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    Comment #49236879

    dumb question, but what is the best way to feed the book to the llm? i run into context window limits, or practical limitations of digitizing the book

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    Comment #49192649

    Retention is all they need

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    Comment #49191401

    yes we can. it will hurt but it will be cheaper than the consequences of continuing.

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    Comment #49164474

    so why do we have the poverty and inequality today? why do they spend the money they do on the things they do? they are not altruists and they never will be. they could change mill…

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    Comment #49131261

    i thought it was pretty clear, personally.

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    Comment #49119048

    imo, usa has the worst sports culture of any country I've lived in (6 so far). Oakland Raiders? not anymore! teams just leave to another city if the money is right. craziness. the …

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    Comment #49118609

    I expected more from Argentina, yet here we are.

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    Comment #49098669

    offshore Swiss accounts. opaque and complex corporate ownership structures. land.

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    Comment #49098647

    you are a funny man. i live in the one of the wealthiest areas of the US, c with good healthcare: specialists are very hard to get. service rationing is everywhere. we are losing d…

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    Comment #49014357

    there is a major god complex here. MBAs and non technical managers = inept Catbert-type charlatans. Software engineers, devs, etc = geniuses capable of mastering any domain, innate…

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    Comment #48974467

    that doesn't mean you get to steal it, and it means you don't get to complain when people reuse/steal it.

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    Comment #48748723

    sorry, did they owe you and any other poster something?

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    Comment #48624745

    no, it's the fact that in accidents (where you are not the cause), people die disproportionately under your giant vehicle. it's safer for you, but almost no one else. and don't get…

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    Comment #48602018

    I'm using it to learn coding. i could not get through the hurdles of installing an IDE and js/python modules before. now i am learning basic scripting and data modeling etc. it is …

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    Comment #48561844

    it is extremely difficult to do in cases like this. again, why are we pulling the sensors? why not leave them in place and stop paying for maintenance? why not find alternate fundi…

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    Comment #48557247

    yes? why is that even a question. you have enough money to buy a phone and spare time to comment, just like me, while people die of hunger and thirst in Sudan: 50 dollars would buy…

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    Comment #48493966

    i think that is an overly simplistic axiom: the utilities must cover a fixed asset base (poles and wires and transformers), pretty much regardless of how much or whether a househol…

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    Comment #48421422

    >The greatest thing a person can do is raise a child and build a legacy. nice opinion, but it seems you are increasingly in the minority. if the older generations can't find it in …

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    Comment #48358690

    you mispelled 'every circle of hell'. out of curiosity, why would you censor that word?

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    Comment #48312857

    what does this even mean?

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    Comment #48280234

    why would the ultra wealthy care about it being an ev? operating cost and climate impact are not a priority when you are dropping 650k and living in a oil rich ME kingdom. performa…

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    Comment #47839599

    1) the Biden administration didn't start the war with Iran. 2)Sleepy Joe didn't pick a fight with the Pope and that's just in the last month! but that won't change your mind. nothi…

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    Comment #47839559

    the Biden administration ( i hated sleepy Joe) was so much more competent and less corrupt then these guys. it's not even close. "Hunter bidens laptop!!" seems so distant and quain…

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    Comment #47797372

    just tried it: i can't even use CSV files with Copilot... Without coming across as overly rude, it is frankly astonishing how limited Copilot is. I do not like being an MS customer…

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    Comment #47785722

    it's an interesting question: how much more productive would we all be if we were all as savvy/literate/productive with computers as some hypothetical comparator (I'm not sure prog…