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Good conversation threading first. For the rest it may just be that I'm used to it but I find it generally much easier to read than, say, Outlook.

The point of that section was not about the effect of land use restrictions on overall value but on local differences. If you are comparing the value of two different pieces of lan…

What's the best Gmail alternative wrt UI features?

So close ... https://cdn.qwenlm.ai/output/wV1bg6891b9b1082439d7000d439747...

Here's another analysis which comes from a slightly different angle. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1361045568663945216.html

deva.me being already taken, I guess.

The article does not claim anything like that even though the headline could be interpreted that way, and maybe that was not accidental. Scientists are investigating the system sim…

Although the fact that Google puts the Wikipedia BPF article in the sidebar might confuse you a little.

If you're a reporter and a really good storyteller, which he definitely is, your reporting drive better be really, really good. At my most cynical, I would say that Gladwell writes…

Here's an interesting account by the originator meeting Nehru: https://www.news18.com/blogs/india/manu-bhagavan/an-intervie...

The problem isn't really NPEs. If it makes sense to have patents, then it probably makes sense to have a market in patents. The problem is mostly low-quality patents and the fact t…

> the interaction between personal liberty, privacy, automation, encryption, state power, human psychology, and the feedback loops that connect them Is that all? Let us know when y…

My question was that while this particular chariot seems like it might have been used for ceremonial purposes, was that true for all chariots? The military context is interesting, …

Aren't there non-military uses for transportation?

The commenter is from the Netherlands, not Florida. Also, I think you need to replace one instance of "Florida" in your comment with another state.

That was what I meant, yes.

Maybe by the time a civilization achieves the tech needed to really expand, they no longer want to.

Patent trolls suck, but the top comment was just wrong.

If reparations for slavery ever happen in the US, it will be a political decision, not one resulting from a lawsuit. That isn't to say they courts won't be involved at one or more …

I think you are making some rather large assumptions. It's possible that you and 'techsupporter went to similar colleges in similar cities and around the same time, and the only di…

Why is that the more important metric given the subject?

Given the overall upbeat tone of headline, subheading, and article, is "disingenuous" the word you want to use? Is it your impression that Ars is attempting to deceive or trick its…

The funny thing about that it is a perfectly understandable perspective from someone bent on wooing companies to come to his town (i.e. focused on the immediate needs and demands o…

"I'm going to let this slide" is the closest thing that springs to mind, but I wouldn't be surprised if some regional dialect somewhere uses "walk" like that.

I don't see much difference in the distinction between the client software (written by Mimestream, probably with regular updates) having access to your account, which it obviously …