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by blowsand 1y ago
Huh? Defend your thesis.
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by blowsand 1y ago
Curiously the “get full database access” link on many entries takes you to dodoengineering.ru.
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by blowsand 1y ago
Not sure I follow. What do you mean by “officials that can’t be trusted”? What list?
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by blowsand 1y ago
Is Trek not one of the dozens of bike brands made in the US? I’d always thought they were. Edit: this looks like a good source on US bike manufacturers: https://thebestbikelock.com/bike-brands/bikes-made-in-usa/
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by blowsand 1y ago
Overly lenient? On the whole I’d say the press has been aggressively assailing anyone/anything they think deserving. MSNBC certainly doesn’t back down on their reporting and narrative crafting. In your opinion what would appropriate re
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by blowsand 2y ago
What exactly is at risk wrt social security? My parents both receive benefits and are worried by the signs they see in these protests, but there’s nothing specific about benefits actually being stopped or reduced for them that we can find.
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by blowsand 2y ago
TikTok itself isn’t subject to penalties - it’s any company providing services to TikTok that need assurance. Hosting, collocation, network providers, etc. They face 5k/user/day in fines.
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by blowsand 2y ago
These pop up during every launch. YouTube takes between 30 minutes and days to take them down after being reported.
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by blowsand 2y ago
I haven’t listened to many Supreme Court hearings. Historically has their line of questioning been a good indicator of how they ultimately ruled?
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by blowsand 2y ago
What is the general consensus on “curbs on automation”? Interest in protecting jobs makes sense. But it seems like a balanced ramp allowing for innovation and the transition to automating away manual labor is positive for civilization. Is i
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by blowsand 2y ago
Not sure which town got the prominent coverage, but here in America a lot of the coverage we saw looked like a peaceful presence, organized to allow emergency passage, and frequently we saw what looked like a fair - lots of families strolli
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by blowsand 2y ago
This strikes me as another of many paths Mark is taking to get closer to the new administration. He reworked his own image to appear more patriot-bro, he’s brought in a conservative to lead global policy, and he was one of the first to show
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by blowsand 2y ago
Was there a race between the two?
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by blowsand 2y ago
https://divestos.org/pages/about https://divestos.org/pages/faq “DivestOS is a full-time passion project (not a company) maintained solely by Tavi since 2014. It has many goals, but primarily: pro
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by blowsand 2y ago
Merry Christmas!
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by blowsand 2y ago
The current US presence is hosted by Oracle. That would end as it would cause Oracle to be fined, and the content moved outside the US. The direct oversite by the US government via Oracle would end. Access by US users would have to be via w
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by blowsand 2y ago
Rational from what perspective? The US is a top market for TikTok in terms of revenue and users. Bytedance isn’t just some cohort of Chinese bureaucrats with bottomless pockets sitting in Beijing. Its major investors and BoD include large g
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by blowsand 2y ago
And aging very, very well.
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by blowsand 2y ago
Instagram? Facebook Reels? YT shorts? Snap? X’s newish video swipe actions? All have complex recommendation engines built to keep attention. If you’re going to highlight short form video be complete, else your motivation is sus.
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by blowsand 2y ago
Other than the selectable profanity filter is it doing any other filtering or word biasing?
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by blowsand 2y ago
Absurd.
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by blowsand 2y ago
“Our results suggest that advancing the timing of administration (3 h before the desired bedtime) and increasing the administered dose (4 mg/day), as compared to the exogenous melatonin schedule most used in clinical practice (2 mg 30
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by blowsand 2y ago
Can confirm.
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by blowsand 2y ago
The Big Ink lobby is alive and well. https://www.dailynews.com/2024/08/13/counterfeit-printer-car...
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by blowsand 2y ago
I’ve nothing substantive to add, but I note that the logic gymnastics on display in comments from all perspectives is somehow telling. Of something. Not sure what.
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by blowsand 2y ago
Forbes’ articles on tiktok are always a mixed bag. TikTok and bytedance can’t be interchanged 1:1, and TikTok does not exist in China. The whistleblower didn’t work for TikTok, they worked for bytedance. Forbes knows this. And then there’s
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by blowsand 2y ago
This seems like a purposefully loaded headline. What would be the reasons for describing an astronaut by their wealth status? Not to mention there are 3 other astronauts on the flight.
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by blowsand 2y ago
This may not be a popular opinion, but this news reminds me how much I miss the Block-era Engadget, and even the old Gizmodo. Both have woven politics in so deeply and the writing at times so clearly uninformed that they are not enjoyable.
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by blowsand 2y ago
Interesting, it was literally exactly 10 years ago Anand announced his exit. https://www.anandtech.com/show/8456/the-road-ahead
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by blowsand 2y ago
feels foreshadowing

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