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Most people are not WEIRD (2010)(nature.com)
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Poop Profit Calculator – Track how much you make to poop at work(poopprofit.com)
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> Why the court concludes that that "would not be substantially different" is unclear from just this footnote. It's because of two primary points made elsewhere in the ruling. 1. Copyright law tolerates lending by librarie
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The author of the site says that he made it using claude. It would be interesting to find out what, exactly, Claude generated.
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Show HN: Derived Attributes/Rules/Triggers, parse JSON data using S-V-O grammar(github.com)
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Ask HN: How do you keep up with your 'inner circle' online?
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Statistical Challenges in Online Controlled Experiments(tandfonline.com)
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> If, however, we consider the fact that the aforementioned billionaire could borrow money using the appreciated stock as collateral — perhaps, say, to purchase a social media company — we might feel somewhat differently. After all, abse
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Starliner Is Such a Disaster That Boeing May Cancel the Entire Project(futurism.com)
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PyRoboCOP: Python-Based Robotic Control and Optimization Package(ieeexplore.ieee.org)
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In general, courts have held that Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination pertain to testimonial evidence, not broadly to any possible evidence that might be incriminating. The Fifth Amendment does not extend to physical evid
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I've used the (free) https://drakonhub.com service to create Drakon diagrams, and I've been able to express some pretty sophisticated workflows in a clear, intuitive way. One of the things I love about it is that it is
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by jawns 2y ago
If "Why do people believe true things?" tickles your brain, wait until you try "Why is there something rather than nothing?" Especially once you go beyond the surface-level responses that try to rely on things like parti
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That $50K figure wasn't mentioned in the article above. Where did you see it? I'm surprised that the figure would be so low, both because wrongful death claims are usually 6- or 7-figure amounts, and also because she was a NYC do
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by jawns 2y ago
Your point is correct, but you've got it backward. It was the husband who signed up for the free trial and bought tickets to Epcot. Yet he is suing not on his own behalf, but on behalf of her estate, and she never entered into any such
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by jawns 2y ago
One selling point is security updates. That's a good way to build in planned obsolescence even apart from the features themselves.
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So few people these days are willing to say what you just said! I applaud you, and (with AI assistance) I've written you an acrostic poem. Holding oneself lightly, not with pride Understanding we all have flaws inside Modest in manner,
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by jawns 2y ago
You're referring to highest unemployment rate. My statement, "most dramatic rise in unemployment," means something different. While the Great Depression saw a much higher peak unemployment rate, the rate of change in April 20
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It's not technically plagiarized, because it attributes many of the direct quotes to Business Insider. But it's an example of repackaging content produced by other sources, a practice sometimes called "churnalism." This
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In 2020, COVID caused the most dramatic rise in unemployment the U.S. had ever seen. Employees who were lucky enough to avoid being laid off during the first few months of the pandemic largely hunkered down and resolved to stay with their c
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You're completely correct. It's a voluntary tip, but it still counts toward a person's income. It's totally different than donating to a 501(c)(3) charity.
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OP here. Initially I was not going to respond to your comment, because you are right, I am not a lawyer. My background is in journalism. I would not trust me to represent anyone, including myself, in a legal proceeding. However, after think
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by jawns 2y ago
The conduct that the Sherman Act prohibits is broader than what you are describing. But even if it were not, the thing of value that is allegedly being extorted here is control over brand safety policies. The advertisers are accused by X of
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The lawsuit says that companies are free to leave the platform based on their own independent judgments. It argues that antitrust law prohibits the companies from making an agreement with their competitors about whether to do so.
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Just a guess, but the overall budget and the unit cost of the badges are likely two separate things. And you can express unit cost in two different ways: one that includes the cost to develop them, and one that includes only the cost to pr
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You're right, it's not relevant to their abilities. It's relevant to the historical opportunities that such companies have had available to them. Likely, the thinking was, "We know that in the past such firms have exper
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X's likelihood of prevailing in boycott suit is higher than I thought(shaungallagher.pressbin.com)
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This is HUGE for kids. Nasal spray as a delivery method is a big step up from needles, the shelf life is much longer, it's less susceptible to high/low temperatures, and if the promotional pricing is accurate, it's cheaper t
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Unless the insurance company mandates that you use a particular roofing company to address the problem, I can't see how that would constitute illegal tying. I would expect the insurance company would say something like, "We notice
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This story appears to be a sloppy, confusing summary of a Business Insider piece by Albert Cahn, the man mentioned in the article. The fact that SCNR makes no reference to this piece is telling: https://www.businessinsider.com&#

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