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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Not since the Kardashians has a name - Elon Musk - been used for so many clickbait-y headlines. Note: I not commenting on the relevance of the event / issue, only that putting Musk’s name in the headline is heavy-handed and adds zero j
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
> If this were purely about oil, Is anyone that naive at this point? The majority of us have learned to realize that these things are not as simple as they are presented (either by conspiracy theorist, the media, a/o politicians.) P
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Note the timing: Late Friday. By Monday, this will be old news.
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Agreed. But perhaps that’s the problem? Instead of trying to go instantly mainstream via the consumer market, perhaps the tie-hold are niche professional / commercial markets? Or niche consumers markets provided by the business (e.g.,
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Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can’t the gov do surveillance, profit from it, and charge us for the privilege?
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Perhaps you’re right. What I mentioned might have been an issue that has since fade due to browser and AT updates. Thanks for correcting me.
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Thanks for sharing. Yes, costs can add up. But it’s also about investment / return. Saving $X if it’s less effective a/o costs you $Y, then it might not be the savings it appears to be. It’s similar to DOGE. DOGE is about Efficien
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Information so important to your health and the collective health that… it’s paywalled. I understand it’s a business, but would allowing free access to occasional articles hurt Wired? As it is, this is clickbait. Our fear shouldn’t be the f
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
> To conduct the research, Carter and her team asked farmers to send soil samples to their lab, and also visited some farms themselves Obviously, a concern. But the scientific-ness of the effort would have been helped using random sample
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
The other factor for me is revenue. From tolls to speeding tickets, it’s all revenue streams. No need to increase formal taxes when you can add revenue via other means.
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Accepted? By who? You’ve misread the room
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No. Not my angle. That is exactly what happened. Injections are no longer a only-if-absolutely-necessary. The stigma is mitigated.
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
Is this not the basis of epigenetics? Don’t we already have human-based examples? While I don’t recall the details there was an example of how starvation (of eventual parents) during WW II impacted the children. There is also, a similar exa
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
I presume it has to do with AT and how it typically interprets the tag. TBH IDK other than I’ve seen it come up in accessibility discussions / groups.
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
Last I checked that without JavaScript details / summary has accessibility issues. That is, you need JS to add aria-open or similar. It’s odd and frustrating that such an essential tag is not defined to be accessible, afaik.
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
This is one of the manifestations of Crony Capitalism. That is, manipulation (i.e., typically regulation) that puts its thumb on the scale and picks winners and losers. Most people who complain about capitalism are actually complaining abou
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
> Despite our emerging results, the Pfizer executives in charge of research and external alliances told us the company did not want to develop a new diabetes therapy that required injection, Well, COVID certainly put an end to those fear
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
The key to understanding trust It’s earned. Full stop. If it’s not earned, it’s not trust.
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
My personal theory is that one of the (key?) reasons the USA doesn’t have affordable universal healthcare is that it keeps most people tethered to Big Inc. If you remove the incentive from Big Inc’s healthcare benefits, work at such places
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
What’s spreading is mass surveillance. Nearly every toll (in NJ or surrounding states) is done via EZ Pass a/o license plate readers. It’s nearly impossible to travel without being tracked.
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
I was speaking to the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. DOGE is simply the current best example. Putting the obvious aside, sure, it’s Trump’s fault the system was so mismanaged that he’s been able to get elected. Twice. You’
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
> The focus is on what can be automated and what costs can be reduced. What often gets overlooked is the broader value a person brings through context, judgement, and the countless invisible contributions that support a thriving workplac
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
> when you can quickly create an AI illustration, you don’t need to hold it to high standards of composition, color, or even the right number of fingers. Hence slop. But it’s not the lack of quality per se, it’s the quantity, it’s the sc
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
“ The way Faulkner treats his characters, I treat domain name projects. I buy them with an intention to develop. And I let them take the lead. They’re the inspiration for the business itself. They guide me towards what they need to become.
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
I would say yes, kinda. A vibe coder is more like a manager. She/he oversees the project, gives direction, sets priorities, etc. How well “the team” performs is a function of the manager’s comm skills, as well as her / his ability
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
This is to be expected from an effort like DOGE simply because the E is for Efficiency. That is, how well a system is performing. The ratio of energy input to output. Unfortunately the E in DOGE should have been for Effectiveness. That is,
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
I’d like to add: down comforter. Last winter, a king size at IKEA ran me ~$100*. The cover was additional but less than $50 (on sale). * All cotton, shell. Something not all cotton would be less expensive.
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
> This gives insight into possible changes, but the sample sizes were usually too small to draw conclusions from. They buried the lede in the fifth paragraph. > However, zinc in chickpeas would be expected to plummet by up to 37.5%, w
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
That’s a good point. I would imagine they break it up into pieces - in a reCAPTCHA sorta way - and any given person sees a sentence or a piece of a sentence. An alternative would be to strip out all obvious known words and only leave unknow
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by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
Serious question (read: not trolling): They say the files have no record of anyone else who can be charged. Files aside then, what about the girls / women who were the victims? Why haven’t they been asked? At the very least, a document

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