modzu

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   by modzu 6y ago

   was the vehicle operator an uber employee testing this thing? or like a regular uber driver? the article doesnt say, but i do know she was transgender. how is that relevant
2. 422.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   sums up my opinion of the bp
3. 423.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   it reminds me of an (asimov?) book where the plants on a planet live in limelight and when astronauts shine their lights on them they explode with growth.. anyone know it?
4. 424.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   thanks for this. but c.f., javascript vs python syntax
5. 425.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   since the responses have mostly been literal (no pun intended) perhaps i should clarify, i meant "case" in general
6. 426.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   why do lower case letters even exist? in 100 years might they be done with?
7. 427.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   tor "browser" is but not tor itself. for example brave (based on chromium) has a tor window built in. and its extremely handy for many use cases (not all but then for that other 10% you really should be running tails etc...)
8. 428.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   just came here to say brave rewards. its the only idea ive seen that seems viable, and ironically where firefox might be without the eich fiasco :/
9. 429.▲
   by modzu 6y ago

   is that real? how are they beating the speed of light?
10. 430.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    does anyone know why EVs dont use gears for more efficiency?
11. 431.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    all my memories are on G+. oh wait :(
12. 432.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    defund the border patrol. seriously
13. 433.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    or downshift ice mafs
14. 434.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    but any linguist can tell you that is not how language works. words are NOT their etymology. and words are as much about their sound as any potential explicit connotations
15. 435.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    i agree it should be a crime but charged against tesla not the driver
16. 436.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    shopify business man confuses pop for music
17. 437.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    thank you for this, i laughed out loud
18. 438.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    "Even the most hardcore anti-capitalists have to give respect to how the combination of capitalism and technology has worked to lift most of the world out poverty and provided us with the security and comfort only kings enjoyed just a
19. 439.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    yes, i regret using "only"; i meant "only" that theorems are still subject to experimental verification and also a single theorem can support multiple interpretations.
20. 440.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    Note it is only a theorem. From the wiki: "The theorem is built on the basic presumption that the laws of quantum mechanics hold." They may not.
21. 441.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    who owns the likeness of a voice? anyone? are these legally safe to use in a product?
22. 442.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    i can't be there only one wondering where is Morgan Freeman? :')
23. 443.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    facebook has done worse and they aren't going anywhere over privacy concerns (privacy is antithetical to their raison d'etre) and budgeting for fines and legal fees as contingency for when pseudo legal practises that have business
24. 444.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    well that's not quite fair, "Canastilla and Benard found that, ironically, attempts to implement meritocracy leads to just the kinds of inequalities that it aims to eliminate. They suggest that this ‘paradox of meritocracy’ occurs
25. 445.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    then there are those of us with kids and so's around. i can barely get a bloody thing done and for one can't wait to go back!
26. 446.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    tor will never be secure if you're running js enabled. trying to achiveve that is way out of scope of the project: https://support.torproject.org/tbb/tbb-34/
27. 447.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    it is a tragedy. what we have in the ever shrinking dark night sky is utterly breathtaking if you have ever seen it; light pollution is a bigger problem imo than starlink, but they relate. survey astronomers and astrophysicists and you will
28. 448.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    what field are you in? this is not my experience; citations follow a standard (chicago, ama, etc) for handling page numbers. there is of course citation in the sense of "i read these 3 books while studying a subject" so they go in
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    The damage we're not attending to(m.nautil.us)

    2 points by modzu 6y ago|0 comments
30. 450.▲
    by modzu 6y ago

    will this ever be on Google play? most peoppe should not be in the habit of sideloading apps...