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by dahdum 4y ago
30M years ago primates made it from Africa to South America [1]. The article also links an example of the floating vegetation that could have caused it [2]. So it seems very possible that some primates could have made it to Antarctica in
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by dahdum 4y ago
> If our air power becomes partly tied up defending Taiwan, dropping bombs from craft like these might be an effective strategy to demoralize the U.S. population. No, it would have the opposite effect, like 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. The
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> He placed the letters — along with a note addressed to the FBI and a zip drive of computer files — upstairs on the desk in his office. Forget about the ponzi, I want to hear more about him using a zip drive in 2023.
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> I need to add "reddit" or "stackoverflow" to half my searches these days It feels truly absurd how many queries I need to append "reddit" to get something useful. The web has changed but Google isn't
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> I switched to Android, because Apple got rid of sim cards in newest iPhones. I was worried about the lack of sim card on the new iPhone due to travel but looking around I found many online eSIM providers. Easier than finding a local pr
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I thought they started to go downhill fast once the marketplace vendors took off. It felt like they cut their own inventory / skus so you couldn't just filter them out and still get a broad selection. I too held them in high regar
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> there's plenty of corners of TikTok that are exactly the same mechanics as Twitter: quick bursts of infuriation that activate you and leave you wanting more If you start following tags or certain people you'll visit the dusty
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All I've been able to find is some test slabs they poured in 2021 and a bunch of news/pr articles. It doesn't appear to be widely available or used despite the ease of doing so (it's just an additive added at the plant).
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> This seems like an incoherent objection – they would presumably prefer to be "Google + LLM" and make less money than let the hypothetical IndexGPT eat their lunch You'd think that, but it's the classic innovator&#x2
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> What makes you say the value of their contribution is minor? Excluding the stock performance entirely, they've released no particularly successful or even interesting products under his tenure. He comes from Google where he worked
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Headliners like to play to the big crowds and Twitter is by far the biggest stage. Unless you can attract celebrities, politicians, heads of state, athletes, musicians, and others with large audiences the platforms will stay niche. I'm
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by dahdum 4y ago
> 2-3 high end GPUs implies it's likely not very far off from mainstream Looks like FLOP/s per $ are doubling every ~3 years for high end cards, and 10x in ~10 years. So probably not that far off for desktop users. https:&#x2
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I enjoy how the author skips facts and reasoned arguments and just tells me how I should feel, which is mostly angry. Also I appreciate him assuring me I don’t need to critically think about or do any research on the topic at all. It’s just
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The license wasn’t irrevocable. It was perpetual, but those mean quite different things according to the IP lawyers I’ve seen commenting on this.
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OGL 1.0 is being replaced, you’ll no longer be able to use the content under those terms.
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Their early market is going to be urban tech enthusiast commuters. I think $1400 is low enough to get sales started. I wouldn't buy these but I've bought plenty of other silly things.
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> It's safe to assume that by now they take this kind of implicit feedback, but it either takes a long time to be processed or it's not happening on time-restricted left turns.. I wouldn't count on that. I've been exi
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The consequence is enterprise sales, Apple used to compete but mostly exited that market years ago.
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Given limited battery production capabilities and expected lithium shortages, you can save a lot more emissions by pushing people towards plug-in hybrids than pure EV. IIRC, high battery costs mean that plug-in hybrids are cheaper to manufa
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> I assume that always going into auto-recommendation mode is intentional to juice playback stats. That’s one of my favorite features, sometimes I’m too distracted driving or doing something else to manage Spotify, but that doesn’t mean
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by dahdum 4y ago
Not as long as Elon continues his trend of acting progressively stupider. At least to me, there’s a stark difference in his public appearances. He used to appear intelligent, thoughtful, and nuanced. Now he’s disjointed, often tired, and
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by dahdum 4y ago
It’s cool to see others have ended up with similar setups. Desktop four started as either a vm or vnc/rdp client for software that wouldn’t run locally. So that’s why it remains as the catch-all.
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If you always respond instantly you set that expectation for the future. I wouldn’t be expected to respond immediately if I were presenting over Zoom, had just left for a bathroom/drink break, on an important call, or was in the middle
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by dahdum 4y ago
Win10+ has virtual desktops built in, before that I used the SysInternals Desktops utility. To get Alt-1,2,3,4 working I use AutoHotKey. I can’t recall which script I use (been ages since I changed it) but it works like this one with some e
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It’s been a while since I set OSX up but there are Super User threads about it. I end up searching each time for the latest methods because I haven’t been able to get it quite as instant as Win/Linux but close enough. https:/&#
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I started using 4 virtual desktops to manage distractions many years ago and it’s worked wonderfully for me. Desktop 1 is for chat, email, Spotify, and general web browsing. Desktop 2 is for software development only, nowadays VSCode. A sep
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by dahdum 4y ago
Similar background here. I’ve been Very Online for 25+ years and have made a pretty good life for myself as a result. However, the modern internet and current trend is much more consumption based and non-technical than it used to be. Toxi
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Matt Levine wrote in some detail about this today. https://archive.vn/TJogY
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Doesn’t that just increase volatility and hand profits to high frequency / predatory traders? How does it help retail or index investors?
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> McMaster is also better for wandering the aisles than Amazon! Just hop onto a catalog page, and see related item after item. It’s all fun and games until you get blocked for viewing too many pages. Been a few years since I needed to us

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