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by bell-cot 6mo ago
There's nothing "finally" about 48 oz. Some brands are edging smaller. What I've noticed is 32oz. cartons gaining prominence in grocery stores, while the 48's seem to be slowly getting phased out.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Caveat: > Funding [...] The analyses in this study were supported by an investigator-initiated grant from the American Egg Board. [...]
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
> Do those disenfranchised blue collar workers feel... Given the flip-flop pattern of 1-term Presidencies since 2016 - which looks likely to continue with a Dem. elected in 2028 - I'd say a whole lot of swing voters feel pretty unhe
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
The U.S. has not had any sort of Free Market in agricultural products since at least 1942 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn Sure, there's plenty of puffed-up talk about having one. That's ki
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
While SFGate probably isn't renowned for its agricultural coverage, it'd be nice if there was at least a little context in their story. Is the demand for canned peaches dropping, or is production from other regions or countries d
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
> Any portrayal is a betrayal. For those sufficiently pedantic, true. OTOH, there's a rather wide spectrum in how well (say) Mitchell's Gone With the Wind , Ken Burns's The Civil War , and McPherson's Battle Cry o
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Other than running for re-election, what does Congress seriously prepare for?
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
I coulda added another "That I've seen" disclaimer to my second para. My dataset is just friends & family who I've seen "based on a true story" movies with, where I happened to know the history. The term t
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
I'd be nice if HN had a 's/^The Secret/The/' filter for Titles, since (99%) the 'S' word is nothing but counterfactual click-bait.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
> ... don't understand consent. The word you're looking for is "respect". They understand consent, the same as JBS* understands animal rights. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBS_N.V .
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
That I've seen, the problem is worse than that. A movie merely says it's "based on a true story". If you're a lawyer or literature professor, that "based on" might be correct usage - since 40-ish perce
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
I wouldn't be surprised if both are illegal. But these days, the correlation between "X is illegal" and "larger org's do not do X" just ain't what it yousta be.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
IANAL, nor expert in this space. But might any such care to comment on the consequences, if this "it is impossible, even in theory , to eliminate LLM hallucinations" result holds up?
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
> One theory involves a hypothetical evolutionary history between women and birds. It’s possible, the researchers say, that while men stalked larger prey, women were responsible for catching and killing smaller prey like birds. Over seve
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
> ... sold exclusively to ASML employees with a strictly enforced “one per person” rule. You'll need to be their very best friend. And make sure they're not too close with their family, nor a big fan of either Lego or collecta
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Possibly. Or, it's also possible that they will continue a "case-by-case, only so far as it serves our interests" buffet-restaurant policy. Choosing Western ideals and practices can carry non-trivial political costs in China
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
If you're referring to the seeming sabotage by the aircrew, that can happen in any nation. If you're referring to the seeming suppression of embarrassing conclusions by the Chinese government, that is working as they feel it shoul
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
> ... more likely to open their doors for a group of ... Probably true. Usually. Just keep your eyes on local news, and wait 'till the Sewer Dept. is facing budget cuts, or needs a rate increase to pay for long-delayed repairs,
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Short answer: Too many cooks in the kitchen, and too many of 'em motivated to make it more complicated. A computer standard that is still widely avoided almost 30 years after it became official is a computer standard that should hav
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
What if your own HR's LLM didn't send you any other kind?
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Seems like a strategically-placed bit of red tape would suffice to fix the problem. You gotta pass an in-person exam by an Icelandic public health nurse, then wait 3 weeks for an ID card. Or whatever.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Just assume that she'd paraphrase Willie Sutton in her reply.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
If we could magically guarantee that our [starry-eyed|gullible|treacherous] political leaders didn't give back most of those property taxes before the DC even broke ground...
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Eric knows there's no sound on the Moon. At least his(?) subtitle - > The object will be traveling at 2.43 km a second, or 5,400 mph, upon impact. - is not a science education fail.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Over time, blatant plutocratic displays of wealth and influence go in and out of fashion. Going "in" is usually a Bad Sign, for the society's future.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Anyone familiar with this? My cynical first thought is that their spouses are still allowed to trade, or there's no real enforcement, or some other loopholes.
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Act_1832 For those unfamiliar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution . Which from the UK's PoV had lead to a hellishly long, expensive, bloody
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
For the 1% who are so interested in science & history & such that learning about those would not be an issue, plausibly yes. For the 99% - who don't have the time, or interest, or attention span, or cultural identification, or
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
Bashing on the reporter is pointless feel-good. This is a massive vuln. It was 4 weeks after Kernel had a patch. They had no way to know if others parties had also discovered the vuln. Lord Knows how many millions of systems could alrea
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by bell-cot 6mo ago
> “People often assume that social learning is about imitation or careful optimization,” said Spencer Caplan, Linguistics professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and co-lead author of the study. “What we found is something more basic and m

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