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wenebego··on Obituary for a quiet life (2023)
Did you reply to the right comment? Im not really sure where i said anything advocating living in a dense, urban environment close to all the luxuries
wenebego··on Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
Considering the video is 3 hours long and you replied 1 hour after it being suggested, is it possible you didnt watch the whole thing and might be missing the convincing portion?
wenebego··on Obituary for a quiet life (2023)
Lmao at everyone else coping about how the housing crisis is really not that bad
wenebego··on An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data
It would be nice (but potentially difficult) to add the sensible and latent capacity for heating and cooling given 3 design days: humid, hot, and cold. The btu ratings are useful to compare efficiencies but not sizing the system
wenebego··on An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data
You didnt need to do that, though. It peobably wouldve been easier to use manual j (or some software) to estimate the heat loads in the house, with given set points, using weather station data.
wenebego··on Microsoft unbundles Office and Teams globally following years-long criticism
Off by one errors are pretty common
wenebego··on Topologists tackle the trouble with poll placement
I believe they're addressing the first sentence of the comment theyre replying to
wenebego··on Can American policing be fixed?
Police in the us are more likely to be heavily armed and paranoid because they are armed, and are often trained to be paranoid.
wenebego··on Can American policing be fixed?
Thats what they say there too
wenebego··on Can American policing be fixed?
Is this the hn equivalent of the 4chan copy pasta
wenebego··on Ask HN: What are some of the best user experiences with AI?
A keyboard is really nice input method, with current technology
wenebego··on OpenAI GPT-4 vs. Groq Mistral-8x7B
I think they are talking about the case where, hypothetically, there is a 10x increase in speed but only 2x increase in power consumption
wenebego··on FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show
Wont someone think of the shareholders?
wenebego··on End the Phone-Based Childhood Now
Im glad no kids do those things trying to emulate older people they've seen doing those things
wenebego··on I used ChatGPT as a reporting assistant. It didn't go well
Yeah these people keep telling me about how cars are a "massive productivity boost" and i get in and nothing happens.
wenebego··on Unpowered cargo gliders on tow ropes promise 65% cheaper air freight
>Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia,[1][2] Singapore), compulsory purchase (Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia, Barbados, New Zealand, Ireland), or expropriation (Canada, South Africa) is the power of a state, provincial, or national government to take private property for public use.
wenebego··on Unpowered cargo gliders on tow ropes promise 65% cheaper air freight
Oh so the railway infrastructure isnt able to be differentiated from peoples homes around it?
wenebego··on Unpowered cargo gliders on tow ropes promise 65% cheaper air freight
Who said anything about bulldozing neighborhoods? Why would you wish that on someone else?
wenebego··on Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired
When people preface a statement with "Im pretty X, but ..." the statment usually isnt X
wenebego··on Young men and women are drifting apart
I never said the more simple answer is wrong, im explaining why it doesnt need to be a conspiracy.

You are also assuming "actively and maliciously," thats not necesarily the case. Of course the best lie has a grain of truth.

The majority of people need to get their words to parrot from somewhere. This is where the powerful and funded groups come in, money gives your message more reach.

wenebego··on Elon Musk cancels Don Lemon's show on X after a 'tense' interview
Elon "free speech absolutist" Musk did what?
wenebego··on Young men and women are drifting apart
It doesnt need to be a conspiracy, it is a group of very powerful people, with similar interests based on their class. A class who happens to need another class to continue working/making babies to ensure their way of life doesnt collapse.
wenebego··on Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube
Source? Didnt realize the nature/nurture debate was solved
wenebego··on The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
Simultaneously "always better" and "impossible and stupid" lol
wenebego··on Ask HN: When will LLMs be able to interrupt or interject?
I feel like the ... typing animation lets you interrupt people
wenebego··on Microsoft confirms Russian spies stole source code, accessed internal systems
Nobody in this thread is saying that but you, atm. I was just wondering if you were speculating or had any evidence. Id even be interested to hear more about your logic because "its possible and has been done before by other actors" isnt enough to convince me
wenebego··on Microsoft confirms Russian spies stole source code, accessed internal systems
So is there any evidence for it being done by China beside that its been done by the US before?
wenebego··on The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
Imagine the case if labor time is reduced to 0, because its all been automated away. Thats UBI
wenebego··on Heidelberg Inaugurates 3D Printed Data Center
Sounds awesome
wenebego··on FBI: U.S. lost record $12.5B to online crime in 2023
This seems like victim blaming.
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