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by graeme 2y ago
Perhaps, but he was still a skilled tailor. I've also met much younger people with native proficiency in no language. Not many, perhaps only 3 total in my life but they exist. It would be interesting to know what happens to native lang
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Absolutely. Have met multiple people who could not speak their native language after a long absence from their homeland. In a few cases I've met people who could speak no language well. Their native tongue was gone or degraded but they
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This is significant in that the Fed underpins every financial system in the world. It IS audited, so this instead is likely a prelude for attempting to end the Fed's independence. Audits: https://www.federalreserve.gov/
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Elon Musk says he is thinking of auditing the Federal Reserve(theglobeandmail.com)
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Have you tried vestibular rehab? Essentially a series of eye tracking + neck mobility exercises that support the visual and vestibular system.
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15 minutes actually is longer than what early videos were. The fact that it seems short is a reflection of the algorithmic push for longness. Shorts are a whole different thing. But there's a void of videos from 90 seconds to 7 minutes
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John Gruber from Daring Fireball has an interesting comment: >I’m surprised but not shocked by this. But I’d sure like to see what exactly that letter says. The PAFACA Act — the law that bans TikTok in the US now that the deadline has pa
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Fundamentally not the same thing. Notifications aren't encrypted. Apple has made no claim that they're secret from the govt. Apple has very loudly and prominently and specifically stated that their encrypted is ecrypted and not ev
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The US does not require Apple to make a backdoor to its encryption.
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And at least at the stated valuation. They've valued it at $40 billion but if they decline larger offers it is hard to sustain the low valuation.
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There's still more paperwork though. Canada Post cites a $9.95 handling fee on international packages over $20. I'm not saying US customs will inspect everything. My point is on $800 packages they're moving from a very low le
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They got rid of the de minimis exemption. Now every package needs to pay duty. They may not inspect the package but they still have to collect duty on it. I live in Canada where our de minimis exemption is like $20. Generally when a package
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My guess is customs isn't prepared to inspect that volume of packages and would need to up their infrastructure to handle it.
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They're more likely to shut down the plants. The cross border system has been in place for decades. It is unclear if the tariffs are a short term or long term policy. If short term then there's no way to justify the investment. So
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Trump appears to earnestly believe tariffs are good. He's a mercantilist unfortunately.
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It's full of inconsistencies, written by someone imagining the sea who has never seen the sea. For example, salt crusted wings of a gull. Gulls don't have salt crusted wings. It tends towards purple prose and doesn't maintain
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by graeme 2y ago
I was curious to know the context and on 2023 the Delaware Court of Chancery made corporate officers personally liable. Very big shift. https://www.cov.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/2023/04/fo...
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by graeme 2y ago
The Delware Court of Chancery in 2023 made corporate officers personally liable. Huge policy shift. https://www.cov.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/2023/04/fo...
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by graeme 2y ago
On this point, if you turn on bot fight mode it also says it blocks verified bots. But, bot fight mode says "there is a newer version of this setting" however it does not link to it. Anyone have any insight on the blocked verified
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by graeme 2y ago
A buyback is functionally equivalent to a dividend except it is more tax efficient. Much of the decline in dividends has been the rise of buybacks.
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by graeme 2y ago
You can only run a distilled model. They're quite good but not nearly as good as the full thing. As for as fast as you can read, depends on the distilled size. I have a mac mini 64 GB Ram. The 32 GB models are quite slow. 14B and lower
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by graeme 2y ago
My opinion is the only reliable way to lose weight (other than ozempic) is to eat in such a way that regulates satiety such that you don't feel hungry when losing weight. Intermittent fasting + lower carb + whole foods can do this. B
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by graeme 2y ago
To be clear you also need a health insurance plan for medication in Canada generally. The difference is that drug prices are regulated by the provinces, so they cost less. However, this also affects which drugs are available. Some provinces
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by graeme 2y ago
Does your country cover ozempic for obesity? In Canada we don't for non diabetics. Americans get more drugs covered on average is my impression.
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by graeme 2y ago
The algo bends to your interests. But it's trivial to test the default reach if you ever post a video. They show stats for viewer location. You can even find guides by people trying to make their phone seem american so they can reach u
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by graeme 2y ago
Tiktok is actually surprisingly national in how it serves its content. If you're outside the US you don't see most American accounts except the ones that go very viral. Edit: I should clarify. This might mean most content you see
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It's very complicated and beyond my ability to analyze accurately. The court filing is here if you'd like to have a look. Some california law around anticompetitive behaviour applies. I thought of trying to summarize but don'
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by graeme 2y ago
That's a separate heading, which the judge rejected completely. From the same article: >WPEngine’s arguments are persuasive. …the Court finds that any harm to Defendants resulting from the issuance of preliminary injunctive relief i
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by graeme 2y ago
>My personal take on this has to do entirely with how the decision to block WP Engine access to WordPress.org, unless they were willing to pay for it, was arrived at. Matt would be allowed to charge for access to Wordpress.org. It's
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by graeme 2y ago
Yes it is. There's no zoning law that says "You can only build houses here, no apartment, unless you build commercial real estate" Commercial real estate is generally illegal anywhere dense housing is also illegal.

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