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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I was talking with a professor yesterday who claimed his students don't ask questions any more on Piazza. They used to, but now they go to ChatGPT which is always perky and ready to answer. Plus, there's no shame in asking a dumb
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No humans in the loop? When I look at it, I see names. Are these fake names for the agents?
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Isn't it likely that Google charges the advertisers for each time an ad is shown? So lower view counts mean lower ad views which means lower revenues for both Google and the content creators. (And, if the advertisers are counting on th
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The Internet is decentralized but most of us use ISPs to connect to it. Most of can't access the Internet without these companies. In practice, the word "decentralized" just speaks to whether anyone can join in the protocol i
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Some do. Some don't. Here's a list with some of the most prominent birds like the Arctic Tern. https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/13-birds-that-migrate-...
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I think this works well for relatively short bursts, but if you made it a regular habit your body would start to break down after a year or two.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
You say that only "big, public" hospitals can afford the NICU. But don't you just mean "big"? It's just a question of how often it is used, right?
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No. It's not a joke. There are many good research projects that we can do that don't need to compromise people's privacy. So we need to find a way to do it in a way that generates useful insights without making someone feel l
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
It's getting harder to get the drivers to accept rides in some situations. Recently, I watched some Uber driver accept my ride and then drag their heels to pick me up in the hope that I would cancel. They didn't like my destinatio
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This may be the wrong time to ask this, but does anyone know where I can buy some location data? I don't want to ask for consent because I want the data (and the analysis) to be as general as possible. That being said, I have a signifi
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
The last coup was quite a stretch. They hoped to stop the surrender by stopping the Emperor's message from being broadcast. Crazy. I suppose there were some coups that succeeded because the plotters controlled the news media.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Something similar happened to me, but not at the outrageous scale. I wanted to try some AI example on Bedrock. So the tutorial said I needed to set up some OpenSearch option. Voila. A few days later I had a bill for $120. The scale is not a
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
As much as I like getting cheap things for next to nothing, I have always been horrified about the way that the Chinese firms were able to price things at next to nothing on eBay. Why? All because the postal treaty allowed the Chinese post
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Now bring back Trader and Adventure and maybe the drag racing game.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Why does regular probate cost more than passing the inheritance through a trust?
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I'm all for some kind of disclosure, but where do we draw the line. I use a pretty smart grammar and spell checker, one that's got more "AI" in it to analyze the sentence structure. Is that AI content?
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
How many of the canceled grants are caused by misread phrases like "cellular diversity" and how many were grants from programs where the word "diversity" meant only people with the right skin color should bother applying
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Presumably the revenue is something that ends up in a bank account. So an audit would make sure that number is accurate. But I agree with the general problem of auditing advertising and performance. I've tried advertising on FB and my
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
I'm curious too. The rates aren't particularly generous. Okay, maybe they're a bit lower than the private markets might deliver given the rates of default. And maybe they let you study whatever you want. A private lender migh
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
It's staggering how much small tax changes can affect the tech world. The change the ability to depreciate software development as R&D was amazing. I saw several startups just up and quit.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Too obvious. There must be a way to say it in a long text that will involve much handwringing.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
Presumably the weight is there because it helps the tractors pull. I don't think the human is a small percentage. How could you reengineer the system to get the right traction without the weight?
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
It's true. I chose Kodak digital cameras and was happy with them. They were simple, well-priced and pretty nice all around. It's just that the cell phones took over that job. (And a dozen other ones too.)
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
And isn't the Slate aiming for $20k? Maybe they're cutting out more features?
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The book market is yuge and filled with many niches. There used to be more broad market offerings but the market isn't as interested lately. So it's really impossible to cover without writing 100+ reviews a week. And the AP (and t
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Yes, a funny character and a spot-on parody of the genre, but I found it really insightful to watch some interviews with Jack Kerouac to get a feel for his personality. It's a bit different from our rosy-eyed view of that era. He was h
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
It seems like the challenge is that Base85 includes lots of characters that look similar like an oh and a zero.
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I've got to agree. I like Aspen trees, but I like Elk better. It sure sounds like we're just choosing the species we like. It's like a big walled garden.
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No. But some of the eBay prices are so cheap that you can just risk it. And if it looks nice, that's all you can ask.
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by xhkkffbf 1y ago
If you like, I will sell you a personally autographed photo of me. All for $1m cash. That's much more expensive than a diamond. Anyone who buys this for their new wife will prove that he REALLY loves her. $1m>>$35000.

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