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So vortices in space-time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex
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> American Businesses: But but but ... tax cuts. =/ But seriously, this argument is debunked by research into political power: De Mesquita, B. B., Smith, A., Siverson, R. M., & Morrow, J. D. (2005). The logic of political surviv
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AI summary to protest the clickbait title: > The article from Tom's Guide emphasizes that focusing solely on achieving 10,000 steps a day might not be the most effective way to improve health. Instead, researchers suggest concentrat
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Social welfare programs. Got laid off, am Millenial, cue 2008 flashbacks. Have to scramble to keep a place to live, as my savings gets wiped out every few years. I'm fascinated by the differences between social programs in the US (born
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Something interesting might be to mix in object detection in images, for something like: `lsix --search cat` And find all the images that contain cats.
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> Regardless, it's going to take years for the West to catch up with China's development of a tech designed to help the West escape its dependency on Chinese-mined lithium, he told The Register. Burying the lede there. Not havi
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Gold then opportunity for the line: > Public support for convicted felon Donald Trump ... And they didn't even try.
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So about ~5% of their quarterly earnings. https://searchengineland.com/google-ad-revenue-q4-2023-43704...
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It sounds like a packing problem. I'm not deeply familiar with the field, but I don't believe there is a general solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packing_problems
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Which junior jobs? Junior pipe fitter? Junior secretary?
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The leading edge of a spike in homelessness. > His monthly electricity bill in Buenos Aires has shot up to 12,000 pesos ($13.50) from 1,100 pesos ($2.50) in November > Coupled with near 300% annual inflation > In the first quarter
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That is surreal. > Tang ping means choosing to "lie down flat and get over the beatings" via a low-desire, more indifferent attitude towards life. A response to oppression. And then in the article they talk about "lying fl
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> John Mackey, the company’s chief executive, has long argued that Whole Foods is wired differently — that it runs on a “conscious capitalism” model that outsmarts the competitive pressures of our for-profit system through creativity and
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> Sucks, because a lot of people are going to shy away from what is probably the best car brand in the US So, what you're saying is, now is a good time to get ready to buy a Toyota when the price drops, when demand drops.
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> If your carefully crafted life plan has been scuppered by sofa time, bingeing on fast food, drinking too much and failing to contribute to the company pension, it may be time for a chat with your future self. Wow that sounds patronizin
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PSA for how to disable Co-Pilot (and Recall) on Windows. https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/1bh7n4d/how_do_i...
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I think I've found out what his actual skills are; It's certainly not being a leader (see Twitter). > Michael Perry accused both the CEO > and almost the entire board of collectively violating their responsibility He can rea
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Oh okay, so these are two different academic projects. > If the research team from Stanford University is proven to have plagiarized this MiniCPM-V project from Tsinghua University, they should feel ashamed, and also, MiniCPM-V project d
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A good book that predicted this over 10 years ago: Piketty, T. (2014). Capital in the twenty-first century. Harvard University Press. This pattern seems common when wealth is concentrated. And this work points out that concentrating wealth
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Arechive and the waybackmachine can't read the article. Is there a clean copy out there?
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Is there a nice outoftheloop summary out there somewhere? I don't follow these projects closely. =/
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Sleep. I tend to fast before any flight. This helps me to sleep easily, and also avoid having to eat on the plane. These are helpful as I have some medical issues which make travel complex.
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Thanks for the context!
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I'm going to give that one special attention, that's two recommendations. Thanks again. =)
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Great! Thanks. Then this one: Cialdini, R. B., & Cialdini, R. B. B. (2007) and it is (2007). Influence: The psychology of persuasion (Vol. 55, p., p. 339) and 33. New York City: Collins. Might as well call it: The psychology of fairness
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Great! Thanks for the recommendations. Then, a note on "The Creators - Daniel Boorstin" for others, as I had a little trouble finding it: Boorstin, D. J. (1993). The creators: A history of heroes of the imagination (Vol. 1). Vinta
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Ask HN: Book Recommendations?
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As much as I love watching Elon squirm, I wonder if he's telling on himself. > If a former President can be criminally convicted over such a trivial matter ... He's trivializing a federal crime. Is he projecting? Has he done so
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Good spot. My passwords are ~20+ characters, so the title had me worried for a sec.
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That's actually an interesting point. Do CEOs matter? Startup CEOs certainly do, they're actually doing something that involves work. But do CEOs of more mature companies matter? Arguably not, since they commonly do more harm than

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