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devd00d··on Show HN: We open sourced our entire text-to-SQL product
I struggle to see why chatgpt can't do this already?
devd00d··on One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps or Medicaid
People should take a history lesson from France. Let them eat cake.
devd00d··on Ask HN: I want to create IMDB for open source projects
Two sites are alreading doing this really well:

https://osssoftware.org/ https://selfh.st/

devd00d··on Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn't Apply to AI Training
Does that mean they are gunning to become AI Central? I mean, this was probably going to happen in Russia anyway, or any other country that doesn't care about Copyright. So I guess that cat is out the bag?

Interesting times!

devd00d··on The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
Anyone in Open Source or with common sense would agree that this is the absolute minimum that the models should be doing. Good comment.
devd00d··on The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
Honestly very surprised it took this long. It's been an elephant in the room for ages.
devd00d··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
I tried getting the sample report but when I fill in my email address, I get error "We're sorry, but something went wrong."
devd00d··on Nobody cares about your blog
You had me there in the beginning.
devd00d··on Reddit comments and submissions collected by Pushshift
You are 100% correct. I know of hordes of people being banned for the most ridiculous reasons. And it's always a power-hungry mod. And it would be fine if they were just banned from a sub, but I've seen guys get banned completely for the most stupidest reasons.
devd00d··on Tell HN: We should start to add “ai.txt” as we do for “robots.txt”
I thought the exact same. Creating a new type of robots.txt but making it do the opposite does not make sense.
devd00d··on Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
I use a command line browser (lynx) to log into my bank account and scrape my data because APIs are not coming to town any time soon. I actually use Lynx to scrape a bunch of different things. Much easier than trying to log into a site using CURL etc.
devd00d··on How to Beat Russia [pdf]
I hope Russia doesn't have the internet and manages to get this guide. #plansFoiled
devd00d··on Ask HN: Advice from people who strength train from home
Can't answer all of the questions now, but if you are living in a small space, then I highly recommend "Adjustable Weights". I have the type where you turn a dial on the weight and I can get anything between 4 and 20 kgs. It's pricey, but a lot cheaper than buying all the weight sizes you want, or struggling with those weights you have to twist onto a bar. The convenience is what makes it great, but the small space it takes a major plus.
devd00d··on Ask HN: Is Recursion Worth It?
I've run into a few cases where recursion was the only logical way to do it. For example, printing out a nested tree as a menu. It should only be used when necessary because if you don't know what you are doing, you can easily create a function that runs much longer than it should.
devd00d··on Is Crypto Dead?
Evidence?
devd00d··on Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series of small projects?
Not quite programming but certainly covers the "small projects" part. This is what taught me the basics of Unreal Engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-zMkzmduqI
devd00d··on Writing Is Magic
Hey! South Africa made it to hacker news! Nice!
devd00d··on Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client
Did anybody ask for a new git? And if they did, of all the entities in the world, why would Facebook be the guys we trust with that? It's already hard trusting Github.com.
devd00d··on PayPal inactivity fee
What a smart way to slowly destroy your own business.
devd00d··on Tether USDT is depegging from dollar
If I had USDT, I would simply switch it to USDC for the moment.
devd00d··on Godot 4 Beta 1
I love everything Godot. My first experience with 3d was with Opengl 15 years ago and seeing what is now possible (for free) is mindblowing.
devd00d··on Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
The Game Changers.

It's fine if you don't care about the animals but it's not fine to not look after yourself. This explains why eating meat is not a good idea and it does it without preaching.

devd00d··on US Government Bans Export of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs to China and Russia
It's not nearly enough.
devd00d··on Tell HN: I interviewed my dad before he died
Totally agree. To some extent I'm even jealous of believers. It must be nice having that comfort. Not worrying. When I first realized religion was likely complete BS, it took me years to truly accept it and what it means for my life on earth. Which is that, this is it. This is all I got. And that's tough when you thought you had eternity to do whatever you couldn't get around doing on earth.
devd00d··on Ask HN: Do newsletters work? Why do websites push them so much?
I don't use Mailchimp and never will. I use sendy.co with amazon and on another system I built my own mailer using Mailgun. The main thing is to ensure you have an opted-in mailing list. If you spam randoms, all of these platforms will ban you.
devd00d··on End of the Machinery Game Engine
You dodged a bullet. Me too. I just started my 3D journey, dabbling with Godot, Three.js and Unity. If I had stumbled upon Machinery and decided to use, I would have been annoyed now.
devd00d··on End of the Machinery Game Engine
I doubt it's legal and it will certainly destroy companies. And what makes it worse, is that my best guess is that they are going to capitalize on this move. Maybe repackage it as some other high priced software. Either way, the whole company should be ashamed.

I use Godot and now I'm wondering if this can't happen at Godot as well. Perhaps it's time to switch to Unity. You pay but at least they have sort of stood the test of time.

devd00d··on OpenXanadu
Yeah, I dont get it either.
devd00d··on Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent
I'm yet to ever see what TikTok looks like.
devd00d··on GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome
Most companies use some other company. The company I use, which is local to where I live because I want the local reliable support, uses Enom. I can't be bothered to get an Enom account so I pay them. Others use resellerclub etc. So instead of going with Godaddy or any of the big names, get a hosting provider with rock solid customer support and service. Either way, you'll probably end up with a domain from Enom but at least you'll have good service from a local provider.

Again, in case most people don't know this, most hosting providers are resellers of the big companies. They all do the same thing and have access to the same stuff. The only difference is that individual company's pricing and service. Pick wisely!

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