nanidin

> Fast crypto transactions?

Is client bandwidth a limiting factor in crypto transactions?

Yes, but using the same data, NYC is only 0.18% less safe than the national median. We are venturing deeply into "there are lies, damn lies, and statistics" territory.

I don’t think the relative percent is a good way to compare 5.8 per 1000 vs 4.0 per 1000. It can easily be flipped to show that NYC is only 0.18% less safe than the national median.

I don’t think the relative percent is a good way to compare 5.8 per 1000 vs 4.0 per 1000. It can easily be flipped to show that NYC is only 0.18% less safe than the national median.

The piracy comes into play when people mirror the content of the retail servers - placement of MOBs, names of MOBs, scripted encounters, quests, items, things like that. All of that stuff comes from a DB on the server. People write in-game plugins and other tools that siphon out data for use on other servers.

Don’t have to tip Amazon delivery drivers either!

Maybe the world needs a ride share matching game, in the same vein as Elevator Saga[0]?

[0] https://play.elevatorsaga.com/

Or also, from George Bernard Shaw, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

Rational & reasonable are relative.

I captured this on my whiteboard as “Be open minded to the fact that you’re not always open minded.”

My previous car took premium gas, which is now over $5 in the Midwest. My insurance went up by about $30/month, but my last car was a 2009.

I wanted to like the 3 but the seat position relative to the visor and headliner didn’t work for me as a tall person. I had to slouch to drive the car with the seat all the way down.

Tesla Model Y, loving it so far. It made driving fun again!

I just got an EV this week and I’ve been planning out some road trips. Projected cost for a 362 mile trip is $5.30. Cost for gas for the same trip is about $72 now. It that’s not diverged, I’d be interested to know what you would consider as diverged?

Yep, this is me. I’ve had the car since Monday and I’m becoming acquainted with all of the chargers around me until I can convince my apartment building to run a line from my electrical panel to a dryer style plug by my parking spot.

Yep, time to reconsider the resignations as constructive dismissal via the legal system.

Have you ever needed to buy something illegal?

There are legions of starving artists that are probably better qualified to answer that than me :)

> We'd probably get a better skills/job match by including the major in interest rate calculations.

This brings up the hairy issue that all education should not be focused on eventual income generation. We still need our English, History, and other majors out there in the real world even if we don't expect them to make a great ROI on their degrees. Their contributions to society are still worthwhile.

I think a policy that incorporates the major into the interest rate would drive universities to cut less profitable programs, and MAYBE lower tuition for those majors.

I think my approach to change the system would be to put a cap on the maximum loan that the government will back, and have that cap be influenced by major. This would be similar to the conventional loan situation for mortgages.

It's common in milk because it helps with calcium absorption.

Interesting because I have a Mavic Mini and it flies consistently for 20-25 minutes and I’ve had it for more than a year.

Hehehe, after reading this post I dug through my college projects to find my B+ tree implementation

Yes, this was my thought as well. The beginning of the waiver read something like "In consideration of the services received from COMPANY NAME, ..." and my immediate reaction was "I'm the one paying you here, not the other way around." The owner is a real estate attorney so I'm sure he's not oblivious either.

A sand volleyball venue in my city has a waiver that you have to sign to play in a league there. In the contract you have to agree that you won't own or operate a volleyball related business within a 30+ mile radius for three years.

I signed since I don't plan to open a volleyball business, but I raised it with the venue owner who basically said their lawyers suggested it and that only one other person objected to it over the last three years. He was willing to strike it out.

Anyway - people/businesses with clauses like this need feedback or they won't change it. I let the sand volleyball place know that I thought it was a scummy tactic, and that pushing something like that onto the rank and file patrons of a business is not appropriate for someone who chairs the community improvement district that the business is located in.

My takeaway was also that the vast majority of people just don't read what they sign.

The case in question was a PR stunt intended to get the AI recognized as the author in order to build clout for the company that created the AI. “Look, a judge determined that our AI is so advanced that it can be the author of works of art, and is therefore a person.” It’s similar to stunts that try to get courts to recognize god as real or not real.

The fundamental question was not whether the work could be copyrighted or not - only whether the AI could be listed as the author of the work. It would be similar to if I tried to register a copyright with my digital camera listed as the author of the work. A camera is not a person, so it cannot be the author.

I don’t think it’s a far leap to consider AI a tool, much like a digital camera. In the case of the camera, the human provides inputs and conditions, then the camera produces a digital image. In the case of AI, the human provides inputs and conditions, then the AI produces a digital image.

The case in question was a PR stunt intended to get the AI recognized as the author in order to build clout for the company that created the AI. “Look, a judge determined that our AI is so advanced that it can be the author of works of art, and is therefore a person.” It’s similar to stunts that try to get courts to recognize god as real or not real.

The fundamental question was not whether the work could be copyrighted or not - only whether the AI could be listed as the author of the work. It would be similar to if I tried to register a copyright with my digital camera listed as the author of the work. A camera is not a person, so it cannot be the author.

The outcome of the case you linked is that the AI cannot be the author, not that works created using AI can’t be copyrighted.

Is this an actual response? This argument has no substantiation, just character attack. It's clear you didn't make any effort to read the article or consider its implications. It is clear you are not arguing or participating in good faith.

I don't agree - I think if the original poster adhered to something like "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way: Use meaningful, specific subject headers" [0] then we would not even be having this conversation because the original poster would have found their target audience of Linux Laptop Recommenders rather than a bunch of people that arrived to comment their favorite laptop and found that they were cut off by the original poster with no real explanation for WHY Windows/MacOS are not acceptable.

It would be similar to "Ask HN: Which text editor should I use for software development" with a body that contains "I have no intention of using an IDE or mouse". It's a poorly formed request if your intent is to ask for recommendations amongst the keyboard driven tiled editors.

[0] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#bespecifi...

I think so. Scuba divers use a BCD (buoyancy control device) that sounds similar - it's used to control buoyancy only.

I guess that if someone can’t articulate why they do or don’t want something, someone who is passionate about that thing sees their chance to help someone see the light. I then guess that the solution to giving requirements like “not a mac” is to also articulate why at a level that the audience will respect.

OP has already made the mistake of asking for something very broad in the title, then asking for something very specific in the body. If the title read “Linux laptop” I doubt they would have as many people in the comments suggesting anything else.

I disagree that “no one holds rights to what is or is not misinformation” - if we take that position to its end, then we must accept that all places for public discussion are subject to being overrun by trolls or vocal minority opinion. Strong communities need strong moderation lest they devolve into lesser communities.

edit: My opinion is based somewhat on "Well-Kept Gardens Die by Pacifism"[0].

[0] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-...