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Does anyone know what kind of apps Rapidata questions are integrated in? I suppose they are using ad-like integrations to ask users for feedback. Their website only states: By inte…

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For context: The commentary those quotes are taken from was written by Eugene Kontorovich, a senior researcher at the Heritage Foundation which runs Project 2025.

Lots of Firefox hate here, but little discussion about the articles kicker, which is the exclusion of uBlock Origin from Chrome. I hope this will mean that in the long run Firefox …

Brave wants to replace "bad" ads from third parties with their own "good" ads.[1] They have also in the past been caught adding their own referral codes to crypto transaction URLs …

Give us an example where Chrome is faster than Firefox, so we can see if it is more important than having uBlock Origin. I use both Firefox and Chrome for work and haven't noticed …

It is always great to hear of another union being formed. Workers representing themselves is not only a benefit for the workers, but also a pathway to healthy and sustainable organ…

This person refers to the German television and radio fee (Rundfunkgebühren).[1] It is a state-mandated system that ensures free (as in free speech) and (relatively) neutral public…

> Man didn’t evolve in an environment where stories were told by people who’d won a massive intertribe tournament of story telling ability. Stories were told by family. The stories…

Germany technically has a wealth tax. However, it is supended since 1997, because the methods of how real estate wealth was calculated were outdated and thus considered unconsittut…

It might make sense to split the car analogy into different users: 1. For the majority of regular users the best way to understand the car is to read the manual and use the car. 2.…

Its design exhibits a very dense funtional pragmatism that makes it look like a laboratory or even bomb shelter to me.

This concept also seems related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_cavity_system

Can you give a concise example of good prompt engineering in your case?

A lot of words to say "I do not agree with the judgement of a fair and independet court because I feel otherwise".

That is a great list. The principle behind this is the defensive democracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_democracy

False, it's simply a requirement. French law explicitly states that a candidate for an election must not be ineligible by reason of criminal conviction or judicial decision. Should…

Being convicted of a crime is an obscenely high bar.

The temporary loss of the right to stand for election is a common punishment in France when politicians are convicted of corruption and breach of trust.

India is on a steady path of improvement and has awareness campaigns running that adress these issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in... https://innov…

This is not something only younger people are prone to. I work in a consulting role in IT and have observed multiple colleagues aged 30 and above use LLMs to generate content for r…

I'm using: FreeOTP (OTP tool) Simple Chess Clock (once a year) Binary Eye (QR code scanner) Etar (Calendar) Simple Notes Pro (Very nice and simple note taking app) OsmAnd (Maps wit…

This injustice is being adressed by The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to the Sciences and Humanities [1], which a large number universities worldwide have already signed. All e…