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scubadude

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    Comment #48827173

    > i struggle to find an equivalent industry that has been so all over the place and obtuse No surprises, it's fundamentally built on promises and lies

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    Comment #48799757

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    Comment #48469421

    It's the eating your own dog food. The Open AI guy said it's now better than doctors (he said it, not me lol). He's replaced his doctor, right?

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    Comment #48175830

    What about when it just flat out lies to you, how do you sort the right info from the wrong? > recipes when cooking I used it for a recipe, gave it a brilliant and detailed prompt,…

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    Comment #48059462

    Then you're testing how good someone is at exams as much as anything

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    Comment #48046899

    You can sponsor a promotion; sales on a bunch of games - but it's not "Brought to you by the cool refreshing taste of Pepsi" it's like "Berlin Game Developers".

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    Comment #48031933

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    Comment #47945335

    GitHub lost me when Microsoft used my shitty code to train shitty AI without my permission.

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    Comment #47610375

    Long time Linux user, but I got lazy into the Windows ecosystem for too many years. My son convinced me to move over and I haven't looked back. I haven't found a game that hasn't r…

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    Comment #47536724

    Modern street lighting provides a way clearer view of the scene imo than the old sodium lighting. Maybe it's just brighter now.

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    Comment #47513412

    A 29 minute 5K is not trivial

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    Comment #47359550

    > high quality medical advice I'll replace my doctor with AI immediately after the tech bros do lol

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    Comment #47316600

    Don't buy the shit. You don't need a smart doorbell or robot vacuum at a minimum.

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    Comment #47256007

    It just means the phone is massively overpowered :)

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    Comment #47162249

    I had wondered about the same for nicotine, being a neurostimulant.

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    Comment #47162242

    > instead of feeling animated, these people feel drowsy, and they say that coffee makes them sleep Sounds like ADHD to me

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    Comment #46985246

    It's flipped, so you now get a little petrol 4 stroke engine powering the game console in your electric car.

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    Comment #46968651

    >Why is everyone using Vercel and the likes anyway? Because you literally connect to a git repo and your site is deployed, and scales with load. Compared to managing a VM, system a…

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    Comment #46803773

    Why? Not everything is pure mathematics.

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    Comment #46584042

    > I really don’t get the sense of urgency Mind-boggling amount of investment needing a return or the promise of a return

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    Comment #46581269

    Linux is insanely easy to use these days. So mature. Even for gaming, I haven't encountered a single game that hasn't run, and most of the time I don't even have to think of settin…

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    Comment #46198334

    Everyone thought boomers were bad. Gen Xers, tech bros: hold my beer

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    Comment #46114163

    We only need a few minutes sun exposure in the Australian sun at a UV Index of 14 for vitamin D. 20 minutes to start burning. Maybe there's a happy medium between a bit of sun expo…

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    Comment #45434120

    100% agree. No direct developer job losses from AI. But if it makes you more efficient, there are indirect job losses. Still borderline as to how much nett efficiency it provides. …