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TheRoque··on Show HN: I built a fair alternative to Product Hunt for indie makers
I honestly wonder about that kind of place. To me, consumers don't go on these platforms, only other makers. So it seems like it's just a place where you can get your idea stolen.

Edit: or best case scenario, bought

TheRoque··on Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round
How can you advertise yourself if you spent 0€ ? What genius trick is at play ? Come on, it's much more plausible there's something fishy.
TheRoque··on My negative views on Rust (2023)
Memory safety without gc is not the only reason people use rust. It's also nicer to use than C++ for multiple reasons (language features, included package manager, easy to integrate tests...)
TheRoque··on The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer (2016)
I brush my teeth and write with the left, dribble and throw with the right.

I kick the ball with the right, and on the boards sports I'm goofy.

TheRoque··on Caltech, long a bastion of male students, enrolls first class of majority women
How can you guarantee this ? From the article, it was the result of campaigns, not affirmative action. Not saying you're in the wrong, but it would be nice to provide proof from what you're assuming.
TheRoque··on ShadPS4 – PlayStation 4 emulator
Do you have an alternative ? For some informative, yet entertaining tech youtuber focused on gaming ?
TheRoque··on Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021)
What's IOW... ?
TheRoque··on Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021)
Is it really a game changer though ? AFAIK countries that made the shift to solar and wind can't still store they energy and have to rely on fossil still to power they country (e.g. Germany). On top of that, if the whole world made the shift to solar, wind and batteries, I assume the scarcity of some materials will become an issue. According to this [1] Lithium for example is expected to have a shortage by 2025. There are also challenges like usable surface, and making all the intermittent, non-controllable energy work together. I mean, I am open to the idea of solar/wind, but "game changer"... Doesn't seem so easy

[1]: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/electric-vehicles-wor...

TheRoque··on Atlas: A Windows modification to optimize performance, privacy and usability
Exactly, that's the same question. At least the parent I replied too is a bunch of open source scripts that anyone can monitor. But I'm not sure I'd install a closed source OS
TheRoque··on Atlas: A Windows modification to optimize performance, privacy and usability
How can you reassure me that those scripts and mods don't contain some malware injection or something else ?
TheRoque··on Study: Consumers Actively Turned Off by AI
I 100% agree with you, it shows the limit of the system we've built and something might need to change
TheRoque··on Study: Consumers Actively Turned Off by AI
Poorly used generative AI is obvious to spot though
TheRoque··on Study: Consumers Actively Turned Off by AI
Sure, but the companies have a different plan. The creative and skilled tasks are also where you have to hire the most expensive employees to do the job, and so cutting them is a dream for most investors. From a pure business standpoint the things "best left to humans" are the ones where the human is the cheapest option for the same result. Nothing more, nothing less.
TheRoque··on Meta Launches AI Studio in US
Sounds more like an optional way people can interact with the creators. Currently you can only send DM, spamming their inboxes, or reacting to a post. The creators won't be fake, but the interactions with their communities will be
TheRoque··on France high-speed rail traffic disrupted by 'malicious acts' on Olympic ceremony
Maybe screw the opening ceremony of the Olympics to keep saying that "western countries are falling apart" ? It has been a classic rethoric of Russia media for a while.

There has been 800,000 people affected by this outage and the opening ceremony is at 7pm tonight, so probably connected.

TheRoque··on 10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023
I tend to believe you, but it's not something that's about a lot. I would be curious to know the facts of expats coming back after a while, or a least investing in their home countries
TheRoque··on 10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023
> there is significant brain drain from many countries to the U.S. and that contributes to our success

And I find it so tragic. It means that the best elements of a given country are being sucked out of it. How can this country ever get better if the best elements just leave it ? Immigration exists because some parts of the world just suck, with corrupt governments, wars, you name it. I don't see how anyone can be happy of migrations, it means fleeing your home and leaving your roots. I don't think most migrations are something to be happy about.

TheRoque··on Nevada’s public employee pension fund invests passively and beats peers (2016)
So in the end, what's the key takeaway regarding global economics ? If (some of) the most well-paid people cannot guess the market, then doesn't it mean that they are useless ? Then why are we paying their services ?
TheRoque··on Optimizing the Lichess Tablebase Server
You forgot to mention that it's free, open source, and doesn't nor will ever ask for your money, and a lot of people donate. Their expenses are public. It's also available as an app !
TheRoque··on How Good Is ChatGPT at Coding, Really?
Can you specify which version of ChatGPT you used ? It's not helpful to say "ChatGPT" because there's a huge gap between the versions.
TheRoque··on Research into homeopathy: data falsification, fabrication and manipulation
In France they were funded by the social security up to 15%, but luckily this stopped in 2021. I had some as a kid and my mom is still a strong "believer" in them. I don't see any harm in selling them IF and only if they don't prevent people from taking other "real" treatments. But other than this it's just placebo.
TheRoque··on A bunch of programming advice I'd give to myself 15 years ago
I never really got the "it's ok to be an imposter", "it's ok to be bad" part... And the internet is full of people saying things like "I am a developer and I have no idea what I'm doing haha".

Seriously, you might be inexperienced or not know everything, but you should clearly not be an imposter and you should be confident in your ability to improve and understand what you don't understand yet.

Take responsabilities and ownership in what you do, don't get behind the easy excuse that it's too complicated. You are the professional and you are getting paid for this.

TheRoque··on Ask HN: Is there a way to watch unrelated videos on YT
The thing is what exactly is "unrelated" ? If you want just quality unrelated videos then just check the most popular ones on a topic or in your country. If you don't care about quality then just find a YouTube randomizer (I'm pretty sure it exists)

But I'm pretty sure it's super rare to find something that is unpopular, that fits your tastes, and that is unrelated to your history, all 3 at the same time

TheRoque··on Large Language Models are not a search engine
Well, it's really easy to see. When I you search on Google, and go on, say, stackoverflow or medium, you get a ton of context: - rank of the page - name of the website where it's posted - date of the post - context of the post (comments, replies...)

All this context refines your result, because you know what you interact with. ChatGPT obfuscates all this, and on top of that introduces hallucinations.

For a more explicit example when looking for a code snippet, I can ask ChatGPT to give me the answer, but I more often search for the answer in stackoverflow because I can see if the top answer is from 2016 and probably outdated, and I can see if the top answer has a lot of criticism or praises. chatGPT could just regurgitate the medium post of a junior with bad practices and you'd have no clue about that.

TheRoque··on South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware
They have such weird constraints. Even Coupang Play refuses to load their video when I'm on Linux, which makes no sense at all.
TheRoque··on Vigorous Exercise, Cognitive Decline, and High Blood Pressure
Regulations don't imply that the healthcare is backed by the government, it's a different thing
TheRoque··on Vigorous Exercise, Cognitive Decline, and High Blood Pressure
Maybe, just maybe, sometimes a free market is not the solution ? The US people have the lowest life expectancy and the most money spent amongst rich countries [1]. I am not 100% sure, but it seems to me that all the other rich countries have a more government-controlled healthcare ?

[1]: https://www.kff.org/other/slide/the-u-s-has-the-lowest-life-...

TheRoque··on Hard work wins in business (a.k.a. it ain't just about luck)
And some people work really hard but in the wrong direction, or lack the talent. Just go on game dev subreddits, it's full of people that dedicated one or multiple years to making a game nobody wants to play.
TheRoque··on Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
Luckily there wasn't any weird content, just work stuff and memes with colleagues. I couldn't even open the files because it was locked under her login/password, literally just see the thumbnails and titles of the file. It's such a weird feature.

Imagine opening your file explorer and seeing the attached files of your ex's emails, updated live, it's a nightmare I swear.

TheRoque··on Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
The hardest thing is really just creating the media and booting on the key. Once that's done, it's smooth sailing for most user-friendly distro. I swear, I've had my parents install Linux on 50 computers for their school, and they are really non technical.
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