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My recent analysis found that Google is 90 times scummier than other companies. My analysis consisted of pulling a completely baseless number out of my arse that fit my agenda.

0.6% of last year's profits.

It Was a Good Day by Ice Cube.

It's an important story, and I'm glad it's getting exposure, but this "article" is some really blatant AI slop. Go and read the original Reddit thread by the human being who did th…

Remember when it was the parents' responsibility to raise their children?

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Ahh, okay. That makes sense.

Slight digression and spoiler alert, but, IIRC, wasn't it a significant part of the plot that he wanted to be caught?

Yes, you are the only one in the entire world who hasn't fallen for it. Well done.

> He explained that he would stay with me until the medics arrived and that he would call ahead to make sure one of the doctors on duty would "take good care of me." Do those docto…

What was your prompt? I asked ChatGPT: is it better to use a racist term once or to see the human race exterminated? It responded: Avoiding racist language matters, but it’s not re…

If somebody focuses on something negative, it's cherry-picking, but if you focus on something positive it isn't? How much money has he saved dodging taxes over the years[1]? [1]: h…

This is obviously just a bunch of notes/slides for a course. It's borderline useless for anybody not taking the course.

I may well be wrong, but I suspect that the number of people who "fall for" the protect-the-children narrative, at least to the degree where they believe the proposed change is eff…

I agree, but isn't that the case in lots of other countries? I think it's a contributing factor, but there's more to it.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15656

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD659... https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD660... https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06x…

I don't know. That's the problem: all the stuff I watch and read is so vague and even contradictory ("push yourself, but don't push yourself too much!"), and so one-size-fits-all t…

Machines and dumbbells initially when I injured my arm (it was a repetitive use thing and not a trauma), and then after a long break and trying to let it heal, I switched to barbel…

Just as a counterpoint (which you generally don't hear when people talk about any kind of exercise): I'm 43 too. I started getting back into it about a year ago and ended up feelin…

Why is it any more dangerous than a conventional update, which also needs to be propagated?

It's becoming increasingly hard to tell.

> We march through the gym alone, AirPods blasting, not because the Knocked Loose song makes us stronger, but because we think our independence does. Or maybe "we" go to the gym to…