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Re:Closure, from Why_ the Lucky Stiff on Friday July 07, 2023 @08:39PM (#36640119)
> As for _why, there is nothing special about him

That sounds patently false to me considering we're still talking about him almost 20 years after his flagship work was published.

Minimizing _why because of a tired, narrow-minded focus on identity politics seems disingenuous and like a missed opportunity to learn

Only issue with that thesis is that HN hates 100% of the things that it comes across.
Re:Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer on Monday June 05, 2023 @06:25PM (#36204938)
It was part of the keynote how it can integrate with Magic Mouse/Keyboard and presumably other bluetooth accessories
That's a great approach and I'd also be curious to know if somebody has paid you, my immediate guess would be "no" - but you never know
Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:18PM (#35821502)
I don't feel sorry for Google, nor the big amounts of PR nonsense they're putting out there in order to try to spin their being too slow to move LLM tech to the side of the consumer. Get better or get out.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @08:42PM (#28451596)
Australia's always been a bit icky when it comes to digital rights and censorship, but this just takes it over the top.
Re:Tesla Announces a Humanoid Robot “Tesla Bot” on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:31PM (#28248852)
You clearly have no point to make.
What a horrible, horrible take.
Re:GitHub Copilot on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:03PM (#27677838)
There's that insecurity thing he was talking about.
You admitted previously that there's companies with remote cultures that are tremendously successful. By definition of their very existence, they have replaced "face time with online" - which you claim can't happen.
I disagree, those labels have many aims, none of which are good and most of which seem to be a form of ending conversations before any meaningful conclusion is reached.
That was my perception of that person's posts as well.
This is my exact experience when asking questions about a broad subject that has to do with politics. You get downvoted, therefore information doesn't flow properly your way, which leaves people just as ignorant as they come in and resentful that they get punished for asking serious questions in a respectful tone.
There's an arrow next to the username that will help you express this sentiment without the need to comment.
Re:Not Everyone in Tech Cheers the H-1B Visa Program on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:53AM (#13579894)
The point being, it needs to be updated.
I agree wholeheartedly, but I think this phenomenon is to be expected.

I don't know any more about the founder of Whole Foods than I do about the founder of Target, nor is it really relevant to me as a consumer. All the vast majority of people have to form an opinion on their image is the companies themselves and their experiences with them. So, we do.

Hear, hear.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:15AM (#13530667)
Truly a riveting read. I had no idea Bush was like that behind closed doors.
Re:Dropbox Paper on Monday January 30, 2017 @03:13PM (#13524564)
My immediate thought was "another Dropbox project that'll be sunset in a year's time, huh?"
Re:Trello Spins Out of Fog Creek With $10.3M on Thursday July 24, 2014 @01:40PM (#8081028)
Trello is such a fantastic tool, I use it every single day. It has stood the test of time for me, unlike Evernote, Clipboard and many others. This is fantastic news, kudos to the Trello team.
Re:Drinking behind 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults on Saturday June 28, 2014 @07:30PM (#7959748)
I had a similar experience to your father growing up and that's exactly the conclusion I reached. Learning what not to do through the example of others can be quite efficient.
That's a great response, thank you.
I wonder how their last employment program went. Any comments, gsaines?
Re:The next version of DuckDuckGo on Monday May 05, 2014 @03:03PM (#7700437)
This is fantastic. I already had DDG as my search engine, this just takes it to the next level. I'll be looking forward to the full release. Kudos!
Re:Ask HN: Listen to HN articles as radio. on Monday May 05, 2014 @02:17PM (#7700142)
It seems like you have a pretty good idea of what you want to do. That said, assumption number 3 is not entirely true. Pocket (which is already widely used) has TTS tech integrated and it's really easy to use.

I could see the value so long as the articles are narrated by a human. A condition that, like you said, seems to have a lot of strings attached to it.

Re:Ask HN: How do you validate your idea? on Sunday April 27, 2014 @12:01PM (#7655570)
Check out this article:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/04/10/a-guide-to-valida...

I read it and really enjoyed it. It seems like a great fit for your situation.

Re:The user is drunk (2013) [video] on Sunday April 27, 2014 @11:16AM (#7655385)
I remember watching this last year. It's one of the best UX videos I've ever seen, thanks for the reminder.
Re:A New Codecademy on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @12:30PM (#7635055)
It looks great, modern and slick. Somebody else mentioned the fact that you guys are coming out with something that'll take users out of the console. Can you elaborate on that?
I saw SV's first episode and found it overly boring.

I got the jokes and even got a couple of chuckles here and there, but the show as a whole is not worth the hype it currently has behind it. I'll keep watching, however, hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

Yup, Thiel Fellowship included.

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