Like courses on udemy. Most people buy a ton of courses probably for the feeling of having bought a course. Which translates apparently to already halfway there becoming that expert the courses promises you to become. Or they build a catalog and sell the account (on udemy).
Readit Newstomw1808 commented on Most people who buy games on Steam never play them howtomarketagame.com/2025... · Posted by u/3Samourai
> I bought a Bosch 500 series because our old one broke, and we needed one quick.
Slightly OT (or maybe not) older dishwashers are usually not very hard to fix (depending on the problem). My dishwasher is over ten years old. The pump broke: I replaced it. It was easy and cheap (EUR 60).
It wasn't even the pump that was broken, just the heating resistance attached to it that had fried. You can replace only the resistor if you're skilled enough to reattach a new one. I couldn't: removing the old one was easy, but I couldn't put it back in place so I bought a whole pump instead.
Likewise, my laundry machine is over 15 years old. I just replaced the carbon brushes: they last for something like 10 years and cost less than EUR 10 a pair.
I don't think I will buy a new machine any time soon, or if I have to, it will be a used one.
shhhhush, corporates hate this trick :P
i bought GTAV and some assassin's creed. I dont want to play, i just like to roam around the virtual world to relax. But i can't relax anymore because every time they launch they need to download 1 full day of updates that i dont need.
same here.
It's actually relaxing to just drive around with different cars into the sunset, turn the radio on and occasionally overrun some pedestrians.
I knew I can't be the only one finding it relaxing, yet the anxiety before starting the game if I can play it or not because of yet another update is really a downturn.
tomw1808 commented on Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home from US ft.com/content/e39390cc-e... · Posted by u/cempaka
https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/goldvault.html
> As of 2024, the vault housed approximately 507,000 gold bars, with a combined weight of 6,331 metric tons. The vault is able to support this weight because it rests on the bedrock of Manhattan Island, 80 feet below street level and 50 feet below sea level.
> Following the verification process, the gold is moved to one of the vault’s 122 compartments, where each compartment contains gold held by a single account holder (meaning that gold is not commingled between account holders).
It’s a very fancy closet.
actually the closet isn't fancy, its just the content.
Like HN, I don't visit the site for the great design, I come for the golden content.
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Sry, I had to...
tomw1808 commented on Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code · Posted by u/somebee
That is AWESOME! I am wondering, are you creating all the content yourself?
I am doing plenty of courses across different platforms, from udemy to teachable selfhosting etc. They all lack the interactivity. I am currently hosting the code samples myself and basically redirect students there, where they can interact.
But scrimba is another league!
If you open this up similar to how udemy just hosts videos and does revenue share, count me in. With the webcontainers, the sky is the limit and beyond.
tomw1808 commented on Hyundai to buy 'thousands' of Boston Dynamics robots therobotreport.com/hyunda... · Posted by u/ivewonyoung
Why is it dystopian? This is how you keep cost of stuff low. Many people don’t realize that prices of cars have remained stable over last 20-30 years (beating inflation), because we outsourced and made a global economy work for us. Similarly the ‘cheap robot factory’ will output more and should cost less. Maybe we get a 20k car in next few years…
If I imagine I run into a factory full of "thinking" (current LLM level top of line benchmark) humanoid looking robots who are collaborating on tasks dynamically as needed in the dark (because they don't need light, ... or oxygen ... or basically anything but electricity)...
In my book that is as dystopian as it gets and has nothing to do with the current level of automation with robots that's happening, that's a whole new level. Production efficiency is one thing, but not far and the DOD or someone else on the other end of the world has some creative ideas how to use that to "make the world great again"...
tomw1808 commented on Hyundai to buy 'thousands' of Boston Dynamics robots therobotreport.com/hyunda... · Posted by u/ivewonyoung
100%, I have family in manufacturing and this isn't anything new. Most current manufacturing plants already run on effectively a skeleton staff vs 50 years ago.
yes, they do, that is true, however that's with [some]-axis stationary robots. Not humanoid robots literally running around. The best we can do right now afaik is that robot-dog-like thing which can overcome obstacles and be equipped with sensors. Nothing human like.
If I imagine I run into a factory full of "thinking" (current LLM level top of line benchmark) humanoid looking robots who are collaborating on tasks dynamically as needed... In my book that is as dystopian as it gets and has nothing to do with the current level of automation that's happening, that's a whole new level.
tomw1808 commented on Hyundai to buy 'thousands' of Boston Dynamics robots therobotreport.com/hyunda... · Posted by u/ivewonyoung
Quite dystopian thinking how a full factory and beyond could be run completely in the dark, just robots running around doing their thing. Faster, stronger, more accurate, never tired, never sleeping. Add in a small nuclear battery like the one from Betavolt coming up and mass produce it. And you have an autonomous "thinking" thing in the physical world capable of almost anything that humans are capable. Endless possibilities...
Never has the future been brighter and darker at the same time.. lets see.
tomw1808 commented on Bare: Run JavaScript Everywhere pears.com/news/introducin... · Posted by u/delduca
I somehow do not get it, quite possibly a knowledgegap on my side - is that another runtime such as bun? What's the difference?
Isn't the problem always just ios for cross platform - is bare running on iOS? Can you shed some light on this?
tomw1808 commented on Spammers are better at SPF, DKIM, and DMARC than everyone else toad.social/@grumpybozo/1... · Posted by u/pabs3
Is there actually an "domain reputation as a service" provider, which controls a couple thousand gmail addresses, sends itself the emails and manually unmarks them as spam? Asking for a friend..........