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Human flesh is probably also delicious. Would you recommend cannibalism on the basis of God making humans tasty?

I'm fascinated by the large drop in England's overall suicide rates when the country switched from coal gas (containing carbon monoxide) to natural gas (much less lethal). It's pre…

I use a split keyboard with a magic trackpad in the middle between the two halves-- for me, it's so much more comfortable and ergonomic to move my hand toward the middle for mouse …

Here's a reference to Musk in 2019 saying that he would release robotaxis in 2020. "Musk pitched the robo-taxis as a way for Tesla owners to make money when they aren’t using their…

Same. Any time I visit a pharmacy counter for any reason, I add "and the largest box of sudafed you can legally sell me", to make sure I always have a stockpile on hand.

It's almost a shotgun house, which is weirdly common in some places despite being THE WORST architectural style for homes. I lived in one once, and having to walk through the bedro…

How did you choose between training a model from scratch vs using retrieval augmented generation with an existing off-the-shelf model? From what I've observed, RAG + off-the-shelf …

I like the idea that changing the display color was a must-have feature for the initial release. Shows a very solid understanding of the target demographic's user needs. (My 3yo lo…

I spend about an hour a week at the grocery store. I bring my 3-year-old with me, and she brings her own little shopping cart and helps pick out what we buy. I think of it as a fun…

Circa 2010-2014ish, I had the same Amazon delivery driver for several years, and it was awesome! It was just this one guy who delivered all the Amazon packages to my neighborhood. …

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The biggest difference I've noticed is that the newer episodes are targeted to a younger demographic, which makes it seem very dumbed-down compared to the old stuff, but it means y…

I'm so ready for checks to die, but somehow I always seem to have someone tech-averse that I need to pay monthly. I briefly got to stop writing monthly checks when my dog walker st…

You're certainly correct that software companies should do a lot more year+ A/B tests. You can learn really interesting things from it that a shorter test won't capture. I know of …

The second sentence of the article says "voluntarily submitted". Nobody was forced to reveal anything.

Yeah I've been in many urban US McDonalds where the bathrooms are locked and you need to get a code from the cashier to get into them.

This article is magnificent nerd bait-- there is no possible ranked list that anyone would be satisfied with. You can't compare Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies, it's like asking …

His kids book "Every night is pizza night" is also great. I've read several "get your kid to try new foods" books to my child, but that one actually got her excited to try red bean…

Maybe they should stop doing that quite so much? Surely they have really good lawyers to help advise them on how to not break the law while in office.

I don't anticipate everyone wanting to do this, and I definitely don't picture anyone wanting to do "work" for 40 hours a week in a world where work is optional. I would think some…