Foreignborn

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by Foreignborn 3y ago
This "filter bubble" is not true, and does not seem to be the issue people think it is. We interact with more diverse people online outside of our bubble. It's actually our real life that's the bubble, and bubbles aren
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by Foreignborn 3y ago
I don’t follow why that’s the next best thing. It seems like making cars more convenient would induce demand (i.e. add more cars), opposite of what the parent comments desire.
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by Foreignborn 3y ago
What I found is that works, but is very expensive: - Do chain prompting where each character gets a separate prompt for the dialogue. Here you'll give it all the character info needed to figure out what the character would do (emotions
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by Foreignborn 3y ago
People are free to live where they want, but should pay for the full externalities that these lifestyles cost.
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by Foreignborn 3y ago
For anyone wondering if this works, the EPA seems to think it does: >>> High-pressure membranes, such as nanofiltration or reverse osmosis, have been extremely effective at removing PFAS. Reverse osmosis membranes are tighter than
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by Foreignborn 3y ago
Would you be open to speaking more about your experience? What level of Japanese did you have prior? And now? I swear by coaches/instructors in other areas of my life, but haven’t had much luck with language teachers. I’ve had private
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by Foreignborn 3y ago
I think you're being bit disingenuous, but I understand why you might be skeptical about carbon taxes. Unlike those scams, this is one of the more simple and straightforward policy recommendations. A carbon tax essentially charges a fe
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by Foreignborn 3y ago
You should try it again, should you get the chance. I drink coffee on a terrace almost daily at my local place in shibuya. You can also nomikai outside at a ton of places. The version of outdoor seating is not the same as Europe but if your
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
The article covers this. > In the 1990s, a wave of lawsuits holding architects and engineers liable for health problems related to poorly built or maintained buildings led to massive overhauls of construction codes. The new codes created
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
Cars aren’t quiet
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
Why did you link us to your own review of a film? It’s sitting at a 3.8 out of 5, in the upper half of his films, on letterboxd. https://letterboxd.com/director/wes-anderson/by/rating/
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
I don’t find this to be the case. I’m a senior designer at a FAANG and chose this over being a SWE. And nowadays, the salaries are very competitive between pm, design and eng. When I was earlier in my career it was a major struggle to stop
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
> For a weightlifting competition, those constraints are things like "don't use steroids" and "don't use an invisible string to assist you in lifting the weights". This is a good point. The constraints seem
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
> How could anyone reliably, conclusively determine that an image was generated using a locally-run tool? https://github.com/ShieldMnt/invisible-watermark (still ways around that, though)
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
I can't say what's an exaggeration, and I don't know I'd call any place a haven. Japan isn't perfect, and raising kids here has issues, sure. It seems we've had completely different experiences. Through shibuya
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by Foreignborn 4y ago
I live in Tokyo and just today on my way to coffee, saw several kindergarten-aged children crossing busy main roads to go to school. It does happen and happens nearly every day. This show likely does help prevent accidents (and yes 2 year o