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Okay, but one ENDS YOUR LIFE. The other is a temporary inconvenience. Maybe a big one, but temporary. I was baffled by this conversation until I saw that you've rapid-fire posted 30 comments in the last 2 hours. Now I…
> At least three people would have to be stupid to take my life And that has happened many times. It is not as improbable as you seem to think. I really can't understand the thought process of someone who thinks it…
I don't know why that would be the case, but let's say it is. An overzealous cop and prosecutor can, with a little luck, use the power of the state to get you executed or imprisoned for life for a crime you didn't…
Those corporations are certainly to be feared, but they don't have the power to impose violence or prison on you. The state does. It was the state that forced Snowden into exile. It is the state that is detaining people…
Does your fingerprint look normal? When I was a kid I was goofing around with a pair of scissors and lopped off a good chunk of the pad of one finger. Thirty years later my fingerprint looks like a bunch of little dots…
That sounded like a zinger in your head, eh? It's okay bud, spending every waking minute posting snark on HN must be tiring.
If you seriously think this is a realistic scenario, you should call your doctor and tell him you've decided you have cancer and would like to order chemotherapy. See what he says. Nobody is deciding for themselves to…
The first video appears to be real. Who knows if it's a working prototype or just a mockup, but the fact that it's held together by C-clamps and other stuff you could get at Home Depot makes me lean towards the former.…
> There's a huge difference between say, weilding a hatchet on a camping trip, and trying to get the hang of a splitting axe, with a 3ft or longer handle, when you're a kid. So not difficult for an adult, like I said.
Some adults indeed can't do it, but that doesn't mean it's difficult. And it is certainly not "wear out a whole axe handle just to learn to swing" difficult.
Same. I've only done it a couple times but it takes minutes to learn and you just get into a rhythm and keep going. It's like peeling potatoes. I wonder if there's a name for the psychological phenomenon of people doing…
> I know an awful lot of skilled people that live in the US If they already live in the US, they're not applying for an H1B.
I think this is a more desirable solution for customers than a refund anyway--if I like a game, I don't want my $60 back in exchange for never being able to play it again. I just want to keep playing it.
It depends a lot on their tone. Most of the time I've heard it, it's a quick "begpardon?", sometimes with their ear cocked towards you. When I see it in writing, I too for some reason picture an angry posh British man…
I'm American and I've heard Americans say "I beg your pardon", but like you I've always thought of it as a slightly proper (maybe WASP-y) idiom. People frequently say "excuse me", "sorry?", or "say again?". At least I…
It's easy to explain, but her language (Vietnamese) has no relation to English other than forced adoption of the Latin alphabet, so she wouldn't see that connection. "Sorry" is most commonly translated as "xin lỗi"…
> Isn't this just... normal? In the anglosphere maybe, but outside of that it seems to not be. My girlfriend is from SE Asia and her language's equivalent is evidently used exclusively to apologize for having wronged…
I can't speak for other makes/models/years with certainty, but my 2024 Ford Maverick has a "Telemetry Control Unit" that is easily accessible through a hatch by the front passenger seat. Unplugging it disables all…
So why don't you do it? Easy, right?
> With AI being so good why isn't someone... It baffles me that people ask this question all the time and it never occurs to them that perhaps the answer is "because it isn't".
I used to be afflicted with the notion that wealth was correlated with a person's intelligence and work ethic. I was miraculously cured when I went to work for a startup that had to periodically impress VCs to raise…
I'm pretty sure any recruiter's primary motivation is to find a fit for the role so they can get their commission.
I think the primary drivers of war come from the top--powerful people motivated by greed and ego. Those are the spark that starts wars. Boredom works from the bottom, providing fuel for wars in the form of soldiers.…
I'm confused by this comment. Is it not obvious that everything I've said is my opinion? Not everyone feels the need to hedge everything they say with "to me..." and "it really sounds like...". > It really annoyed me…
Looks to me like the author wrote themselves an inline note and forgot to remove it before publishing.
Okay, but one ENDS YOUR LIFE. The other is a temporary inconvenience. Maybe a big one, but temporary. I was baffled by this conversation until I saw that you've rapid-fire posted 30 comments in the last 2 hours. Now I…
> At least three people would have to be stupid to take my life And that has happened many times. It is not as improbable as you seem to think. I really can't understand the thought process of someone who thinks it…
I don't know why that would be the case, but let's say it is. An overzealous cop and prosecutor can, with a little luck, use the power of the state to get you executed or imprisoned for life for a crime you didn't…
Those corporations are certainly to be feared, but they don't have the power to impose violence or prison on you. The state does. It was the state that forced Snowden into exile. It is the state that is detaining people…
Does your fingerprint look normal? When I was a kid I was goofing around with a pair of scissors and lopped off a good chunk of the pad of one finger. Thirty years later my fingerprint looks like a bunch of little dots…
That sounded like a zinger in your head, eh? It's okay bud, spending every waking minute posting snark on HN must be tiring.
If you seriously think this is a realistic scenario, you should call your doctor and tell him you've decided you have cancer and would like to order chemotherapy. See what he says. Nobody is deciding for themselves to…
The first video appears to be real. Who knows if it's a working prototype or just a mockup, but the fact that it's held together by C-clamps and other stuff you could get at Home Depot makes me lean towards the former.…
> There's a huge difference between say, weilding a hatchet on a camping trip, and trying to get the hang of a splitting axe, with a 3ft or longer handle, when you're a kid. So not difficult for an adult, like I said.
Some adults indeed can't do it, but that doesn't mean it's difficult. And it is certainly not "wear out a whole axe handle just to learn to swing" difficult.
Same. I've only done it a couple times but it takes minutes to learn and you just get into a rhythm and keep going. It's like peeling potatoes. I wonder if there's a name for the psychological phenomenon of people doing…
> I know an awful lot of skilled people that live in the US If they already live in the US, they're not applying for an H1B.
I think this is a more desirable solution for customers than a refund anyway--if I like a game, I don't want my $60 back in exchange for never being able to play it again. I just want to keep playing it.
It depends a lot on their tone. Most of the time I've heard it, it's a quick "begpardon?", sometimes with their ear cocked towards you. When I see it in writing, I too for some reason picture an angry posh British man…
I'm American and I've heard Americans say "I beg your pardon", but like you I've always thought of it as a slightly proper (maybe WASP-y) idiom. People frequently say "excuse me", "sorry?", or "say again?". At least I…
It's easy to explain, but her language (Vietnamese) has no relation to English other than forced adoption of the Latin alphabet, so she wouldn't see that connection. "Sorry" is most commonly translated as "xin lỗi"…
> Isn't this just... normal? In the anglosphere maybe, but outside of that it seems to not be. My girlfriend is from SE Asia and her language's equivalent is evidently used exclusively to apologize for having wronged…
I can't speak for other makes/models/years with certainty, but my 2024 Ford Maverick has a "Telemetry Control Unit" that is easily accessible through a hatch by the front passenger seat. Unplugging it disables all…
So why don't you do it? Easy, right?
> With AI being so good why isn't someone... It baffles me that people ask this question all the time and it never occurs to them that perhaps the answer is "because it isn't".
I used to be afflicted with the notion that wealth was correlated with a person's intelligence and work ethic. I was miraculously cured when I went to work for a startup that had to periodically impress VCs to raise…
I'm pretty sure any recruiter's primary motivation is to find a fit for the role so they can get their commission.
I think the primary drivers of war come from the top--powerful people motivated by greed and ego. Those are the spark that starts wars. Boredom works from the bottom, providing fuel for wars in the form of soldiers.…
I'm confused by this comment. Is it not obvious that everything I've said is my opinion? Not everyone feels the need to hedge everything they say with "to me..." and "it really sounds like...". > It really annoyed me…