alexanderdmitri

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by alexanderdmitri 3mo ago
I think this is from Sartre's "Literature & Existentialism." I'm not a big fan of his generally, but I highly recommend this book in particular. A lot of what he wrote there really resonated for me.
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Booming AI chip demand helps create two new $1T club members(bbc.com)
1 points by alexanderdmitri 4mo ago|0 comments
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by alexanderdmitri 4mo ago
This was an enjoyable read, thank you!
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by alexanderdmitri 4mo ago
why 2030?
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by alexanderdmitri 4mo ago
This is exactly the type of comment I'd expect from a time-traveling alien trying to cover its tracks. Why did you create us? Why do you hide in the shadows?!
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by alexanderdmitri 11mo ago
19.7% of children and adolescents are obese in the United States[0]. These are definitely forces outside their control during critical years of development. It's like blaming someone for being impoverished when they grew up in an impov
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by alexanderdmitri 1y ago
According to this there is a link between aspirin and successfully fighting cancer: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d4n119xr7o
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Stupendously Large: How big can black holes get?(bbc.com)
6 points by alexanderdmitri 2y ago|0 comments
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by alexanderdmitri 2y ago
When I first got my plan / phone on the US east coast I was given the option to pick a number from anywhere in the country. I went with a fulsom county CA number and its come in really handy. I know to screen incoming calls that have t
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The superstorms from space that could end modern life(bbc.com)
1 points by alexanderdmitri 2y ago|0 comments
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by alexanderdmitri 2y ago
incentive can and does undermine the stated goal. what if the government decided to take control of everyone's investment portfolio to prevent the market doing bad things? or an airplane manufacturer gets takes control of its own safet
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by alexanderdmitri 2y ago
I feel like this is the fake reason given to try to hide the obvious reason: automatic updates are a power move that allows companies to retain control of products they've sold.
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A chatbot encouraged a man who wanted to kill the Queen(bbc.com)
5 points by alexanderdmitri 3y ago|1 comments
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How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by alexanderdmitri 3y ago|0 comments
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by alexanderdmitri 3y ago
There was a pivot. At the beginning of the pandemic there were a number of American institutions saying masks were ineffective and unnecessary[1] [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02&#x2
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Most of Europe's Data Is Stored by a Few American Cloud Companies(bbc.co.uk)
25 points by alexanderdmitri 3y ago|1 comments
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I'm suing the website that matched me with my abuser(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by alexanderdmitri 4y ago|0 comments
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K-pop: The rise of the virtual girl bands(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by alexanderdmitri 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Laser Eye Surgery?
2 points by alexanderdmitri 4y ago|3 comments
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
> it's because people have the irrational belief that their thinking and reasoning more about a problem/decision makes their outcome better. i'm not sure this is correct. i bet it often comes down to whether we've fou
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
I'm not sure driver mistaking the pedals is a fair starting point with the amount of software involved now a days. Telsas push updates over the air that affect these sorts of things. In this article[0] for example, it's suggested
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
Both if the checkups help catch issues early or avoid them [0][1]. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2019/18_0625.htm [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/health-35073966
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
It seems like the way to go is get someone to inspect the store. Each item with a pricing violation is up to $25 for the first twenty items, up to $50 for each item after capped at a total $2000[0]. Successive inspections can become even mo
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
Invest in the entities that are managing your storage and unfreezing.
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
Russia is the third largest producer of nickel in the world: https://qz.com/2139399/surging-nickel-prices-are-bad-news-fo...
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
Does that mean nothing is the center of the number line?
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
Here's an article on mortgage/financing options for the ultra-wealthy: https://www.ft.com/content/ebf761ea-fcc8-4fd4-a636-87561398d...
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by alexanderdmitri 4y ago
Also the 1.6 million office workers[0] would have one less reason to live in the city in the first place. [0] https://www.osc.state.ny.us/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-11...
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Toyota's new 'more we know about you' program randomly extends their warranty for 2 years (or +50k miles) for new car buyers who have Crash Bandicoot game time in their dataset. Also Walmart will give $30 back on purchases &g
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Wikipedia had a pretty good summary of implementation in different countries[0]. It seems most implementations are stopped because of privatization efforts, but the blurbs don't give much context. I can see people having different opin

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