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noboostforyou
2y ago
A couple helpful tips I've learned as I've had to prepare increasingly complicated returns for myself: For basic returns, FreeTaxUSA has been the best "tax prep service" I've used, UI is simple enough and there are
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2y ago
> Does the energy you put into the system just go puff? Yes, actually. The most common example of this is drivetrain power loss, which EVs are not immune to. Tesla engineers have stated that they are ~15% which is about the same as with
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2y ago
I've noticed HBO seems to have the highest quality subtitles in terms of timing and position on screen relative to the character speaking. Then there's other shows I watch on Netflix will do that exact thing you mentioned - spoili
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2y ago
Thank you, that's helpful context.
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2y ago
Perhaps there's a simple explanation but why does 24GB of VRAM offer such a large relative uplift in parameter count? (is memory bandwidth a factor rather than just the total memory amount?)
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3y ago
> Facebook had the users consent to read that traffic. Are you assuming that Facebook only read traffic between two mutually-consenting parties? I assume Snapchat did not consent to this. What if you're in a state that requires two
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3y ago
Reddit's CEO and COO made $193M and $93M in 2023...
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3y ago
> It's ironic that Steve Jobs called the computer the bicycle of the mind. I doubt he would have called the iPad that. FWIW, Jobs specifically said he would never give his kids an iPad because it's bad for their developing brai
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3y ago
> Hell, for some people, "iPad" is a semi-generic term for a tablet. (Though I don't get that one, personally.) I remember when the NFL first started using Microsoft Surface tablets during the broadcast, except the comment
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3y ago
This got me confused as well. I read the claim and thought "how does the bottom 80% of income in the US also have a bunch of disposable income via capital gains?" Misleading title indeed.
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3y ago
The article makes a pretty direct claim as to what is funding the dis-savings and it doesn't appear to be government "handouts" that you are seemingly disparaging. > overwhelmingly it’s holding gains that “fund” the peren
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3y ago
I am partial to the following one about computers: "A cpu is literally a rock that we tricked into thinking."
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4y ago
Same (did you start learning programming with C?). i++ is pretty much hardcoded into my brain.
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4y ago
> At that time it wasn't a tech company was it? At that time you would have to physically shop at Blockbuster to pick out a movie to watch. With Netflix you picked what you wanted to watch online, maintained a queue and they would a
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4y ago
> I'm finding that increasingly, whenever I read "X is a myth", it turns out to be mostly a myth. I guess it's a popular article form, it gets clicks, it doesn't have to be completely true, right? Betteridge'
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4y ago
> Wait can you actually win blindfolded? Different game but equally impressive imo. Obviously takes a lot of practice but audio cues are huge for these kind of challenges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w6z-h4hoEU
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4y ago
Get rid of Qualified Immunity for starters. Next should be some sort of malpractice insurance that police must carry themselves (none of this using our tax dollars to pay for their own crimes).
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> I don’t know if this confusion is deliberate to justify certain acts I see more than one political group purposefully conflate this in order to push their own agendas. For example, when a private company says that won't tolerate h
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4y ago
Riding the bullet train from Kyoto to Osaka, accidentally left my iPhone in the seatback pocket. Didn't realize it until way later, but was able to use find my phone to see that it was still powered on and had made its way all the way
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4y ago
> I'm increasingly disappointed with Amazon. It's full of knockoff crappy products with unrelated 5 star reviews. That eroding trust in Amazon Anyone remember eBay?
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5y ago
Physical placement within a store makes a difference* and it's something that stores will manipulate to negotiate deals with sellers. * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2741065/