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541.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
A facile comparison: the problem with CO2 involves the equilibrium level (or lack thereof) between the flows of what is emitted to the pool versus removed. In contrast, excessive bio-available nitrogen is unlikely to build up, not when mo
542.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
Perhaps at current rates, but receptivity to asylum-seekers and refugees tends to be very amount-dependent, even for relatively friendly destinations. Historical examples in Europe circa 1933-1940 are not encouraging.
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by Terr_ 3mo ago
PhD Comics: The science news cycle (2009) https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174
544.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
IMO "pages of search results" is one of the problems where the closer you look, the more potential problems and inconsistencies you see until you realize it's a leaky abstraction, and sometimes it gets too leaky. We want vi
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by Terr_ 3mo ago
> Collecting and distributing weather data is a canonical example of a government function Heck, it's not merely "canonical", it's goshdang prehistoric : Governments have been involved in weather tracking (and respon
546.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
Which part? I interpret it as: 1. The temporary situation (private copy with donations) is not sustainable. 2. The activity is within the proper role of the US federal government. 3. It gives diffuse public-benefits, which should be funded
547.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
> as a business This is doubly-bad when the guy at the top's "business" has a nearly 1:1 mapping to the governance of North Korea : An unaccountable dictatorship where the head directly owns everything and cannot be fired
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by Terr_ 3mo ago
I am also reminded of (former-?) rival Hong Kong, where the government either runs or subsidizes at least half the housing. (This in turn relies on other idiosyncrasies, like the government owning all the land, a massive sovereign-wealth fu
549.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
I dunno, certainly some tags are justified, such as distinguishing submissions which are publicly-readable versus ones which require an account--or worse, payment. That's not a value-judgement of the true content of an article or pie
550.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
https://archive.ph/Wse83 I'll avoid direct commentary in this one. First, the buried lede: > But the principal reason for the looming workforce shortages is much more basic. A protracted decline in birth rates is co
551.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
Yeah, the problem is how the data is kept and abused afterwards.
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by Terr_ 3mo ago
It seems UI has stopped being a science and started being middle-management: Everybody must justify their position and promotion by completing some very visible change in the product, even when the only practical changes are bad ones.
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by Terr_ 3mo ago
> the largest labor shortage in its history Nah, it'll be the largest pay shortage in history. Ok, sure, it's actually both... but isn't it frustrating how the framing in the news is exclusively from the perspective of e
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by Terr_ 3mo ago
That "we" is suspicious, I suspect it doesn't adequately cover the whole civilization in question. Sure, me and my neighbors waiting for the train don't need to build a sundial, we can tell the time "without thinkin
555.
by Terr_ 3mo ago
I think the short version is that people have developed a lot of things to substantially reduce the levels in human brains, but in practice is doesn't seem to be yielding clearly-good results.
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by Terr_ 4mo ago
> Sadly Amazon has been known to enforce its 18-month NC in WA state I'm darkly-amused by how this really makes Amazon sound like a quasi-governmental entity. AFAICT a lawsuit (Burns v. Amazon) on that is ongoing.
557.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
Generally I didn't unleash one of those without already being extremely certain that what they needed would be a top result. However, search has become enshittified, and I don't think LLM chatbots have achieved a similar level
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by Terr_ 4mo ago
Related: "Success has many fathers but failure is an orphan."
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by Terr_ 4mo ago
How is that contradictory? It seems like a repeat of the (original, now eroded) vision of the newfangled Personal Computer as democratizing certain kinds of production: 1. It's open/accessible/etc. because it's easy for
560.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
True, but I think OP's core message is that the movie pre-dated the broader invasion and subsequent drone-heavy combat.
561.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
Yeah, I am quite certain I have an easier time visualizing a one-pound bag of sugar—which I have seen at the grocery-store/kitchen/pantry—versus a single-pound bag of concrete.
562.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
There's some overlap here with the dental problem of tooth enamel, another kind of wonderful biomaterial.
563.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
"... And you can't stop me, 'cuz I'm better than you."
564.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
> The politicization of AI This should include the AI companies trying to sell their product to the government, suggesting it is a strategic asset in need of protectionism, and playing the PR game of "our product will let us own the
565.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
Optimistic future: Moderation scaling issues prevent monopolies and ensure people have alternatives. Pessimistic future: There will be a couple major services and some people will be frozen-out victims of a system focused on cheap rather th
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by Terr_ 4mo ago
There's definitely a gulf between living-situations, and people assuming their local experience is nationally representative. I had a car-purchase decision a few years ago, and ultimately I had to choose based on the housing I had, not
567.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
> The chaotic nature of film grain [...] produces noise that originates from the natural world, and makes each frame unique. Noise generated through interaction with a fixed-pattern sensor and locked to a manufactured grid is fundamental
568.
by Terr_ 4mo ago
I once compared the historic GDP values, and IIRC if Iraq-vs-US in 2003 is 1x baseline, then Iran-vs-US today is 7x. Plus Iran (today) has 2x the population and 3x times the land area than Iraq (today).
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by Terr_ 4mo ago
Not only that, but even the status of the goals is insane. Right now Republicans are just flipping a coin every day to decide whether each "goal" is (A) a critical need where only Dear Leader can save us or (B) a glorious victor
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by Terr_ 4mo ago
It sounds kind of like being stuck working with coworkers who--while not overtly hostile--need constant hand-holding and repeat the same kinds of mistakes every day and can't even be genuinely sorry about it. Just because we work with

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