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newguynewphone

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newguynewphone··on ChatGPT Plus
I had a partner that was being charged about 8k$ to solve a ruby problem that copilot answered with a couple of prompts (took a couple of hours but still..) I'm pretty certain that unless you are in machine learning, your job will be replaced soon enough
newguynewphone··on Ask HN: Which book would you recommend for learning Python in detail?
Why is it "bloody awful"?
newguynewphone··on FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
which doesnt make sense since playstation has withheld more content than any other platform and has more exclusives than microsoft has ever had.
newguynewphone··on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he can’t account for billions sent to Alameda
the son of 2 tax experts that have helped draft tax legislation, is insinuating that he doesn't know the basics of what makes his actions fraud, and how he wants to distance himself from Alameda, even though he is a 90% owner, just sounds fishy
newguynewphone··on No Privacy in the Electronics Repair Industry
how easy it is to sim swap, you can go to any phone store and unless the manager at the location is competent, you can get a new line in a persons name or a new phone with an old number. Its incredibly easy and you can read a lot of them happening in krebs website
newguynewphone··on Inca Child Sacrifice Victims Were Drugged
"In especially uncertain times, such as when an emperor died, or when volcanoes erupted or severe earthquakes or famine struck, priests sacrificed captured warriors or specially raised, perfectly formed children to the gods."

related to the article above

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/04/why-incas-pe...

newguynewphone··on Inca Child Sacrifice Victims Were Drugged
I was actually so mad when it suddenly stopped me from reading. Thanks.
newguynewphone··on Kanye West is buying Parler
until cloudflare finds "threats to human lives" on parler and drops them
newguynewphone··on Aer Lingus Seeks Compensation For Data Center Chaos That Cancelled Flights
I haven't been able to find the name of who exactly, most articles only mention "unrelated construction work", which is why I made the previous comment, but as the other commenter answered, i guess that would be a separate lawsuit.
newguynewphone··on Aer Lingus Seeks Compensation For Data Center Chaos That Cancelled Flights
I would love to see how this plays out, considering it was the fault of another 3rd party for the damage of the cable, or if they had drass
newguynewphone··on Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
i fly exclusively delta, and i always get asked to turn airplane mode on and any services that transmit audio are explicitly banned while on board (Discord, teams, etc.)
newguynewphone··on PS5 4.03 Kernel Exploit
it is, the following comment on the twitter thread takes you to https://wololo.net/2022/10/03/released-ps5-kernel-exploit-we... which at the end has the github linked here in this thread
newguynewphone··on Cannabis legalization decreases stock market value of major pharmaceutical firms
after a bad knee injury i was given the 512 variant of percocet, after a month, i was so hooked to the point of constipation and needing medical intervention.

At my worst point after switching to medical cannabis, the worst i have had is a groggy day.

Opiates work well, too well i would say.

newguynewphone··on Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples
wait are you suggesting this companies were not guilty? are we reading the same settlements?
newguynewphone··on Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR
and rockets!
newguynewphone··on Firefox's protection against fingerprinting
I would agree with other posters that it's already like that, reddit.com, one of the biggest websites in the internet, will ask if you want to continue on chrome or the app if accessing from a mobile phone, essentially calling the mobile browser Chrome.
newguynewphone··on State Dept Guidance on DPRK IT Workers [pdf]
I mean, we would have to see all sides of information, but this is not normal IT work.

On another note, would this case be directly related to the 400 million hack north korea did?

newguynewphone··on Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous face
I'm sorry, what makes his link racist? The "Old, elite, uber-wealthy white men" comment? As in all of stanfords presidents?
newguynewphone··on $3B in Bitcoin was sold in a last-ditch attempt to save UST from collapse
Every crypto nut I have interacted with, will call you all sort of derogatory terms if you don't agree that web3 is the future and if a scam happens on any exchange, its because the user were stupid to trust them. Zero accountability for the scammers and fraudsters, it's always the "stupid" users fault.
newguynewphone··on 'Rater' is paid $10 hourly to teach Google's algorithm
So the trillion dollar company can be better, of course
newguynewphone··on Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear
That's what I'm thinking lol, the content shared on social media platforms COMES from these 6 companies (~90% of it)