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by nostromo 3y ago
Given how good ChatGPT is at coding, I'd bet on software development being radically disrupted before we're boarding planes with zero pilots.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Similarly, my husband is a commercial pilot and is now starting to make more money than me in tech after his 10+ years of underpaid work and a high student loan debt load. But, here's the deal: he's basically going to make top dol
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by nostromo 3y ago
It's interesting that the population was at its highest-ever record in 2015. And then at its lowest in 2020. Boom-and-bust dynamics are common in nature and I imagine it played a large part in the population nadir. (This is touched
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by nostromo 3y ago
In the US emails to and from government workers are generally considered public record. It's important for transparency.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Netflix's tech is unremarkable now, though it was impressive 10 years ago. The tech difference from a user's perspective between HBO, Disney, Hulu, and Netflix today is nil.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Yes you can refinance at a lower rate if/when rates drop. You have to pay some money to do so, but it's insignificant compared to the cost of interest if it's over a percent lower or so. There are usually no pre-payment penal
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by nostromo 3y ago
Why jump directly to the stick approach and not the carrot approach? Make electricity cheaper at night. Demand will shift and it'll be a popular program rather than another eco tax that creates opposition.
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by nostromo 3y ago
> I just wish that merchants could pass the interchange fees on explicitly to customers They can do this in almost all of the US, although a few states have limitations. Here's a good list of states and what their restrictions are o
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by nostromo 3y ago
This scheme seems to protect the largest companies with the largest bank accounts the most. Why would we want a system like that? I actually have the opposite view: I'm more worried about a small-time author that say, makes living on
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by nostromo 3y ago
I'm reminded of the story in 2019 when Google researched pay discrepancies internally and found it was actually underpaying more men than women for doing similar jobs: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/04/goog
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by nostromo 3y ago
The answer is pretty simple: Apple doesn't care about gaming. This goes back to Steve Jobs who didn't like gaming and apparently saw it as a waste of time. John Carmack mentioned this from his time working with Jobs. Apple is now
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by nostromo 3y ago
The idiocy of trying to sanitize LLMs for "safety" knows no bounds. Recently I was trying to generate fake social security numbers so I could run some regression tests. ChatGPT will refuse to do so, even though it "knows&quot
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by nostromo 3y ago
Given that he’s famous for presenting faked data, his previous accomplishments aren’t real and shouldn’t get him off the hook.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Trees also act as thermal sinks. They transfer surface heat down into their roots, where it is cool underground.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Because Apple isn't a monopoly.
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by nostromo 3y ago
This is why there are standard sizes in the US. So you can compare products and smaller products aren’t able to advertise as low calorie.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Pet peeve: switching between units. If protein is in grams, serving size should not be ounces!
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by nostromo 3y ago
It's because of insurance. Anything insurance touches becomes expensive, because insured individuals are no longer price sensitive, so there is no incentive to lower costs by providers. My employer pays for my vision insurance, whether
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by nostromo 3y ago
This is a very dated view of Reddit. I just visited Reddit in incognito mode. Of the top 20 posts, 3 were links to articles. Most were images, videos, or text posts -- very similar to Twitter.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Apple seems to have solved this a long time ago. I didn't even set up my printer, I just turned it on, connected it to the network, and all the Macs and iPhones print to it, no problem.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Yes, this is a central problem right now both in accademia and journalism. Lots of things aren't published because they don't confirm the author's pre-existing narratives. And on the other side, there's lots of cherry-p
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by nostromo 3y ago
I'd disagree with "very bad" being the bottom end of the scale. The cost to plant a tree is not very resource intensive and many trees lost would be made up for a single successful tree. It's almost all upside.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Same with rugby. 1 and 3 are the largest / heaviest players on the field.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Darklands is such an under-appreciated classic. I played and re-played it for at least a year as a kid, and still think about its complexities and interesting gameplay mechanics. If anyone creates the spiritual successor to Darklands, I’d
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by nostromo 3y ago
The guy made a neighborhood out of parking lots and motels, and you’re mad he didn’t do more? Seattle needs housing more than anything, and I’m glad they added a ton when they developed the area.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Class action lawsuits suck for victims. The only people it’s good for are lawyers, who become fabulously wealthy, while the victims get a check for two dollars in the mail. Individual lawsuits are better for everyone.
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by nostromo 3y ago
The difference being that he proudly proclaimed his support for housing development.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Andreessen is a “yes in your backyard but not in mine” kinda guy. https://fortune.com/2022/08/06/marc-andreessen-billionaire-n...
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by nostromo 3y ago
I understand the skepticism and all, but I’ve seen something similar-ish work in South Lake Union in Seattle. It was a wasted neighborhood, with parking lots, old motels, fast food, and a Hooters. Two billionaires that I’m not super fond of
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by nostromo 3y ago
Keeping prices low is a great thing. I wish Walmart and Amazon every success in that endeavor. Abusing a monopoly is when you increase prices because you can. Offering lower prices is the opposite. If you can’t compete, then you’re in th

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