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by prvc 4y ago
Parody is not necessarily comedy.
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> In some ways it’s satisfying to see the badge stripped of its meaning and prestige. The only official "meaning" of the badge was that the user matched the identity of the profile, even though more was read into it both by use
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It will never be simple to use... until somebody makes it simple to use.
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It can be re-used for cleaning if you must.
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*unveiled (on Oct. 25)
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What makes them entitled to stay in the US without working in a "specialty occupation"?
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> I feel bad for people who are laid off by the machinations of billionaires. Do you have different feelings about people who are laid off by the machinations of centi-millionaires?
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A more accurate title would have "reducing its workforce" in place of "layoffs". The email does not use that term, which has a different meaning, and different implications.
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>should art students also be allowed to make derived work from copyrighted images without permission? They should be, and are allowed to do this.
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Would you permit human students of art to view and learn from copyrighted images under these hypothetical laws?
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>Firing 25% of the workforce "for cause" looks like a very hard sell to me Why would this be? Musk has already signaled his lack of confidence in the previous management, why would this not extend to their hiring practices, tra
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Any implications for radio-carbon dating?
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>Almost 40% of all food in the US is wasted each year and that's enough to feed every hungry person on earth. You have a feasible plan to distribute all the wasted food in the U.S. to all the world's hungry people that you&#x27
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>worth 12 billion Why do you say this?
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With the correct encoder and settings, it can be faster to encode than x265, for any given "efficiency" that x265 can achieve. Of course, the efficiency can be pushed higher than that, too, still with a reasonable encoding time.
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>the only thing that's actively annoying me day-to-day is their objectively incorrect choice of a Ctrl/Fn/Super/Alt layout instead of Fn/Ctrl/Super/Alt (and the fan is a little loud). Has anyone managed
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The Freewrite has been around for a while.
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There are many societies in the world with more wealth inequality that also have low crime.
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That's interesting. Always wondered how those are sourced.
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My heart goes out to all these people who I've never heard of who suffered $1B in damage to their reputations.
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>The authorities in Germany argue that they are encouraging and defending free speech by providing a space where people can share opinions without fear of being attacked or abused. What they are claiming to be preventing is exactly what
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Video and article are written as though this was the first time that issues concerning moderation and inconsistent applications of the rules have surfaced, which is absurd. Also odd to want to die on the hill of replaying a video game strea
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That series of tweets is difficult to decipher. What is being reported here?
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The word "precedent" in that quote seems to be being used in order to deny that this is not already the case in many other contexts! Also strange that one of the examples given of this supposed "censorship" was a pornogr
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Why should they mention this?
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What's the message behind this submission, being so soon after the release of an adventure game by this article's author?
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Now that 5.25", 3.5", and 2.5" drives are less common in PCs, it might be time to think of a new standard which puts the GPU in a new form factor which allows for better (or at least simpler) airflow through the case. Seems n
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There are already mp3 players in a cassette form-factor, with output via tape head and 3.5mm jack. I think some of them can receive bluetooth audio, too.
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The NYT, masthead of the mainstream, appears to already be in the process of co-opting him for it.
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Saul Kripke has died(dailynous.com)
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