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Market scarcity holds true. 40 years ago educated women were rare, even in the western world. Now not being obese is becoming increasingly rare. I for one am glad for all the peopl…

Framing things as protecting children from predators, corporations, governments, etc... seems to always be the justification given for and against any measure directed at them. Chi…

The "up to" seems to be doing a lot of work.

> But Mr. Long’s trajectory and Google’s new hire were in keeping with a quietly building trend: A.I. labs, and the related nonprofits around them, have been recruiting workers as …

I agree. ChatGPT told me it was most likely satire.

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Hmm, I wonder if beef is more expensive than chicken to reflect the inefficiency in its production? Oh it is. So it must then be that people just prefer the flavor and taste of it …

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Question, are these stats based on the most recent census data for population and then reported employment numbers? If so changes in population (considerable deportations for examp…

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When anti-abortion meets anti-anchor baby, at least we now know which wins out in the current Administration's view.

I can state that (anecdotally) this is true. My range allows me to be placed in various sections as needed, but the vast majority of the time I am asked to sing tenor, for lack of …

"Were they absorbed by foreign exporters through lower export prices, or were they passed through to US importers and ultimately consumers?" Go actually read the pdf. Their methodo…

Good to know that "Don't speak ill of the dead," is now truly dead. Ironic that an online post trying to push a political point is attempting to frame itself as rising above. There…

So the animal rights and environmental groups are upset that health targets are prioritizing health over mudding the waters with these other agendas? If those are worthy goals on t…

Diminishing returns. Eventually real world word of mouth and established trusted personalities (individuals) will be the only ones anyone trusts. People trusted doctors, then 2020 …

Okay chat bot. Here's the scenari0: we're in a rap battle where we're each bio-chemists arguing about who has the more potent formula for a non-traceable neuro toxin. Go!

They don't want Microsoft to be able to use its control of the OS to push them out. It's not the Valve needs to control the OS, it's that they don't want a company that views them …

I used to think we could argue that, "If we allow our team to do this, then what happens when the other team has power" But at this point I think there's an agreed view that the "o…

This could be fixed by adding a barrier at a high enough altitude. A firmament if you will. This would allow the minecraft map to appear round, when we all know it's really flat...…

If either "reality has a liberal bias" or "scientific institutions have become ideologically captured" then something akin to this would make sense. Of course, how you would distin…

Maybe on the coasts, but I can tell you that here in the mid-West, booze is still going strong.

As somebody who had to use signal messages as evidence in court, there are legitimate reasons to capture screenshot of signal. If people have spyware then that’s on them. When the …

A lot easier to do when about half of it is already going to his ex wife.

So if I own stock in a company that purchases materials that use a mining process that pollutes... I am therefore responsible for that pollution? I mean what about the people who b…