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> There is no physical or mental disability preventing people using modern technology. It's absolutely abhorrent that you would begin to think this. There are plenty of disabilities that don't allow people to use technology. No
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I feel like a lot of the concerns around this are already covered by image and likeness restrictions. They exist for the exact same reason - people don't want their likeness associated with something they don't consent to. They do
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All of these websites look like cancer to use. HN is peak web design. It gives exactly as much information as I need and has zero fluff, plus it loads super fast.
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Yes, absolutely. Uber poured a shitload of money they will never make back and now convince people that they should be able to get a driver on demand for cheap. If you need a ride, call a friend/family member/anyone who can trust
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Unfortunately. Uber has made it normal for people to work for poverty wages to make their asset depreciate even faster, all because they managed to pump a shitload of money into a money losing proposition. Getting a personalized driver righ
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Yes, actually, I absolutely would love to go back to a world without Airbnb.
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I live in an apartment, and I don't even know what the person who lives next to me looks like. Why would I ask them? People are living their own lives, why am I going to invade into someone's life to make myself feel better
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No One Wants to Talk to Your AI Assistant
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I doubt I'm going to convince you of anything. But it is nonsensical to think that the position of the planets have any effect on people. You see a correlation in two data points and are extrapolating it, despite having no explanation
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Correlation is not causation. Why would the position of the planets have anything to do with the discovery of revolutionary technology?
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Financial and social pressure are the only ways you convince anybody to do anything that isn't biological.
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Just give it to me straight - when will the levitation give us hoverboards?
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This is wild if true. Surely someone has to have a copy of this. How is it even being referenced if it is non existent?
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A girl is curious about you and wants to talk about you, and you take it as an opportunity to argue? To show how "right" you are? Then you lecture her on how her interest in you is akin to racism? Maybe the person was just wanting
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What the hell are you talking about? Lecturing someone on racism because they asked about astrology is not the same as abolishing slavery.
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Hey, you're finally understanding that Steve Jobs was a hack!
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In places like Wyoming and South Dakota, US gas stations come with slot machines inside. I wonder if having people stay around for a longer time, plus loosening regulations on gambling, means that this is the future way to incredible profit
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>So if people need some extrinsic motivation to engage in my class, one of two things might be happening. Maybe they’re just not interested in what I have to offer. That’s fine! They should take a different class. More likely, though, th
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I'm not too knowledgeable when it comes to how scientific experiments/trials are done - are the people who collect the data, the people who interpret the data, and the people who fund/benefit from the data different parties?
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This is an insane way to think about art. Of course art exists that entertains, and it is art. To say that art can't entertain is an absolutely drab way to look at things - it almost assumes that only negative emotions can be transferr
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> I am sympathetic to making it easier to build, but we have to be honest about the trade-offs that have been made in some of these hyper dense asian cities. Namely, ugly buildings, and lack of green space. Sure, we could create housing
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If this is using "official language", America should not be highlighted green for English.
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Google has such a gigantic incentive to lie about how effective their advertising is. It's impossible to verify and they make more money the more effective they say it is. So it's something I've suspected is happening for a l
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Oh god, after reading the comments I'm so upset that they were all from the same place. I got 1.7 miles away on the FIRST GUESS! and I fucked it up....
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Right, but people who are confident enough to put money on the line believe that it won't.
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If you're so confident that it will reverse, why not put your money where your mouth is?
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> New and often controversial lifestyles are proliferating on platforms like TikTok, such as “bimbo culture” and “stay-at-home girlfriends.” The hashtag “#Bimbofication” has garnered over 275 million views on TikTok. Meanwhile “sugar dad
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How on earth does a game make sixteen BILLION dollars annually off a game? That's an absurd number. And that's on one system. You'd think with all that money there would be more competitors with much larger budgets.
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I don't see a large chunk of the voter base pretending that breast cancer is a myth invented by the chinese to slow down America.
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IIRC police enforcement of traffic laws is at an all time low. That might be a huge factor into why this happens.

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