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Fingers crossed they'll finally add Code 39 barcode generation.

The token maximizer is a thought experiment illustrating AI alignment risks. Imagine an AI given the simple goal of maximizing token production. If it became sufficiently powerful,…

The simplicity of text files is appealing - did you consider using a database at all or was it pure text from the start? Thinking about an LLM use case, not needing a query languag…

Great point - I never looked into the specific calculation but this makes complete sense as you explain it. Thanks.

You're right - I'm so used to looking at the probabilities waterfall diagram where there's always some percent for status quo I glanced right over it not being there. In the time s…

90% expected probability of a cut at the moment, down from 96% a week ago. A surprise no-cut would send a shock to the market IMO. https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/c…

The company accused of being involved in collusion is RealPage, they have a local market analytics platform which shares rental information between landlords. https://www.justice.g…

> There is similarly little discussion on the origins of peer review and impact factors and journals, it's just taken as the obvious hallmark and basis of good science. Pioneered a…

Yes that's correct, I unfortunately had to summarize the title to fit the character limit.

Puerto Rico (yes not a state) has active coffee farms.

This seems to support a report from 6 months ago: https://www.masseyeandear.org/news/press-releases/2024/07/pr...

After disabling Apple Intelligence I'm no longer able to use CarPlay with a message saying Siri needs to be enabled. It doesn't appear Siri is available independent of Apple Intell…

I believe the post you replied to is referring to the total share of Federal income taxes collected paid by the percentile of returns. i.e. the top 1% of tax filers by income paid …

IMO "No free lunch" is not anti-solution at all, on the contrary its a problem solving (engineering?) tenet that simply acknowledges there are always trade offs and constraints. Ju…

From the article: "The researchers compared patients who had received prescriptions for semaglutide compared to those taking other diabetes or weight loss drugs. Then, they analyze…

No such thing as free lunch. Up to the individual to decide whats worse but the "miracle cure" positioning these drugs are enjoying in popular media is troubling. https://www.masse…

> And it requiring to be on the same Apple ID was less than ideal... Similar experience, I tried to get Sidecar working a while ago via Lightning->USB cable. After realizing the Ap…

Inching ever closer to OCP taking over NYPD

IIRC, Connect was proposed as a 5 year solution, I fully expect T-Mobile to discontinue Connect as soon as possible.