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by carefulfungi 5mo ago
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/trump-administra...
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by carefulfungi 5mo ago
This assumes that the legislators and regulators who approve projects like this are motivated by economic benefit and not by campaign donations and other favors.
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by carefulfungi 5mo ago
Same. Having aging eyes has increased my empathy. When I can't read restaurant menus, or dosage information on a bottle, or see which direction the battery is supposed to go, or the right button on some tiny remote (and then inevitably
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by carefulfungi 5mo ago
I recently learned about a related data structure designed for scrabble style word searches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GADDAG .
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
Electricity might be a good analogy - but for the other side of this argument. In the US, (nearly) full electrification wasn't achieved until the late 1940's/early 1950's - a process of nearly a century. (A moment of per
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
Am I math-ing right that this creates a 1:4 employee to intern ratio? (5000 x 20% layoffs = 1000 redundancies; 4000 employees and 1000 interns?)
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
There are a lot of APIs like this that I really wish would expose downloading a parquet file instead of trying to implement server-side filtering and reporting query features.
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
The reporting isn't about cost or availability of insurance; it is more about how insurance companies signficantly reduce payouts through a combination of secrecy, coercive practices against adjusters, paying less than standard rates,
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
Choosing a traditionally suited man as the standard bearer adds a formal banality to the blindness (to my eyes).
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
How close are we to a third party with sufficient compute being able to mass-de-anonymize social media? What happens if they republish social media feeds with identity probabilities? Do we reach a point where the internet is anonymous to ca
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
Here's a simple example: two people have similar depression issues. One seeks treatment - is prescribed a drug and therapy. Two years later, they are better and back to drug free. The other doesn't and has more recurrences and lon
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
Until you need insurance. Or a professional license that involves a review of your medical record. Or the government just wants the data. Or the records are subpoenaed to be used against you in court. You are trusting that illegitimate uses
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
Once you've had your medical records used against you by a third party, you start being much more careful about what you share with your doctors about yourself. There is no trust in a Dr's office. What they record gets handed to
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
Kinda weird to argue for longer life via battery replacement and against longer life via contaminant protections. My phone is regularly covered in chalk dust, sawdust, water, …
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
I’ve lost data not realizing I was backing up placeholder files (iCloud). Hiding the network always ends in pain. But never goes out of style.
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
It will be an interesting next decade or two on this topic. The federal government increased its power in part to coerce States to end Jim Crow, to broaden personal liberty (like with Roe v. Wade), establish a social safety net, and set min
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by carefulfungi 6mo ago
In addition to managing these incredible places, the park service also runs some pretty cool museums. A rainy-day favorite in Massachusetts - Lowell textile mill: https://www.nps.gov/lowe/index.htm .
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
Of course Mainers aren't monolithic... https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2026-04-07/maine-legisla... . https://www.maine.gov/energy/initiatives/renewable-energy/so...
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
High end hospitality is different from exploiting compulsive behaviors of addiction. Here are some examples: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/... https://frontoffice
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
> A 2024 Wall Street Journal report, for example, found that 70% of the profits from one online gambling company came from less than 1% of its users. Betting platforms assign highly profitable customers "concierges" who reach o
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
Wow - this is super cool. Thanks for sharing!
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
Fwiw, peak deployments to Afghanistan was ~100k troops. Iran is ~2x the land mass and population.
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
Champagne also explodes if you shake it too much :-).
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
Interesting. I prefer "champagne" as it clarifies the goal: to make something curated, crafted, and desired. I've never interpreted the dogfood v. champagne difference as anti-empathy somehow.
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
She was denied legal counsel - not even provided a patient advocate - and was somehow expected to represent herself while in labor - while the hospital caring for her told her she was "a bad mother" in court??
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
Wait time is calculable; but you need an accurate forecast to staff and schedule. When I last worked in this space, forecasts were generated down to 15m granularity and agent work schedules (hours, break times, etc.) were derived from those
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
E. Platforms that want to serve violent, sexual, predatory, scammy, snake oil content in the most addictive way possible to exploit minors and other vulnerable populations for profit should save some of their revenue for lawsuits when they
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
Athletes are also receiving death threats from gamblers. * https://www.npr.org/2025/11/13/nx-s1-5605561/college-athlete... ... and many, many other stories.
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by carefulfungi 7mo ago
I grew up reading the Stars and Stripes (before the www existed). A few decades back it was a decent summary of news, at least. It ran a page of headlines from across the US with state-local news. It carried a range of opinion writers. And
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by carefulfungi 8mo ago
You should assume every police cruiser has a plate reader, too.

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