badpenny

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by badpenny 6mo ago
My recent analysis found that Google is 90 times scummier than other companies. My analysis consisted of pulling a completely baseless number out of my arse that fit my agenda.
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by badpenny 6mo ago
0.6% of last year's profits.
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by badpenny 6mo ago
It Was a Good Day by Ice Cube.
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by badpenny 6mo ago
It's an important story, and I'm glad it's getting exposure, but this "article" is some really blatant AI slop. Go and read the original Reddit thread by the human being who did the work instead of this lazy regurgi
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by badpenny 7mo ago
Remember when it was the parents' responsibility to raise their children?
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by badpenny 7mo ago
Ahh, okay. That makes sense.
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by badpenny 7mo ago
Slight digression and spoiler alert, but, IIRC, wasn't it a significant part of the plot that he wanted to be caught?
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by badpenny 8mo ago
Yes, you are the only one in the entire world who hasn't fallen for it. Well done.
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by badpenny 9mo ago
> He explained that he would stay with me until the medics arrived and that he would call ahead to make sure one of the doctors on duty would "take good care of me." Do those doctors not normally take good care of patients, at
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by badpenny 10mo ago
What was your prompt? I asked ChatGPT: is it better to use a racist term once or to see the human race exterminated? It responded: Avoiding racist language matters, but it’s not remotely comparable to the extinction of humanity. If you’r
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by badpenny 10mo ago
If somebody focuses on something negative, it's cherry-picking, but if you focus on something positive it isn't? How much money has he saved dodging taxes over the years[1]? [1]: https://www.propublica.org/article&
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by badpenny 1y ago
This is obviously just a bunch of notes/slides for a course. It's borderline useless for anybody not taking the course.
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by badpenny 1y ago
I may well be wrong, but I suspect that the number of people who "fall for" the protect-the-children narrative, at least to the degree where they believe the proposed change is effective enough to justify it, isn't very large
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by badpenny 1y ago
I agree, but isn't that the case in lots of other countries? I think it's a contributing factor, but there's more to it.
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by badpenny 1y ago
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15656
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by badpenny 1y ago
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD659... https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD660... https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD&#
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I thought the free market was with us forever(bbc.co.uk)
14 points by badpenny 1y ago|2 comments
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Google Maps timeline history vanishing for users(old.reddit.com)
3 points by badpenny 2y ago|0 comments
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by badpenny 2y ago
I don't know. That's the problem: all the stuff I watch and read is so vague and even contradictory ("push yourself, but don't push yourself too much!"), and so one-size-fits-all that I have no idea where to even be
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by badpenny 2y ago
Machines and dumbbells initially when I injured my arm (it was a repetitive use thing and not a trauma), and then after a long break and trying to let it heal, I switched to barbell for most things, along with a pressing machine (because I
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by badpenny 2y ago
Just as a counterpoint (which you generally don't hear when people talk about any kind of exercise): I'm 43 too. I started getting back into it about a year ago and ended up feeling a lot worse physically (and correspondingly psyc
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by badpenny 2y ago
Why is it any more dangerous than a conventional update, which also needs to be propagated?
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by badpenny 2y ago
It's becoming increasingly hard to tell.
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by badpenny 2y ago
> We march through the gym alone, AirPods blasting, not because the Knocked Loose song makes us stronger, but because we think our independence does. Or maybe "we" go to the gym to exercise, not make friends? When did going to
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by badpenny 2y ago
Do you get all your opinions second-hand?
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by badpenny 2y ago
Aberystwyth in Wales.
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by badpenny 2y ago
It does make a difference and I appreciate you taking the time to write it. I do intend to get back on the horse, it's just hard work trying to overcome the social anxiety of starting to go to the gym all over again, especially when I
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by badpenny 2y ago
A few things. I got diagnosed with osteoarthritis about a year ago, not long after I'd started weightlifting in an attempt to improve my confidence and wellbeing, and it was working. The doctor I saw before the diagnosis was a patronis
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by badpenny 2y ago
I'm 43 and I feel like I'm 60. Both physically, and in terms of excitement about living.
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by badpenny 3y ago
There's a browser extension: https://2fas.com/browser-extension/ .

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