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// DON'T TRY TO FIX THIS, IF REMOVED BREAKS PRODUCTION
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Does the UK have the option to sue the NHS for gross negligence? It looks like there's a history of this sort of thing, and it doesn't seem like the NHS has taken reasonable steps to mitigate the threat, if they have to rely on vo
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Sure, I got recommended this by a friend of mine who's been very pleased with their programs and methods of qualifying for degrees: https://www.wgu.edu/
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They don't cite a paper to show how it works, but if the graphic is something they came up with, then I'm skeptical. The graphic indicates they pack the memory more efficiently, which is a solution to the packing problem, which is
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The author couldn't run as a Democrat in Oregon, and so he seems to be courting a Republican bid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof#Oregon_gubern... https://www.politico.com/news/
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Good for you for engaging. I don't have the spoons to deal with that sort of thing.
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That's interesting actually. Wealthy parents mean that their kids are more likely to be able to do risky things like doing startups, and their connections allow the kids to get funding that is otherwise unavailable. And so there's
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Probably any wealthy peoples kids would fit that bill.
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Wow don't get many trolls around here. Welp, guess we're waiting for your September to end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
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Sure. the rich always get richer. Wealth growth is exponential. Piketty, T. (2014). Capital in the twenty-first century. Harvard University Press.
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> And to realize meaningful benefits, it's necessary to move past the pilot testing stage, something few companies have managed. Huh, why not? > Among the organizations surveyed, the best generative AI initiatives involved govern
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So what you're saying is ... there's a market for LLM to help make mouse movements look natural to avoid this in the future.
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> French electricity prices turned negative as a drop in demand and surging renewables output prompted some nuclear reactors to power down. Can they just not sell power to neighboring countries? The US does that between states.
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404 on the article, pretty sure it's this one? https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24176006/solar-geoenginee...
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So Musk has learned that he can extort his shareholders? Well, you get what you pay for I guess; Pitty those shareholders.
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I think yours is the most common story. I read an article on Reddit about something very similar; It's on the tip of my brain, but I can't recall. The jist was that after the latest recession there was very little in the way job &
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If you happen to have the right traits: white, male, can speak "business", come from a wealthy background, have a support system that actually works, etc, then it seems pretty doable. But without those, it's nearly impossible
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Probably not much to worry about, a good chunk of it just seems to be fake: Why fake research is rampant in China https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39499081 The fight against fake-paper factories that churn out sham scie
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A little surprised there hasn't been more of this in the past. The wealthy have no end of means to use sock-puppets to push their agenda.
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> In fact, the long decline observed in the past few decades is reminiscent of the secular decline that took place from 1870 to World War I. > The fact that returns to wealth have remained fairly high and stable while aggregate wealth
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Hi there, I'm one of the ones that got caught with a PIP. My supervisor, team leads, co-workers, and other colleagues all had great performance reviews for me. And then suddenly the PIP. I found out later that it was probably related t
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Explainer: What caused Silicon Valley Bank's failure?(reuters.com)
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Business build very efficient constructs for turning labour into capital. But, this means they're not very resilient. That is, instead of investing in alternatives now, while the problem is becoming more obvious, many continue with bus
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Also: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
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I wonder if the motivation is partially: > We will need spokespeople to spread the message of the Dear Leader's boundless wisdom to the masses.
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A bit more restrained article from the NYT: Wanted at Chinese Start-Ups: Attractive Women to Ease Coders’ Stress https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/business/china-women-tech...
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Well that's dumb. There are some perfectly functional and profitable designs already in service [1]. Though, if he can cut down on the massive upfront costs, that might help with adoption. Bodansky, D. (2007). Nuclear energy: principle
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Filtering out that sort of thing is either too expensive or too complicated to bother with. > We're coming back around to the pre-Google era of search engine result quality. A solution is just to formalize this process. Does a site
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To be fair, when they can kill you, a healthy skepticism is warranted.
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Ad blocking for SMART TVs: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/smart-tv-ad-block... https://lifehacker.com/how-to-block-youtube-ads-on-your-andr... https://pi-hole.net/ Pi Hole

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