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My guess is that most of these ads are run from hacked accounts and/or paid for with stolen credit cards.

"I just know it gives you really, really bad diarrhea." -- "As opposed to really, really good diarrhea?" (Bob's Burgers)

Did the goalposts move? I thought the discussion was about restaurants being required to declare allergens, not that they have to be able to accomodate every allergy under the sun …

I don't see how it's such a big barrier to business for a food place to have to make sure their staff can answer the question "do you use ingredient X in dish Y?", which, at least …

> People aren’t dropping dead from not being catered for their allergies. They literally are, though. Restaurants have a choice of refusing service to people with allergies (not al…

You mention further down that you're in academia, and with that knowledge this post makes some kind of sense to me. I used to do academic research. Like you, I almost only worked o…

LLMs don't understand a damn thing. They can't. They're not built to. An LLM doesn't "understand" its own slop. It can use that slop as further input for generating more slop on to…

It's not just about the digital readiness. I assume it's the same in Germany, but in Switzerland there are many smaller stores that very proudly only accept cash, or even used to a…

German dubs used to be great in the 80s and 90s. Check some TV shows from that time to see what I mean. They used to take care that the voice fit the actual situation, mood, and ch…

It's also related to having a social healthcare system. People who keep stepping into traffic and get run over really rack up the hospital bills which, ultimately, are paid by ever…

I love that. It's part of what's hilariously called the "Beamtendreisatz" (roughly, the three rules of public servants) 1. Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht (that's how we've al…

My experience living and travelling in Europe was that this is definitely true for TripAdvisor, but much less so for Yelp. Mostly tourist traps (that you'd find anyway) on TripAdvi…

Yeah, just doing some basic maths in my head when I'm eating out -- cost of ingredients, salaries, rent, taxes, ... -- I wonder how any restaurant can even turn a profit at all, ev…

A Japanese former co-worker of mine once said the best sushi in the world is served in Vancouver BC :)

It's explained in the readme. Granting access to folders on the file system is a process independent from permissions. This is from the Android documentation[1]: "Because the user …

They're not great for accessibility, either.

Keep in mind that the model will in all likelihood keep gaslighting you. It's just designed to make you happier with the output. Now it will sometimes generate text about direct re…

They're calling you out on asking why the homeless don't just move, ignoring that (a) even the homeless have roots and social networks in the areas they live in, (b) long-distance …

It's a gradual distinction for sure, but I consider it a "I know it when I see it" situation. Parents try to impart their values, but indoctrination for me begins where they won't …

Incorrect. Merriam-Webster allows for both. And the article itself mentions that wrapping it in spaces is the AP style. Personally, I find it ugly and less readable without spaces.…

This, sadly, is like straight from my heart. Thank you for putting the feeling into words.

I'm sure I'm in a bubble to some degree, but around me it feels like the negative reaction to anything GenAI isn't restricted to tech circles (though I live in a fairly tech-y town…

I feel that very much. The web I grew up with was clearly built by regular people, for fun, and anyone browsing it knew that they could build on it, too, whether they were interest…

On that page, it doesn't work reliably in Firefox on Android. If the triple-tap is performed on text, it often just selects the word without navigating away.

That is just blatantly wrong. I'm obsessed with staying on top of new music, and go to the cinema fairly often, but many of my favourite movies and music are way older than me. And…