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prophet_

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    Comment #44043580

    Let’s not fall for it, folks. Today it’s the easy tasks—things you don’t mind giving up. But tomorrow? It will be your entire job. That’s the trajectory. Let’s stay sharp.

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    Comment #44043568

    What if it starts by handling the boring tasks but ends up taking over the work you actually enjoy? The "let AI do the boring bits" pitch sounds appealing—because it's easier to ac…

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    Comment #41384845

    Everyone super excited. :) In two years everyone has been laid off. ;)

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    Comment #37494645

    The difference I see is that in Europe, at least where I live, at the end of the month the bank will charge your bank account with the full amount of whatever is the balance of you…

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    Comment #35285760

    I’m surely missing something but if a company A creates an API for chatgpt, pretty much giving away all its capabilities to some company B (chatgpt), risking getting cannibalised i…

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    Comment #33888291

    my story: dropped my iphone x ended up with a detached screen. Decided to fix it myself. While handling the screen and disconnecting cables I managed to damage Face ID sensor perma…

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    Comment #24686442

    > All costs considered, an operator who makes $5k per month in revenue might take home something like $2k in profit. I was looking for the same, the above helped me to get an idea …

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    Comment #22168202

    I spent a lot of time setting up Hackintoshes and, in the end, I always ended up asking myself: why did I bother doing all this? The time you have to spend maintaining it can amoun…

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    Comment #16529031

    It would also be handy if we had a short description of the suspicion in the tweet message itself.

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    Comment #16280913

    I once went for the first time to visit a Dutch acquaintance and before I entered the bathroom for a shower I was asked "not to take a long shower because of the electricity costs.…

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    Comment #16280834

    I don't think it is necessarily hypocrisy, there are several ways to tell the truth. When one cannot be polite, soft spoken, considerate, or just lacks tact, one can always go the …

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    Comment #16280742

    Go to the huisarts (general practicioner) and chat with him/her in the same way as you would with a doctor in the US. You're going to experience the dutch directness firsthand.

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    Comment #15164362

    I found that out very soon in NL where you see mostly Dutch cheese in the shelves and just a very tiny small section with "world" cheese. Cheddar cheese became rarity at home these…

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    Comment #15164322

    AH Tasty Tom are pretty decent too.

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    Comment #15164311

    I tried that strategy here in the NL and got very nice looking tomatoes but still, watery and tasteless. There is just not that much strong sunlight during the spring months to bri…

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    Comment #14288204

    tigers in the amazon? leopard maybe.

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    Comment #12988248

    weather, house prices (Ams), company food, expat friendliness, ppl mindset, etc, a lot could be a bit better I guess.

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    Comment #12988218

    Check tax rate in countries like the Netherlands. I cannot complain about what I get here for that money, though. I think people coming from a "sunny", southern countries (like me)…

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    Comment #12311633

    I use PIA and I can't complain. One issue I noticed that may affect others as well is that they are being blocked more and more around the internet. I don't think this is only a PI…

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