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adorton commented on Planet eBook: free literature for your device   planetebook.com/... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
throawayonthe · a year ago
the about section says the books are public domain in Australia. I wonder if there’s much catalog difference between this and https://www.gutenberg.org/ (books under public domain in the U.S.)
adorton · a year ago
The big one I noticed is 1984, which won't be out of copyright in the US for 20ish years.
adorton commented on Show HN: Gitlab Meeting Simulator 2024   benjamin-brady.github.io/... · Posted by u/brikym
adorton · 2 years ago
We need to hook this up to a boss key stat
adorton commented on Ray and Tom Magliozzi, MIT 1999 Commencement Address [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=KWG1Y... · Posted by u/stefanpie
PaulDavisThe1st · 2 years ago
Don't forget their Russian chauffeur, Pikup Andropov.
adorton · 2 years ago
Took me an embarrassingly long time to understand what they meant by "Erasmus B Dragon".
adorton commented on ChatGPT web and mobile UIs unavailable   status.openai.com/inciden... · Posted by u/bchelli
soulofmischief · 2 years ago
I will ask you the same question about the information which you read on the internet.

Whatever your answer is, apply that to ChatGPT. It is no different.

adorton · 2 years ago
Yeah but if I'm doing research online I'm going to stick with sources I consider reliable, written by real people and not a text generator. So I'm not sure I understand the comparison you're trying to make.
adorton commented on ChatGPT web and mobile UIs unavailable   status.openai.com/inciden... · Posted by u/bchelli
soulofmischief · 2 years ago
I have no idea what to do right now, I use ChatGPT all day while studying new concepts. It condenses time needed to understand complex new information by several magnitudes, and at this juncture studying without it seems pointless, it's rapidly become an extra layer in my brain.
adorton · 2 years ago
How do you know the information you're getting is factual?
adorton commented on Starbucks illegally fired US workers over union, judge rules   bbc.co.uk/news/business-6... · Posted by u/pmoriarty
amurthy1 · 2 years ago
Setting aside this specific case, what is a business supposed to do if a union's demands are unreasonable and make it infeasible to keep the business profitable? If they try and replace the unionized workers, that is frowned upon and in some cases illegal. If they shut down the business due to no longer being viable, that seems to also be legally murky.

If a group of employees wants to band together and collectively bargain, that feels like it should be allowed, but if the company wants to completely sever ties with that group or if an employee wants to be hired and not associated with the group that should also be fine.

I agree that the balance of power is tilted in favor of capital over labor and that imbalance has been continually growing over the past several decades, but it feels like there should be a better solution than legally protected unions. For example:

- Increased relocation assistance for people who need to move for a job

- Improved safety regulations, which is a common reason employees decide to unionize in the first place

- Increased public sector employment to provide more alternatives to those in exploitative private sector jobs

All of these seem like better ways the govt can help workers than legally protected unions.

adorton · 2 years ago
The company is supposed to negotiate with the union. That's the whole idea behind unions.
adorton commented on A guide for playing The Sims 1 on Intel and ARM Macs   github.com/hackergolucky/... · Posted by u/splatzone
adorton · 3 years ago
This is great. I very recently looked into getting the Sims 2 and found this:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UT0HX3cO4xLft2KozGypU_N7...

Still working on getting it (or a similar release) working in a Wineskin for macOS. But it works great on Windows 10.

adorton commented on The dangerous playgrounds of 1900s through vintage photographs   rarehistoricalphotos.com/... · Posted by u/andersource
adorton · 3 years ago
My elementary school playground had several giant tires. Not sure what that was all about but we found ways to make them fun.
adorton commented on The Hipster PDA (2004)   43folders.com/2004/09/03/... · Posted by u/Tomte
adorton · 3 years ago
Reminds me of the Pocketmod, which to my surprise is still around:

https://pocketmod.com/

adorton commented on Over-reliance on CGI in movies   erikhoel.substack.com/p/c... · Posted by u/hmmmmmm_
dylan604 · 4 years ago
Fury Road gave a glimmer of hope of limiting the use of CGI. It gave me happy feet to watch it.
adorton · 4 years ago
Fury Road makes pretty extensive use of CGI and digital compositing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3tdMDRQBc

But it looks great so you don't really notice it.

u/adorton

KarmaCake day291June 12, 2010View Original