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A.I. Is Running on Borrowed Money(nytimes.com)
12 points by ripe 3mo ago|2 comments
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by ripe 3mo ago
From the article: Risk is rising as big tech companies like Oracle — the ultimate financial source of the Ellison media empire — need to turn to the bond market for staggering sums to finance data centers.
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by ripe 3mo ago
> STOP spending on immigration programs... to improve situation for kids of the people who built out the western civilization The common misconception that the US Government is wasting money on immigration is pushed by Trump and FOX News
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by ripe 3mo ago
I think parent is referring to the film in the novel, also named Infinite Jest. The film is so compelling that its viewers lose all interest in anything other than repeatedly viewing it, and thus eventually die.
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The Investors Who Lost Billions Buying Trump Stocks and Crypto(forbes.com)
7 points by ripe 3mo ago|1 comments
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by ripe 3mo ago
I would've liked to read more about what they're doing, but their website fab2.com is unhelpful. Very little info, presented in pointless swirling animations that hijack your scroll action.
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by ripe 3mo ago
The article is only a brief summary that cannot do justice to the incredible story of the Koh-i-Noor diamond. I have been doing some research on it, and IMO the most modern and accurate take is the book by Anand and Dalrymple [1]. The follo
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by ripe 3mo ago
A wise article! It's not about Bourdain at all, but about all of us--- how we live a life unexamined, and how to stop doing so.
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by ripe 3mo ago
From the article: "Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman, said... “All actions by President Trump and his administration are taken in the best interest of the American people.”" "Since arriving at the White House, Mr. Trump a
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by ripe 3mo ago
Yes, it's an outstanding book, well worth reading: Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, by Marc Reisner, Penguin Books, 1986, 1993. A recent perspective on this excellent book by Ryan Cooper is also very good.
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by ripe 3mo ago
My human-written summary: Most people are ego-driven and won't listen to your logical arguments. They will only get angry with you even if you're right. So don't argue with them. Give advice only if they ask. If you really kn
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Nvidia resurrects older graphics cards as RAM demands impact tech prices(mashable.com)
4 points by ripe 3mo ago|0 comments
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Workers' share of income explains why many Americans are down on the economy(cbsnews.com)
3 points by ripe 3mo ago|0 comments
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The High School Pipeline to South Korea's Chip-Making Fortunes(nytimes.com)
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Feds Tracked Down an Anti-ICE Dad in NYC Hotel, but How?(gizmodo.com)
42 points by ripe 3mo ago|6 comments
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by ripe 3mo ago
From the article: "Financial surveillance by law enforcement is far from unheard of, but it wouldn’t be normal to see agents use it in this way. For instance, ICE in particular once had widespread access to something called the Transac
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by ripe 3mo ago
> technically... you can be sure there's ed Unfortunately, ed has been omitted from the default installation of recent debians, at least. I had to install it manually.
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by ripe 4mo ago
Since I don't see it mentioned yet in the comments: In 2011, movie studios created a digital ownership service called Ultraviolet. You could own titles in your "UltraViolet Digital Rights Locker" and access them from multiple
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'Digit' maker Agility Robotics to go public in $2.5B deal(geekwire.com)
2 points by ripe 4mo ago|0 comments
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by ripe 4mo ago
> negative productivity Every indicator says that shareholders or managers have no idea what improves or degrades productivity, unfortunately. It’s all based on vibes. Executives get the benefit of the doubt.
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How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages?(nytimes.com)
8 points by ripe 4mo ago|1 comments
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The little-known story of the first IoT device(ibm.com)
1 points by ripe 4mo ago|0 comments
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The Magic of a Yellow No. 2 Pencil (2019)(cartoonresearch.com)
2 points by ripe 4mo ago|0 comments
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Personal taste fell out of fashion(theguardian.com)
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by ripe 4mo ago
tldr; $70,000 (minus $40,000 in vehicle expenses)
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How much an Uber driver makes in Boston(boston.com)
4 points by ripe 4mo ago|2 comments
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Boston University grad students demonstrate flaw in MBTA tap-to-pay system(nbcboston.com)
4 points by ripe 4mo ago|0 comments
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by ripe 4mo ago
On the one hand, you say AOC's claims are BS. And then you say that Facebook is: > making money in ways that at least a substantial number of people don't think are "earning" money, such as monetizing users' data
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Manufacturer bloatware is finally becoming optional – and this app is proof(makeuseof.com)
3 points by ripe 4mo ago|0 comments
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by ripe 4mo ago
> 102. One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means. Seems to be a strike against LLM-based programming systems like Claude.

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