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811.
by ilamont 2y ago
Seagulls are underrated IMHO: * Very good at soaring, expending little energy compared to ducks and other waterbirds. * Can take off near vertically from water or land, without requiring a long runway like cormorants. * Highly intelligent i
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Wikimedia's UN WIPO Accreditation Blocked for a Fourth Time by China(wikimediafoundation.org)
3 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
813.
by ilamont 2y ago
Article doesn't really address why this is happening. My guess would be financial incentives for researchers and professors to publish in international journals, a common practice in some countries. For instance, according to "A
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The $11B Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy(wired.com)
3 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
815.
A Brand-New Electric Bus, No Charge(nytimes.com)
19 points by ilamont 2y ago|10 comments
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Appeals court drops "open lewdness" charge because old law didn't consider video(universalhub.com)
10 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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The Curious Case of Fullers Library and Its Deceptive Link Requests(writerbeware.blog)
18 points by ilamont 2y ago|3 comments
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How Printing Innovations Created an Enduring Class Divide in Books(janefriedman.com)
2 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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Call it the Tijuana two-step: How Chinese goods dodge American tariffs(economist.com)
20 points by ilamont 2y ago|8 comments
820.
by ilamont 2y ago
We've seen this play out before. This couple in Wisconsin stocked up on antique phones when the demand was hot in the 1980s, now they are in their 80s and they can't get rid of them: https://madison.com/news/l
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by ilamont 2y ago
Great article. I had no idea about the Pee-Wee Herman connection, either. There have been a number of musicians with strong art backgrounds or actual careers in design. David Yow of The Jesus Lizard springs to mind ( https://glass
822.
by ilamont 2y ago
Tangential: If you use Office on your Mac, it is impossible to use your own hard drive as the default save location, or remove OneDrive as an option. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all&#x2F
823.
by ilamont 2y ago
The H-Mart in our area (Burlington Mass) is no longer the bargain that it once was in certain product areas. We noticed some of the chilled Korean cooked food was subdivided into smaller packages even as prices have risen. Seafood such as u
824.
by ilamont 2y ago
In many parts of the US, there are still red "call boxes" in working order and maintained as a backup to the 911 system, and was actually used when Massachusetts' 911 system went down last week: “The current 911 system is do
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Music giants sue AI startup Suno over alleged use of songs(universalhub.com)
3 points by ilamont 2y ago|1 comments
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The pivot to AI: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain(amycastor.com)
20 points by ilamont 2y ago|7 comments
827.
by ilamont 2y ago
More than once, I’ve gone through the touchscreen fast food checkout only to be shown a message at the end that the credit card reader doesn’t work. You have to print out the list of what you ordered and hand it over to the clerk after stan
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Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System(papers.ssrn.com)
3 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
829.
by ilamont 2y ago
Like Theranos, WeWork, and FTX - it's the story of a darling founder who has to justify an unrealistic valuation in a frothy market. The other issue for all of the examples you cited (and Lambda) is an-almost complete failure for the
830.
Can you retire if you never had a job? NOFX will try(nytimes.com)
2 points by ilamont 2y ago|1 comments
831.
by ilamont 2y ago
Taiwan has a solid national health insurance plan. The number of small and medium sized businesses is very high for a country with a working age population of 16 million people: Taiwan boasted more than 1.59 million small and medium enterp
832.
by ilamont 2y ago
It really is a detriment to entrepreneurship in the U.S., as well as early retirement for those who have saved up enough money but are locked into a job until Medicare kicks in at 65. One other observation: During the pandemic my spouse lef
833.
by ilamont 2y ago
Had an epiphany like this after an earlier startup project failed, which my cofounder and I had tried to do following the formulaic approaches advocated by various accelerators, investors, and experts (often people with zero experience runn
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by ilamont 2y ago
The Witch in Left 4 Dead. Whoever cooked up the audio for that deserves an Oscar. https://youtu.be/C71U4CxD_J8?si=dvaDyhYCKtb5f069
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by ilamont 2y ago
an estimated 12,000 millionaires One of them is my neighbor, an early Microsoft employee. She basically retired in her 30s.
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Francois Chollet: OpenAI has set back the progress towards AGI by 5-10 years(twitter.com)
20 points by ilamont 2y ago|8 comments
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US eyes antitrust investigation against Nvidia as market value surpasses $3T(semafor.com)
59 points by ilamont 2y ago|80 comments
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Top news app in US has Chinese origins and 'writes fiction' with the help of AI(reuters.com)
27 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments
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by ilamont 2y ago
It's getting hugged to death, but I have my own theories: * 50+ years of architecture thought leaders spreading idealized modern designs far and wide across industry and design schools * Rise of low-cost building materials and global s
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Google AI Overviews visibility drops, only shows for 15% of queries(searchengineland.com)
2 points by ilamont 2y ago|0 comments

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