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FWIW pull down refresh is a feature in Firefox nightly, not sure what is taking so long getting it in to regular FF.

Doesn't it all boil down to memorization vs. application?

It seems, with copilot it's mixed. Sometimes it regurgitates blocks of existing code, other times it can apply context and patterns to create boilerplate code.

Forgive me, but can you expand a bit on this? I am completely uninformed in this area and like to have a holistic view when endeavoring to learn anything new.

Debating > Deplatforming

Aside from being an endless game of whack-a-mole, I feel the race to deplatform undermines ideological diveristy and other key civic values.

Has there been any reduction in the number of misthinkers? Anecdotally, no.

Maybe it's best to step back and look at the bigger picture:

- Why are people seeking out this type of content?

- Why has there been an increase in the fragmentation of American (and Western) society?

- Why do so many of us feel so alone, despite being more connected?

Society is ill. I am unsure of the underlying problem but think it may be related to a lack of civic education and governments needing to reevaluate their end of the social contract.

>Eckersley died of cancer on September 2, 2022...

The closer I get to 40, the more anxious I grow after reading stories like this. Guess I can just let it motivate me to appreciate those in my life and push me towards achieving goals.

Rest well Peter.

I have found being as direct as possible and removing duplicate or superfluous words works best.

Perhaps this rewrite may yield better results:

"King of Belgium gives a speech to an audience of cucumbers"

Wish I had this much tact. I usually abstain from saying anything or respond reflexively, which never helps.

Great job communicating here.

Skills before pills, I agree with you fully. However, cynics would retort: "yeah sure, walk and exercise more, thanks I'm cured"

And I think there is something to that in the sense that when you are in that hole, when just pulling yourself out of bed seems like a monumental task akin to moving a mountain -- these adages ring hollow and seem beyond reach. I know what I need to do when in despair, making it all the more frustrating.

At that point I think the most important skills are to challenge negative thought patterns, and work towards tiny victories (showering, eating, getting dressed for the day). Once I have some momentum, going for a run or walk no longer seems impossible.

Point being, I feel telling those who are in the midst of a low its so simple can be counter-productive... Its kind of simple, muddled by our cognitive distortions.

You have to meet your meds half way -- meaning you must do the work i.e. sleep hygiene, physical activity, diet, challenging negative thinking patterns, etc...

This was all made very clear to me when I began addressing my mental health about 4 years when I was first hospitalized during a manic episode.

During 2 years of outpatient treatment at the clinic for the Neurosciences at the Univ. of TX -- it was stressed meds are no panacea. For mood disorders they were big proponents of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy[0]. I believe the approach was similar for those with unipolar depression as well.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_and_social_rhyth...

Augmenting jobs is more likely, from what I have heard. It would be useful for rapid prototyping of artwork and could help designers get design specs to artists quicker.

The initial impressions are that production ready designs will require an artists touch. But this discussion was in the context of AA-Games and up. For indie and small games fully AI produced art may be fine.

I agree wholeheartedly the Russian government's invasion is reprehensible.

It would logically follow that the implicit "consent of the governed", and close ties with domestic companies merits extending this anger to Russian businesses.

But I think to myself, is this really fair? I served in the US army during the GWOT and deployed, I struggle with reconciling the atrocities of the US government with my steadfast allegiance. Even as an expat, I still hold a deep affection for the US, warts and all.

Would it be fair to harbor animus for US companies? I'd think so, if they enabled war crimes. But what if it's just an entity or subsidiary? Should that negate all the good work of employees with no connection to the company's national security or defense contracts?

Take Boeing for example [0], should we be contemptuous of every Boeing engineer because a subsidiary coordinated the CIA's extraordinary rendition torture flights?

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeppesen#Alleged_involvement...

See: International comity [1] (more like comedy, as my law school professor joked)

My guess is that since this is a NZ company, that country's laws should apply, but Glassdoor being a US entity necessitates a US court applying (or enforcing) the law or judgment of NZ. For whatever strategic reason, their legal team sought a judgement in the US first.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comity

More info for anyone interested: https://columbialawreview.org/content/international-comity-i...

iina is great -- wish it had cross platform support because it is one of the best mpv implementations I have seen.

What do you think an optimal solution would be?

1. Service level agreement for n years explicitly stated at release?

2. Release a binary containing the bare necessites of the title's backend services (stripped of any analytics or proprietary stuff)?

3. Something else?

Whats frustrating is that studios and publishers (should) have an idea of what the lifetime cost for each player is, so they can price the game appropriately. I wish it were industry best practice for large studios to be transparent at release and state "we can support this game for a minimum of 10 years, if it's a hit, longer".

Yes, but yesterday it was 2. Justice Breyer sat on the court for the most recent term.

The author alludes to something that resonated with me. I think the point he is trying to make is that even a lot of independent art is homogenized and tired because its underpinnings are more tied to a hustle-culture mindset than to actually asking something of the experiencer.

It's difficult to graph the ideologies, which are rooted in each countries culture and history, on to another's.

Voter ID is a non controversial issue in many countries. In the US I've seen arguments against it from both sides. Disparate impact concerns from the left, privacy and freedom from the feds on the right.

A more apt description for the Democratic party would be corporatist.

The primary constituency of both parties is corporate America, whom they rely on for donations.

Investors, presumably, would slowly and strategically sell off assets in their portfolio to minimize their losses.

I had a front row seat to this in 2010, during my stint as a creditor's rights attorney.

It was this odd tango of homeowners who would strategically default, and creditors dragging their feet throughout the foreclosure process.

It was implied that as long as the property was sufficiently maintained, the creditors would waive the deficiency judgement when they decided to foreclose. They would try to limit the number of foreclosures in a neighborhood or zip code to prevent saturating a given areas market.

Kind of a brilliant win win. No cost living for up to 3 years for being a good caretaker. That's the only bright side to it. It was savage and emotionally taxing, I'm glad to be a debt now.

Thanks for sharing such a nice story.

I've put off starting a family until my mid 30s due to being abandoned by my mother as a child. Luckily, my dad did all he could to shower me with love and raise me well. It took a while for me to truly appreciate him (early 30s) and accept he will always be there.

When my time comes to be a dad, I hope to harness the patience and empathy of great parents like you and my dad.

The most charitable interpretation of "broken culture" would be America, across all slices of society, has trended towards selfish shallow values, less intellectual interests and value on hard work, more aggression and an empathy defecit.

I think this has frayed the fabric of society by damaging the reciprocity that binds families and communities, and encourages divisive and antisocial, short-term behaviors over long-term, collective decision-making.

This varies across our rich tapestry of subcultures, but I see it everywhere. Especially among government and business leaders.

Before moving to Sweden,I was fully aware of short Scandinavian winter days. They're like the poster child for seasonal depression.

Nothing/no one prepared me for the sun rising at 3 am in May... It was quite an interesting first year.

Dick Cheney.

Agree with focusing on the positives.

With a diagnosis you are equipped with updated instructions for yourself.

For instance, if you are having a hard time focusing on getting some work done, rather than fighting it or beating yourself up about it (my frequent go to), you can enact some behavioral intervention to help get you back on course.

It helps to reflect on what, if anything, could be done to set yourself to avoid these problems in the future.

The probability of me having a good day increases with the following: physical activity, good hydration, sleep hygeine, and not to beat myself up if things go awry.

If you go with meds, you must meet your meds half way.

Dwindling as in Tencent showing up with a bag of cash and buying a board seat when a studio hits whatever financial metrics they are tracking.

FWIW, I have heard they are hands-off and offer resources, like great groups for closed alphas.

The only concern I have is that they can become more hands on and excersie control over creative decisions in the future.

Personally, I value good stories from mid sized indy studios. The dominance of 2 engines can make things feel a bit homogenized. Pair a great story with another engine, and my interest is piqued.

The group of truly indie studios is dwindling unfortunately.

Tencent and Microsoft have both spread a lot of money around. Perhaps for varying reasons, namely MS needs to make up for the lack of titles developed for the Xbox Series, and add titles to Game Pass to make it more a more attractive offering.

Early in the pandemic forewarnings were raised about the risks associated with school shutdowns. Drowned out by a cacophony of other opinions, the warnings went unheeded in the US.

Sweden was an outlier in keeping schools open, premised upon the rationale that social and mental wellbeing outweighed the risk covid posed to students[0].

I relocated from NYC to Stockholm early in the pandemic which gave me some interesting insights on comparative covid responses.

[0] https://www.gu.se/en/news/only-in-sweden-primary-school-rema...

Thanks for posting this. When I searched youtube for 'blue origin live stream' the first result was this fake crypto scheme scam. It had 12K+ viewers, reported it but it was still up after 20 mins.

https://i.imgur.com/tMml3hJ.png

You think yt would act faster on these things.