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Strongly agree, I feel like my passion for development as a whole has waned away as AI has gotten more prevalent. We do things to achieve some end result but it's the journey there…

I agree with this wholeheartedly, it's harder to notice this in a field you are a professional in, but what really opened my eyes was noticing how often friction kept me from makin…

Except cheating in games isn't the equivalent of steroids in the gym, since they let cheaters do things that literally no one can without them. And steroids at least have the argum…

Not just CS, I don't think people realize how prevalent cheating is in any multiplayer game. The issue is compounded by the fact that many high skill ceiling games are plagued by "…

I think you and the previous comment are talking about different types of drones- the smaller commercial quadcopters used in the Russia-Ukraine conflict can be shot down with shotg…

I feel like bigger studios have definitely been playing it safer in the last 10-15 years. You used to see a lot more unorthodox ideas and mechanics or just flat out bizarre premise…

Product/tech fanboyism has always existed, sure, not going to argue that point. But I don't remember it ever being getting anywhere near as heated or pushed in real life conversati…

I think a large amount of AI skeptics are just tired. I'm what you would call in the AI skeptic camp and the most I'll contribute to in person conversations anymore is feigned indi…

Eat it- plenty of people hunt boar for the meat just like other wild animals. I'm not the biggest fan of the taste but have friends that enjoy it.

The biggest thing I miss about smoking myself and smoking being common and prevalent in general is the social aspect (you immediately both have at least one thing in common and 5 m…

I feel like just about everyone knows of (through friends/family/community) or has experienced some form of life changing harassment, assault, blackmailing, scamming, or otherwise …

How often do you see people trying to recreate the lifestyles or belief systems of extinct cultures / societies for themselves to live by in a genuine day to day manner, and not in…

It is not a comment on the religious/philosophical validity of the belief as I initially understood it. Just that for a specific belief to survive, some number of members need to s…

Thanks for the background! I am admittedly not very familiar with Quakers or their history. The clarification in the first part of your post helps with the context, I'll agree it's…

You do have a choice, because the state/police/military aren't an opaque non-human monolith. They are made up of people who DID make the choice to take up that burden, for any give…

>There are nonlethal ways of defending oneself or others, too, btw. Learn martial arts, knock them out, use a taser if you have too, then grab your kid and run. None of that requir…

It's not a condemnation of the morals within their belief system, and not a demand that everyone should participate equally in (potential) violence that comes along with protecting…

The interesting (to me) part about such a philosophy is that it seems like it can only really survive and prosper within a society where someone else is willing to pick up the burd…

The addiction is the kicker there. Kratom withdrawals/dependency isn't as bad as traditional opioids/opiates. But it's a magnitude of an order worse than nicotine/caffeine/etc. dep…

>Any concerns from a technical or ethical standpoint? Would you feel comfortable if someone made a similar website with the sole purpose of generating photos of your likeness or th…

Nothing is inherently wrong with that if you still get your work done. And I agree that you can find ways to slack off in the office just the same. I'm not saying everyone needs to…

I see a lot of people on HN claiming to be more productive at home and honestly think they are the exception rather than the norm. Maybe there is a bias here because the kind of pe…

On a personal level? Sure, I don't think anyone should be calling out, naming and shaming, or drawing attention to abnormal behavior that specific individuals have. Nobody should t…

I don't think the kind of dog ownership you're talking about is the same as the one in the article. It's about dogs as a replacement for children which anecdotally I have definitel…

Guns (and really most forms of progress in warfare and violence) undoubtedly fall under a similar conundrum. Funny to note that at least one inventor who contributed greatly to mod…