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by ilamont 9mo ago
Coincidentally, late this morning I went to one of those traveling roadshows where they purchase precious metals, bringing along a childhood coin collection that I wanted to turn into cash. I started with a single 1 ounce silver medallion a
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Twix Is OK but Granola Isn't as States Deploy New Food Stamp Rules(nytimes.com)
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AWS's inevitable destiny: becoming the next Lumen(theregister.com)
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Meta's Reality Labs cuts sparked fears of a 'VR winter'(cnbc.com)
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Searle’s team found that Azorean mice had mitochondrial DNA suggesting an early colonization from the far north of Europe, just as expected if the Norse transported them. Aren't there other possibilities? Sailing voyages for trade us
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Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save U.S. Airlines $580M per Year(nytimes.com)
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Validation Economy: How Western Creators Monetize South Asia's Need to Be Seen(skift.com)
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AI Weiwei: 'You in the West Can't Compete with China'(thetimes.com)
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by ilamont 9mo ago
I had that same epiphany when reading a biography of Ernest Hemingway. Another type of work I avoid are "the making of ..." documentaries/accounts of classic works of film, music, and TV shows. Pulling back the curtain really
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by ilamont 9mo ago
"Theory of positive affirmations" and related ideas have been floating around for a long time. There is some scientific research around this ( https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-age-of-overindul..
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Concluding he would need an M.B.A if he wanted to climb the corporate ladder, Adams got into UC Berkeley, with the bank footing the bill. As he closed in on his master’s degree, he learned that an assistant vice president position was open
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by ilamont 9mo ago
The shopping app I have used in my area for the past 7 or 8 years shows the number of "deals" in each category. This week there are 36 deals in "Cookies, Snacks & Candy" (up from 20-25 from winters past) and 19 in &q
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That’s pretty much what Danny Sullivan says further down: Sullivan admits there may be “edge cases” where content chunking appears to work. “Great. That’s what’s happening now, but tomorrow the systems may change,” he said.
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The US and China regularly use export controls (like the Nvidia ban), joint ventures, and legislation as levers of power over the other side. For American and other non-PRC companies thinking of using Chinese models, doesn't this have
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The Dream of the Universal Library(asteriskmag.com)
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OpenAI to Buy Pinterest? A Strategic Analysis(nekuda.substack.com)
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by ilamont 10mo ago
Typical FIRE also requires access to affordable healthcare. In the US that is going away with ACA subsidies. Five years ago I paid for “market rate“ insurance through my business for my family because we did not qualify for ACA subsidies. T
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by ilamont 10mo ago
> By contrast, my Nissan has driving settings like lane centering and seat heater controls on physical buttons... right next to my left knee where they are nearly inaccessible while driving. I can beat that. 2011 Prius. USB-A port is in
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Making New IP(grumpygamer.com)
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The Strange Odyssey of USS Stewart(warfarehistorynetwork.com)
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U.S. Patent Law and Perpetual Motion Machines (2011)(ipwatchdog.com)
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Open Letter to the SFWA and Community about new AI award rules(file770.com)
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Authors Guild Raises Concerns About Kindle's New "Ask This Book" AI Feature(authorsguild.org)
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But prices are going up. Look at the statements your insurance company provides about the reimbursed "cost" of covered generics: Some experts report that PBMs overcharge for generics; The Wall Street Journal estimated that Cigna
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The US did this to a slate of Hong Kong administrators in 2020 for implementing China's repressive national security law. It didn't seem to act as a deterrent, as the US did it again to a different group of officials earlier this
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Regarding the darkness trend, a great HN comment from a few years ago by @atoav who worked as a director of photography: Movies have dark scenes nowadays mainly because it is a trend. On top of that dark scenes can have practical advantag
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Binance's Trust Wallet extension hacked; users lose $7M(web3isgoinggreat.com)
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Do Bison Understand Death? Bison Funerals Suggest They Might(cowboystatedaily.com)
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For anyone with Apple News+ or Apple One subscriptions, The New Yorker is included: https://apple.news/I8nGwNFiZSGKO9nZxZQ8jMQ
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by ilamont 10mo ago
Thank you for responding. Sometimes it is absolutely necessary to bypass standard “customer service“ channels to get results.

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