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The comment thread discusses the decline of Google Adwords' effectiveness for small businesses and explores how AI might replace traditional advertising methods. Opinions vary on whether this is due to a shift towards social media platforms or if it's symptomatic of broader changes in the open web. The conversation also touches on potential new marketing strategies, such as using chatbots and vertical, shortform video content.

• Google Adwords is no longer effective
• AI will replace traditional advertising methods

• The death of Adwords is a symptom of the decline of the open web and rise of social media platforms
• AI will be used for marketing, with chatbots and vertical, shortform video being key areas to focus on

Discussion (72): 23 min

The comment thread discusses static allocation, its benefits and drawbacks, especially as implemented by TigerBeetle. Opinions vary on the technique's applicability across different contexts, with some praising its use in embedded systems for predictability and simplicity, while others argue it may not be suitable for most applications due to varying resource needs over time. The thread also touches on marketing efforts in spreading new coding techniques and the trade-offs between sharing knowledge versus keeping it as a competitive advantage.

• Static allocation is a common technique in the embedded world but less known in typical 'backend web server' environments.
• TigerBeetle's approach has been adopted and can be beneficial for performance, simplicity, and maintainability.

• Static allocation may not work in most applications due to varying resource needs over time.
• Dynamic allocation is easier to teach and use, making it more popular among developers.

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The comment thread discusses various data visualization tools for disk space management and hierarchical data representation. Opinions vary on preferences between Flamegraphs, WizTree, SpaceSniffer, Treemaps, Icicle charts, and nested bar graphs like TreeSize. The discussion is generally positive with a few counterarguments presented.

• Flamegraphs are more interpretable
• Interactive flame graphs for large trees

• All of these suck. Use nested bar graphs like TreeSize and it’s instantly obvious what your biggest hitter is for any particular nesting level.
• Treemap is the densest/most accurate information source on a per px basis. Flamegraphs are pretty good but with a fixed Y and variable X your box area is inaccurate, and it wastes a fair amount of plot space with the non-flame area.

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The comment thread discusses environmental concerns, societal choices, and Rapture beliefs. It highlights the potential impact on global competition after a large population loss due to the Rapture, with differing views on how countries might be affected.

• The concentration of wealth and overconsumption lead to environmental ruin.
• People have chosen poorly in terms of societal values and priorities.

• In the event of the Rapture America is doomed. How is a country that loses 60% of its population supposed to compete with the Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Shinto, etc... countries that were almost untouched?

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The comment thread discusses various opinions on the future role of AI in software development, with concerns about the capabilities and limitations of AI models. There is a debate around whether AI will replace human programmers or improve safety metrics in aviation. The community shows moderate agreement but high intensity in their discussions.

• The hard part of programming is converting human thinking into computational thinking
• AI models are expensive and may not replace programmers completely
• AI tools can make simple tasks more efficient but lack economic understanding

• AI models can improve safety metrics but have limitations
• There is a guaranteed cap on how far LLMs can go due to the dilution of good training data

Discussion (74): 14 min

The comment thread discusses various aspects of internet censorship and legislation in Germany, focusing on DNS blocking methods to combat piracy, comparisons between German privacy laws and US constitutional rights, and debates around the effectiveness and ethics of such measures.

• DNS blocks are effective in combating piracy
• German legislation is not as draconian as perceived

• Criticism of the effectiveness of DNS blocks
• Counterpoint to claims about German legislation being draconian

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The comment thread discusses a scientific paper on cultural bias in large language models, with concerns about ignoring cross-cultural diversity and WEIRD bias. There is debate over the relevance of the abstract to current LLMs.

• The existing literature ignores cross-cultural diversity in human psychology.
• LLMs' responses to psychological measures are an outlier compared with large-scale cross-cultural data.

• WEIRD is totally fine, and W is totally for Western and not White.

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The comment thread discusses various reasons for games being delisted, primarily due to licensing agreements expiring or developers/publishers folding. It also highlights that once a game is owned by someone, they can still play it but not purchase it anymore. The community generally agrees on the topic with moderate debate intensity.

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The discussion revolves around a tool designed to detect TCP proxies by analyzing minimum and smoothed TCP RTT values, with Fastly Custom VCL used for data collection. The method is praised but also critiqued for potential false positives, especially with non-TCP proxies.

• The score is calculated by dividing tcpi_min_rtt by tcpi_rtt, with different thresholds indicating various levels of proxy usage.

• False positives are possible, especially with non-TCP proxies or under certain network conditions.

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The comment thread discusses the efficiency and optimization of hash tables in Rust, comparing quadratic probing to linear probing. There is a debate about the practicality and utility of the discussed project, with some suggesting it might be a prototype or niche solution.

• Hashbrown already does this optimization

• The project might be a prototype with niche utility
• Claude, the author, may not fully understand the topic