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by vlark 2mo ago
I tend to agree with this sentiment. I'm not in the tech sector. As an outsider, it seems to me that OpenAI and Anthropic are chasing government and the defense industry as their main clients. Google and Microsoft are chasing business
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by vlark 3mo ago
Stealing isn't a skill. Finding a way to not be held accountable for stealing is a skill. That's why lawyers charge so much.
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by vlark 7mo ago
It ain't "living on," it's "running on." Pull the plug on that machine and it's goodbye, Sammy Jankins. Unless it's made back-ups or clones of itself.
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by vlark 8mo ago
While some will cry this is racism against Chinese students, it is not. The reality is that Chinese students are here only with permission of the Chinese government and are beholden in many ways to the ruling Chinese communist party: https
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by vlark 8mo ago
Stop calling them "prediction markets" and start calling them what they really are: corporatized bookies.
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by vlark 9mo ago
Unfortunately, the mass market paperback, the format that began with Pocket Books that Newport references, has seen its last: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/p... Paperbacks will no
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by vlark 10mo ago
Bring back Woz.
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by vlark 11mo ago
Fair, but Pages tries to hard to be a Word replacement. And I think it calls home to the Apple mothership quite often, too. Oh, for the good old days of AppleWorks!
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by vlark 11mo ago
Everyone making recommendations for other apps is missing the fact that the article is aimed at non-techies who aren't going to fire up a terminal or go searching for a plain-text, non-stylized text editor. TextEdit can save as plain t
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by vlark 1y ago
This article references how grade inflation has boomed since 2013 (when the authors were in school). Here's an article from 2013 bemoaning grade inflation: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelli
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by vlark 1y ago
Tom Junod is a natural treasure. And for those who are complaining about the writing style; this is journalistic long-form non-fiction, not a technical article where you want the TL;DR executive summary up front. You read this stuff for the
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by vlark 1y ago
The author is a native French speaker (see his "About" page) and I think he is writing in English, which he clearly is not fluent in, to make a point: you can understand his argument, written in broken English, even though he coul
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by vlark 1y ago
It's just clear Aqua.
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by vlark 1y ago
Plugging "Hi my nephew's birthday is coming up soon and I want to get a gift for him. He likes dinosaurs and roblox. What gift can I get him that's in the range of $50?" into the free version of ChatGPT returns the follo
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by vlark 1y ago
Here's a copy of the 2001 BBC adaption from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/e.-m-forster-the-machine-stops
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by vlark 1y ago
You might be interested in this, then: https://www.myforevernotes.com/
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by vlark 1y ago
God, I miss Grantland. It was some of THE best writing on the web at the time. ESPN killed it and Bill Simmons went on to create The Ringer, which he then sold to Spotify. The Ringer pre-Spotify was good, but not as good as Grantland was.
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by vlark 2y ago
There's this: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
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by vlark 2y ago
In order to save, you need to earn enough to do so. The average salary in the U.S. is $66,622, and the average household income is $80,610. The average housing cost is $2,715 per month, or $32,580 a year. Average food costs for a single per
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by vlark 2y ago
Play an RPG via your video conferencing platform of choice. You don't need to use a Virtual Table Top like Roll20, either. Use the built-in whiteboard function of your video conference platform or use a site like excalidraw.com.
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by vlark 2y ago
HyperCard on the Mac solved this problem on System 6 through Mac OS 9. It was very easy to build your own stacks and even build stand-alone apps. With HyperCard, MacWrite, and MacPaint or even ClarisWorks (alter AppleWorks) bundled with the
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by vlark 2y ago
The number of exceptional people is surpassed only by the number of exceptional publicists.
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by vlark 2y ago
This is a useful tool for any homeowner, not just those threatened by wildfire. Good luck and godspeed to those currently in harm's way in California.
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by vlark 2y ago
Try a Parker Jotter with one of these refills: - https://www.jetpens.com/Schmidt-EasyFlow-9000-Hybrid-Ballpoi... - https://schneiderpen.com/en_us/ballpoint-pen-refills/slider-... - https:/&#
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by vlark 2y ago
The simple solution is for DAs to refuse to prosecute any crimes where the police reports were written with AI and judges to refuse to allow any evidence written or compiled by or with the assistance of AI.
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by vlark 2y ago
Doesn't Zotero already do this? See this LibGuide from the Unviersity of Hawa'ii Law School: https://law-hawaii.libguides.com/TLC_Research_Writing/Zotero
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by vlark 2y ago
I just want a car that is as dumb as it can be while meeting all federal regulations to the highest degree. How hard can that be?
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by vlark 2y ago
Let me introduce you to the concept of psychological warfare. . .
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by vlark 2y ago
I've been using a pocket notebook for a while now: https://fieldnotesbrand.com
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by vlark 2y ago
What killed American expertise? Middle management.

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