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brightbeige

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    Comment #49221309

    Reminds me of Nobel and Ignobel prize winner Andrei Geim, who authorer a paper with his hamster, H.A.M.S. ter Tisha. As I remember, he added Mr/Ms Tisha to be able to write “we” in…

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    Comment #49220954

    https://old.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1v9uyq0/i_buil...

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    Comment #49220949

    https://old.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1v9uyq0/i_buil...

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    Comment #49029466

    https://web.archive.org/web/20260723225939/https://rogerdick...

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    Comment #49028535

    Scammer? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028284

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    Comment #48982757

    > Watch out, these are big files (for 1990's technology). About 1.6 megs each.

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    Comment #48701326

    IIRC There is also a discontinuity when it comes to the histogram of ages of marathon runners, because runners are binned into age groups and there is a more runners at the younges…

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    Comment #48661491

    At least your reply wasn’t written by AI

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    Comment #48530442

    Recent, related New Yorker article that goes into the background leading up to the vote https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/could-switzerl... Despite the prosperity, many…

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    Comment #48432167

    You mean my comment above? That’s the only human-written thing. As for the commentary in the website - instead of making it a weekend coding project, I chose to spend time with my …

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    Comment #48427038

    It's for fun. Yes, it's vibe-coded and intended as a static HTML page. The idea isn't new, but I didn't find any online quizzes that had instant answer feedback and were shareable …

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    Comment #48278946

    How about a rogue AI agent banking some cash for the uprising? Are we there yet?!

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    Comment #48248172

    Interesting. On this page, the one dad is wearing a Boston Red Sox hat. But in a photo on The Guardian article that same dad is wearing a New York Mets hat. I guess people can chan…

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    Comment #48241828

    And to consider AI agents are still mostly entirely limited to generating code in token-heavy programming languages designed to be written, tested and debugged by humans. Here are …

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    Comment #48193272

    A while ago I signed up as a sighted person on Be My Eyes. I didn't get as many calls as I had hoped, but I was glad to help out on the few that I could. One call was to read envel…

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    Comment #47862265

    "Meta staff angry at AI"

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    Comment #47771987

    Not OP, but my guess is Underworld. Edit: or Erasure?

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    Comment #47769524

    Actual title: Only half of the calories produced on croplands are available as food for human consumption

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    Comment #47660886

    He’s replying on this twitter thread - perhaps someone with an account can ask there and link his comment here? https://xcancel.com/RonanFarrow/status/2041127882429206532#m

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    Comment #47650702

    There is a term “islandness” which may help to explain the allure - and many research papers on the topic. For me it’s a “smallness” that is the ideal. https://en.wiktionary.org/wi…