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gcatalfamo
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About gcatalfamo
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Comment #49121268
In no way getting a PhD or doing published research is an act of science or human progress, and it's been like that for probably 20 years. It's an act of coordinated methodology in…
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Comment #49121206
Travel agents are not extinct AT ALL. They pivoted from selling margin-less flights to design more curated travel packages. Different and nichier market for sure, but not extinct.
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Comment #49120888
I have a PhD and I completely support AI disrupting the field. If AI disrupts your field, the culprit is most likely not AI.
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Comment #48396134
Sharing them would be interesting. However, it is getting nonsensical that this is needed.
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Comment #48267314
Honest question: isn't AI Google better than the Standard Google of the past 2 years? I mean all the privacy concerns are still there, but the current product is just better than t…
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Comment #44826235
"If they already use it, why should I buy it?" It sounds like a trivial question to answer, but it just exposes the level of detachment that exists between who makes the purchase d…
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Comment #42298001
Can you explain the second part of your automation?
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Comment #41267220
I will pay for news when people competent on the different matters will be writing them.
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Comment #39939847
I warmly recommend to go see the TV documentary about this guy they made some time ago, when I saw the videogame I immediately recognised him.
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Comment #39757371
Servant leaders die very fast when your own reports undermine your efforts at being one. A bad boss doesn't undermine it, bad reports yes. It would be an otherwise ideal way of wor…
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Comment #38288796
Fascinating, but I have photo-sensitivity and continuous blinking would give me an headache. But I used to reproduce a similar behaviour with music (repetitive)
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Comment #38288707
If I have muscle or respiratory difficulties, 100% I can't take a cold shower.
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Comment #38153288
Starfield companions would've frown upon this solution. More seriously though: 10 years is a long time, this is super interesting but one would wonder if in such time other limitin…
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Comment #37570358
Very cringy. I am sure there are a lot good things Apple is doing on the matter, but that segment was super cringe-worthy in its delivery. And needlessly long. edit: I don't mind t…
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Comment #37569386
Or homebridge. Anyway as soon as you configure the phillips hue lights through homekit you never have to use their app ever.
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Comment #37403525
Aside from the suggestions, sometimes having a third-party processor "visible" is kind of helpful in case your website is not super well-known, because it gives "trustworthiness". …
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Comment #37336123
EU fails to understand that if my market widely adopts Teams as a mean of communication, I will use it to conduct my business regardless of what the EU gov thinks about it. But whe…
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Comment #36935715
I am going to be downvoted to death, but it is clear from last year events that Sam Altman is truly that kind of "Blade Runner/Robocop(1)"-like antagonist character that has a narc…
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Comment #36517879
Ok about the 13, but aren't the current 14 and the 16 already designed with apple silicon in mind?
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Comment #35915162
Western civilization was a figure speech
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Comment #35914910
Of course that's the reason, but the way it was delivered it's what makes it embarassing.
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Comment #35914871
Honestly, announcing public release in 180+ countries, and omitting that you are leaving out half of western civilization, it's outright malignant.
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Comment #35871757
I already knew what xkcd was linked, before opening it.
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