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web3-is-a-scam

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    Comment #45861244

    Don’t give a f*ck about the UKs laws. Don’t like it, the UK should block ME.

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    Comment #45859333

    They’re opt-out and can be disabled in the settings or fully disabled in about:config. Definitely annoying but not enough to make me switch to a Chromium based browser.

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    Comment #45859161

    I loved writing C++ back in the day, C++98 was peak. I couldn’t fathom starting a new project with whatever the current C++ is now.

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    Comment #45858114

    I’m a btop user how is it gamified? If by “gamified” thy mean “looks like something you would see in a video game (or movie)” then yeah tha tracks but that’s not what “gamified” ty…

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    Comment #45858079

    Sure let’s just centralize hardware attestation to Microsoft’s cloud tied to a Microsoft account with keys you can’t change what could possibly go wrong? This is all publicly docum…

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    Comment #45857816

    It’s not like these things aren’t publically documented by Microsoft. You just need to be able to translate their doublespeak.

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    Comment #45857455

    Surely the government would never lie.

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    Comment #45857382

    > At an event this week, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar seemed to suggest that the government could act as a “backstop” for the company’s commitments She said the quiet part out loud? This…

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    Comment #45857105

    TPM is not secure. At all. At least when when you’re using Windows. https://youtu.be/t1eX_vvAlUc

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    Comment #45856948

    All of the brainpower is going into AI. Im expecting a future where we dont have “pages” on the internet anymore, but its just the backbone for generative AI content and if you wan…

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    Comment #40941072

    just get a vm on something like Vultr and install postgres on it

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    Comment #40892442

    80% of my engineering department was off shored and the results are exactly what you’d expect.

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    Comment #40813421

    Would love to know which LLMs you’re using because every single one I’ve used has been hot garbage that can’t do anything beyond joining a couple tables and fails miserably at basi…

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    Comment #40812937

    Many many years ago, I simply bought the O’Reilley SQL pocket guide, skimmed through it, read the section about Window Functions and that marked the start of a moment in my career …

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    Comment #40810223

    Yes. I’d consider myself an “intermediate” DBA but I can command an insane salary and I have people tripping over themseves to hire me. Nobody cares about SQL until it takes 15 sec…

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    Comment #40755380

    If you’re an innovation hero and you don’t own part of the company, you are a sucker

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    Comment #40732271

    When I worked in marketing software I experienced this often with the term "referral". To this day I still feel kindof weird when I see the term.

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    Comment #40680151

    Why not both?

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    Comment #40657442

    How am I supposed to know if something is worth investing in if I can’t even use it? A pinky promise that maybe I’ll be able to get one someday isn't a good deal. I want to know wh…

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    Comment #40657090

    I can’t even get their product anywhere at a decent price, why should I invest in this company?

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    Comment #40607803

    I didn’t know Bartender was sold. I thought it was fishy to need screen recording permissions but I assumed it was because of “security” features of the new macOS/m series chip/wha…

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    Comment #40599863

    they’re really trying to make fetch happen

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    Comment #40485723

    I don’t trust industry to self-regulate and I definitey don’t trust the government to be able to regulate it effectively. Honestly, we’re f*cked