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Tangentially to the topic of the blogpost, has anyone else noticed that many recent articles on Hacker News feature AI-generated illustrations? They seem to have a unique, AI-specific style and that weird "uncanny valley" like qua
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Which (the outdated language) is the language that 99% of the english speaking world still use and which was fine until 5 minutes ago.
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After reading his statement go and watch the psychopathic BBC reporter going to his house shouting "why don't you want to protect children". Then his decision will be easy to understand. https://www.bbc.com/ne
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They ended up with twice the amount of money and some time wasted.
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PVCs are curious because many people have them and don't even realise. But for those who do notice, they sometimes become super aware of every beat. Feeling a PVC can make some people anxious, which boosts adrenaline, potentially leadi
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We are talking about incurable (refractory) cancer cases in which, after treatment, 95% saw either stabilisation or regression of the disease, and 59% showed significant regression or reduction. This is absolutely awesome news.
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The term turned negative because it represented something that no one wanted to be associated with. Even if you were to use the phrase "unicorn-blessed" in the same context, over time, it could also develop a negative connotation.
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Over time, I've come to see that Wikipedia mirrors the broader internet: initially heralded as a game-changer, but when it really counts, it can be just as unreliable as the things that preceded it, if not worse. I keep thinking of tha
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It's really disappointing to see such a blatant attempt to drag someone's name through the mud. I have seen over and over again people derive pleasure from undermining respected figures, perhaps in a bid to appear more sophisticat
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Oh, okay, problem solved then.
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Of course they matter. Otherwise, the U.S. would not find it necessary to maintain so many allies close to the Strait of Malacca, as a strategy to manage China should a war arise.
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In a world with faster than light drive, isn't that a possibility, though?
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This is a thought-terminating cliché and does not add anything to the discussion.
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Compare any full face helmet (a motorcycle one for example) with whatever people wear for these (or for bicycles) to know why that would help.
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On the other hand, I've tried many keyboards, including the ErgoDox and Kinesis Advantage, with the latter being the most comfortable for me. While the Moonlander boasts impressive customizability, I found its untypical angle of the th
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In the Polish comedy film "Miś" ("Teddy Bear"), released in 1981, there is a famous line: "We don't have your coat, what are you going to do about it?" This line is uttered in a cloakroom scene. In the sce
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Fear is an immediate, emotional response to a known or definite threat. Anxiety is a more prolonged emotion that arises from an anticipated or potential threat or a situation that's uncertain. Unlike fear, the source of anxiety might n
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"Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion. And the scepticism of our time does not really destroy the beliefs, rather it creates them; gives them their limits and
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I remember when I watched Interstellar for the first time, I thought, "No way people would be that dumb to brush off space exploration just because they're caught up with Earth stuff." But the more time goes by, the more I th
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Is that the most important thing you read from my comment?
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No it does not. This is a bizarre way to look at things, that is all to common in the US but very much alien in most of the world. Why are those two dimensions important to you (white and male)? What about affluent/poor, educated/
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I'm a bit perplexed by the notion that it's somehow a problem when the founder hires his friends and former colleagues when starting a company with just 6 employees.
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I am struggling to see what you are trying to say here, especially since you use somewhat arbitrary way to group people by race and sex. Can you clarify? Is the founder white? Does he/did he live in a majority white country (you mentio
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I understand that some people find it charming, but I recently owned a flagship Samsung phone, the S23 Ultra, and it was quite frustrating. It had two separate payment apps, Samsung Pay and Google Pay, each with their own issues, and neithe
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Ah, the nostalgia! I can vividly recall the thrill of setting up Gentoo on my trusty Pentium 2 300MHz laptop. Then dist-cc came to the rescue, linking my laptop to my father's server in the basement. Compiling Phoenix (yes, that's
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When you first think about it for a bit, it might seem logical, but when you ponder it a bit longer, it doesn't. Censorship essentially comes down to this: some folks believe they know better than others about what those others should
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> but ultimately it's a matter of editorial control, not censorship. So is all censorship. No censor calls censorship "Censorship". An example from my country of birth: Main Office of Control over the Press, Publications a
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Updated the data with sources. Marked Lodo Alfano as repealed. The rest of your comment is off-topic.
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To add to this comment which is unfairly downvoted, some example of laws in Europe that I collected over the years: France's "hate speech" laws, which prohibit speech that is deemed to be insulting, threatening, or discrimina
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In Poland you cannot insult the president: https://www.politico.eu/article/poles-legal-jeopardy-insulti... . You can also go in jail for "insult to religious feelings". In the UK people get fined for offensive

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