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playeren

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    Comment #38811768

    According to The Economist it was Jensen Huang (NVIDIA).

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    Comment #38566268

    Oh I'm sure editorial staff across all major media is prepping for the right moment to pop that front page. I'm guessing that we're not long from seeing the first "personhood for s…

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    Comment #38566208

    https://archive.vn/Qdtqq

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    Comment #36270285

    > These people just want a dependable platform they control Are you referencing Apollo/Reddit users? If so, I'm not convinced that 'control' is their main concern. I would guess th…

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    Ask HN: Can you create a Reddit competitor by acquiring Apollo app?

    According to an article in Techcrunch [1], the developer stated his app has over 900K daily active users. Isn't getting this critical mass of active _mainstream_ users the main hur…

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    Comment #34076813

    Has anyone got Canvas to work on the Android client? Any canvas files won't show up in the vault.

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    Comment #34076542

    Resigned from Twitter today. Appreciate the opportunity, but didn’t think there was any real impact I could make there. Besides, it was sad to see my GitHub withering. Back to codi…

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    Comment #33446370

    The important point of this story is not whether VIN plates should or shouldn't be affixed with rivets. It is whether the state should be able to _administratively_ confiscate pers…

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    Comment #32970802

    I made this mistake once, albeit with Newtons second law instead. I was explaining my estimations for changing some key processes in a company. As a kind of mental aid, I used 'F' …

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    Comment #32260214

    Thank you, these points gave valuable insight.

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    Comment #32255361

    I hear you, and I respect your resolve.

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    Comment #32254653

    I understand - it seems like a rational position to me to a certain degree. But regardless of circumstances leading to the event, what do you think you would do if you saw murders …

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    Comment #32253870

    It's close to where I live, and I have friends in Ukraine. So, it's probably fear and tribalism at the bottom of the stack, although I could also rant off a nice list of philosophi…

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    Comment #32253678

    I respect that. I thought I had that red line as well.

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    Comment #32253664

    You raise good points. I feel like I should contribute, and I have experience and domain knowledge that would be useful, but up until now I didn't feel that the goals justified the…

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    Comment #32253221

    That seems like a very absolutist statement ;) But yes, that's how I mostly feel as well. There's another part of me that questions, if I ever really had principles, if I can chang…

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    Ask HN: Has the war in Ukraine changed your view on working on Defence projects?

    I was categorically against any of my work going towards solving problems for Defence/Military applications. This has changed after the war in Ukraine, and I am wondering what HN's…

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    Comment #30466774

    I'm in Denmark, with ENG (US) as language, and I'm getting the speech. I like the speech, but I would also like to see your software. * edit: Seems fixed for me now. Filestash look…

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    Terrible story. Civil forfeiture seems utterly incompatible with any notion of a just society. It's like democracy just gave up and regressed to feudalism. Even _if_ the author had…