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Comment on Godot 4.7 released in ~games
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Comment on Epic Games announces Lore open-source version control system in ~tech
vord (edited )Link ParentIf you want to solve complex problems, sometimes you need a complex mental model. SVN's mental model is pretty easy, but dealing with merge conflicts is basically why git relegated it to...If you want to solve complex problems, sometimes you need a complex mental model. SVN's mental model is pretty easy, but dealing with merge conflicts is basically why git relegated it to proportion obscurity.
If you wanna launch a satellite to Mars, you're not gonna get there with Newtonian Physics no matter how slick you make the calculator.
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Comment on My father died suddenly in ~life.men
vord LinkThe only advice I can offer regarding grief is to be somewhat conscious of whether you are trying to bury it or work through it. The only way out is through. If suppressed, one day 10 years from...The only advice I can offer regarding grief is to be somewhat conscious of whether you are trying to bury it or work through it.
The only way out is through. If suppressed, one day 10 years from now you'll just burst out in uncontrollable sobbing in the middle of a grocery store for no discernable reason as a memory hits in just the wrong (right?) way.
There is no right or wrong way to work through it. Sometimes pensive reflection. Sometime sharing with others. Sometimes happy, sometimes sad.
FWIW, sometimes that grocery store breakdown is gonna happen no matter what. So don't stress too hard about doing anything 'wrong.'
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
vord Link ParentYea, but money is very much the jet fuel on the campfire, so to speak. Like + subscribe (and the whole influencer thing) is very much driven by monetary gains once a threshold is met.Yea, but money is very much the jet fuel on the campfire, so to speak.
Like + subscribe (and the whole influencer thing) is very much driven by monetary gains once a threshold is met.
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Comment on I almost got hit by a car in ~life
vord (edited )Link ParentI'm aware. I still have better odds of surviving a gunshot than a hit from a pickup. I class it as an acceptable risk. Might not do anything for me, but maybe they'll slow down at intersections...I'm aware. I still have better odds of surviving a gunshot than a hit from a pickup. I class it as an acceptable risk.
Might not do anything for me, but maybe they'll slow down at intersections next time.
Related: 3 kids died in this small town alone this year to cars. 0 gunshot deaths.
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Comment on I almost got hit by a car in ~life
vord LinkJoin the club buddy. That happens about once every three times I walk more than 15 blocks. Even when using crosswalks 100% legally, walking dude light, no headphones, and pushing a stroller. The...Join the club buddy. That happens about once every three times I walk more than 15 blocks. Even when using crosswalks 100% legally, walking dude light, no headphones, and pushing a stroller. The USA is a terrifying place for pedestrians.
It's insane how many cars will try to bank a left or right turn into you at 20 mph. Doubly insane the number that will just veer around the cars that do stop on non-traffic light crosswalks and nearly slam into you in the shoulder.
I carry a rock to throw at cars that do that now.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
vord Link ParentOnly if you're in the top 20%. The bottom 50% averages out to $9,700. That's the bitch about averages in the USA. You basically need to have completely seperate averages by quintile in order to...Only if you're in the top 20%.
The bottom 50% averages out to $9,700.
That's the bitch about averages in the USA. You basically need to have completely seperate averages by quintile in order to have remotely reasonable numbers.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
vord Link ParentFor the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
vord Link ParentAlso, it's not like Americans don't also have their giant wealth-destroying funery rites. They tend to burn $10k on a casket when a nice cloth shroud could be had for a tiny fraction of that.Also, it's not like Americans don't also have their giant wealth-destroying funery rites. They tend to burn $10k on a casket when a nice cloth shroud could be had for a tiny fraction of that.
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Comment on Why is ice cream so expensive? The rise of the $8 cone. in ~food
vord LinkMuch like beer, I'd rather have 1 or 2 good ones over 6 shitty ones. Probably because us Millenials love killing crappy restraunts.Much like beer, I'd rather have 1 or 2 good ones over 6 shitty ones.
Probably because us Millenials love killing crappy restraunts.
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Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society
vord Link ParentI honestly would have been more surprised if there weren't any secret societies full of rich and powerful (mostly) men. Almost every component of one exists throughout society at lower levels....I honestly would have been more surprised if there weren't any secret societies full of rich and powerful (mostly) men.
Almost every component of one exists throughout society at lower levels. Just that the private clubs like the Lions and Kiwanis do charity and the ones at the top conspire. I figure the reason is the scope of being able to exert influence.
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Comment on US battery industry cuts losses, shifts to new ventures amid electric vehicle bust in ~transport
vord Link ParentAlways has been.That's just socialism benfitting the elite at this point.
Always has been.
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Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
vord Link ParentAs Elton Brown put it: "If I make it to 80, I'm gonna start smoking a pack a day and learn to do heroin.""If I make it to 80, I'm gonna start smoking a pack a day and learn to do heroin."
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Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
vord Link ParentOh and they're buying more luxury SUVs than anyone else so the rest of the wealth just keeps spiraling down into the void.Oh and they're buying more luxury SUVs than anyone else so the rest of the wealth just keeps spiraling down into the void.
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Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
vord LinkRepeat after me: The Great Recession never got better. Even with a foreverwar raging to keep the military industrial complex flowing, Millenials, as a generation, have been utterly screwed out of...But they are occurring alongside major changes in housing costs, education, labor markets, gender norms, and social life
Repeat after me: The Great Recession never got better. Even with a foreverwar raging to keep the military industrial complex flowing, Millenials, as a generation, have been utterly screwed out of the economy. It's not looking better for Z at the current rate either, with homeownership rates only increasing as the Boomers die off.
In 2024, 25% of millenials resigned to that they'll probably never own a home. That's double what it was from just 6 years prior. Think about that...More than 8 million more people resigned to never having a stable home.
Then you have geopolitical instability and climate change. Trump had just got elected the first time when we were first debating having kids...at 32. We had bought a home, but we were terrified of what was to come. But we decided it's not going to get better if only the Trumpers have babies. More ancedata to follow.
We're among the youngest parents at 42. My kid is almost 9. Most of their peers are younger siblings, they are among a minority of being the eldest, and a further minority on having a younger sibling in that group.
Of the parents of young kids I've met, I'd say maybe 10% are under 30, 20% under 40, and most of them between 40 and 60.
In other words: Millenial and Z parents are still less than 30% of the overall parental population.
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Comment on Does generative AI have a natural limit without a major innovation? in ~comp
vord Link ParentAnd the important question: How much is improvement to the actual model, how much is just the non-AI framework around it, and how much is just pumping nitrous in the fuel line?And the important question:
How much is improvement to the actual model, how much is just the non-AI framework around it, and how much is just pumping nitrous in the fuel line?
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Comment on Access to Fable and Mythos 5 cut off after US government order in ~tech
vord Link ParentYes, wrt ITAR and terminology used. But Secret federal court is a thing Gag orders for federal demands are a thing Plenty of cases of snatch & grab, torture, and hold for > 10 years without so...Yes, wrt ITAR and terminology used. But
Secret federal court is a thing
Gag orders for federal demands are a thing
Plenty of cases of snatch & grab, torture, and hold for > 10 years without so much a charge
It would be foolish to think that one or more of these things would not be combined if they thought the threat was real, resulting in what I described:
A C&D wrapped in a gag order with a thinly veiled threat as the cherry on top.
If it has happened before, it will happen again.
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Comment on Access to Fable and Mythos 5 cut off after US government order in ~tech
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Comment on Access to Fable and Mythos 5 cut off after US government order in ~tech
vord Link ParentAlso, it's an incredibly shoddy gag order if Anthropic can make a giant fluff piece about it. A real gag order would be something like 'immediately swap the model back to Opus under the hood'...Also, it's an incredibly shoddy gag order if Anthropic can make a giant fluff piece about it.
A real gag order would be something like 'immediately swap the model back to Opus under the hood' and/or 'every Fable prompt must be exposed to us' and ended with legalese for 'failure to do or revealing the existence of this notice will resulting in a rapid disappearance to Gitmo.'
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Comment on Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension in ~games
vord LinkI really want there to be charts showing subscriber jumps every time they shutoff a private server under the guise that people are only playing on it to avoid paying. It would certainly give them...I really want there to be charts showing subscriber jumps every time they shutoff a private server under the guise that people are only playing on it to avoid paying.
It would certainly give them some more ammo 'last time we shut down a private server we saw our subscriptions jump 50%."
But I'm willing to bet they don't exist.
Good documentation and working examples are worth double the code base itself.
I'm fairly certain half the reason Python became so popular is because of the plethora of good examples in their documentation.