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by a_shovel 1y ago
AP article: https://apnews.com/article/un-general-assembly-israel-netany... > It was not immediately clear if that happened, or to what extent. AP journalists inside Gaza saw no immediate evidence of Netanyahu’s spe
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The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it)(pluralistic.net)
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by a_shovel 1y ago
nobody's ever accused youtube of being too transparent with creators
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by a_shovel 1y ago
This response is very confused. Lack of interest in the field would result in fewer female applicants, but you're describing equal numbers of applicants. This situation where women are half as likely as men to be qualified is just sexi
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by a_shovel 1y ago
> His point is not that black people are less capable but that DEI policies [cause] looser standards These ideas are equivalent. The belief that employers are lowering their standards in order to include more black people is based on the
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by a_shovel 1y ago
Something I've noticed from automatic palette mappings is that they tend to produce large blocks of gray that a human artist would never consider. You can see it in the water for most mappings in this sample, and even some grayish-brow
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by a_shovel 1y ago
Distorted Face getting in means that Open Eye Crying Laughing Face still has a chance. Maybe we could get some Deep Fried Variation Selectors with it too.
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by a_shovel 1y ago
Here's a question to ponder: Why aren't American convenience stores already like Japanese convenience stores? I distrust cultural explanations because humans are basicly the same everywhere. Given the choice, quite a lot of people
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by a_shovel 1y ago
Perhaps allowing preorders for a day or two might have helped spread the load? Or at least moved it earlier so that the checkout load didn't overlap with the load from users downloading.
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by a_shovel 1y ago
I've heard this is part of why major infrastructure projects in America can be so expensive. A city builds one subway line, and everyone working on the project has no experience, so it takes a long time and is expensive. The expense co
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by a_shovel 1y ago
I am aware of the Nova classification. "Vague" was the wrong word for me to use. "Overly broad" is probably closer to what I mean. Just read Group 4's definition. If "ultra-processed" can mean a million di
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by a_shovel 1y ago
"Ultra-processed food" is the new term for "junk food" for people who thought it needed three more syllables. They're both vague you-know-what-I-mean terms, and don't have any place in research papers, which re
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by a_shovel 1y ago
Are we counting flour as ultra-processed now? Are we going to have a discussion on the ultra-processed diet of the medieval peasant?
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by a_shovel 1y ago
Which LLMs perform better or worse will be determined entirely by the scoring formula used and how it penalizes errors. It is not in the nature of an LLM to be capable of lossless compression.
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by a_shovel 1y ago
Under normal circumstances, a merger between railroad giants would be so outlandish that they would never consider publishing an announcement like this. Anything is possible these days, it seems.
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by a_shovel 1y ago
It's less that I "don't like" the results and more that the results are completely unrealistic. Trans people tend to make friend groups with other trans people, and I trust that they would notice if on average 90% of the
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by a_shovel 1y ago
"Gender-Affirming Medical Treatments for Pediatric Patients with Gender Dysphoria", College of Pharmacy University of Utah, https://le.utah.gov/AgencyRP/reportingDetail.jsp?rid=636 , states: > Page 116: &
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by a_shovel 1y ago
> This was all total BS. That very same doctor sat on data showing zero improvement with puberty blockers > "“They’re in really good shape when they come in, and they’re in really good shape after two years,”" So a treatme
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by a_shovel 1y ago
The fact that you think 90% desistence is credible discredits you. Most people who pass by a bus stop don't get on a bus, but if they stop and wait at a bus stop then the probability they soon get on a bus is above 90%. Do you think st
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by a_shovel 1y ago
This is something I've been thinking too (though it seems clear to me it's only one factor out of many). I've heard at least two anecdotes from trans women I follow on social media that led me to this theory. One was prescrib
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by a_shovel 1y ago
I wonder if the additional ad revenue X gets by suing companies that aren't advertising with them will be enough to cover the expenses of suing companies that aren't advertising with them.
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by a_shovel 1y ago
38% is still deep in "F" territory. The last time we got a "C" (70%) was December 2001. That probably means something regarding what this poll is measuring.
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by a_shovel 1y ago
This article has a blind spot I've seen a lot among people arguing the same points it argues, in that they don't recognize they have a viewpoint. They describe their position as "common sense" or "basic biology&quot
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by a_shovel 1y ago
No more EV tax credits is definitely bad, but does the end of CAFE mean small trucks might come back?
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by a_shovel 1y ago
I clicked the links for a couple of bin stores near me and both of them sent me to sketchy gambling sites
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by a_shovel 1y ago
In coming years, as solar farms expand to meet demand during winter, there will be periods during the summer where there is a massive oversupply of electricity at midday for days or even weeks at a time. Solar farms will disconnect because
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by a_shovel 1y ago
They did sell some as souvenirs for 5 shillings a piece (about 5 GBP today?) according to Wikipedia, but there's a limited quantity of people with an interest in buying ancient Roman nails at that price. They're not the most dazzl
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by a_shovel 1y ago
In another era this would have been a kingly fortune. That's one risk of buried treasure: not all treasure will keep its value well. You might find a pile of gold coins, or maybe it'll be aluminum spoons (once highly valuable), co
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by a_shovel 2y ago
The super-\w* orientations aren't real. It would require being able to reliably distinguish between cis and trans people of the same gender at a glance, which isn't possible. Attraction isn't based on sex, or even gender iden
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by a_shovel 2y ago
This part doesn't make sense to me: > Read fairly, references to sex in this provision can only mean biological sex. People are not sexually oriented towards those in possession of a certificate. Is this implying that sexual orienta

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