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by krger 4mo ago
>Real spaceships do not and will not have humans in the control loop except to specify a destination or target. Jim Lovell would like a word.
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by krger 7mo ago
>Can a human be found liable for this? A father in Georgia was just convicted of second degree murder, child cruelty, and other charges because he failed to prevent his kid from shooting up his school.
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by krger 1y ago
They were probably close friends because they weren't business competitors.
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by krger 2y ago
Until the Heritage Foundation succeeds in dismantling Wikipedia.
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by krger 2y ago
>They're trying to provide an alternative to normal invite system - one that's been established and battle-tested over decades, one that works okay-ish across any device, real or virtual, on any platform, and one that people kn
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by krger 2y ago
>Opinions regarding masking mandates and criticizing COVID-19 response in general, for example. So they were cracking down on people spreading dangerous disinformation in the middle of a public health emergency. Okay. What are some other
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by krger 2y ago
Yes, that was rather my point.
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by krger 2y ago
>Before Musk takeover certain opinions just weren't present and/or were actively silenced. Care to provide some examples of "certain opinions" that were "actively silenced?"
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by krger 2y ago
>They can make stuff up, but saying "60% of the time they lie to you" hasn't been true for years. If you're using them to fill knowledge gaps, what scaffolding have you set up to ensure that those gaps aren't bei
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by krger 2y ago
> I'm curious about the rationale behind this choice when nuclear power seems like a far superior option. Can someone shed light on this decision? India’s plutonium has already been spoken for.
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by krger 2y ago
The economics of higher education in the United States are definitely ripe for reform—especially for public institutions—but I think we have much better places to be looking for ideas than the health insurance industry.
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by krger 2y ago
>That Patreon is even considering keeping the app is proof of this. No, that Patreon is "even considering" keeping the app is evidence that they get more valuable information about users and their habits from the app than the
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by krger 2y ago
> You could level similarly-contrived criticisms against humans where machines could do better too. You’re not even going to build an actual strawman before claiming to have knocked it down?
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by krger 2y ago
>that's why it all over the place. The last sentence explains why it's all over the place quite succinctly.
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by krger 2y ago
>Plus a very expensive (relatively) subscription. I loved Dark Sky because I bought it and then I had it. Ongoing customer value (hyper-local precipitation forecasts) that has ongoing costs for the developer (weather data) is unsustainab
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by krger 2y ago
>There should be a lawyer-free portal where you can upload their threat letter and your responsible disclosure letter, and get some kind of legal order blessing your work that you can throw back at them. Who's going to check it to m
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by krger 2y ago
>When you purchase a ticket from them and resell it on their marketplace, once someone purchases it, they(Ticketmaster) hold your funds and only give you the money ~7-14 business days after the event is over. They say this is to verify t
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by krger 2y ago
>This is worth filing a Computer Fraud and Abuse case. No.
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by krger 2y ago
>Very few of them are carrying openly (why make yourself the first target?), but I stand by my statement that I'd be shocked. This is an extraordinary claim that demands at least some evidence in order to be taken seriously. >A
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by krger 2y ago
>In northern New England, for example, like Maine and New Hampshire, I'd estimate 1 in every 3 or 4 people in most public spaces are armed. I'd be shocked to find out it's less than 1 in 10 in any specific gathering of 100
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by krger 3y ago
> So Qualcomm is onto something here. Yeah. Using 12 cores to get 16% more performance than an 8-core processor gets.
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by krger 3y ago
The output turns blue and nothing happens? Update Terminal and then winget will work.
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by krger 3y ago
> such a bizarre world Apple lives in A world so bizarre that people keep trying so very hard to access it on their own terms.
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by krger 3y ago
They should call them Windows.
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by krger 3y ago
>The implication that residual stock or friends across town could influence the situation. Yes, that could explain why McDonalds execs would try to discourage franchisees from using Kytch. It doesn't, however, explain why McDonalds
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by krger 3y ago
> often groups also sell you the inputs/ingredients and force you to purchase through them to "maintain quality/consistency" QSR franchisees are famous for cutting every corner they can get away with (as well as cutti
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by krger 3y ago
> they get paid all the same I haven't looked at a McDonalds franchise contract, but every QSR franchise contract I've seen requires the franchisee to pay the brand a percentage of each location's gross sales. Broken ice c
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by krger 3y ago
X2 and K56Flex were two competing standards for 56Kbps dialup connections that predated the eventual V.90 standard. I think there was a lot of "pre-802.11n" hardware sold before that standard was ratified as well.
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by krger 3y ago
Yes, Apple is 100% going to ship the same silicon in 2028 that they decided not to ship in 2023. Great analysis. A+
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by krger 3y ago
>People who became parents have supposedly already reached a baseline of stability and security (otherwise they wouldn't have the resources to have children). "Supposedly" is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting in that sen

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