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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
This post is weird. Finance people who work in Frankfurt and Amsterdam certainly speak English. Yes, they will also speak German, Dutch, and a variety of other langauges, but not speaking English is not the blocker here. I will also say
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
I don't follow. I couldn't find anything with a simple Google search. Can you explain more?
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
HTTP insecure in 2026. Wild!
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
If enough people are fired for this reason and file complaints with DoL (US Dept of Labor), then surely the DoL will open a case against the company for unpaid wages. If I recall correctly, for a while, Amazon used to force staff to arri
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
This is genius. The AI/LLM singularity has arrived, and it is shaped like a snake eating its own tail (ouroboros) [1] (or a pelican riding a bicycle). [1] https://www.newsbiscuit.com/post/ouroboros-unclear-if-it-s
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
Good question: They are two types of sticks: little and big.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
Can you give a specific example of a rich country that is "ship[ping] trash over to low-income countries" in 2026? It must be a tiny minority at this point.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> Absolutely, but green activists are actively fighting against burning trash. This is a widly broad statement. Most rich countries excluding the US and Canada make wide use of garbage incineration. It can be done in a very
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
I don't understand this comment. As I understand, many types of incineration (coal, garbage, etc.) produces some amount of fly ash. This can be used when making concrete. I think that is a good way to dispose of fly ash.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
I didn't flag the article, but I have similar feelings to you. The weird part: This media source is usually high-quality with well-researched and well-written (balanced) and articles. They really fell flat on this one. And yes, th
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
To add more fuel to your well-lit (!) fire, landfill projects also cannot use desert sand for similar reasons. It really needs sand from a river because it can create a stable bed for soil in a way that desert sand cannot.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> Can you use the cotton bag 173 times? I can confirm: Easily. While I don't like the feel as much (the scrunching plastic sound is awful compared to natural fibers), PET bottles that are recycled to make reusable bags ar
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> a mug 1,000 times to beat disposable cups sounds completely reasonable. Small nitpick here: A mug needs to be cleaned and washed after each use. (Certainly in commercial settings.) However, a reusable grocery bag probably g
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
If this is really true, why does Gillette advertise their high-end, multi-blade razors as multi-use? For their top product, they say "up to 20 comfortable shaves".
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> Provided your municipality doesn't just dump trash in the nearest river which is an issue in some parts of the world. Is this really true? I doubt it. In developing countries, there are lots of informal settlements are
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
How fast do these "[very] biodegradable plastics" degrade? Probably not as fast a wind gust can trap them in trees, or livestock can accidentally injest them.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> CA did the wrong thing for like 12 years. This seems very specific. Can you explain more? I don't follow.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
I have a hot take that rarely gets mentioned when people talk about recycling: It creates jobs. For rich countries, I think we can do a fair trade of a bit less landfilling in favour of more recycling to create some long-term, reliable job
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
Broadly, I agree with your comment. I have seen a few experimental plastic drink bottles that claim to have a minimum percent produced from plants. It is a little bit insane to imagine the amount of chemical and energy gymnastics required
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
I think they mean the 1970s-style "pull-tabs" that disconnected from the can. These were frequently discarded as litter, instead of put in a proper bin. I can remember seeing a lot of them in road gutters as a kid. Ref: https:&
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> On the other hand, Claude is calling out her BS and delays, which have been atrocious—so much so that Claude is now adamant that she has gone too far and that I should be filing a complaint with the state insurance bureau. My
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
From time to time, I see similar claims like this on HN: "doing a ton of unpaid work". The full quote: > These reports are frequently over 100 pages and she is only slotted so much time to do it, so she ends up doing a t
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> overflowing dumpsters I don't really understand this complaint. Where else are they supposed to put their garbage?
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
It is interesting that you picked "riding a bike". If anything, there has been a generation leap in how fast children can learn to ride a bike. Get them started on a Strider bike with no pedals. Once the child is large enough t
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
Blog post about the project: https://ibteda.org/journey/ Digital library: https://archive.org/details/ibteda?tab=collection
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DIY archivists push budget Nikons to 902,000 clicks to save 1,800 rare books(tomshardware.com)
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> No LLMs for finding bugs. This is so dumb. How can they know if someone used an LLMs to find bug or debug a bug? In short: They cannot. LLMs are an excellent tool for debugging error messages.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
Linus Torvalds regarding the Linux kernel is reasonably similar. He views AI/LLMs as just another tool in the development process. Think about life before and after modern IDEs that features IntelliSense circa 2000. It was night and
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
First, you have offered no evidence to support your claim. Second, the article debunks exactly this point with this paragraph: > While understudied, the incentives for the use of dangerous dynamite fishing are often falsely attribu
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
No offense to LWN -- normally, your articles are well researched and well written, but, sheesh, this one was a total word salad. The full article is 2500 words. It could easily be trimmed by 50% with judicious editing. Literally, I neede

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