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Unless those traditional news outlets use LLMs to write stories for them in order to keep up with the internet/lower salary cost
At it's height that's still $1.8m for paying ~350 people
Re:NeRF: An eventual successor for deepfakes? on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:39AM (#31895188)
Very much agreed. It just results in a terrible UX when 98% of other websites have a standard scrolling mechanism
Re:GameShell: A game to learn or teach the Unix shell on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:50AM (#31503794)
I find the use of a 'sh' file suffix a useful convention to follow in helping identifying what is an isn't a shell script on my local machine
Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:03AM (#31502778)
> Changing the temperature while driving on a good touch interface is trivial and incredibly far from incredibly dangerous

Looking away for even ~3s at motorway speeds is 100m driven without looking at whats in front of you, I'd say that's fairly dangerous

> The great benefit of a touch screen is unlimited update capabilities

It also introduces a single point of failure for any features on it, at least with physical buttons you stand more chance of operating other parts of the car if one breaks.

Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:31AM (#31502563)
Modern cars seem to be moving towards all controls on a touch screen somewhere. I suppose this allows for more frequent updates, but in my experience it just leads to more bugs and more painful factory updates.

Not to mention using a touchscreen to adjust the temperature while driving is incredibly dangerous compared to a dial you can feel for without taking your eyes off the road.

Re:Statement on 4 Years of GDPR on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:08AM (#31502454)
GDPR also opened the door for the eprivacy directive that brought us cookie law
Re:Ask HN: SaaS Communities? on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @05:50AM (#31502348)
YC's startup school could be a good place if you have an idea already - https://www.startupschool.org/
I find this to be a good motivator to make better interactions with co-workers & friends. Since giving up FB/Instagram I've found conversations with friends to be much more engaging and fulfilling