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by taylodl 1y ago
I'm impressed. Leavitt managed to Blame the Biden administration, effectively asserting that Zhao's crimes were a result of the Biden administration's "war on crypto." Never mind that Zhao was engaged in criminal ac
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Not a smart move. An auto manufacturer needs to stick to their core competency and outsource things that aren't - and infotainment systems are not an auto manufacturer's core competency. Moreover, there's a long history of th
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Agreed - human + AI is a very productive pairing.
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AI comically failed at replacing developers, and already famously failed at replacing doctors years ago (remember IBM's Watson?)
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They say Husky has the same in-store replacement, no receipt required, that the old Craftsman tools did. Just take the tool to Home Depot and they'll replace it on the spot. Do you know if that's true?
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This thought came to mind while reading this and was a lesson I had learned sometime earlier in my career: your customer (both internal and external) doesn't care about the tools you used to create their product or service. Just like
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Meanwhile, the median family income in the United States is roughly $80K. So, let's do some math. The average tax burden (local, state, federal) in the United States is 30%. Employers pay, on average, 70% of health insurance plan premi
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by taylodl 1y ago
Interesting, but who cares? The whole point of buying Craftsman Tools, and not just Sears tools (branded as Sears, not Craftsman) was the lifetime warranty. If the tool broke, they replaced it. There were several times where I needed that.
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> He won the majority of the popular vote. That is false. Trump won the plurality of the popular vote. He got more votes than any other candidate, but it did not exceed 50% of the votes cast.
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It takes me back. This was normal discourse in the 80s and 90s in the development community, especially the BBSs and telnet communities. I think the entire development community back then was afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome!
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Curl and jq are plenty to get the job done. As the author points out, you can capture all your curl commands in scripts and then orchestrate with other scripts for testing purposes. On top of all the benefits the author has already mentione
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You are correct, I had misremembered that.
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American Oligarchs first
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James Kahn's novelization is orders of magnitude better (original Tron). His novelization of Poltergeist is also excellent.
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What won't be blamed is rapacious capitalism and the abandonment of consumer protections in the utility space. People warned of this 30 years ago when the market model was adopted for utilities. Well, here we are.
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Well, I watch way more YouTube than I do TV! In fact, I watch more YouTube than I do any streaming service. I have lots of interests and hobbies and YouTube has plenty of content for nearly anything imaginable - all created by people who ar
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> I'm a big advocate of separating politics and business That was a reasonable stance - once. But when a political movement actively works to dismantle democratic norms and install authoritarian rule, neutrality becomes complicity
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Well, now we know where Argentina's bailout money is coming from...of course never mind that all of this is unconstitutional...
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The term 'jobless recovery' was coined over 30 years ago following the 1990–1991 recession under President Bush. It marked the first time Wall Street rebounded while Main Street continued to struggle - signaling a growing divide b
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Reminds me of a meme I recently saw showing the Allies storming the beaches on D-Day and asking what they'd think of their grandchildren supporting Hitler.
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I have no idea why we believe a thing a middle schooler says. They're the ultimate trolls!
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I'm tired of articles like this. This falls in my "no shit, Sherlock" category of articles. Sounds important but actually tells us nothing we don't already know and haven't known for a long time. You know what will
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> Much more so if you are willing/able to roll up your sleeves and fix the bugs yourself. I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen that done over the past 25 years, excluding myself. I can also count on one hand
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by taylodl 1y ago
Yeah, the mercury is a definite downside. I haven't bought any CFLs since I bought these - and that's been roughly 20 years ago! And they are in what are considered the worst areas, too! Meanwhile, several LEDs have come and gone
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by taylodl 1y ago
Both the Nevera and Evija are pushing the envelope, are comparably priced, and have comparable performance numbers. My whole point of bringing up the Evija in the first place was to compare the sales numbers to that of the Alfa Romeo 33 Str
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That's easy - they just want free speech for themselves, not anyone they disagree with. What their supporters don't realize is they don't speak with one voice, so it's inevitable the machine will turn on them too and sup
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In my real-world experience, CFLs last forever. Seriously, I have lights I moved from my old house over 16 years ago that are still running...and I had them for several years at my previous house.
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It's not an about face. They believe they now have enough power to take off their masks and reveal who they really are.
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Not the OP but it's true that early detection has dramatically improved survival rates for many cancers. Some types now have over 90% five-year survival when caught early. But it's a bit optimistic to say cancer has been cured. Ev
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> They dont know just as much as we dont know. And they have the financial wherewithal to plan for the unknown, which is prudent.

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