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hubofuniverse.com
2 points·by bitslayer·vor 26 Tagen·0 comments

Bose Soundtouch end of life today

bose.com
1 points·by bitslayer·vor 2 Monaten·0 comments

How many valid JSON strings are there?

qntm.org
10 points·by bitslayer·vor 10 Monaten·1 comments

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bitslayer
·vor 4 Monaten·discuss
It does mention the Insight Meditation Society.
bitslayer
·vor 8 Monaten·discuss
>I wish the description of the video was like an abstract.

Business opportunity something something AI
bitslayer
·letztes Jahr·discuss
Ah ha! I had searched the article to see if there was a way to do that. Because while it would be awesome to have a file like this, creating it sounded like a pain.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
The white square is the designer. Try double clicking on it.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
I worked at company_name when the .xxx top level domain became available, and my boss was sure that we should buy company_name.xxx. I talked them out of it. Luckily no one has maliciously registered company_name.xxx all these years later. I guess it could happen any day now.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
"with even very moderate practice, humans can match Ayumu’s performance."

The article is misnamed, the actual score is 1 to 1.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
Meh. About as useless as blockchain, I guess.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
Capital oriented companies can lead to the correct outcome if the consumer has enough information to distinguish the superior product. One solution to this problem that capitalism has found is UL Listing (Underwriters Laboratories.) Of course you could say they are just outsourcing what should be done by the government. It comes down to who do you trust to not fall into corruption.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
They didn't say constant maintenance, they said endless maintenance. 20 minutes a month is a never ending commitment of time. They have better things to think about.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
In Richard Feynman's book, "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!" he tells the story of his exploits in safe cracking. And the eventual "solution" that the bosses come up with... not to make their safes safer, but to ban Feynman.
bitslayer
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
_those are for playing MP3s off a flash drive._ I am reminded of the workaround people used to use for inputting streamed audio to their old car stereos through a cassette tape adapter. Could the computer emulate a flash drive somehow?
bitslayer
·vor 3 Jahren·discuss
"Then last year, on a whim, the Millers bought a 15th-century, 52-room castle" Translation: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/translation-of-a-new-yor...