frereubu

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   by frereubu 1y ago

   The way they talked about it, the total per head was north of $5k, and they lived in an incredibly poor / cheap country. I wasn't fact-checking their figures, but they weren't the kind of person to exaggerate for effect.
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   by frereubu 1y ago

   Anecdata, but the brother of a friend was working on malaria in a SE Asian country and the Gates Foundation got interested in what they were doing, and wanted to find out more about it before possibly funding some of their work. They flew t
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   by frereubu 1y ago

   > Motorcycle fatality rates have been trending upwards, not downwards Doesn't seem to be the case in the UK [1], but I don't think we have nearly as many large vehicles as in the US. [1] https://www.gov.uk/gover
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   by frereubu 1y ago

   > Can you remember the last time you daydreamed? Or coped with boredom without reaching for your phone? Before the era of mobile technology, most of us had no choice but to wait without stimulation, and often, that meant being bored. Thi
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   by frereubu 1y ago

   This reminds me of a Will Self short story called Caring Sharing from his collection Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys where everyone has an "emoto", a kind of always-loving companion that people go to for reassurance if
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   by frereubu 1y ago

   https://archive.is/Bl16k
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   Starbucks says cutting shop staff in favour of automation has failed(theguardian.com)

   6 points by frereubu 1y ago|3 comments
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   by frereubu 1y ago

   You can shorten that to !gm if you want to go straight to Google Maps.
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   by frereubu 1y ago

   https://archive.is/yJWLp
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    Goldman Sachs-backed startup buys UK sounds studio in bet on AI music making(ft.com)

    2 points by frereubu 1y ago|1 comments
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    by frereubu 1y ago

    I wonder if speeding is like other crimes, where a very small percentage of people cause a very large percentage of the problems. If so, seems like this could make a significant difference.
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    by frereubu 1y ago

    > At the same time as not strong arming these bodies, at least one might be? What is the implication here? Yes, exactly. Most don't but one looks like it might be. > How is less trust/revisions in the data today connected wi
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    by frereubu 1y ago

    I think writing is more effective because it makes me slow down and more considered in how I write things. On reflection as I write this, I think it often happens when editing the message to make it as precise as possible - forcing myself t
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    by frereubu 1y ago

    I think you're from the USA and the commenter you're replying to is British, which probably explains the difference. Those shop names are recognisably British.
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    by frereubu 1y ago

    This frequently happens to me in the middle of writing a support ticket, which I try to make as detailed as possible for that specific purpose.
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    Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history(theguardian.com)

    5 points by frereubu 1y ago|0 comments
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    https://archive.is/5bhi0
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    Secure 'quantum messages' sent over telecoms network in breakthrough(ft.com)

    3 points by frereubu 2y ago|1 comments
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    Onethingpedia sounds like a Borges short story.
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    This is definitely thought-provoking, and a correct use in many of the examples, but the Wikipedia example doesn't feel right because I don't think it's deliberate there. I suppose you could argue that we've been conditi
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    The post by James Somers that this article references at the top inspired me to buy the David Goodsell book The Machinery of Life . I would seriously recommend that to anyone who doesn't have a background in biology (like me). The phr
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    https://archive.is/fJuC5
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    Thanks for the explanation.
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    Thanks for the explanation.
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    This particular manifestation is interesting, although not surprising - it's just adaptation. I was in a psychology department in the mid 90s when people were experimenting with really basic VR, just a headset and a glove. When you poi
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    I've read that it's always more efficient to turn heating off when you're not home and then turn it back on when you return. Is the reason for it being on 22-24 hours here that it takes a very long time to get back to the des
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    I presume OP meant towards the end of the disco era.
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    This is fun. One tiny bit of UI feedback - when maximising the image, I'd expect the escape key to go back to the game, and found it a bit frustrating when it didn't.
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    > treat the AI like a super-speedy but junior developer on your team That sounds like it's going to take a lot more time that just writing the code for an experienced developer. The issue with AI for me is that it produces plausible
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    by frereubu 2y ago

    Yeah, such a great film.