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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
See here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43176625 FOIA requester responded in comments saying they received a tip indicating illegal practices, and noted in his article that he had previously uncovered evidence of ove
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
The confabulation to justify picking out related images that the left brain never observed (chicken and snow shovel in the article) reminds me profoundly of the confident slop produced by LLMs. Make you wonder if llms might be one half of t
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Ok, lets get some things straight. Musk has /claimed/ (repeatedly) that he is a free speech absolutist, and by extension that twitter is as well. This is false: https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Interesting take! Is this suggestion for performance cars only or were you omagining this would be an imporvement for every car? Personally, I wouldnt love having needing to have a lift to swap my brake pads, or to dissasemble my suspension
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
On the assumption you are acting in good faith, that is a very poor analogy. I think a more apt one would be: Imagine asking for a shit-free meal, and you're served a meal with just a little bit of shit in it.
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
It happens often enough in linguistics to have its own name, a deverbal noun. Have a drink, go for a walk, and I guess now "has more compute". As far as modern english language development, seems better than skibidi toilet
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Ask and ye shall receive. Not only titles, but thumbnails as well! https://dearrow.ajay.app/
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Oof. Yeah this shouldve stayed a render. The headline tells me all I need to know. Industrial designer creating a tool is like a graphic designer making a bridge. To any industrial designers here, this is said with minimum animosity, the ar
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Ohhh thats not even all of them! Be prepared... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featurin...
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
If you've got the budget for it, e-ink monitors are becoming more available recently, and I've heard that they make a huge difference for eye strain. There are still only a few companies manufacturing panels that large, and I thin
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Fascinating. I was curious to see when and if any serious correlated conditions would arise from this class of medication. They're so incredibly popular, I'm sure theres plenty of opportunity to gather data. Im not sure an increas
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Sure, so then if background checks worked...then problem would already be solved. And if background checks are not useful for keeping weapons/ammo out of the hands of criminals, then what purpose does this bill serve? Conservatives wil
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Echoing all the comments here calling this bill absolutely ludicrous. If you're determined to make a gun, and determined to 3d print it, then making a diy machine is as easy as ordering a few stepper motors, some linear extrusion and a
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Not only that, but it the way it wraps around their skull acts like a shock dampener for their brain when they peck. Their skulls experience something like 1200g during a peck, humans get a serious concussion around 60g. Evolution is wild
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
This is pretty bizarre. Anyone technical enough to know or care about ISO standards is going to be able to see right through this bullshit. Honestly all this does is weaken the other standards out forth by ISO, to my eyes. What's next?
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
I've had wonderful experiences at DOL offices (which are 3rd party contracted), not so much at the DMV. Which one are you going to? Honestly worth a drive (or bus ride, depending on the issue) to go to a a decent one
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
If you're into the custom PCB design, I highly recommend Carl Bugeja: https://youtube.com/@carlbugeja He has lots of super interesting projects using micromagnetics, motors, flappers, and the like. If you liked the par
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
A bit beside the point of TFA, but reading about "rewilding ourselves" reminded me of some research on human parasites [0]. Tldr is that the parasite dampens the immune system, and our bodies have evolved to deal with that dampeni
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Respectfully, the issue here was not that intelligence agencies were saying "we have no eveidence of this". first few sentences of the article shows the reality, these agencies were vehemently stating that it was not possible th
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Very enlightening! I appreciate the reply. Hydrogen as a sort of stepping stone away from gas and oil makes sense, as does creating another pillar for energy resiliance.
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
I agree that is a better use for excess power than just dumping it into a resistor, but why go through all the extra effort? Batteries are getting better and better and better, and choosing to use excess generated power to generate hydrogen
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Seems about a decade late. Did anyone other than toyota execs really believe hydrogen everstood a chance? Maybe if the push had started in 1984 they would have been able to effectively insert themselves into the market and properly compete
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
It absolutely is, especially realizing that a significant percentage of the applicants to these programs are international students, who have tuition fees 5x that of local students, and who have really no choice but to pay for another year
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Convenience was not a factor. If you were unable to sign up for some of these courses, you would be barred from advancing in your studies. These were things like prerequisites for applying to your major, not just shuffling around your times
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
College is not cheap in the US. Going to any university in the US implies a certain amount of wealth, and barring that (scholarship, e.g.) then you must be someone who is incredibly motivated. In either case, spending a few hundred dollars
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
If you had managed to build this system during my time at UW, I know for a fact that I and dozens of other students would have happily paid hundreds of dollars to use your project. The class and reservation system there was (and presumably
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Awesome! Thanks for the lead, I'll check em out. Seems likely to be a rush next year to reap the federal incentives before the upcoming admiistration likely guts them
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
I'm looking at getting a few panels installed as well, as my roof needs re-shingled and the bundled price seems like a good deal. What company did you go with? Are they still operating? Ive heard thats an issue with some of the smaller
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
So is tiktok. And sugar. And video games. And a thousand other things people are exposed to. I'm all for regulation of harmful and addictive substances and its exposure to children/adolescents, but porno is pretty low on the list
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by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Not a source (and I'm also not GP), but 'duty to retreat' laws exist even in many states in the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_retreat Just google property crime + [any largeish US city] +

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