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OrangePilled

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    Comment #47676128

    > and the terms the US agrees to in treaties is US law. Which according to your source the President is allowed to disregard within his "constitutional authority". A can of worms o…

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    Comment #47570130

    My working thesis is that anxiety over AI-generated material is worry about having control over the 80–90% of human output that affords most of society with a comfortable, affirmin…

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    Comment #47560599

    That computer and surveillance equipment was removed from Epstein's home and withheld from law enforcement throughout his Florida case has been public since 2020. That Riley Kiraly…

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    Comment #47560343

    Taken to its extremes this rebuttal could qualify as "slop" according to the Lobste.rs comment I sourced that definition from. I'm not even trying to be snarky. This is almost an e…

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    Comment #47559705

    This attempt could be refined but it's a decent start: > [...] having a polished appearance but lacking originality. None of the points it makes are novel and it doesn't connect th…

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    Comment #47559406

    I think the second resource that you linked to is valuable. The first is useless unless you're a Wikipedia editor, the significance of verifying citations not withstanding. The gap…

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    Comment #47558812

    This is a sound personal assessment. The section about being "glazed" into action resonates. Hidden within this concept I think is something profound about human motivation, innuen…

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    Comment #47558442

    I saw this book at a local library and I set it back down. [0] > Beyond the intrinsic difficulty of revivifying the top-hatted dead, Sorkin’s rendition is limited by his desire to …

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    Comment #47558304

    When done right, I oddly find it immersive too. But know some people aren't fond of scrolling being tampered with. The post here could really use it though. The main content is pus…

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    Comment #47558251

    Political posts appear to fare better at the beginning of the week. Give people a break.

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    Comment #47558087

    This page could use some "Practical CSS scroll snapping": https://css-tricks.com/practical-css-scroll-snapping/

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    Comment #47558049

    The problem is that the language you're using—"propped up Hamas"—obscures the fact that for the bulk of the time when Israel was directly supporting Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's efforts, …

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    Comment #47556383

    It shows.

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    Comment #47555601

    Your enthusiasm is remarkable.

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    Comment #47554925

    I am less frustrated with Big Tech than I am with haphazard writing about it. In a week there will be another screed like this, with another flurry of links and quotes for readers …

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    Comment #47549580

    1. Anyone who's used Claude to generate fancy figures and other web artifacts can tell that it's been used for this article. 2. Today alone they (two people [0]) have published the…

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    Comment #47545053

    1. This gentleman appears to write with an optimism that befits a sliver of society. 2. Anthropic does not care about what models and hardware he is running under his desk. 3. When…

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    Comment #47505160

    > None of those countries are using directed energy weapons The USS Preble is equipped with HELIOS and is in Iran. [0] The US has also used "dazzlers" there too (as mentioned in th…

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    Comment #47504425

    If you're looking for a job and are still squeamish about working in the defense industry...I'm sorry to hear about that. Because, boy, do I think you'll be missing out.

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    Comment #47503819

    Bearing in mind the three constraints quoted, which of these do you think a country's deployed directed-energy weapons (e.g., US, Israel, Russia) would be useful against: https://m…