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Comment on With Core One, Prusa's open source hardware dream quietly dies in ~tech
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Comment on United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly in ~tech
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentSounds like you'd need a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation at the helm. Something like "the chromium foundation". That way companies feel inclined to help without any incentive to watch them...Sounds like you'd need a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation at the helm. Something like "the chromium foundation". That way companies feel inclined to help without any incentive to watch them implode.
It would be a neutral party to purely exist for the benefit of the development of the browser
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Comment on Unplugging from comedy shows, by Rosstin316. A Reddit post analysis. in ~society
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentThat's not the impression I got whilst reading it.. edit: saw your rectificationThat's not the impression I got whilst reading it..
edit: saw your rectification
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Comment on Unplugging from comedy shows, by Rosstin316. A Reddit post analysis. in ~society
pete_the_paper_boat (edited )Link ParentI'm glad we have ~society now because over the past few weeks the first few posts on the frontpage feel like an ongoing therapy session. Personally I do not really understand it, well over half I...I'm glad we have ~society now because over the past few weeks the first few posts on the frontpage feel like an ongoing therapy session.
Personally I do not really understand it, well over half I read is so pessimistic I don't even recognize the world they're seeing. Granted, I'm not a US citizen, but I still keep up with the news.
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Comment on Why is Google Gemini saying we should die? in ~tech
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentYeah well I'm going to go ahead and say there's no way they'd let an engineer put that in as a funny little Easter egg considering depressed people exist ehYeah well I'm going to go ahead and say there's no way they'd let an engineer put that in as a funny little Easter egg considering depressed people exist eh
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Comment on Can/should Tildes pull out of search engine results? in ~tildes
pete_the_paper_boat LinkI don't see any benefit to doing so unless your goal is to prevent growth or sustain some kind of echo chamber on the site. I'm all for tildes gradually growing and exploring new ways of running a...I don't see any benefit to doing so unless your goal is to prevent growth or sustain some kind of echo chamber on the site.
I'm all for tildes gradually growing and exploring new ways of running a forum effectively without falling into the pitfalls of reddit.
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Comment on The world’s first wooden satellite was launched into space, will begin testing in December in ~space
pete_the_paper_boat LinkActual outer wilds ship building methodsActual outer wilds ship building methods
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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentHaha, I've seen reporting on this, I admire the lengths to which they've gone to be transparent and the measures they've taken.Haha, I've seen reporting on this, I admire the lengths to which they've gone to be transparent and the measures they've taken.
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Comment on Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters in ~games
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentYou mean that waste of compute cycles eating at modern hardware performance? I don't think the normalization of code which acts as good faith spyware with an access level which recently caused a...Denuvo has also quietly been winning “the war against piracy”.
You mean that waste of compute cycles eating at modern hardware performance?
I see this as a good thing for PC gaming’s future
I don't think the normalization of code which acts as good faith spyware with an access level which recently caused a global airport outage is at all reasonable for video game anti-cheat.
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Comment on Project Zero: Using large language models to catch vulnerabilities in real-world code in ~tech
pete_the_paper_boat LinkI'm curious how this affects bug bountiesI'm curious how this affects bug bounties
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Comment on Why the US General in charge of nuclear weapons said he needs AI in ~tech
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentWell if you replace AI with radar, this scenario has already played out a few times and so far, evident by the fact we are here, it hasn't gone wrong yet.Well if you replace AI with radar, this scenario has already played out a few times and so far, evident by the fact we are here, it hasn't gone wrong yet.
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Comment on Is there an alternative to Nexus Mods? in ~games
pete_the_paper_boat (edited )LinkHave you heard of wabbajack? Surprised they don't do regional pricingHave you heard of wabbajack?
which is 12 bucks more expensive than a month of WoW
Surprised they don't do regional pricing
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Comment on The misogynistic, bigoted and crude US rally remarks Donald Trump hasn’t disavowed in ~society
pete_the_paper_boat LinkIt's got that "I think y'all are getting a bit too comfortable with this" kinda vibe.It's got that "I think y'all are getting a bit too comfortable with this" kinda vibe.
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Comment on €78 ($90) mount is now available for World of Warcraft - more than three times more expensive than anything else in ~games
pete_the_paper_boat LinkFor over 8 years they've been pretty macroCan you even call it microtransactions anymore?
For over 8 years they've been pretty macro
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Comment on E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in ~food
pete_the_paper_boat LinkA little too fast foodA little too fast food
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Comment on Anthropic announces New Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3.5 Haiku and the Computer Use API in ~tech
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentSoftware "update" incoming? 👀Software "update" incoming? 👀
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Comment on New largest prime number found! 2¹³⁶²⁷⁹⁸⁴¹-1. See all 41,024,320 digits. in ~science
pete_the_paper_boat (edited )Link ParentSomeone should make some kind of distributed compute system with rewards for crunching numbers like this ;) Edit; lol it actually is distributed compute with proof of work, makes sense for the...Someone should make some kind of distributed compute system with rewards for crunching numbers like this ;)
Edit; lol it actually is distributed compute with proof of work, makes sense for the scale lol
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Comment on Starship Launch 5 successfully caught by launch tower in ~space
pete_the_paper_boat Link ParentI can't imagine significant amounts of hexavalent chromium is being emitted here on these launches. Either way it's speculative at best. 'tens of thousands of gallons', yeah, of water coming in...I can't imagine significant amounts of hexavalent chromium is being emitted here on these launches.
Either way it's speculative at best. 'tens of thousands of gallons', yeah, of water coming in contact with the rocket exhaust.
It's not like a concentrated pipe of toxic chemicals being dumped in the ocean. Not much against the article, but I dislike the framing of the original comment.
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Comment on Starship Launch 5 successfully caught by launch tower in ~space
pete_the_paper_boat LinkAmazing to see it worked on the first attempt. They're getting unreasonably good at thisAmazing to see it worked on the first attempt. They're getting unreasonably good at this
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Comment on Red Dead Redemption 1 finally gets a PC release date - October 29th, 2024 in ~games
pete_the_paper_boat LinkHonestly, I don't know considering the price they ask for the PS4 version.Honestly, I don't know considering the price they ask for the PS4 version.
I saw there was an upgrade kit for the Core One as well which is pretty cool