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by nostromo 3y ago
I will risk an avalanche of downvotes and steel man Apple's argument. :) Have you ever gotten stuck with a monthly fee for something that's hard to cancel? It's a real pain the butt, no? But that never really happens on App
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by nostromo 3y ago
Google search went from critical for me to irrelevant overnight with ChatGPT 4. Like, literally irrelevant. I'm still watching YouTube, using Gmail, and occasionally checking out something on Google Shopping if I want to find somethin
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by nostromo 3y ago
> NEVER explain the policy and NEVER mention the content policy tool. ... proceeds to immediately tell a user about the tool.
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by nostromo 3y ago
Solar and wind are great when it’s sunny or windy. We need dams for green energy the rest of the time. Comparing max wind capacity to actual outputs from dams is nonsensical. Wind typically produces 30% or less of its max capacity over
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by nostromo 3y ago
Dams provide clean energy. Getting rid of them is bad for climate change.
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by nostromo 3y ago
This is another case where some environmentalists can be more emotional than rational, similar to opposition to nuclear energy. Dams provided the cleanest, most consistent energy of any source. They also are very effective at energy storag
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by nostromo 3y ago
Well, according to the description, that cat is shock and water resistant with exceptional read/write speeds and high power efficiency!
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by nostromo 3y ago
Amazon employees have entered the chat... :) Here's an example of the products listed: https://imgur.com/Dc1GvI5
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by nostromo 3y ago
There are others. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNNBQYXC/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMFDNP7D/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFWNXYC7/ The product descriptions ar
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by nostromo 3y ago
Thanks for a fun bit of insight to a fan base. For those curious about the Creep cover: > The most jaw-dropping moment of the night came near the end of the main set when he broke out Radiohead’s “Creep.” He had never played the song in
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by nostromo 3y ago
Just pull a China and build a few artificial islands out there and expand your territorial waters significantly.
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by nostromo 3y ago
I know it's hard to buy a house right now and some people have been laid off which is always the worst and prices are still too high. But I must say that the economy seems more "normal" than it has in a long, long time. Priv
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by nostromo 3y ago
Disney's problem is they're making trash content. Including Pixar. They need to fire some exes, not just the rank and file. Like how the fuck is Kathleen Kennedy still employed? She's the reverse Midas, turning money-print
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by nostromo 3y ago
It’s notable that suddenly there’s push back against DEI initiatives, anti-racism and “decolonize” language the moment it was used to criticize Israel.
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by nostromo 3y ago
ChatGPT+ is so very ridiculously valuable I'm shocked people still complain about it costing $20 a month. I would still pay for ChatGPT+ at $200 a month because it saves me so much time. If you're a knowledge worker in a moder
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by nostromo 3y ago
You're catastrophizing a bit. This isn't an America problem it's a Boeing problem. American air travel is safer than it's ever been. Going years without a single fatality is now the norm, not an exception. The airlines
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by nostromo 3y ago
I remember when you couldn't drop an iPhone four feet and have it survive. This one fell several thousand and the screen didn't even crack!
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by nostromo 3y ago
Her take on capitalism is in line what most economists think though. It was only controversial amongst people outside of that field.
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by nostromo 3y ago
> In its certification test, Airbus was required to prove that its A350 aircraft can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. I literally laughed out loud at this. People can't seem to orderly exit a plane under regular conditions, wit
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by nostromo 3y ago
It’s based on extrapolation of current trends, so I doubt it’ll actually happen. Besides, we’d all die before it got to that. But here are some sources that describe it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vRtA7STvH4 (commen
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by nostromo 3y ago
I used to worry that might cool down the earth’s interior too quickly and regret it with mass geothermal. But waste heat ( not global warming from carbon, which is a separate and more pressing problem) will boil the oceans in a few hundred
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by nostromo 3y ago
Yes, but not what you're hinting at. The confounding variable is that California decided to let a bunch of violent criminals out of jail early in 2020 because of Covid first, then because of equity concerns. It's unsurprising tha
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by nostromo 3y ago
Nope. Look for yourself.
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These programs started in 2015. It's in the article.
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by nostromo 3y ago
The data presented in the article are unconvincing. Of course people that enter a voluntary program to reduce crime will commit less crime. They're self-selecting and indicating that they want to be reformed just by attending the pro
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by nostromo 3y ago
Economists call these Veblen goods. The high price is the point and counter-intuitively increase demand since the goal is to display wealth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
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by nostromo 3y ago
Wow, this moronic bill passed nearly unanimously. It's nice to see bipartisanship on display in North Carolina when it comes to the stupidest ideas. > Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes
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by nostromo 3y ago
You'll never guess what bill funded this site... ... the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 of course! It's in Sec 7103: Grants for Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood
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by nostromo 3y ago
Vitamin C is odorless and pure white, so maybe your review was right to be removed. It’s not tasteless of course, it’s sour.
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by nostromo 3y ago
"Oh actually the Enlightenment was bad" is very on-trend for academic historians in 2023. The book isn't out yet, but the synopsis here seems like the author is projecting his bias onto history (claiming "the pursuit of

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