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    Comment #49224799

    Absolutely not saying this is even the most common case but: people “without ADHD” but with a diagnosis can use the extra time effectively. It is most clear when there is some kind…

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    Comment #49223297

    Nobody is holding up those other guys as shining paragons of virtue either. “Other people did it too” is not an excuse for immoral behavior. I think the parent and I basically agre…

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    Comment #49221610

    > What's going to replace it? Rapidly aging China? Using the age profile of a country with over a billion people to dismiss its geopolitical power has no credibility. More appropri…

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    Comment #49217570

    > The problem isn't the price. No matter how much you pay, you can't take delivery of a chip that doesn't exist I’m confused because this reads like a denial of basic economics. If…

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    Comment #49217506

    Amazing story. I think you’re defending against a level of aggression that most of the world doesn’t believe exists yet. I suppose by the time we believe, it will be too late. Ther…

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    Comment #49209314

    What does this even mean? Are you talking about US media? Seems like a delusion to me. Social justice is yet another banned topic under conservative corporate ownership. Quick head…

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    Comment #49204025

    I also read the title as a sardonic welcome (negative connotation). I was surprised to find out it was just a tiny puff piece of self-promotion. Being “welcomed” to HIBP sounds a l…

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    Comment #49162327

    Nah. After you have those skills, they don’t go away. Math: the most important stuff is the biggest picture. If you learned it properly (not just memorizing), that’s the last to fa…

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    Comment #49159225

    “Banned from the Asian markets” was the original claim. The actual fact is: banned from Indian markets, with the ban now lifted.

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    Comment #49147791

    The article sticks to factual information. To dispel the idea that the information may be fake or some low-skill demo site, they have verified that 6 of the people cited are real. …

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    Comment #49143998

    GP posting account is 4 months old, 40 karma. Recently became active. Check comment history. Does not seem to engage in productive dialogue.

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    Comment #49143961

    1. Mention some concrete facts. Or at least assert some claim. 2. Given the very low rate of unionization in the USA, I think the issue you need to be most concerned about is no-be…

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    Comment #49143530

    I am failing to square this techno-utopia with the rising hate and authoritarianism worldwide. It seems far more likely that AI will be working in the service of a government to op…

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    Comment #49139428

    > I thought they meant it gives good stock picks or trading strategies Sadly, Gemini Flash fails to demolish individual stock picking as a strategy. Its response included a very lu…

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    Comment #49130465

    > I don't know if LED bulb packages play similar tricks but it's worth checking out. It's perfectly logical that lifetime should be measured in hours of service, not days of existe…

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    Comment #49126723

    Parent seems to conflate “abstract” with “useless”. This comment addresses the “abstract” part only. > Math Theory are patterns of abstraction that may never be useful at all or re…

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    Comment #49126627

    This approach totally changes the game, in ways we are still discussing. The current consensus is that domain experts get the most out of using AI on problems. How will domain expe…

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    Comment #49126273

    > I usually assume that […] the tool doesn't suit every problem My expectation: inexperienced FP is trying to shoehorn a mutation-based approach into a framework that performs best…

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    Comment #49124010

    > Very few problems really have "all the tooling to verify its hypotheses" This is such a blanket dismissal that I can’t agree or disagree. Maybe very few of YOUR problems are this…

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    Comment #49122366

    > I will never buy a major appliance from any other retailer Weird. You experienced failures of the manufacturer (failure to start) and the warehouse (huge scratch), and are still …

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    Comment #49111177

    > my daughter was caught playing web games in class Hilarious to me. The biggest game of whack-a-mole ever. I would love to know if this lockdown was successful (and if so, how it …

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    Comment #49111115

    … but how many people really believe that will happen? Fight together with everyone else, or when stage 2 (“full KYC”) is implemented you won’t have any leverage.

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    Comment #49108591

    Last comments are from 2025. > If we disable "override DNS servers", the DNS leaks don't happen. No verification from 2026 that this is still an issue, but also… sounds like it wor…

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    Comment #49103452

    > were (in hindsight) crazy long and full of unnecessary guidance Not sure when you started. However: I would never judge the necessity of details provided 2 or 3 years ago based o…

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    Comment #49101311

    Announces != releases. They claim 2027 Q1 will be the release date. Links below purporting to be “the repository” lead to a repo with no source code. Sorry, I’m cynical. An announc…