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by runnerup 3y ago
I don’t know what you want us all to agree on here. It sounds like GP disputed you setting the bar at “should have improved the lives of most Americans”. That did seem like an unreasonable bar to judge companies by. It’s not super controver
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by runnerup 3y ago
Neither is illegal[0]. I have no idea where they are getting this. USPS just changed a rule and now requires anything over $500 to be sent by registered mail. FedEx/UPS/DHL have a policy where they won’t mail cash but it’s more of
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by runnerup 3y ago
Clicks = money. It’s not always a grand scheme, only sometimes.
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by runnerup 3y ago
> I recently wondered whether the good reviews on WWW shopping sites, are actually written by the bots. Probably, but if these are just like, Amazon reviews/etc, they likely violate FTC regulations. Enforcement is lacking, but I&#x2
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by runnerup 3y ago
Judging by most of the comments on Reddit (and about half the comments on select HN posts) … I think you’re right. Many adults lack the critical thinking and systems thinking necessary to use LLMs like ChatGPT effectively. I’d like to think
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by runnerup 3y ago
https://classic.csunplugged.org/activities/community-activit... (see also: https://www.itgsnews.com/the-defragmentation-game-lesson-pla... ) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376
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by runnerup 3y ago
Dupes from 5 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37061949 (103 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37055884 (54 comments)
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by runnerup 3y ago
The title as it is this moment on HN was better for me at least, it made it clear that it was in context of ongoing investigative research done by the newspaper against the police.
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by runnerup 3y ago
I believe it’s only posited to be useful for isolated small groups where everyone might get the same stomach bug at the same time, and have no other humans around with a healthy gut biome to “re-infect” them. Which explains why in dense mod
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by runnerup 3y ago
This article is far too short to contain interesting analysis of the situations that it briefly mentions.
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by runnerup 3y ago
> Are you sure you're not in a citogenesis cycle? How sure are you that some of those "real users" aren't your peers' stealthed bots, who in turn picked up those fingerprints from unknowningly observing other ste
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by runnerup 3y ago
> Many headless-browser stealth techniques involve rotating between the signatures and reflected metrics of real — but niche and/or ancient — User-Agents I work in this space and we just use fingerprints we collect from actual users
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by runnerup 3y ago
Because the child can't consent to having their face permanently recorded in public social media. It's becoming a thing not to post photos of children until they can make their own decisions.
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by runnerup 3y ago
Seems to work as expected?
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by runnerup 3y ago
> He was not deported. Sorry, I misinterpreted this.
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by runnerup 3y ago
- Once this is commercialized we no longer need women. We already "don't need men". Other mammals have been cloned or heterozygously created from bimaternal parents, and only females are required for either of these processes
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by runnerup 3y ago
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CooeAAAAIBAJ&pg=3115%2... Primary source from 1955: "Scientist to be deported from USA" : "A JPL scientist will leave the US for Red China Friday under a deportation
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by runnerup 3y ago
> I’d just like to say that this sort of tech can’t come too soon. Not just for ovaries either. Almost all of us need some kind of cloned tissue, maybe with a slight genetic alteration.
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by runnerup 3y ago
> it frustrates me that your job gets to bully you into giving up your mobile devices for them to use. Hard agree, but it seems that in most places it's perfectly legal. Similar to telling W-2 car mechanics or property maintenance t
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by runnerup 3y ago
Look up Qian Xuesen, a former Caltech rocket scientist who helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory before being deported in 1955 on suspicion of being a Communist and who became known as the father of China’s space and missile progra
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by runnerup 3y ago
Per this logic, what topics ever can be discussed?
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by runnerup 3y ago
Yeah… I kinda need this job. They’ve told me it’s a hard requirement. Maybe some day I won’t be in such a desperate situation. Until then your suggestions sound untenable for my situation, but thanks. The apartment is not RFID/NFC. It’
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by runnerup 3y ago
Ah yes I love not being to use Uber , rent scooters, rent municipal bicycles, check in at my gym, use Duo app 2FA to use SSH at work, or open the doors at my apartment complex. Turns out, dumb phones are not actually an option anymore.
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by runnerup 3y ago
Current lead acid batteries can do this as well. Smells awful and pretty unsafe situation. H2S is quite dangerous but it’s rare that they’d create an IDLH situation as long as there’s a bit of breeze.
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by runnerup 3y ago
What legal remedies do you think might be available to a Stripe customer who is refused service by Stripe?
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by runnerup 3y ago
Another reason someone can’t get it to write effective code is if they don’t know how to code or aren’t a very good programmer. I use it a ton. Most of the time it’s very helpful, sometimes I can’t get it to write effective code. If the cod
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by runnerup 3y ago
You’re greatly underestimating the amount and diversity of signals present in even a single photograph.
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by runnerup 3y ago
You’d have to define “discrimination”. Instead of using a singular word which is prone to misinterpretation, you should use more words to ask the deeper question that you’re vaguely referencing. As it stands, your question doesn’t carry eno
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Apple App Store allows Twitter’s “X” to break rule against one-letter apps(arstechnica.com)
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by runnerup 3y ago
I think Neeva needed user signup growth more than it needed cash. It was reasonably well funded through VC. If it had shown adoption growth they would have received more VC money to continue even if they were losing money on each user. Kagi

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