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speedylight

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About speedylight

Curious about the world, and how we can change it for the better.

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    Comment #49017489

    It’s ok when they steal the entire internet and everything not the internet they can get their hands on but distillation is bad.

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    Comment #48156410

    I love California for these laws because even though their jurisdiction is technically limited, it makes no sense for the companies to not make the changes available nation wide.

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    Comment #47907377

    So Google gives Anthropic money which anthropic then uses to buy compute from Google. How does this end up screwing over regular people?

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    Comment #47552552

    At this point windows should be classified as a public utility and regulated as such. Microsoft has turned the most popular operating system on earth into an ad riddled and dysfunc…

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    Comment #47309945

    They might want to reopen it, oil prices spiked to $120 a few hours ago.

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    Comment #47305100

    No, Reddit is insufferable to use precisely because of this, try posting to any subreddit with a new account and your post gets removed because it’s too new or doesn’t have enough …

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    Comment #47295637

    Predictions markets need to be outlawed, no exceptions, just erased from existence.

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    Comment #47258800

    Humans like pretty things, that’s why I have an urge to pet bears and tigers even though I know they’ll kill me.

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    Comment #47222618

    I have the M3 iPad Air… I won’t have to replace it for at least 4 years because it’s stupidly powerful but both of its hands are tied because of iPad OS. Apple needs to get serious…

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    Comment #47178550

    Can this shit cake be undone by a federal judge? No way a merger like that doesn’t violate antitrust laws.

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    Comment #47057912

    All EVs will naturally be more reliable than ICE cars because there are a lot less components that can break!

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    Comment #46983353

    Can we please file the idea of AI judges under the “fuck no” category.

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    Comment #46835919

    I tried using my WolframAlpha in high school but I had no idea what I was doing and it felt way too complicated, but in college it is a game changer and I still use it to do school…

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    Comment #46835894

    FCC license exams I am assuming?

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    Comment #46835861

    That’s so cool, I wish something like this existed in the states. That’s the kind of trust local communities thrive in <3

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    Comment #46835825

    lol I did accidentally a verb yes, quite a frequent occurrence with me!

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    Comment #46834994

    On iOS you can get free background play with Youtube App by putting the video in picture-in-picture -> locking the screen, -> going to control center and hitting the play button. D…

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    Ask HN: Do you still use physical calculators?

    I’ve noticed that most physical scientific and graphing calculators are easily outdone in terms of performance, capability and ease of use by the likes of Desmos and the default ca…

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    Comment #46834651

    It’s a damn shame that SpaceX is being entangled with the absolute trash that is X and xAI.

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    Comment #46798746

    I’ve been using a Mac for a about three years now, but every once in a while I use my old gaming laptop to play some games and every time I am reminded of how insufferable windows …

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    Comment #46513849

    Have a cup of coffee in solitude and let your mind run wild.

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    Comment #46347404

    Not really, they just treat it the intersection as if it were ruled by stop signs. It’s not always easy to keep track of who goes next but overall people can handle themselves pret…

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    Comment #46200538

    So many freaking apps do this crap, Apple needs to implement a categorization system for notifications and allows users to choose which categories of notifications to allow. Anythi…

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    Comment #46049747

    Except the five eras in the article are based scientific observations of how the brain changes overtime where’s yours are based on having a snide attitude.