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Apofis··on Tuna species popular in sashimi and poke bowls in sharp decline
They really do need to just figure out how to farm all marine species and stop this madness of depleting up to 90% or more of natural stock. It's absurd, they're causing ecological collapse globally.
Apofis··on I Paid $400 to Eat Olive Garden in Times Square on New Year's (2018)
That doesn’t sound so bad at all!
Apofis··on DDG founder says Google's phone, manufacturing partnerships thwart competition
This is wild. Try to change the search engine of Edge.
Apofis··on Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars
They however failed to create an article where I can see them on my iPhone.
Apofis··on Alexei Navalny's lawyers are arrested
I think it was incredibly indicative of his foolishness.
Apofis··on $8B Sam Bankman-Fried criminal trial starts today
Economists love putting numbers on lives, but at the end of the day even if it was a lot of funny money it was funny money in an unregulated and uninsured market that the investors risked investing fully knowing those risks. It’s not really murder and it’s not really going to save any lives either because it would never have been used for that purpose. I get the sentiment, but it just doesn’t work that way.
Apofis··on $8B Sam Bankman-Fried criminal trial starts today
People aren't money, it's rather simple.
Apofis··on Common mistakes in salary negotiation
Raises are bullshit. 3% inflation raise for everyone! Maybe?
Apofis··on What happens when you die: Unlike most people, I know. And I have video
Why do you think anything happens when you're alive?
Apofis··on Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands
My friend, no one really carries cash anymore.
Apofis··on My $0->$100M->$0 in 5 years story
The guy is complaining about making millions being his own boss and working on his own idea funded by someone else's money and is blaming the people who gave him the money to do so. Much less, now that he lost it all, he is not in debt for the rest of his life or in prison. True first world problems.
Apofis··on Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife (2021)
Humanity is the ultimate invasive species, destroying and killing all in its wake without second thought. Overall, everything but other humans is an afterthought, and even that not always so.
Apofis··on The Garden of Computational Delights
Ditto, I suppose it’s time I put on my gardener hat and contribute to a garden I want instead of the garden I have.
Apofis··on ChimeraOS: Instantly turn any PC into a gaming console
I think GeForce NOW is better equipped to make that statement.
Apofis··on Ask HN: What's the coolest physical thing you've made?
This is one of my favorite parts of creating things. I then go and see them around town and go to myself "Oh I made that or this! Cool!"
Apofis··on The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September
I love this part of the article and it definitely describes what's going on with AI assisted research:

"So if the government wins, we’ll see immense innovation and new entrants. If Google wins, however, then machine learning/AI will be deployed consistent with how Google, and perhaps Microsoft, chooses to deploy them, which is to say, slowly, un-creatively, and in service to monopoly power."

Specifically, the "slowly, un-creatively" part, which is what I really care about.

Apofis··on Meta blocking news links in Canada
The news is best consumed stale. It's a big win for Canadian consumers.
Apofis··on Uber posts first quarterly net profit
DoorDash and Uber Eats are also economic disasters of incomprehensible proportions. They not only charge over double your total order, but many times they also have restaurants losing money on delivery orders too.

Just 5 years ago I used to be able to get lunch delivered by a Chinese food restaurant for under $10 in Brooklyn. Can't speak for today as I Escaped from New York, but good luck getting that very same order below $30 by DoorDash.

Apofis··on As ocean oxygen levels dip, fish face an uncertain future
Aside from Ocean Acidification, uncontrollable Algae Blooms, and Melting Sea Ice, we now have Ocean Deoxygenation on our plates. We also have unprecedented droughts on land as well. Humans really will be the next mass extinction event on this planet. So incredibly selfish.
Apofis··on Uber posts first quarterly net profit
They’re probably rejecting too many rides, likely they’re juggling metrics.
Apofis··on Uber posts first quarterly net profit
Yes. Five in a row. As stated.
Apofis··on Uber posts first quarterly net profit
By outright cancelling your ride if you don’t agree to as I stated.
Apofis··on Uber posts first quarterly net profit
UberBot calm down, they literally cancel your ride otherwise, as I stated.
Apofis··on Uber posts first quarterly net profit
There weren’t any signs for a taxi stand, just ride hail pick up.
Apofis··on Uber posts first quarterly net profit
I had 5 Uber drivers cancel on me in a row last month when I arrived to Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport and wouldn’t take anything less than a tip that was 100% of the fare.

Very frustrating, considering they put Taxis out of business. Sat there on the side of the airport “ride hailing” pickup for a hour wondering if I was even going to get home.

Apofis··on SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading in everything except bitcoin, CEO says
It’s just wild to me that these billion dollar businesses are operating like they still exist on the dark web. Is it really not enough for these folks to be exorbitantly wealthy they also need to criminally defraud their customers? I suppose some habits die hard.
Apofis··on Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse
I don’t know if many people read other users comment history or heck even their user names.
Apofis··on A 17th-century font in a 21st-century thesis
I totally skimmed that whole article wondering where the font was and only realized it when I finished. Pretty timeless!
Apofis··on Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract 3 papers
I truly hope they toss every single paper and citations to them that ever crossed this assholes desk. This misconduct literally should be treated the same as a dirty detectives cases being reviewed and tossed out since they are no longer trustworthy.
Apofis··on ASUS to manufacture and sell Intel’s NUC products
I really liked having a Mac Mini. I might pick one up in the future considering how competent Apple’s GPUs have a potential of getting. Big hopes for M3.
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