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by johnea 2y ago
Alright! More stuff to set on fire!!!
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by johnea 2y ago
It never ceases to amaze me how vacuously shallow the answers to this type of question are (on HN, and in general). It really is quite clear how few people really appreciate what a miracle their life is. Literally, the probability of you be
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by johnea 2y ago
"No return" to what? This whole "demographic panic" is a contrived excuse for how the world's richest people really need much much more. How could South Korea possibly support an aging population when the chaebols a
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#1 thing that could be done in the US would be to stop using so many of them. Especially in agricultural animals...
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Carob is awesome! I like it much better than chocolate. But, it's not chocolate, and food made with carob is not chocolate, it's carob. Is there some overall reason to call things something they are not? Is this another form of me
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This can only work because most people's brains are very very small...
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A word was left out of the title: Again... Firefox releases tab groups Tabs (including all kinds of groupings and UIs) were the best when they were dealt with in NPAPI plugins. Mozilla foundation has been screwing them up ever since. Of cou
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First off, even calling this tech "AI", instead of the much more precise and accurate "LLM" is a major indicator that most of the writing on the subject is hype. Clearly this language is indicating that someone is trying
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Well, deleting the twitverse is an upside to your life, completely outside the whole imaginary intelligence topic.
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I would rebut that this isn't a lack of experience of being lonely, of course I've felt lonely at times. This is on the contrary for the OP a lack of the experience of feeling OK with themselves. Along with a neurotic belief that
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I find this to be hilarious! 8-) The bible certainly contains copious sex including incest and rape and extensive murderous violence. But the believers in the big invisible swinging dick in outer space don't really care about chopping
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Isn't it just because all of the people vulnerable to fatal cancer have already died?
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Personally, I have no idea what y'all are talking about. I enjoy seeing other people, I went sailing with a group of friends yesterday, but I absolutely enjoy spending most of my time alone. How anyone can be "lonely" with 8
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by johnea 2y ago
I have a hard time believing that anyone actually wants to live in a society of true "anarchy". I'm not even sure what people mean when they talk about it, and I've tried asking several "advocates" of "ana
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by johnea 2y ago
I never read any of these articles, but I also never use plastic cookware. Heat does leach plastisizers and other chemicals into food. Microplastics do move from cookware into food. I have a set of pots/pans and accompanying utensils,
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by johnea 2y ago
Wow, it's been 12 years. This is what caused me to start calling the asocial corporate platform: twerk tic You can watch twerking videos and see fake Tourettes victims displaying their fake tic spasms. The disease is spread primarily b
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by johnea 2y ago
The NYT is very firm in their position: People should use alcohol, tobacco and firearms, like the little baby jesus intended! Any activity outside of the holy trinity may lead to divine punishment...
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This is great news! Getting goggle out of our physical navigation is a huge step forward. Now, if Sovereign Tech would invest in a non-goggle search mechanism, we wouldn't depend on 1 monopolistic exploitive for profit company to acces
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by johnea 2y ago
For a great documentary on the conversion of fertile agricultural land to suburbs, watch: The Real Dirt On Farmer John https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Dirt_on_Farmer_John I'm sure the video is on youboob or
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If he can't count, how does he know where he is in a measure?
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All that WWII war propaganda becoming public domain at the perfect time for inciting the next mass murder!
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Become a plumber or electrician...
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The link to the top level fsf domain without explanation, I think deserves a little annotation: A definition of the difference between "free software" and "open source" Both use similar licensing, the difference is in th
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I'm pretty sure this is called "writing"
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But consider the "monkeycide paradox". If we start a nuclear war, and kill every single primate on the planet, does the universe cease to exist? Does time start running in reverse? Maybe time would go back to before we nuked every
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In decades to come this will join the likes of "would you like to buy the brooklyn bridge" in the ranks of classic ripoff strategies...
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> "to service their local political needs" You are very much correct, and "their local political needs" are generally large amounts of money being transfered to them personally. Corrupt locals screwing over everyone e
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A millennial's rambling monologue about his childhood, century old pop songs, and a bunch of other stuff having little or nothing to do with United Fruit. (sorry, I only scanned half way through it, I just couldn't take anymore) T
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While the outrage over murder has been generally directed at the shooter, it is worth pointing out that denial of healthcare also leads to deaths. I'm surprized that this specific point isn't made in his manifesto.
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Come on, are you really serious about this? Of course, you should ask an LLM that question...

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