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by f30e3dfed1c9 13d ago
So you think "To gaze upon a sunset... is to encounter the intentional act of another mind"? You don't object to the idea of a sunset without "purpose" but do object to the idea of one without intent?
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by f30e3dfed1c9 13d ago
"not empty of wonder or beauty, but empty of purpose ." Does the idea that a sunset does not have "purpose" offend you?
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by f30e3dfed1c9 14d ago
"if companies are trying to nag me into something I very much doubt the main benefit is mine." Bingo.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 14d ago
"If you use them via Windows, iOS, Android, or macOS, they are tied to the biometrics on your device." There are no biometrics on my primary devices, which are desktop computers. No camera or fingerprint reader.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 14d ago
"SMS is an ugly user experience" No, it's fine. Most common example, I log in to my bank, they send an SMS, I copy the code and paste it into the web site. Works fine and I don't have to pick up my stupid phone, like I w
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by f30e3dfed1c9 14d ago
"attempted govt regulation is not the answer" Self-regulation? None at all?
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by f30e3dfed1c9 15d ago
Worth noting that we don't know the agreement says that. We only know that Trump says it does, and he is not exactly reliable. "Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the deal comes with 'no cost to the United States' an
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by f30e3dfed1c9 15d ago
It's Uber forcing the matter into arbitration: "By agreeing to these Terms, you agree that you are required to resolve any claim and/or lawsuit that you may have against Uber on an individual basis in binding arbitration as s
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by f30e3dfed1c9 15d ago
> The argument in brief is this. If you're a materialist Dunno. Suspect I probably am for the purposes here, but not something I think about much. > you probably think that rabbits have conscious experience. I definitely think th
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by f30e3dfed1c9 16d ago
"the couple might decide 'Even though neither of us wants to do this, we need to for the good of our relationship' as though the relationship itself had needs and desires." The "as though" here doesn't fol
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by f30e3dfed1c9 17d ago
Becoming increasingly clear, I think, that all of this recent talk about extreme risks, etc., is a marketing and PR campaign more than anything else.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 18d ago
Not denying that a lot of stuff these days is crap. Just objecting to the idea that if you want a "proper BIFL suitcase" you need to buy an expensive luxury brand, because it's absolutely not true. If you spend $700 to $1,000
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by f30e3dfed1c9 18d ago
> Massie seems to have more staying power for now "For now" here means until the end of this Congress. He lost his primary in May, so he's not going to be a member of Congress in January.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 18d ago
Curious, so I checked. A Briggs and Riley Essential 22" Carry-On Expandable Spinner is $729. Sorry, but that's insane. I admittedly travel less than I used to but I bought my basic carry-on for about $110 more than 20 years ago. C
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by f30e3dfed1c9 19d ago
Part of what phoronix does is simple news aggregation. Ain't nothing wrong with that, it's useful. Another, bigger, part of what they do is pretty in-depth testing of hardware and operating systems. Also useful. Nothing is all thi
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by f30e3dfed1c9 19d ago
All you have to do is follow the link at the end of the article. A prerequisite, I guess, is that you actually read that far.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 20d ago
"A Justice Department attorney said during a June court proceeding that Rush wasn’t supposed to have the gold bars at his home." Well, no, I suppose he wasn't.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 20d ago
Probably gonna make a good movie someday.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 25d ago
Your database? Sure, knock yerself out.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 26d ago
"I believe in a greater power, because I’ve felt something throughout life." People make this mistake a lot. These kinds of "feelings" are extremely contingent on the society, community, and family you live in. Some &quo
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by f30e3dfed1c9 26d ago
> Crypto never did anything is the difference? The only people it did anything for were speculative investment types. Don't forget the criminals. When it comes to crypto, never forget the criminals.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
> seem to be trained to write to persistent storage wherever they can I have a co-worker like that.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
> the White House force Anthropic to... Careful, there's some dude here who really strenuously objects to language like that. The White House is a building, it can't force anyone to do anything!
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
Oh it's definitely real and I suspect it's accelerating.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
Seems more like being shoved than simply sliding.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
> an ssh server exposed to the Internet. I... still allow password authentication in case of trouble You gotta get over that eventually and really, the sooner the better.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
> This is really the dumbest shit imaginable Oh just wait.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
Every US presidential election is baseline 50/50 and ends up decided by a small number of people who are as fickle as all get out and dumber than dirt. They don't vote for anything recognizable as a "reason."
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
Someone who appears to have actually read the article, or at least the first sentence! Wonders never cease.
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by f30e3dfed1c9 1mo ago
The very first sentence of the article begins "The Trump administration has paused processing of immigrant visas..."

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