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by makx 3y ago
This, and also: all the discoveries that don't immediately help solve our problems rarely make the news, or if they do we gloss over them and forget them immediately.
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How to Use ChatGPT to Ruin Your Legal Career(youtube.com)
5 points by makx 3y ago|0 comments
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by makx 4y ago
You're right on some, but I have to say that some of those are indeed common (instead reminding me that these things may not be common outside of Japan). Including: the calculator on ATMs (at least Mitsui-Sumitomo ATMs usually have the
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by makx 4y ago
I'm not opposed to fasting, but many things are wrong with this. Just to point out a few: (1) A general "naturalistic fallacy" where the author believes that people of the past must have been more healthy. (2) I assumption th
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by makx 4y ago
I think that's a pretty contrived "after-the-fact" explanation for why it's called "~punk", that reduces the whole of punk culture to just mean "rebellion". But the truth is, just like every scandal i
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by makx 5y ago
Whether or not that's the case, they are not perceived as such. Europeans may be mistaken in believing Ukrainians just want temporary shelter and Syrians are coming to stay, but whether it's true or false doesn't matter. It&#
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by makx 5y ago
You'd think that there are even qualified people who would do it for (almost) free, just for the chance of building a resume...
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by makx 5y ago
I find it a bit strange that she's decrying that the laws makes people afraid to associate with her, but she's perfectly fine with the fact that her clients/customers are criminalized. It appears to mike like some cognitive d
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by makx 6y ago
That's what I thought as well. Possibly also correlated with the time of day. Temperature and other possible factors vary over the course of the day and cats tend to be active at certain hours of the day. As a stupid example: some upda
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by makx 6y ago
Why not? If you'd rate your happiness or peace of mind on a scale of 1 to 10 every day, and after a donation the rating goes up, that's an empirically measurable improvement to your quality of life, much more so than a product tha
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by makx 6y ago
While not technically a "purchase", I also must say that this year, no single product even came close to the donations I made to those who protect the environment and fight climate change. Now, every time I consider a purchase I a
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by makx 6y ago
Thanks for sharing those links! This is so f*ed up that that's an industry. If all that money would have gone to preserving the wildlife we do still have left (but are losing rapidly)...
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by makx 6y ago
> Electric cars are expensive, too. No, they're actually cheaper overall[1]. And even if they were more expensive, is it too much to ask to take a temporary financial disadvantage over the future of the whole planet? Or do we wish
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by makx 6y ago
It seems like you're already trying to change your consumption, which is all I'm hoping (and arguing) for. (Surely, there's always ways we could all do more like reduce the use of single-use plastic, or communicate the proble
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by makx 6y ago
They produce them for the average Joe. They don't force anyone to buy their products. And if they would stop producing the products, what would happen? As long as people buy, someone else would produce them. And, yes, a billionaire w
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by makx 6y ago
> Most people in America who drive a car don't have a choice, because it's they're in a situation where they either have reliable transportation or starve. Yet, they would have the choice to buy a small electric car and ri
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by makx 6y ago
People who have money and a stake in green energy have the motivation and means to actively fight against the movie, while part-time volunteer activists don't. That doesn't make the content of the film any more accurate [1], nor d
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by makx 6y ago
I'd even go so far as to say that the me from 10 minutes ago isn't the same me as now. Consciousness isn't continuous, it arises and ceases. It's our memory that gives us the illusion of continuity. And this is what make
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by makx 6y ago
Thanks for sharing this! I just donated a week ago after receiving yet another email that made it sound like they're barely making ends meet. Now I feel cheated.
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by makx 6y ago
I can't speak for everyone, but among my foreigner friends almost nobody has a definitive plan to stay forever (though they may be open to the idea). Permanent residency is mostly thought of as a relief from the stress of having to re-
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by makx 6y ago
I can understand that people are personally upset when they are affected by travel restrictions, but this whole outrage about "foreigners are second class citizens" (often even: "this shows Japans racism") is just just s
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by makx 6y ago
The feed is grown with fertilizers, which are fossil fuel: https://www.darrinqualman.com/historic-nitrogen-fertilizer-c... > In 2015, farmers applied more than 110 million tonnes. We managed to increase grain output four
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by makx 6y ago
> we’re doing ~nothing A lot of people are doing something. Some do a lot by actively working on solutions, many do a little by preserving energy and reducing their personal consumption (especially meat and transportation/travel).
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by makx 7y ago
https://www.marui-plugin.com/blender-xr/ https://github.com/MARUI-PlugIn/BlenderXR
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by makx 8y ago
> They obviously showed a lot of meticulously mated actual 3D components but those were all prepared in a CAD program. Do you have any reference for that? If so, they wouldn't need gravity sketch at all. The most popular CAD program
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‘MARUI’ Brings VR Support to Blender(uploadvr.com)
2 points by makx 8y ago|0 comments
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by makx 8y ago
Shotcut Video Editor: https://shotcut.org/ - and - Natron video compositing software: https://natron.fr/ Both are great tools with a steady stream of updates.
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by makx 9y ago
As long as you have your current position (employment in my friends case or university enrollment in my case) you can extend the visa on those grounds, basically making you business a "side-business". After you quit your job or le
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by makx 9y ago
> You can't start a side business on a regular work visa. This is incorrect. A friend of mine started a businesses on a work visa and I myself have even started a business on a student visa [1]. No legal problems. I just recently s
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by makx 9y ago
Not necessarily a scam, but Sixense raised money for a tracking device, which they then used to develop MakeVR instead. Now they make profits of selling MakeVR, backers get nothing. https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/0

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