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Re:The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshit on Friday August 14, 2026 @09:15PM (#49306588)
I like the article, but some of the issues are the law and other issues seem to be not the law, and it confuses me. For example, the fact that teams can’t join the NBA doesn’t seem to be a law in particular.
Re:My Mental Model of Learning on Friday May 15, 2026 @11:24PM (#48156558)
A few days ago, a Nautilus article about why researchers produce less disruptive work as they age was trending here on HN.

I was already writing about a related idea, so I figured I’d share it. The short version is that learning makes us better, but it also makes some ideas harder to reach. That’s why I try to write down my naive thoughts before I learn enough to stop having them.

This is my first blog post. Hope you enjoy it.

Related HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111243

I appreciate the tip, but your response has nothing to do with my question
On GitHub, I saw this message from April 20, and I’m a bit confused.

"deependujha hi @thebaptiste, thanks for inquiring. Release of 2.6.2 is blocked due to some internal reasons. Will notify once release is made. "

I'd hate it if they knew of the problem that long ago and didn't warn until now. If someone has more info and can clarify I'd be thankful.

https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/issues/216...

Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) on Friday March 27, 2026 @04:33PM (#47547879)
I think you miss the point. How would you feel if you had a Ferrari with a noticeable scratch? Yes, it is great to have such a nice car, but it'd be a pity. So much much effort was put into the whole thing and this little detail is what lingers on your mind.
Ecobee smart thermostat. I’m the only one in the family that knows how to change the temperature now.
Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @09:26PM (#46143073)
That would be good. I only said that his "lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension." is way too long. I guess other people disagreed because I got some downvotes.
Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:40AM (#46135740)
So, you want a title that is 5 lines long? It’s a fair criticism, but maybe it’s just too difficult to summarize in a title.
They are very different.

In scenario A, the labor of watching the kids is untaxed.

In Scenario B is Avery watches many kids and the effort per kid is reduced, but you get taxed.

Re:Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation on Friday August 08, 2025 @10:36AM (#44837503)
The card is so impressive that it doesn’t matter much, but I think that if you remove half of the text in that card and make it very legible it would burn your name into people’s brain.
Re:Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation on Friday August 08, 2025 @09:57AM (#44837020)
For the most part I agree, but the purpose of a business card is to be read. You can barely read that text.
Re:Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation on Friday August 08, 2025 @09:13AM (#44836575)
Amazing project, but the font on the back of the card is gross.
Re:Potatoes in the Mail on Friday April 18, 2025 @02:44PM (#43730794)
My only complaint is that the leaf arrived, but they didn't stamp it. I can't prove to people that it was actually mailed.
Re:Potatoes in the Mail on Friday April 18, 2025 @02:43PM (#43730770)
They also allow you to mail Sea Grape leaves as if they were postcards. I did it many times, and here's an old post I found that also confirms it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/obv56n/s...

Re:Bolt3D: Generating 3D Scenes in Seconds on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:42AM (#43423251)
Where is this image from? Were you able to try the model?
If this was a public company I would put my tin foil hat and believe that it's a quick buck scheme to boost CEO pay. A short sighted action that is not in the shareholders interest. But I guess that's not the case? Who knows...
If you offer a service, you have some responsibility towards your users. One of those responsibilities is to give enough notice about changes. IMO, this change doesn't provide enough notice. Why not making it a year, or at least a couple of months? Probably because they don't want people to have enough notice to force their hand.
Maybe you're right, but we'll never know. It would be great if they allowed some sections to develop so we can test it out. To me it is a desirable location because of the companies, not the lifestyle.
They are probably removing the best 10%, the ones that can find other jobs. I’ve seen it at my previous job.
I had a baby. Months later, UH retroactively denied all birth and baby care claims. They claimed I had other insurance, which I don’t. Now I get to prove a negative. So fun.
There's people burned to death all over the US. Most of them were murdered by negligent road engineers.
Crime reports are manipulated. A friend got hit in the head and NYPD refused to register it. Despite that, NYC is very safe compared to most of the US, and articles that say otherwise are just trying to manipulate you.
Re:TikTok goes dark in the US on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:47PM (#42759378)
I thought that according law they are distributors, not publishers. That’s how they avoid liability for all the damage they do. They really try to have it both ways
Re:Stop Doing Cloud on Saturday April 20, 2024 @01:15PM (#40098869)
Right now GCP and lambda cloud have almost no GPUs available. I would have done better on prem.
Re:The 'Georgists' Are Out and they want to tax your land on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:34AM (#38277783)
We already have that. You get a big deduction for one of your houses if you live in it.
Re:Why doctors in America earn so much on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:30PM (#38105611)
That doesn’t mean we have a market. I was billed $1000 for en ECG for example. I wouldn’t have paid for it. It’s a simple procedure that doesn’t require a genius or advanced equipment. I’d rather an immigrant with a foreign degree look at it for $80 than a licensed American doctor for $1000. I’m not allowed to do so. I can’t choose the quality of care I get.
Re:Why doctors in America earn so much on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:16PM (#38104408)
There are insane controls on supply. It’s not a free market. Everyone has to choose a Ferrari treatment or not go to the doctor. There’s no budget option.
Re:Why doctors in America earn so much on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:12AM (#38099308)
The AMA issue is not new. In “capitalism and freedom” 1962, Milton Friedman wrote that it will turn into a cartel, then it did.
Re:Organization Probably Doesn't Want to Improve Things on Sunday October 08, 2023 @08:23AM (#37809854)
God points but:

1) For someone in BigCo it is fun to read.

2) BigCo is not a bad place for most people. Management should just shut up about efficiency and data driven. No one believes them, not even themselves.

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