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by nostromo 2y ago
Crime and theft is why. Japan has a whole host of nice things we can’t have in the US because we let bad actors run wild.
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by nostromo 2y ago
It’s never been as black and white as you’re saying. Lot’s of medical practitioners will even advise you that it’s the quality of food you eat, more so than the quantity. Look at all the published research around processed foods and ultra-
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by nostromo 2y ago
For the longest time people argued if overweight people ate too much or not. I’ve heard plausible sounding arguments on both sides. It seems Ozempic has answered that question decisively, no? The solution to being overweight is eating les
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by nostromo 2y ago
The hackers wrote that. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-arch...
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by nostromo 2y ago
The only drawback being that all of your outgoing email is sent directly to the receiver’s spam folder..?
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by nostromo 2y ago
Seattle Department of Transportation and Washington State DOT have honestly gotten way too creative. It's like every city, every locale, and sometimes every street has a new collection of obstacles and rules to circumnavigate. Roundab
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by nostromo 2y ago
Don’t forget the easiest dataset to use: they buy consumer transaction data directly from Visa and Mastercard. With that in hand it’d be pretty easy to know if, say, Apple will beat or miss revenue for a given quarter.
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by nostromo 2y ago
You're forgetting that a lot of people still have to WFH, they just do it now before or after going to the office - so it's even worse than you're stating. I know some folks that work from the west coast with customers on the
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by nostromo 2y ago
This is in no way enough to prevent election spam. You have to give your name and address as a public record, and they will likely find your phone number and email and will call, text, and spam you from there.
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by nostromo 2y ago
There is an administrative "deep state" (for lack of a less-loaded word) at all American institutions: government, corporate, non-profit, etc. Corporations and governments and other institutions first and foremost serve themselves
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by nostromo 2y ago
Solar has its own Moore’s Law called Swanson’s Law which shows that solar has been decreasing geometrically in price. In power generation there is little appetite for innovation from producers since they are either monopolies or government
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by nostromo 2y ago
Yup. People pick the cheapest option possible and then complain that it’s not as good as the other options.
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by nostromo 2y ago
I don’t care about either of those, personally. After breaking 3 Apple Watches, I just needed something more durable. I’ve been happy with it for a few years now with no real damages.
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by nostromo 2y ago
My tinnitus got particularly bad during Covid. Did my hearing get worse? No, I was mostly at home. The problem is my home office is too quiet. So now I open a window or put on some natural sounds or music and it goes away. Those two thing
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by nostromo 2y ago
We could encourage smaller cars the way much of Europe does: narrower streets, smaller parking spots. I’ve noticed in cities with tighter roads, like San Francisco and Seattle, these kind of massive trucks and SUVs aren’t popular. A lot of
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by nostromo 2y ago
> Studies have shown What studies? The only quality meta-analysis I could find showed mixed results, "It was concluded that, in some indicators, listening to music has adverse effects on driving. However, in many indicators, music
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by nostromo 2y ago
Asphalt shingles are awful in terms of insulation. They absorb heat in the summer and bleed heat in the winter. Membrane roofs are better for both. Asphalt shingles are such an out-dated technology, people should really try to avoid them
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by nostromo 2y ago
Technology changes though. PVC membrane roofs require less maintenance and last longer than older shingle roofs. Flat roofs probably did always leaked when they learned this saying -- but today it's not true.
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by nostromo 2y ago
I have a flat roof in Seattle -- no, flat roofs do not always leak. But they do require you keep your drainage clear (something a sloped roof homeowner can get away with ignoring). Modern membrane roofs last longer, leak less, and are more
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by nostromo 2y ago
There are concerns that they paid for infrastructure in deeply democratic areas and ignored areas that were republican-leaning, in effect making it a Democratic get out the vote initiative. The media doesn't seem too interested in figu
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by nostromo 2y ago
It's simply that people are posting less and less content publicly. That's all moved to private chats and "close friends" posts. The content that's filling the void is just filler, be it AI, clickbait, memes, etc.
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by nostromo 2y ago
There will always be tension between social safety nets and expansive views of freedom. If the government provides my healthcare, then it’s in their interest to make sure I don’t smoke and eat right. If the government provides financial ass
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by nostromo 2y ago
> Subway now faces interest payments on debt following its sale to Roark and can’t afford to have declining earnings, sources said. Just another company that will be bankrupt shortly after selling to private equity. Fast food chains rais
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by nostromo 2y ago
The US constitution is all about protecting small groups from big groups. It’s a feature not a bug. If you want to comfortably win elections you just have to win by more than a percent or two.
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by nostromo 2y ago
"We've solved democracy! ... by disenfranchising a whole new set of voters."
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by nostromo 2y ago
I wouldn't be so quick to blame the journalist. It's likely not shown due to copyright concerns. (Yes, this would fall under fair use. No, that often doesn't matter since lawsuits are expensive.)
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by nostromo 2y ago
It's insane to me that CrowdStrike's stock is still up 66% year-over-year. With all of the angry customers, lots of incoming lawsuits, and the fact that their "protection" is provably more costly than no protection at al
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by nostromo 2y ago
I've started seeing this on Wikipedia. Wikipedia sources an article from a semi-legit source. That semi-legit source either just says "sources" or points to something less-legit, like a Tweet. You can bring new "facts&q
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by nostromo 2y ago
No, wages have been falling since 2021 when accounting for inflation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-has-outpaced-wage-gro... Maybe this isn't that Axios journalist's field, but that huge spike of 9.1
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by nostromo 2y ago
Yes. If you're on a Mac, check out LM Studio. It's a UI that lets you load and interact with models locally. You can also wrap your model in an OpenAI-compatible API and interact with it programmatically.

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