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4,890karma·475submissions·December 6, 2010
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It was realistic enough to make them expect that their keyboard shortcut would close the window. It wasn't realistic enough to actually do that. So the visual UI was too realistic for them to not…
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It was "too good" in the sense that it was realistic enough that they forgot they were in a simulation, and thought the terminal window was a real native macOS window
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Wow this is a very interesting theory. Like a reverse conspiracy theory! How could we go about comparing the likelihoods?
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This article makes me think that if you know what you’re doing, it doesn’t matter whether it’s through a screen or not. It makes sense based on my own low-stakes experience (socialising through screen…
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Yes. I’m noticing that we seem to be having a decent discussion about divorce - the effects of divorce on children; how divorce after a long time is not the same as breaking up with a partner of just …
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Huh. When I submitted this 11 hours ago it was flagged https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27031515 …
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Please can you explain more? I’m interested
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I clicked on the YouCaring link but it took me to a 404 page that said it had been absorbed by GoFundMe. When I searched for “Vernon Adams” on GoFundMe I couldn’t find anything. Does anyone have the …
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