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jjmarr
4,565karma·1,187submissions·February 8, 2024
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All views are my own. Software Engineer II @ AMD
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the "learn to code" campaign began ramping up in 2013. If you started undergrad in 2016 you would've graduated right into the covid market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
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The line represents a physical tunnel through which the ball can travel.
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I'm referring to C heavily using pointer arithmetic. If you wanted to make it easier to convert arbitrary functions to use your shiny new resizable type, you end up with something simulator to it…
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Oceans have salt. Saltwater is bad for electronics beyond normal water. You also need a sufficient level of water depth otherwise it'll warm to surface temperature. It also needs to be price-comp…
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> Imagine if this was a new language that the dev community was seeing for the first time. It's hard to imagine it gaining much traction. But it's not a new language. It's backwards …
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Last time I went to McDonald's, someone stole my food and I didn't get a refund. I ordered a McChicken + fries at the kiosk. Waited for 15 minutes at the counter before I asked where my food…
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> When parents explain why they work so hard to give their children the best possible education, they invariably say it is because of the opportunities it opens up. But what of the opportunities it…
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You're missing the historical context. Prior to patents, inventions would commercialized as magic tricks and the mechanisms hidden. Then the inventor died and the secrets were lost. For example, …
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SWEs get paid to get good at reading documentation on processes. I think HN is biased since we'll only escalate once documentation can't help us. I'm also bullish because AI coding agen…
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There's not a single major US airline that is profitable on charging passengers for tickets and flying them to destinations. United is the closest, with only a 0.04¢ loss on every seat mile.[1] t…
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The area it's installed in is famous for sculptures of figures that served the British Empire, generally in combat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_St_Jam…
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Shouldn't it also show the version number of the browser the user is currently on?
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My parents bought me lifetime OBC over a decade ago instead of an XBOX. I get 2200 Robux/month in passive income.
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Basically, the game takes place in a medieval walled settlement. The person who's on the server the longest becomes the "leader" and gets to tax everyone/manage the settlement/…
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It's a interactive prompt needing a webcam. You move your head to prove it is a live face.
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They automatically assign you to an age group based on AI/guessing/face verification. If you've been assigned to an incorrect group, you need to do KYC verification with ID.
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The "child safety measures" was dividing the playerbase into age groups and banning almost all communication between them. The age groups are under 9, 9–12, 13–15, 16–17, 18–20, and 21+. Use…
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https://proprivacy.com/tools/ruinmysearchhistory Here's a site that automatically uses your browser to do questionable searches to get you on a watchlist. Try it! Nothing wi…
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It's the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. Jewish Community Centers are targeted more for attacks than a YMCA.
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The younger generation will split, as it always does, between AI-native and "hyperauthenticity" that rejects things even the previous generation accepted. Like how vinyl is outselling CDs. R…
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How has AI affected your job and what tools are you using? What's an ask you'd make to startups in the legal AI space? Not selling something, but have heard primarily negative sentiments fro…