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> Wikipedia quotes a paper saying people make / recycle around 50 kilograms per day. That would imply that people make around 0.5787 grams per second. But this is in tension with t…

Echoing a sibling: yes, apple seems to "get it" just fine. > In 2021, analysts estimated there were 100 million units in use.[1] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210212163703/http…

Yeah, I'm starting wonder if this is bs. They don't have a twitter account like the pledge form indicates. The youtuber that purportedly started the campaign only has like 36k subs…

To make the analogy proportional (according to the article), the difference would be something like "do they notice the difference between 1h 40m and 5 hours" (i.e. 3x more). My mo…

> once you are plant based for 3 or more years, you just don't really crave that anymore except as maybe a guilty pleasure once or twice a year. This has been the exact opposite of…

> The most common category is that the models make wrong assumptions on your behalf and just run along with them without checking. They also don't manage their confusion, they don'…

> You might be thinking "just disable updates, man" or "just install LTSC", or "just run some random debloat script off of GitHub". Why? Why would I jump through all these hoops? I…

Ah, yeah, I'd suspect they'd only have plugins. Def understand the need for mobility. I never want to miss a chance to share with folks about the existence of EPTL, though. :P

Bingo. Also, it's effectively dead. I live in Multnomah county and since that's gone into effect (in 2023), I have only ever pumped my own gas.

Howdy, fellow east Portlander, you might be interested in this: https://www.eptl.toollibrarian.net/TL/ourtools.php . They have 5 electric leaf blowers available right now. You ment…

> Price is reasonable, seems less than Uber or a standard taxi. > Me, in 2015: [Uber's price] is reasonable, seems less than a standard taxi. We already know how this story progres…

Bingo

Gets me every time.

> An effect that’s being more and more widely reported is the increase in time it’s taking developers to modify or fix code that was generated by Large Language Models. And this is…

The author is applying a universal prescription to ALL museums based on a single experience at a single museum.

I'd wager it's the first (51.1%). Mostly because I simply cannot imagine that nearly 70% of kids in 2005 enjoyed reading. That seems too high. Based on..? My vibes.

> Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad Yes, that's correct.

That detail was sufficient to find it. Cheers

I don't want to beat a dead horse, since sibling commenters have covered this, but I'd implore you to imagine the spectrum of reactions which Meta _could_ have had when discovering…

Link?

Something that hit me hard about this one is the purported full quote from Alex ends with "See you tomorrow." Given the context of Chiang's story, leaving this off just adds to the…

This should be the main reply to OP's every attempt as well.

> Hillsboro is pretty much a company town No, it's not. Not even close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

It certainly sounds like you've tried a lot. One approach could be to (and I'm not being facetious) cultivate a mindfulness-in-boredom practice. Seriously. I'm not saying you will …