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by strict9 1y ago
Am I reading this correctly in that Chicago is the only section with dashes indicating a blend of regions? Seems accurate but interesting this is the only area with crossover.
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Man, 34, has tooth implanted in eye to restore his vision(today.com)
2 points by strict9 1y ago|2 comments
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Three farmers on monopolies and mismanagement in U.S. agriculture(agweb.com)
174 points by strict9 1y ago|209 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
> America is closing a college per week due to student population declines. This is kind of misleading. There were 16 nonprofit college and university closures in 2024 [1] I also have reservations about making predictions of what will h
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by strict9 1y ago
Interesting to see an opinion piece on the register pointing out 3 camps, none of which apply to most people I know who work in software development. Mainly that ai is a useful tool. Sometimes it is magical but has limits and is often wrong
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by strict9 1y ago
https://archive.ph/NrGmY
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AI Is Booming. So Are Household Electricity Bills(bloomberg.com)
2 points by strict9 1y ago|1 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
I agree with many of the author's observations. I see a lot of the same thing in my circles. Where my views differ are when it comes to the leap between layoffs and AI. Corporate leadership is eager to reduce the biggest source of cost
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Vegetarian and vegan diets 'cut cancer risk by up to a quarter'(thetimes.com)
6 points by strict9 1y ago|4 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
I lament what is happening with science and research. But articles consisting of only Hitler and Stalin comparisons persuade just about no one and is not the type of discourse I expect from HN. I also agree with you. A more recent look is m
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by strict9 1y ago
Several reasons. That and related issue of obesity are biggest factors.
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by strict9 1y ago
The entire article is comparing modern America to Hitler's Germany and Stalin's USSR. The past is a different country. The problems existing now are not the same as those of two empires from 100 years ago.
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Why Today's Young Adults Are 4 Times More Likely to Have Rectal Cancer(studyfinds.org)
4 points by strict9 1y ago|2 comments
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Application Development Without Programmers(simonwillison.net)
2 points by strict9 1y ago|0 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
I've worked in Django across most of my career at a few places for many years. Every time I work with another framework I am reminded of how well Django has adhered to initial principles (batteries included) while adapting to changes w
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The first genome sequenced from ancient Egypt reveals surprising ancestry(cnn.com)
2 points by strict9 1y ago|0 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
Yes. But in most messaging the layoffs are a result in productivity gains supposedly from AI. Not the same reasoning as capex costs.
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by strict9 1y ago
I agree with most of that. But companies have been incentivized to offshore production for decades. In many cases policy decisions have immensely rewarded them for doing so. The end result is those countries (mainly China) have grown into i
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by strict9 1y ago
Surprisingly no mention of AI in an article about mass layoffs at a tech company. Wonder if that line has finally had all the juice squeezed from it to explain away layoffs and outsourcing.
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by strict9 1y ago
It will always be like this until scale ramps up and costs come down as infrastructure ramps up. China's advantage is always communicated as cheap labor but it's also the ability to almost infinitely scale production lines in a sh
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Capitol Police arrest people in wheelchairs protesting Medicaid cuts(cnbc.com)
11 points by strict9 1y ago|0 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
No it's not. Not entirely anyway. One thing I've learned in my decades on this planet is that just about never is one explanation for a human condition mostly correct. Lead is a convenient technical explanation that underestimates
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by strict9 1y ago
> Rapidly declining numbers of youth are committing crimes, getting arrested, and being incarcerated. This matters because young offenders are the raw material that feeds the prison system: As one generation ages out, another takes its p
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All Hail the Slop Bowl, Lunch of Our Ancestors(atlasobscura.com)
2 points by strict9 1y ago|0 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
Nat Friedman, who I believe commissioned this site, said he was surprised at this finding: https://x.com/natfriedman/status/1872836471398539379 Direct link to a paper in replies if you don't use X: https:&#x
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by strict9 1y ago
An interesting exercise is to view https://www.plasticlist.org/ and sort the items from highest to lowest. Whatever your gut tells you about what has the most or least plastic in the food you're eating is probably inco
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by strict9 1y ago
The 30% reference wasn't referring to this article, but by other CEOs like Microsoft. And those without understanding what the number means or how it was derived write misleading articles.
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by strict9 1y ago
It's interesting to see a CEO express thoughts on AI and coding go in a slightly different direction. Usually the CEO or investor says 30% (or some other made up number) of all code is written by AI and the number will only increase, i
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by strict9 1y ago
Around 10 years ago I thought they were a terrible practice. A win for graphic designers that wanted simple and nice looking at the expense of usability. But over time people learn and its standard. And as the NN group article points out: i
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by strict9 1y ago
Fair point. I cannot amend my original comment but you are correct in that the weights have restrictions which go against the nature of Open Source software.

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