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beacon294··on More men are addicted to the 'crack cocaine' of the stock market
The problem isn't allocating, it's reallocating correctly. That problem space is much more complex for an entrenched account.
beacon294··on More men are addicted to the 'crack cocaine' of the stock market
Not really, indexing beats hedge fund managers over something like a 12 year stretch.
beacon294··on More men are addicted to the 'crack cocaine' of the stock market
Why would lab babies be unethical? Or do you mean some more specific scenario?
beacon294··on In praise of the hundred page idea
Absolutely. In 2020 I gave myself permission to simply abandon books and it has really helped me out.
beacon294··on GPT-5 is behind schedule
There's someone with this comment in every thread. Meanwhile, no one answers this because they are getting value. Please take the time to learn, it will give you value.
beacon294··on Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)
I did say it's more responsible, which I get is a values judgment.
beacon294··on Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)
It's much more responsible to put this whole thing into some nonprofit trust format and hand it over to someone with the time and energy to handle it. This also would not exclude you from volunteering.
beacon294··on What Is Vim?
What's a rough sketch of your idea for the vimscript?
beacon294··on What Is Vim?
I've been using vscode in java because of the cumbersome file navigation in bash. Is there easy full tree navigation in vim?

It may also be because the terminal view is much smaller than vscode's smaller navigation font so I can see much less of the file tree in a terminal program such as ranger.

I also never really mastered windows although I did master vim buffers.

I do use tmux.

beacon294··on CT Scans of New vs. Used SawStop
> When the brake is activated, the most recent data is stored into memory and SawStop can download the data from the activated cartridge. This data is very important to our continuing research and development program. If SawStop’s engineers verify the activation was due to contact with skin, you will receive a free replacement cartridge. If you are unsure why the cartridge activated, you can also ship the cartridge for analysis to SawStop’s service engineers. When the cartridge data is downloaded, we then can determine what specifically caused the brake to activate so that further unintended activations can be prevented. The brake cartridge evaluation is free of charge the shipping of the brake cartridge is paid for by the customer.

https://www.sawstop.com/service-tips/what-to-do-if-the-sawst...

beacon294··on Advent of Code 2024
I have trouble fitting this kind of thing in consistently. It's hard with work, chores, family, and then motivation to code after coding at work.
beacon294··on Advent of Code 2024
What if you don't get up?
beacon294··on Show HN: Autotab – Programmable AI browser for turning web tasks into APIs
It's honestly common industry slang and may be British English.
beacon294··on Linux kernel 6.12 has been released
Will this help fix hardware longevity for any of these legacy google device uses?

- android / any forks out there nowadays?

- chromeos device linux

beacon294··on What I tell people new to on-call
Often it's from slippage between 2 teams systems where a contract never existed. Often even the relationship causing the incident is unclear.
beacon294··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
I rolled my uber costs into buying a car, now I go on hikes. I stopped ordering takeout and walk or drive to the restaurant. The fees are approaching 40% of the ticket price now. I'm out.
beacon294··on I won't be renewing my Pinboard subscription
I decided to pay for 3 years to give myself enough runway to not think about it, I have 9 months left. So I guess I'm giving up and switching to self hosted.
beacon294··on Why to Not Write a Book
Yeah I didn't really think of those as detective stories but it has been a few decades.
beacon294··on Why to Not Write a Book
There's actually a significant corpus of robot stories. However, I did forget that "I, Robot" does have a lot of crimes, investigations, and such.
beacon294··on Why to Not Write a Book
That's like 3 million missed books in the US alone. I agree with the argument, though. And the number may be reasonable.
beacon294··on Why to Not Write a Book
What do you mean? All I read was foundation, some non fiction, and robot short story collections.
beacon294··on What are the best options for Amazon SDEs thinking about leaving over RTO policy
They are small in a sense and vast in a sense. You may know some people personally but never interact with them at work even though in theory your systems are adjacent.
beacon294··on What are the best options for Amazon SDEs thinking about leaving over RTO policy
Agreed. The game "tit for tat" requires you actually tit if you get a tat. The tit and tat can last a "long time" for the human mind which is not relevant to the game structure. The mind may also "feel bad" about the tit.
beacon294··on Can solar costs keep shrinking?
I think a lot of people are happy with 5 acres, you think people buy 50 and it's too much? Anyways, the frontage on 50 acres is often quite slim.
beacon294··on The Expert Mind [pdf] (2006)
> One thing that is becoming more and more clear, is that memorization is absolutely a required part of becoming an expert.

I'm very interested in this idea, but it doesn't immediately ring true to me, is there some research or other stories you know of that can escalate this from "interesting" to "must do"?

beacon294··on Room inspections at Resorts World confuse, annoy DEF CON attendees
I also stayed at Planet Hollywood with no housekeeping, although I wasn't around during the day to determine if there was an inspection.
beacon294··on Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source? (2021)
Yes I was, thanks for asking. I think debian does have an issue with absentee maintainers but I am not familiar with how to "do a maintainer's work for them temporarily" when a fix is badly needed.
beacon294··on Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source? (2021)
Wow that author is really bitter. Custom URL redirect if your traffic comes from HN.

Oh it's dna lounge person. I don't know anything else about how they behave, though.

beacon294··on Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source? (2021)
This is true for me, I can only use debian testing, unstable, or experimental. Is the grass greener on fedora?
beacon294··on Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source? (2021)
You've had a lot of issues with debian family compared to fedora?
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