komodo

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by komodo 3y ago
There is a Chatbot AI product called character.ai that has suffered a marked decline in quality since its launch as they battle their users to maintain the AI’s safety protocols (similar to chatGPT “jailbreaks”). I wonder if something simil
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by komodo 4y ago
Everyday Astronaut has some good coverage
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by komodo 5y ago
I'm concerned about becoming dependent on medications I don't need. I'm worried that if I go to any sort of medical professional they will succumb to "if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it w
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by komodo 5y ago
You do so by tapping the heart to like the video. If you want to jump-start it use the discover tab and search for something you like.
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by komodo 6y ago
2560x1440 is often called "2k"
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by komodo 7y ago
or even watch the movie the song was influenced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun_(film) , or even the book that movie is based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun
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by komodo 7y ago
I was just thinking, why don't they install a steel beam at the same height as the maximum allowed, like 11foot8? Obviously it would be set much farther back than theirs.
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by komodo 8y ago
Here's a Smarter Every Day video on the topic. Live demonstration starts at 6min mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTqu9iMiPIU&feature=youtu.be...
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by komodo 8y ago
'Bethesda Softworks' is the publisher for both, but ESO was made by a different studio -- 'ZeniMax Online Studios'. 'Bethesda Game Studios' is responsible for the mainline Fallout and Elder Scrolls games, inclu
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by komodo 8y ago
NIMBY-ism mostly. The people lucky enough to already own property don't want further residential development. It keeps their property values artificially high. There is an unreasonable expectation that if you buy a house in a nice q
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by komodo 8y ago
I'm not sure how unique it is to Iraq, but there were tons of photos of it on American news after that country was 'liberated' https://www.google.com/search?q=iraq+voting&tbm=isch
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by komodo 8y ago
Yes, we also have these screens in our office elevators. They show the weather, pictures of office views better than yours, and ads. I find the brand name "Captivate" depressingly accurate since you are trapped in a box with it.
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by komodo 9y ago
My new card from Citi doesn't even have raised numbers. You could probably still write it down manually I suppose.
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by komodo 9y ago
Console should benefit from the system wide 'Windows Sets' tabbing feature https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/tabs-come-to-every-w...
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by komodo 9y ago
As a native English speaker, I can confirm you are not crazy; it needs an article.
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by komodo 9y ago
"some 40,000 people per day are hit by "A" car". How can you possibly read this and think this was about the all cars on the road? Sorry for being cheeky but the parent literally just addressed your question.
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by komodo 9y ago
I wonder what their terms were when they signed up with the labels to be yet another Spotify clone. If it was any sort of upfront payment that would hit them hard since I don't think they have many subscribers to their SoundCloud plus
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by komodo 9y ago
There is a paywall, but only for the kind of music you can find everywhere else.
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by komodo 9y ago
This is place is most likely an exception to the rule but here is a single counter-example; a long-standing commune near my hometown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Oaks_Community,_Virginia
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by komodo 9y ago
Apple takes 30% of the purchase price for app sales on the app store.
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by komodo 10y ago
a genie offers you a deal. "I will prevent all car accidents that cause death for an entire year. In exchange, at the end of that year, I will randomly kill people, one by one, until as many as XX% of the prevented deaths are 're
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by komodo 10y ago
The orange square is to stop the current bidet function. The 9 dots is a big flush, as opposed to the one beside it which is a small flush and then an even smaller 'eco' flush beside that.
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by komodo 10y ago
> I don't get why more banks don't let you generate a unique card number per merchant so if it's compromised it affects at most one place. A lot of them do. Here are some examples: https://www.cardbenefits.citi
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by komodo 10y ago
I only meant as a way to sort of crowdfund research, not as a long term solution. Re: your last line, does the US Earned Income Tax Credit count?
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by komodo 10y ago
Why don't we do a basic income lottery? - Anyone except previous winners can enter. - You can only enter once per drawing. - As the pool increases the payout does not, only the number of winners. - Winners get a basic income for life.
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by komodo 10y ago
Yeah UPS is probably one of the better ones. If you want a comparison to Amazon maybe try FedEx
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by komodo 10y ago
SUV = built on top of truck body/platform; these are almost extinct crossover = looks like an SUV, but is built on a car body/platform and thus generally smaller
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by komodo 10y ago
I've never heard that expression, what does it mean?
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by komodo 10y ago
online shopping is a big one, self-serve kiosks, AI tier-one help desk, personal assistant technology built into every phone, fast food industry is actively developing automated replacements for line cooks, robo-investing, online learning c
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by komodo 11y ago
I just wish the Skills weren't behind that unnatural syntax. E.g. Alexa, Ask recipes how do I make an omelet? instead of: Alexa, how do I make an omelet? I imagine it's to prevent conflicts but I'd like the option to put some

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