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by keernan 2y ago
Since this is a research facility, it would be nice to receive confirmation the monkeys are disease free.
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by keernan 2y ago
LLMs have been hyped as AI. The hype train transformed NVidea from a relatively minor niche tech company into the largest company in the world in the past 24 months. The US government called emergency meetings to address the urgent threat p
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by keernan 2y ago
Life C: you understand who you are; your principles; what makes you happy and brings you satisfaction. You die in peace without ever knowing or caring what others thought of you before or after death.
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by keernan 2y ago
Under any definition of populism, how can the term possibly be applied to a billionaire promising tax relief to other billionaires?
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by keernan 2y ago
uMatrix by author of uBlock Origin. I love uMatrix even though it takes work experimenting to with each site's settings. But it allows me to see the links to all 3rd party sites and control which I allow and disallow.
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by keernan 2y ago
HP has tried to disable their printers when owners attempted to use non-HP cartridges. I don't understand why anyone would do business with such an anti-consumer corporation.
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by keernan 2y ago
My comment wasn't really so much about the nature of the steps being taken, as it was intended to display my anger, as someone who has been on this earth for 72 years, regarding the ongoing atrocities committed in the name of religion.
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by keernan 2y ago
>what is the point? Is that a serious question? You are talking about two groups of people who are fighting because, while they both believe there is a magic man in the sky, they each believe he only loves their side and not the other. A
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by keernan 2y ago
Is this a surprise? Am I supposed to believe I have the same amount of influence over how Congress votes and what decisions the President makes as a billionaire has? Is this even new? When America was founded, it was decided that "demo
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by keernan 2y ago
What a horribly unintelligible title.
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by keernan 2y ago
A quick search of the law firm that filed the NY lawsuit led me to a different firm that maintains an interesting list: https://www.karlinlaw.com/plaintiffs-filing-ada-lawsuits/
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My immediate thought to the headline was newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst who was kidnapped and ended up participating with her kidnappers to rob multiple banks in the 1970s. It was an amazing story at the time (I was in college). https:&
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by keernan 2y ago
>There is an unwritten social contract here. I don't feel that is an accurate take. Websites tried charging money for access and the internet citizenry responded pretty clearly that the overwhelming majority of websites were not wor
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by keernan 2y ago
First, let's all agree with the principle that there is a theoretical point at which one person cannot be permitted to hold wealth. For example, if one person owned 99.9999% of all the wealth on earth, that could not be allowed. Second
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by keernan 2y ago
>Just raise income taxes on people with high incomes. I've always been taught that "the rich" are people with high incomes; whereas "the wealthy" are people with high wealth (and generally no income). Billionaire
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by keernan 2y ago
The Constitution was written by wealthy white men. Is it any surprise that it's design was to protect the minority interests of the very men who wrote it? And to this very day the Constitution still provides those wealthy white men wit
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by keernan 2y ago
1. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb It has had a large impact on how I view the world and I read it every few years. 2. K&R The C Programming Language I've read/owned well over 100 programming books but K&R is
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by keernan 2y ago
This tells me a number but doesn't explain what, nor does it provide any ranking.
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by keernan 2y ago
The article concludes with the following perfectly obvious conclusion: >coincidences do and should make us ask questions about the circumstances that produced them. Sometimes, though, all we will find is that truth can be stranger than f
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Square takes a cut of the entire payment, including tip.
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That's fu. This type of behavior demonstrates why capitalism unrestrained is pure evil. Employers view employees as mannequins. A number of years ago, a former employer of mine expanded a mid-west claim center and hired several hundred
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by keernan 2y ago
INA Scientist but it seems to me that the fight or flight response is so primitive that it might be more harmful than helpful to the modern human. Aggression too.
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by keernan 2y ago
ugh... what is a Vorführeffekt synonym for creating grammatical errors as the result of rearranging text while writing a post? It looked right when but posting then not so much 30 minutes later. >>Individuals, and society at large, ha
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by keernan 2y ago
>>At its core, the quote encapsulates the spirit of tolerance, understanding, and respect for differing opinions, even when they clash with our own beliefs and values. This is simply wrong. "Your right to say it" addresses t
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by keernan 2y ago
>>more susceptible to Nazism than most people Any implication that external forces put people in positions that cause them to be 'more susceptible to Nazism' ignores the certainty that for every 1,000 people in the exact sam
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by keernan 2y ago
Fake reviews and testimonials constitute speech.... speech that involves the ability for corporations to sell products amd make money. Meanwhile the speech of elected officials - and those running for office - is uncontrolled and they lie t
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by keernan 2y ago
I predict we will soon learn that the attorney who filed the motion "on behalf of Disney" was hired by an insurance company providing bodily injury insurance coverage for the restaurant; and that Disney had no knowledge of the mot
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I started playing tennis when I was 7-8 yo. I loved playing. I excelled in tournament play. I played on the high school team. Then I started making good money giving private lessons. It didn't take long after that for my love of tennis
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by keernan 2y ago
Meanwhile Reddit's stock is down 30% since July 12.
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The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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