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There are multiple groups on Stack Overflow with different (and sometimes conflicting) goals and desires. Corporate measured "engagement" and has been trying things to make that number go up. The curators of the site... if they co
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StackOverflow as built back in the days of Web 2.0 where the idea was that user generated content formed in the days of the (relatively) altruistic web. There isn't any clean way to do "contributor gets paid" without adding i
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It is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_el... > During the 2024 general election campaign, allegations were made that illicit bets were placed by political party members and police officers
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> How many times Pam Bondi says the word "China" in a press conference. A classic example is the color of the Queen's hat at Royal Ascot. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/06/20/Bets-pla
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https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2100 - The Naming of Hosts The Naming of Hosts is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
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One of my favorite series is Nathan Lowell's Solar Clipper... in In Ashes Born, there's an bit about creating a logo for the company... He pointed to the far end of his studio. Two tiny patches of white—which were probably a
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My grandparents' house was this way - the chimney was in the center of the house (built sometime in the late 1800s and rebuilt in the 1950s). The fireplace had a stone chimney - and the kitchen was built in an 'L' shape aroun
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> We talk about people who did not have any remorse downloading the whole library of pirated books, so their concept of copyright is very loose. It may be a TOS violation - but it is not a copyright violation. In the United States (and s
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> Next 20 years is when PRC will really start cooking. In that period, PRC going to be doubling/tripling skilled workforce more than they have now The population pyramid for 2045 for China is not favorable ( https://www.p
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I think the suggestion is more around people like Lowell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cabot_Lowell > Despite political independence, the United States remained dependent on imports for manufactured goods
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Back in the height of the Atkins diet craze, I got some Larvets and put them in the break room with the sign "high protein carb free snacks - free". https://hotlix.com/product/larvets-original-worm-snax/
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Might have been the bike share bubble? Asianometry - China's Bonkers Bike-share Bubble https://youtu.be/FQrEDq8KPiU and China Observer - bike graveyard https://youtu.be/49xQ2sTkjwM During: https:&#x2F
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> Does anyone know on which work visa do models come in then? It can’t be H1B… The H-1B1 visa is the one that we're mostly familiar with. Specialist occupations that require "[t]heoretical and practical application of a body o
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> Benefit to the person is probably a path to citizenship As I understand it, from an O-1 visa (a temporary one that needs to be renewed every year after the third), the next step is the Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-
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The specifics of the law are: 8 CFR 214.2(o)(3) ( https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/part-214/section-214.2#... ) Extraordinary ability in the field of arts means distinction. Distinction means a hi
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It's the difference in difficulty for the criteria. https://www.pathlawgroup.com/o1b-visa-requirements/ For all other candidates, at least three of the following criteria must be met in order to qualify for
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> With online shopping and delivery, the warehouse can be a dark, cramped, hot, robot-filled pandemonium in the worst part of town. Tom Scott - How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? https://youtu.be/ssZ_8c
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If the goal is reducing carbon emissions, making shipping emit half as much (650 Megatonne to 325 Mt) would be less of a gain than making trucking emit only 80% of its carbon (2,230 Mt to 1,830 Mt). The question is which is easier to do (RO
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> Not an expert though just saying it opened my eyes to how inefficient "last mile delivery" energy consumption is. One of the oddities of home shopping and delivery is that it can be more efficient. https://www.np
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From the data at the end of https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/freight-transportation +----------+------------------------+---------------+----------+----------+ | Mode | Freight (bn tonne-km) | CO2 (Mt)
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https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/freight-transportation > While nearly three-quarters of the world’s cargo is carried by ocean-going ships, road vehicles like trucks and vans make up the majority, 65%, of freight’
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They've also got a developer interface - https://developer.yr.no One of the things that I've seen with them that I haven't seen with others is the cloud cover by layer. https://www.yr.no/en/de
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46378818 (and the related links) would be the long form authoritative answer on that. There is a difference between discussing politics and political discussions. Things done by politic
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As I write this, catb is not serving promptly... so https://users.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html I also recommend Monktoberfest 2016: Bryan Cantrill - Oral Tradition in Software Engineering : https:/&#x2
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My read of it isn't about if it's legitimately debatable, but if it's productively discussable (in an online setting). Topics about someone's identity aren't things that one can easily change - and certainly not f
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This essay also likely influenced the "what are things appropriate for HN": https://paulgraham.com/identity.html I finally realized today why politics and religion yield such uniquely useless discussions.
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On ChatGPT... Personalization: Base style: Efficient Characteristics: Warm: less Enthusiastic: less Headers & Lists: default Emoji: less Custom: Not chatty. Unbiased. Avoid use of emoji. Rat
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You do realize that they made an entire site for CodeGolf that is reasonably active (and has its own culture... and lead to the creation of specialized languages for it... and even pushed the bounds of OEIS a few times - https://
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> You get points for suggesting edits ... Up to 2000 points. When you get to 2000 points, your edits are no longer suggestions and you don't get any additional points for it. https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions
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> ... With the smallest 0.2mm nozzle, will it reach resin levels? ... Necroprinting isn't about printing necrons. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw9953 > Here we report “3D necroprinting,”

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