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castlecrasher2

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castlecrasher2··on Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout
I don't know any non-US brands but echoing that I've only bought Altras for the past five or so years because of the large toe-box size and reasonable looks.
castlecrasher2··on HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
It may seem trite but the point is that if separate humans were assigned the same task the LLM was here the results would be similarly non-deterministic.
castlecrasher2··on 32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building
>they're probably more than what most people are looking to spend on a technically second-hand computer (even if they are like new and still under warranty)

Some people need to buy at these inflated prices anyway, and are ultimately willing to spend. Maybe it differs in your area but there's no risk in listing these on Facebook Marketplace or similar platforms and see the interest.

castlecrasher2··on Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers
The proposed Box Elder County data center would double the county's tax revenue, even with the tax breaks. There's a clear incentive for the county to approve it.
castlecrasher2··on New York passes pied-a-terre tax
What a needlessly aggressive post, and guilty of what you're accusing them of.
castlecrasher2··on The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline
Everyone in this thread saying otherwise is wrong, the problem is low testosterone, simple as; there's obviously other factors causing actual health-related low fertility, but as for the lack of having children it's simply low testosterone.
castlecrasher2··on MIT Living Wage Calculator
This isn't intended to be an insult to anyone here but from the responses in this thread it genuinely seems like most here haven't actually lived poor. Cutting costs isn't inhumane, it's reality, and anyone suggesting otherwise must have had very little in the way of hardship.
castlecrasher2··on Why more companies are recognizing the benefits of keeping older employees
The #1 skill good devs need to develop is self-marketing. Would that all managers could recognize talent by output alone but alas we all know that's not the case.
castlecrasher2··on Our $100M Series B
Because good sales staff make a ton of money through a ton of sales. Any other incentive structure is unlikely to attract high performers.
castlecrasher2··on Diet, not lack of exercise, drives obesity, a new study finds
An athlete can outrun a sedentary person's bad diet, actually. It's all relative, of course, but the saying has exceptions.
castlecrasher2··on Dull Men’s Club
You're both saying the same thing. Seemingly dull people become interesting depending on the audience, particularly when the dullee actively interviews the duller.
castlecrasher2··on My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal (2022)
Yes, Marty's incredibly unprofessional attack on Gordon predates the latter's response by about about three years: https://old.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/gdg25y/doom_eternal_o...
castlecrasher2··on Fewer people want to work in the U.S.
>Why does the chart stop at 2020.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

castlecrasher2··on Americans Are Obsessed with Protein and It's Driving Nutrition Experts Nuts
>The 28-year-old sales representative is big on protein. “I found that if I prioritized protein and half-assed the rest of everything else, it gave me the body I wanted,” he said.

This is all that matters, though. If it works, it works, and for those who use it as a way to eat more candy, nothing will work.

castlecrasher2··on The Return of Digg, a Star of an Earlier Internet Era
>The moderation is hyper partisan on all sides. Not just the left.

It is absolutely just the left. The right-leaning spaces, even /r/conservative, do not ban for "wrongthink" unless it is accompanied with obvious contempt or hostility. Conversely, you'll be banned from a number of subreddits simply for posting in /r/conservative or other labeled-right-leaning subreddits.

castlecrasher2··on Ask HN: Can a 5 year old i7 laptop compete with one made today?
I had a 2019 MacBook Pro until last year when my work issued me an M2. It's noticeably snappier and its battery life is far better than the 2019's was.
castlecrasher2··on Pivotal Tracker will shut down
We've been on Linear for a couple years now and like it a lot.
castlecrasher2··on Alexa is in millions of households and Amazon is losing billions
I'm not sure there is a good means for buying over voice only, and I'd argue it's only possible to know now that users overwhelmingly prefer digitally handling the product (title, pictures, description, reviews) before making even repeat purchases. Similarly, I'm not sure Amazon could convert consumers to a tablet-based purchasing device like they envisioned Alexa; we all have smart phones and tablets already.
castlecrasher2··on Impostor Syndrome vs. the Dunning-Kruger Effect
I suspect I'm spot on, and you're taking personal offence for that reason.
castlecrasher2··on Impostor Syndrome vs. the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Agreed, though I think it's reasonable to say the overuse is somewhat nice as it allows you to quickly identify who suffers from it and ignore them.
castlecrasher2··on Gemma: New Open Models
People try it to see if they can trust it. The answer is "no" for sure, but it's not surprising to see it happen repeatedly especially as vendors release so-called improved models.
castlecrasher2··on Billions stolen in wage theft from US workers
That you're relying on "if you can't find the difference you must be blind!" as an argument proves my point; it's an emotional argument, not a rational one, and there is no functional difference between the two.
castlecrasher2··on Billions stolen in wage theft from US workers
Power imbalance is an emotional response, not a rational one; there is no functional difference between the two.
castlecrasher2··on The happiest kids in the world have social safety nets
>The only thing I want for my kids besides them being happy, is that their happiness does not depend on the misery of other human beings.

Not a single sane person has ever suggested that success depends on the misery of other human beings.

castlecrasher2··on Billions stolen in wage theft from US workers
I don't understand the chord this opinion strikes. Unless you're letting your personal bias get in the way, there's not a distinct difference between the two.
castlecrasher2··on Billions stolen in wage theft from US workers
Agreed, and not sure why you're being downvoted for this.
castlecrasher2··on A new way to discover places with generative AI in Maps
It would be excellent if it worked. Considering generative AI's current reputation, the skepticism is entirely warranted.
castlecrasher2··on Why are things expensive?
It's not really a "get away with it" when you need more to afford the other increasing prices, though.
castlecrasher2··on Car dealers say they can't sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout
Mostly agreed here. We love our EV...for short drives. For longer ones, we have an ICE minivan.
castlecrasher2··on The Death Star and the Final Trench Run (2017)
For the same reason most people think Vader said "Luke, I am your father."
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