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Re:Ask HN: Can I download GPT / ChatGPT to my desktop? on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:23PM (#34175062)
Truly a shame. Good marketing tho
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:00AM (#34065947)
This belongs next to Standfords research into sterilising white males. "Harmful language"? Sounds like a dystopian dictatorial nightmare. "We're enslaving you to protect you from yourselves..." should be their new motto.
Re:EU-wide maximum limit of €10K for cash payments on Saturday December 10, 2022 @04:51PM (#33937227)
This is obviously the first part of a major push to force us to use Central Bank Digital Currencies. Now that they are banning cash, we will be controlled like never before. This is the beginning of the end of freedom.
Yes, but how much did it cost them?

Ask HN: How much load can Next.js API Routes handle?

I don't know how to load test or stress test, so I was wondering if anyone had tried this with Next.JS - i.e. just using it as an API Server.I know that Next.JS is primarily used to build websites and web apps, and that they have indeed added the Edge API Routes which is custom built for this, but I'm still curious re regular old API Routes, since Edge API Routes are beta, so may get cut in the...

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I'm sorry, but that's a whackadoodle approach to engineering. 40C is well within the range of expected temperatures, and the men who designed it failed epically. There have been heatwaves in the UK since 1911 where the temp approaches 40C.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/from-the-archive-blog/20...

That still sounds like really, really, really bad design. 40C is not a hurricane, flood, or volcano. It's a mildly hot day. Engineering fail.
Essential service melts at 40°C..... well, that wasn't designed very well, was it?
They didn't block the N word
Re:Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter's board of directors on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:36PM (#31512283)
Adios, you bearded dark wizard
Re: on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:21PM (#31345226)
Lawyers who want to get rich and earn a fat payday. The bill of rights states that her actions are outright illegal. It's an easy win for anyone who doesn't fear the Twitterati.
Re: on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:51PM (#31344884)
Yes, I'm a bit of a troll, but honestly, when it's done in a healthy way, it improves the system by providing measured resistance.

She's a racist and she represents the company as their hiring manager. They read her tweets and approve of them, and are thus liable for her actions.

These are not her personal opinions - she states that they form the basis of her choices re who gets hired.

Re: on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:49PM (#31344856)
No. This is the hiring manager. They are not just one person. She represents the company Dropbox, and they will be judged for her actions as their ambassador.
Re:No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @06:36AM (#31325463)
Without being able to ratio likes to dislikes, every video on YouTube becomes useless for information value. Every video is now for entertainment only, which is what the communist radical left wants - when there is no truth, then whoever shouts the loudest becomes the voice of truth. They have taken a big step towards ruining the internet.
Thank goodness science is in COMPLETE agreement when it comes to climate. I mean, if there was more than one scientific opinion about climate, then this ban would be ludicrous....
Re:Goodbye Apple, Hello Purism on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @11:59AM (#30920645)
I wonder how this comment will affect your Social Credit Score. With centralised digitised currencies coming, I hope you'll still be allowed to buy groceries.

Goodbye Apple, Hello Purism

After 10 years as a loyal customer of everything Apple, it's time for me to say my goodbyes the the fruity yet snoopy mega-corp.Money wasn't enough for dear Apple, it seems, and their new direction of listening in on their user's private digital activity has left an overtly sour taste in my mouth.I don't want to be surveilled for conformance by the computer that I paid a bucket-load of money...

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Re: on Monday February 07, 2022 @11:18AM (#30246850)
Carefully protected? That's security stuff. I'm asking if Apple is analysing everything I do on their computers.

From the links above, it seems that Apple's Privacy policy reserves the rights to monitor ALL your data and usage of its devices, and that it then actuates this policy using snooping mechanisms in Mac OS. Do you agree?

There's always a "reason" why an evil decree is actually quite logical and palatable - just look at Whoopie Goldberg's latest scandal. But that doesn't stop it from being evil. This is an outright attempt to close the net. An open web means that anyone can say anything, and that concept horrifies and terrifies FAANG. They want a total monopoly on thought, and any "excuse" they give for closing the web is just that - an excuse.
If only there was a readily available, highly effected treatment for COVID that you could buy over the counter and had no side effects..... oh wait... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34194240/
Re:I Am Boycotting YouTube's Like Button on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @03:58PM (#29478136)
And yet you care enough to write a comment... So I guess you really do care and you do know who I am. Thanks for the love Amigo ;)
Re:I Am Boycotting YouTube's Like Button on Thursday December 02, 2021 @11:33AM (#29418365)
Teaching people that dissent is illegal and/or not tolerated is not infantile. Orwell discussed it at length in his book ;)
Re:I Am Boycotting YouTube's Like Button on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:41PM (#29397204)
Your argument cuts both ways - why not just have a bot that likes and comments on the videos that you want to push. So now by your logic, we should BAN all likes and comments. So now nothing means anything, and YouTube will just tell us if a video is good or not.

Doesn't sound like a great plan. How about Google re-instates the Dislike button and works harder to filter out the bots. i.e. Don't harm the product and the UX.

Re:I Am Boycotting YouTube's Like Button on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:38PM (#29397163)
I respectfully disagree. Morals matter. Your point is like saying, "if you don't like the printing press/hydrogen bomb/automobile, then just don't use it.".

YouTube is an integral part of sharing information, and the like/dislike ratio is a crucial yardstick of if the content is trustworthy. 95% of the content is not bullsh*t in my mind, and if it is, then why not have the dislike button anyway?

Re:I Am Boycotting YouTube's Like Button on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:36PM (#29397140)
Not at all. Youtube content moderation is not intended for things like content quality, only for egregious breaches of YouTube policy like harassment, abuse, or hate speech.

If a guy in the video says "bend your foot at the ankle all the down until you hear a loud pop and feel something give", then reporting the video will do nothing. Downvoting it will inform other users that this is maybe not a good idea.

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