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by ilamont 2y ago
I've seen weird tones, but IMHO the biggest limitation of Duolingo Mandarin is the lack of a traditional character option.
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by ilamont 2y ago
> a mixture of Baker & Tayler (book distributors) Having dealt with Baker & Taylor in the past, this doesn't surprise me in the least. It was one of the most technologically backwards companies I've ever dealt with. Pur
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Northeastern purges DEI websites and messaging amid Trump executive order(huntnewsnu.com)
1 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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French police free kidnapped Ledger executive(moneycheck.com)
176 points by ilamont 2y ago|138 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
> I've found that having no social media apps on my phone has helped. This. The phone without social media basically becomes a practical tool for basic communications, maps, taking photos, and news. In other words: boring, and much
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by ilamont 2y ago
> Terrible in snow and ice New Englander here. I've owned two Priuses (2004 and 2010) and both have been surprisingly able to handle winter weather quite well. Not as good as my Outback, but in light to medium conditions and driven
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RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators(wired.com)
3 points by ilamont 2y ago|2 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
It's amazing how some of the smaller, passing shots from his films stick with you. I haven't seen Elephant Man for decades but the scene at the beginning when he's at a freak show and his handler is forcing him to turn arou
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by ilamont 2y ago
Has anyone else publicly copied the Hindenburg investigation/financial model? It's not proprietary AFAIK.
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Chenlun phishing kits behind surge in SMS attacks spoofing local toll companies(infosec.exchange)
1 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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Comcast to launch Universal Ads in bid to win smaller advertisers over from tech(cnbc.com)
1 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
Blogger for more than 20 years. I love writing and I can't stop. Last year I published 60 or 70 original posts on my two business-focused blogs, and maybe 10 on my personal blogs. In terms of finding an audience, it starts with being a
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Scams, crashes and calamity: Departing regulator warns of crypto risks(politico.com)
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by ilamont 2y ago
Hardware, too. I worked in broadcast television in the 1990s and we used these very large Sony three-quarter inch videotape decks for editing. Two of them paired together and a monitor. Once I learned how to edit using the buttons and the s
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PCalc, an Origin Story (2012)(pcalc.com)
27 points by ilamont 2y ago|5 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
Someone created a tool two years ago that does this, https://stylometry.net but it appears to be offline. The creator at the time said: This site lets you put in a username and get the users with the most similar writing style
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Chinese scientist challenges 'out of Africa' theory of human evolution(msn.com)
2 points by ilamont 2y ago|2 comments
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Dairy farmers struggle to cover expenses as American appetites change(cbsnews.com)
2 points by ilamont 2y ago|1 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
Serious question: Does anyone reading this completely trust unedited Generative AI text output to represent themselves as a person or their company? That is, you would sign a letter or post social media content that was actually 100% create
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Boston installs vending machines for addicts with Narcan, fentanyl test kits(universalhub.com)
16 points by ilamont 2y ago|1 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
Bad data to cover up problems or gain benefit is a longstanding problem with official statistics published in the People's Republic of China: Even after the Great Leap Forward, and as early as 1982, the Chinese Central Committee found
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Hackers breach Framingham Heart Study data(bu.edu)
3 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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Amazon forces sellers to divulge COGS, won't reimburse other costs(sellercentral.amazon.com)
53 points by ilamont 2y ago|73 comments
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Harvard Is Releasing a Free AI Training Dataset(wired.com)
75 points by ilamont 2y ago|11 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
The article mentions "18-line Latin text" but I was unable to recognize any word on the scroll (took Latin in high school) even something obvious like deus . Was this some sort of Latin shorthand?
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by ilamont 2y ago
The best arrangement I've witnessed (for family friends from my hometown) was a private funeral for the close family members, followed 6 weeks later by a memorial service in a nice rented space with a slideshow going, drinks, and a gen
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Nokia Design Archive to open in January with decades of designs and concepts(wallpaper.com)
1 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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At What Age Did You Become Less Physically Capable?(bogleheads.org)
2 points by ilamont 2y ago|9 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
I've been to Turpan and the Tarim Basin area, which is on the northeast edge of the desert. It's the only place I've witnessed a sandstorm, and it's very hot ... local people told me not to leave rented bikes parked in s
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Do Recording Studios Make Money?(tapeop.com)
1 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments

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