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    Comment #49221583

    This needs to be tied to a whole house shutoff system because if I get an alert I’m not thinking about shutting off my gas or water. Having a system that shut those off immediately…

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    Comment #49214265

    Why would we choose a world where we have to decide who to give healthcare for? Why can’t we take care of both?

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    Comment #49198613

    Obviously a much different vibe but i really enjoy Myron Crook’s YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@myroncook?si=HE6EGqpemmVkaSDs

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    Comment #49198493

    Me and my wife we talking about A/R glasses the other day and we both agreed that one of our number one use cases would be having the camera actively identify plant species when ta…

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    Comment #49198435

    My young daughter can identify a whole host of native species by their scientific names and it absolutely floors adults who catch her doing it. Our house is a plant nerd house so s…

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    Comment #49195214

    Very nice! Really incredible amount of sources you’re pulling from. I actually vibecoded a personal app just last week to handle my personal collection of rare succulents and cactu…

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    Comment #49190601

    I’d wager it does the opposite of that in public opinion. There is a certain stink associated with it in current circles

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    Comment #49190162

    The first SpaceX stock lockup expiration is tomorrow, timing seems nice assuming he had some in his pay package.

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    Comment #49181022

    If robot driven cars are more expensive than human driven cars then the solution presents itself.

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    Comment #49174110

    The unknowns of defense spending is a feature and not a bug - for defense contractors

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    Comment #49144926

    Which is hilarious because 5-10 billion dollars worth of Yen is not going to do much in the grand scheme of things. It’s a speed bump not a stop sign.

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    Comment #49144579

    This is how we train the robots! Kind of half joking but captcha was used for language training, why not utilize the generation for robot training?

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    Comment #49136693

    “by 2023, nearly half of young women reported zero fertility desire.” That is rather astonishing

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    Comment #49127590

    People underestimate the massive number of completely useless books that have been published over the centuries. Any significant historical or social contributions are not in dange…

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    Comment #49124729

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    Comment #49123012

    Why would you educate and train them and then incentivize them to work elsewhere?

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    Comment #49122993

    This is all starting to remind me of when the crypto startups started feeling pressure and began bailing each other out in an attempt to keep the whole thing afloat ala Bankman-Fri…

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    Comment #49118458

    Instead of butter I prefer to use Mayonnaise as the fat spread on the bread to cook in the pan. It does a fantastic job.

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    Comment #49117394

    “Your model broke containment twice? Well ours did it 3 times!”

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    Comment #49114051

    Your move, Anthropic

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    Comment #49110265

    The next revolution will be small scale generation. Fuel cells, extremely efficient cheap solar, even smaller modular reactors, etc. I live in western Pennsylvania and have both na…

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    Comment #49078136

    I’ve always thought the same thing with regards to early explorers. Being on a ship, sailing into the complete unknown, for months. How would you not go insane?