nmeofthestate

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by nmeofthestate 6d ago
A related quirk is English people saying "an hotel" (pronounced an otel). It's a subset, and specifically more popular with English speakers as opposed to non-English British. Also, someone else claimed the English don't
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by nmeofthestate 11d ago
No I agree with that, but if it's "activists" I would expect them to claim credit otherwise it's all pointless. The same doesn't follow for Russian fuckery, IMO.
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by nmeofthestate 11d ago
Russia spends a huge amount on manipulating western citizens via the internet, let's not play dumb about that. You may not think that it has any effect, but apparently Russian intelligence does.
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by nmeofthestate 11d ago
>Might be related to today's yearly 'Prinsjesdag' in the Netherlands: Russia may have heard about that annual event as well, of course.
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by nmeofthestate 11d ago
We should see some claim of responsibility if it was indeed anyone other than the usual suspects.
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by nmeofthestate 11d ago
Explosive-equipped drone attack on airport - Russia! Numerous arson attacks on businesses supplying Ukraine - Russia! Country invaded, cities destroyed, tens of thousands of civilians killed, raped, tortured - Russia.
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by nmeofthestate 11d ago
Mountainous jungle terrain?
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by nmeofthestate 19d ago
You should just ask AI, since you used AI to make the encoder and write your HN post.
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by nmeofthestate 29d ago
ChatGPT 5.6-Sol via CoPilot is absolutely fine in my experience - no weird LLM-ese.
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by nmeofthestate 1mo ago
It's remarkable how much it hasn't worked: Google "the Hanover institute" and you get an AI summary that references various Palestinian activist websites, with no actual link to 'the Hanover institute'. Google
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by nmeofthestate 1mo ago
Contemptible cookie dialog.
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by nmeofthestate 1mo ago
Some Conservative activists were campaigning for the joke candidate in the constituency. Although none of the parties officially endorsed him obviously, they have all been gushing about him on social media. I'm not sure the traditional
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by nmeofthestate 2mo ago
0.16% (high estimate) of global water usage by the way.
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by nmeofthestate 2mo ago
> It is clear from the article that what eats up so much RAM is not the weather app itself but the framework it runs on. There is a "Renderer", a "GPU Process",... eating most of it. Got a bit confused by this, becaus
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by nmeofthestate 2mo ago
>It’s rare to see political attitudes change this fast On the contrary - these mass political crazes are like flash-floods these days.
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by nmeofthestate 2mo ago
Weird 'discussion'. Almost entirely single messages with no threads, all with the same anti-Anthropic/AI position.
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by nmeofthestate 3mo ago
This would be better as a drunken rant in a pub, where you could at least get to roll your eyes at your friends while George wasn't looking.
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by nmeofthestate 3mo ago
Oh no. I quite liked this until you said it was art that Represented something.
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by nmeofthestate 4mo ago
The apotheosis of Reddit vexillology where all flag symbolism maps to geographical features.
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
True, but I think most people get addicted to smoking when young, and are less likely to just decide to start smoking at 40, especially when vaping is an option.
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
There are less harmful ways to get addicted to nicotine that will continue to be legal for people affected by this legislation.
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
Reminds me when I was on a business trip in California and bought some Acetaminophen thinking "I'm in the USA - this has to be the hard stuff, right?", only to discover it was just paracetamol.
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
I googled it - nobody is buying that thing instead of a normal consumer smartphone. It's like a 'Panasonic Toughbook' in phone form.
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
A RAM discussion descends into cranks referring to "Epstein People" and you're the one downvoted - website's absolutely cooked.
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
Is this a weird way of saying Opus got "cheaper" somehow from 4.6 to 4.7?
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
"otherwise the site owner would have to check if their content is considered adult in the UK and implement something" IMO a small blog website is not going to get pulled-up for this - it's about the author making a point. The
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by nmeofthestate 5mo ago
Shooting isn't the core mechanic in the majority of video games.
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by nmeofthestate 6mo ago
So it sounds like these guys posed as investors, schmoozed politicians, and got them on tape agreeing to do corrupt stuff. The recordings were then released to influence voters. The thing about this is, the response to it will depend on who
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by nmeofthestate 6mo ago
It works, to be honest - I would never let Beige Rock manage my money.
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by nmeofthestate 6mo ago
"Black Cube" - wonder what they're going for there. Maybe "Sinister Obelisk" was taken.

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