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balderdash

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    Comment #49231942

    I think I’m English the term you’re looking for is an amphiboly. These sentences are not grammatically incorrect, but can be can leave ambiguity about their interpretation.

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    Comment #49168473

    I haven’t experienced this - or maybe the training data for aviation is limited. But ask a an llm for aircraft performance / flight planning data and it’s scary how bad the advice …

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    Comment #49157047

    I feel like when most LLM type emails from people it’s because of one of three reasons: 1) they don’t know the answer - looked up on llm 2) correlate to #1, I want to look smarter …

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    Comment #49122082

    100% I miss my local pharmacy. Knew the family that owned it and worked there (not well but enough to say hello), really enjoyed occasionally having breakfast as the lunch counter …

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    Comment #49108822

    Yeah, I feel like convenient is: * close to work place (as you said) * somewhere that is located such that they are shortening their return home after the pub / total travel time o…

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    Comment #49023597

    i like writing by hand, and definitely generate better content / thoughts. I don't like going back through my writing and putting it in electronic form (an no writing on an electro…

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    Comment #49023246

    I don't think think I've ever had a job offer where this wasn't a topic of conversation. its further down the flow signing bonus, salary + bonus/equity/incentive are obviously the …

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    Comment #48901412

    I’m struggling to think of. Use for this beyond crypto and govt/military - who’s going to use this?

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    Comment #48891170

    I think the bigger thing this making public transport a real alternative to driving - I most American metros using public transport isn’t faster, can be inconvenient (no parking, m…

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    Comment #48891059

    I can already see it - “For only $9.99/mo enjoy access to premium routings that that save an average of 15 minutes per trip!”

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    Comment #48372570

    two thoughts, the top three s&P 500 etf's have $2.7t in aum (and there are a lot of other etfs, mutual funds, and direct indexers on top of that) - so the dollars don't seem to be …

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    Comment #48302215

    As I recall they do - with many being delivered “green” to the integration upfittet but I think the 737’s for the p-8 is actually assembled separately just for the military

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    Comment #48299634

    I wish apple/google would implement better notification control - like the ability to turn off all marketing notifications, and a much better digest format

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    Comment #48299614

    Totally agree - but I guess I was getting at is that largest mfg. per the article is a a public company, and the number two is private equity, would we think that there would be a …

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    Comment #48294235

    why would you think a public traded company behaves any better than a privately owned one?

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    Comment #48250873

    yeah texas is definitely not pro-union - except that the only public sector unions that are allowed are for police and firemen... with Texas police unions contributing the the 3rd …

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    Comment #48250543

    yup, i think a majority of people would agree with you, so why hasn't it happened? I think the answer is that elected representatives are more beholden to public sector unions than…

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    Comment #48250466

    complete and utter incompetence by local elected officials. If one of the richest towns in America (average home price of >$2m) can do it - just imagine how bad it can be in "avera…

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    Comment #48035311

    Then why not write that story?

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    Comment #48031208

    It’s such clickbait to purposely conflate the word headquarters with legal domicile / registered agent. I mean Garmin, Medtronic, Accenture, Aon etc are all non-us businesses but n…

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    Comment #47997106

    This is probably the most relevant metric: https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/ Not seeing a bunch more rigs operating means there new drilling isn’t ramping up.

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    Comment #47997052

    If anyone was serious about energy security in North America or Europe they would be building polysilicon, ingot, and wafer capacity.

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    Comment #47970781

    The whole idea of processing gain blows my mind that more volume comes out than goes in. Also the fact that that oil is different colors (green, red, etc) and not black is always a…

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    Comment #47966213

    Highly recommend

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    Comment #47933150

    Maybe I’m unique but growing up part of my chores (or punishment) as a kid was weeding - weeding the vegetable garden, weeding flower beds, weeding the stone driveway etc. - we wou…