282331

    https://grapeejapan.com/66162 Theirs probably isn't silent, but you certainly could figure out how to make this very quiet and gentle sounding, building tension in a spring between…

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    Comment #45206366

    Are you trying to argue that killing Charlie Kirk was justified?

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    Comment #45206279

    What does 'preaching violence' mean to you? Because to some people, simply supporting the talking points of the political party they don't like counts as violence. Your comment HER…

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    Comment #45183158

    Probably possible to cross reference bing and google imagery to get a complete list of the spots they don't want people to see.

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    Comment #45149587

    > I’m curious about the legal/reputational implications of this. The comments and headlines will be a bit snarkier, more likely to go viral - more likely to go national on a light …