dgerard

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago

as it says at the top, always feel free to spin a post out, there's no quota

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 20 points 7 months ago

just use AI instead obv

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 16 points 7 months ago

This Machine Plays Folk Music

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 7 months ago

"it started as a wart on my ass" - the hat

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 7 months ago

and it still is

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

reminiscent of:

Ask HN: Are there any substantial examples of blockchain solving a real problem? (2020)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22914430

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 7 months ago

It's clear that they didn't stop uploads of the torrents. It hasn't been established in the documents we've seen so far that they actually had downloaders in turn. But they did clearly make the works available for upload.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

oh dont' worry - they prop up the appearance not the usability. They look smoother but user input is still sampled at the slower rate, so the games aren't actually any more reactive.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 7 months ago

it's basically a number crunching workstation

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago

even the commenters get stuck into Sam Axon this time

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

ehh. even in the original text it rapidly decays into anything that annoys him is a hyperkludge. Successful things have problems that are only problems of success.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago (5 children)

the new FB standards guy is a Heritage Foundation guy, he would be the precise vector

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