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Re:Show HN: Get any domain's brand data via API on Saturday November 16, 2024 @07:21AM (#42156047)
Why don’t you have a demo where someone can enter a website and see a JSON response? I signed up on mobile to test it out but you dumped me into a settings page.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Thursday November 07, 2024 @11:13AM (#42077945)
Talking down to the majority of voters is a large factor in why the democratic party lost this election. The US needs a strong democratic party just as much as it needs a strong republican party. Dems gave us the modern concept of a weekend, public services that are vital to social mobility, and many more things.

Rather than resenting a large part of the nation for their vote, my hope is that we all practice humility and reflect on the truth regarding why this happened and not just chalk it up to "over half the country is stupid".

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:53PM (#42072435)
Both things can be true. Conservative media outlets know that these issues evoke visceral reactions from the base and therefore they can sell more ads.

But I’ve also encountered teachers who confided that they teach gender fluidity to their 1st grade class without parental consent. Teaching trans ideology to children has become a humanitarian cause for many on the left and there’s a strong desire among parents for public school systems to take an aggressive stance against the handful of bad actors doing this.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:03PM (#42072094)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/watch-live-trump-s...

Any such calculated attempt at appearing tough would break down when a bullet barely missed your head. His reaction of staying on stage and encouraging the crowd would be quite hard to fake.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:50PM (#42071437)
I think there’s a lot of truth to this, and it’s worth reflecting on.

Trump survived an assassination attempt, a series of questionably motivated legal challenges, and then leaned into showing up for hostile interviews during the campaign.

At a time where there is armed conflict spreading across the world again, this kind of personality is appealing to a large portion of the population, and understandably so.

Trump did indeed propose some protectionist policies concerning foreign imports. It was oddly left leaning. Makes me wonder if the parties are switching platforms again.
The point also remains that I haven't seen socialized healthcare conflated with communism. While it wouldn't surprise me if Trump said it, I have not personally seen it.
Again, to be fair, she proposed (though now rescinded I believe) price controls on food.
I think for myself and do not just adopt whatever view happens to be espoused by a party leader. I'm sure he may have conflated socialized healthcare with communism at some point, but my original point remains that most of the republicans I know do not believe such things.
I'm a republican who is also opposed to public healthcare and I understand it isn't communism. Most of the other republicans with whom I interact also understand that. Not all republicans engage in false equivalence.
To be fair, I’ve never seen socialized healthcare conflated with communism. Most people seem to understand the difference.
Re:Ask HN: Good Sites for/with AI Enthusiasts? on Monday September 23, 2024 @07:18AM (#41624820)
Chipp AI public discord is pretty active and folks tend to talk about the latest stuff there. It’s a mostly non-technical crowd though.
Re:Engineering for Slow Internet on Sunday June 02, 2024 @01:17PM (#40555713)
Phoenix LiveView.
Re:Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired on Friday March 15, 2024 @01:16PM (#39718171)
The quoted tweet mentions medical leave for burnout. I've noticed quite a lot of these stories begin with the laid-off employee taking extended time off for one reason or another.
I should have qualified further: capitalism as the prevailing economic system within the United States.
Very insightful, thank you!
Re:JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:24PM (#39245378)
Goodhart's law is a good point. I've seen that play out numerous times.
Re:JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry on Saturday February 03, 2024 @12:49PM (#39242799)
Valid, agreed. Privacy might be assumed when using a computer whereas people in a public store understand that they’re in public.
Re:JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry on Saturday February 03, 2024 @11:48AM (#39242066)
Counterpoint: the owner of a brick-and-mortar retail business is able to observe the behavior of customers as they peruse their store.
Re:JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry on Saturday February 03, 2024 @11:45AM (#39242038)
Agreed, perhaps I shouldn’t have stoked that fire.
Re:JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry on Saturday February 03, 2024 @10:21AM (#39241120)
What's the gripe with telemetry? That data is used to improve your experience with the product. Otherwise, developers are flying blind.
When You Capitalize Each Word of a Title it is Very Hard to Read
Re:Most AI startups are doomed on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @09:17PM (#38454637)
I think there are certainly more AI startups than there are viable business models. I still see exceptions like https://cursor.sh though. There are people building things that people actually want and who are building brand loyalty.
Why not just store the data in localStorage?
I’ve worked in big companies where this dynamic was present and appreciate your nuanced reply.
False title. The article states that they would have approached their plans differently. Regret is a much stronger emotion, but I guess we wouldn’t have clicked on the title without it.
Re:Show HN: PC Builder AI on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @04:34PM (#37068005)
Getting HTTP 500 response when I attempt to generate a build.
Any reason for all the animated text on the landing page? I found it jarring to glean information about the product when the page is constantly moving.

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