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nelsondev commented on ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation   aclu.org/press-releases/i... · Posted by u/mandmandam
otde · 4 months ago
Why is a) bad? Have you considered d) pass a different law? Why are you pretending the law is some immutable thing that we always need to follow, regardless of the situations an unjust law might place someone in if followed?
nelsondev · 4 months ago
Until a new law is passed, the government and courts have a duty to follow the current law.
nelsondev commented on Gaining Years of Experience in a Few Months   marcgg.com/blog/2025/02/1... · Posted by u/kiyanwang
nelsondev · 6 months ago
I would add another axis to the graph. So x axis would be pace at which you work, and y axis would be novelty of work.

You can be burnt out doing fast paced repetitive work. It’s not always true the faster you go the more you learn.

nelsondev commented on GenAI Art Is the Least Imaginative Use of AI Imaginable   hai.stanford.edu/news/ge-... · Posted by u/jebarker
dingnuts · 7 months ago
The point of art for the artist is expression. The point for the audience is to gain something through shared experience with the artist.

AI outputs are not created by a conscious agent experiencing affect, and its audience shares an experience with no one. It's not compelling, and isn't art.

nelsondev · 7 months ago
The audience member can share the experience with the person sitting beside them.

Doesn’t have to be shared with the artist.

nelsondev commented on All clocks are 30 seconds late   victorpoughon.fr/all-cloc... · Posted by u/fouronnes3
nelsondev · 8 months ago
Perhaps we could retitle the link, as it stands a bit click-baity.

Perhaps, average error of clocks is 30 seconds higher because minutes use .floor() nor .round()

nelsondev commented on Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?    · Posted by u/david927
stevage · a year ago
Probably looking for a name that is much more approachable for a wide audience. Along the lines of "take me back" or playing with where/when or time/place or something like that.
nelsondev · a year ago
Bee There (logo is cute honey bee) tag line, Be there now, be there then
nelsondev commented on Boxed – Things I learned after lying in an MRI machine for 30 hours   aethermug.com/posts/boxed... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
nelsondev · a year ago
Sounds similar to experiences inside sensory deprivation chambers.

In the SF Bay Area, there’s a company called reboot floatation spa , where you can book time floating in body temperature epsom salts inside a box that blocks noise and light.

I also experienced intense visual imagery and extraordinary ability to concentrate on thoughts while my other senses were deprived. And then I got sleepy

nelsondev commented on Alexa is in millions of households and Amazon is losing billions   wsj.com/tech/amazon-alexa... · Posted by u/thm
Ylpertnodi · a year ago
You're very trusting. I won't let alexa in my home, let alone near my kids. How do you trust something that you can't know what is being done (ie recorded for later, later use - see the github nodelete stories) with it?
nelsondev · a year ago
Yet in your house you likely have a mobile phone, a computer, perhaps a Smart TV; all with microphones and a long history of privacy breaching hacks.
nelsondev commented on How do jewellers capture every last particle of gold dust? (2017)   ft.com/content/0512638c-b... · Posted by u/EndXA
JackMorgan · a year ago
Fascinating. Now I wonder why jewelers don't always just work in sealed containers with vacuums like what is used for sand blasting.

I wonder now how much gold dust gets accumulated in the lungs of goldsmiths. I wonder if they take organs to check for sweeps.

nelsondev · a year ago
Sounds like you are ready to open a crematorium that specializes in former jewelers.
nelsondev commented on California approves final high-speed rail link connecting San Francisco to LA   sfchronicle.com/bayarea/a... · Posted by u/edward
kjkjadksj · a year ago
What would you peg it on then? Profiteering subcontractors? I’d file that under labor.
nelsondev · a year ago
Complying with environmental regulation, permits, planning, etc
nelsondev commented on Simplicity is an advantage but sadly complexity sells better (2022)   eugeneyan.com/writing/sim... · Posted by u/7d7n
nelsondev · a year ago
This idea also applies to software sales.

e.g. A bloated, overly complicated, CMS is easier to sell to a company as a solution than a sleeker, cleaner solution.

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit”

u/nelsondev

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