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donutz

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    Comment #46991834

    I think we're at the stage where we want the AI to be truly agentic, but they're really loose cannons. I'm probably the last person to call for more regulation, but if you aren't c…

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    Comment #37315836

    Who said the parents did any letting, or even knew you were jumping from a swing back in those days?

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    Comment #13784168

    You could take home a pi, keyboard, and mouse though. Assuming you have a TV you can plug your pi into.

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    Comment #13088834

    Ever driven through any of California's oil fields? Drive through someplace like Taft, and you'll see that the number of pipes just there on the property probably dwarf the amount …

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    Comment #12913925

    http://www.ocregister.com/articles/legal-734790-marijuana-op... Under Prop 64: "Employers can still enforce their own drug policies, including firing workers who test positive for …

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    Comment #12901811

    I've got an old Dyson Animal vacuum, and I'm always impressed with how full of dirt the canister gets. So I've got high hopes for a robotic Dyson. That said, the reviews trickling …

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    Comment #12780765

    > Apps owning their own data in Android should make you happy, not sad, because it's what prevents a malicious app from hoovering up all of your Tinder messages, or your financial …

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    Comment #12531690

    Wouldn't the napkin be touchin the table then? Or do you ask for a fresh napkin so you don't have to use the one from the table? And ask about the storage of the napkins and silver…

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    Comment #12501103

    Aren't they able to cut funding like that, because there's a willing supplier of loan money for the students?

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    Comment #12499456

    The trick is getting your neighbor to call your wife Alexa, to trigger the Dot to wake up and listen.

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    Comment #12488951

    If you have no meaning, how can you have any to give?

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    Comment #12398675

    If you control the email address that the stranger registered to their Apple account, you could initiate a password reset, change the password, then login and change the email addr…

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    Comment #12392393

    That's almost a megabyte per day, more with compression.

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    Comment #12312358

    You the property owner can turn off your radio, sure, but what if the radio is broadcasting fart sounds? You wouldn't want to have the reputation of the business where customers co…

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    Comment #12293205

    It's definitely open to coercion and intimidation, so in some respects I'd consider that a "major" flaw. But is it a widespread enough problem to rule out the paper ballot? Is ther…

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    Comment #12268955

    > Doesn't checking that basically immediately defeat the therapy itself? I.e. placebos work as long as you don't know they're just placebos. Not necessarily: http://www.scientifica…

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    Comment #12254540

    Is it a distinction between civil and criminal trials? I was a juror on a civil case in CA and we were allowed to submit questions.

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    Comment #11817740

    You sure that's not passive? Exhausted: drained, used up. By what? Sounds passive to me.

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    Comment #11810195

    > If someone wants to not work and live in a bad part of town. No offense, by why do you care? Sounds like "basic income will cover rent in the bad part of town" means that safety …

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    Comment #11786386

    What about Postgres Cue Ell?

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    Comment #11714554

    Not the best analogy. The anthropologists aren't trying to root out wrongdoers in this tribe by surveilling the whole lot of them.

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    Comment #11331579

    Can't tell if testing my gullibility or you actually believe your phone does this. :-/

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    Comment #11268619

    Are you serious? Seeing and hearing everything doesn't mean understanding everything.