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cosmicgadget
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Comment #49234409
I choose to believe the unhinged rants about Iran are genuine and that he expected Venezuela and got Vietnam.
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Comment #49093176
> move forward a little smarter Based on everything I've seen, this is an all-out sprint to whatever the goalpost is - superintelligence, AGI, singularity. Whoever is first will wi…
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Comment #49093125
Ask a chatbot maybe?
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Comment #49091528
What a faithful representation of my statment.
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Comment #49089567
This is why it'd be great if bloggers more frequently provided topical, off-site recommendations in post footers. It's functionally like Substack's internal links but connects the …
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Comment #49089411
Right which is why I'd only suggest the browser as an alternative. Imho a browser is something I open when I proactively am seeking information/entertainment and thereby fits blog …
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Comment #49088524
Sounds like rural America is continuing to get exactly what they voted for - regulatory capture and business growth.
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Comment #49087661
And HN is kind of like the HOA of websites, giving you notices about color choice, pets, and under construction gifs.
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Comment #49087591
It's sort of disgusting that inbox clutter from a publishing service is the dominant delivery paradigm as opposed to browsers natively checking bookmarked RSS feeds.
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Comment #49087445
I miss the days when I'd regularly get forwards from friends about stuff they found on the internet.
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Comment #49087323
I mean, can't you accomplish the same thing with "enter your email/social handle to be notified when I post something"?
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Comment #49087232
There are guides but it amounts to "use popular services to link to your website". Post snippets on the bird apps, social media hellscapes, and aggregators like this one. Duplicate…
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Comment #49077171
Seems awfully newsworthy. And using direct quotes makes it difficult to brush aside as "librul media bias" or whatever.
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Comment #49077132
They understand it, they're just in the middle of a culture war.
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Comment #49012321
Was another piece of advice that personal finance is absolutely nothing like running a business or country? And of course your straw man is "this is just DOGE trying to save tax do…
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Comment #48997059
Zinger? I was just rephrasing the parent comment, highlighting how this has nothing to do with the reason DROP exists. They are welcome to continue voting however they like, I'm no…
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Comment #48996097
Alternatively, it is a great way to explore cluster data but could be improved (e.g. there is no "do a barrel roll" button).
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Comment #48996031
Love the visualzation, the responsiveness, and the subtle labels and graph edges. I'd be interested to see any writeups/code on the creation of this, this closely aligns with my vi…
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Comment #48995919
Oh no, it's the Oracle assimilation cube!
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Comment #48995798
ICE shipping out to Hormuz when.
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Comment #48995777
California passes a law to protect consumers from data brokers amidst the destruction of the CFPB. Californians individually make use of these protections. Magas: "That just confir…
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Comment #48995336
Between Epstein, Panama Papers, and Madison Cawthorne Story Time, I don't think any of these things will end careers as long as voters can be convinced their team is the winning on…
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Comment #48995097
And Cyber Symposium. Oh man, those were the days, when "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!" claims were met with laughter instead of Joe Rogan saying "wild".
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Comment #48995056
You conclusion is true but how you get there is deeply flawed. With the recent immunity ruling and the impossibility of the Senate upholding impeachment, yes, the president can bas…