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Plants do exhibit environmental response; plants do not exhibit consciousness.

1. We're in late-stage capitalism. Things are optimized for capital, not for people.

2. You are a victim of the fact that sensationalism drives views and clicks. Things aren't getting any worse, you're just exposed to the worst of it.

2. You're getting older.

Are you independently wealthy from another project or inheritance?

Would you monetize it to fund a nonprofit or charity?

Very cool, but if we've learned anything from Amazon et al, it's that features that effectively reduce engagement- and therefore, sales- are ultimately doomed to be scrapped.

That’s because smile was invented as a way to bypass having to pay Google for the referral link; incentivize people to retype the link before actually buying it was the ultimate goal.

Some interesting insider perspective:

https://reddit.com/r/technology/comments/10ft5iv/_/j4znb8y/?...

Yep, the future of SWE is debugging AI.

Should be an interesting experiment at a decently high scale. Time will tell if degradation due to dust, pests, etc is negligible enough to make the avoided maintenance costs worthwhile.

I think we would all argue that the opposite is better long term, though: we should be installing panel covered parking across the nation. Certainly more cost, but so many benefits. Including serviceability!

Most utility scale installations don’t track the sun- too much cost. This takes cost-saving to a new level though.

Oh yeah, I couldn't do it alone. I love working remotely, but that's because I have my wife, dogs, and nearby family to keep me more or less sane.

Man, this guy had a lot of cheeky fun writing the titles and descriptions!

Why isn't there?

Super cool- but for me, the "default" Spanish was way too fast, and the the "slow" was way too slow. Can we have a speed slider or something?

If he’s a foreigner in Great Britain, sure. Otherwise, if he’s in the States, it probably makes a lot more sense to focus on American English…

I have a friend from Egypt who is light years ahead of every other immigrant I know in terms of fluency, accent, etc.

His secret? He watches a ton of Seinfeld, haha. I mean a ton. And I think what really happened is he formed a sort of identity with the show- part of him is truly “American” at this point.

This is exciting! Not only does it give a chance to breathe new life into old games, but it's an excellent example of how communities can create value, both for the user and for the sponsor (Nvidia in this case).

Yep, if anything I'm fascinated by the advance in science in this area. It's amazing how much work is being done in human longevity and healthspan that isn't "publicly" funded.

Huh? In my experience, no one under 40 uses the site much anymore for its original purposes. The only status updates and memes being posted are from the older crowd.

I work for a very expensive electric utility consulting firm... and I guess now I'm impressed by how much work we can actually do for 50k. This is so silly that it makes me feel like an idiot too.

I have gone through periods of social awkwardness and the opposite- social confidence. It absolutely has everything to do with my own perception and opinion of myself- my self-confidence. Duh, right?

What makes you confident? The answer, for me at least, is "feeling like I'm good at the thing that matters."

I was awkward in middle school- I didn't understand the general social dynamic. I was "too smart" and didn't fit in. In high school I started working out, started going to parties, suddenly realized that the opposite sex was attracted to me, too- and became very confident.

I was therefore confident in college... but became awkward halfway through. I wasn't making good grades in my EE courses- I had never learned how to study! I was now the opposite of "too smart". I started smoking too much weed and became reclusive. I went through a number of girlfriends and hurt some friendships. I was now back to being awkward.

This didn't change until I graduated and got a job. At that point I was probably the MOST awkward I have ever felt. I didn't know what I was doing at work (electric utility). I was losing touch with friends. I broke up with my long-term girlfriend. This all changed when... yep, you guessed it, I got good at work. I also met an amazing woman (who I am now married to) who really helped me build my emotional intelligence. I am now confident in my life.

So what I've learned, for me at least, is my confidence is a function of if I'm thriving in the environment I find myself in. If you are in a toxic environment- get out. If you're not fit for your environment- get good. I really do think it is just that simple.

Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of my top albums of all time.

We see a face with an (albeit fake) emotional reaction, our monkey brains say "that must be interesting!"

It's very stupid, but not surprising that those videos get more engagement.

So the lesson learned is live at least an hour from all major cities- got it!

"...experience less eye strain than I ever did with a bunch of desk-bound LCDs."

Is this really true? As someone who has never used VR, I assumed that an issue would be higher eye strain.

How does this product make money?

Ok, how about proxmox?

What's the build quality like?

Worse than that is offline functionality (on Android, at least). If I don't have good cell service, my "offline", "downloaded" albums just won't load up, and it's infuriating.

Home page with single link to sign up- I can't tell what I'd be signing up for though. Needs at least a screenshot...!

As a college-educated engineer, I guarantee that you learned much more than I ever did during my formal training. The only useful things I've learned for my job was learned after college, when I actually had to know stuff to be successful!

With that said, if you really like engineering, you can eventually get the PE with enough years' experience and get that pay increase. It may be worth it to you.