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mailund

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    Comment #47438488

    I don't think it's very likely that the emergency meeting in the Norwegian government yesterday was called because of the security situation in Denmark 3 months ago. Not unlikely t…

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    Comment #47231181

    not sure how OP is acting with bigotry against windows users just because they were surprised that there are people who are enthusiastic about windows. I share their sentiment, it'…

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    Comment #47119406

    Depending on where you live, if you're the type of person who spend most of the day away from home, having some understanding of the weather to expect throughout the day is very us…

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    Comment #47085238

    the uhk looks fairly close to what I've been looking for, just wish it had ortholinear keys. how's the build quality? I got a split keyboard a while ago from a small producer, and …

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    Comment #46729604

    I've heard this argument a lot, but is the bus driver really more than a rounding error on the balance sheet of the transportation company? I have no experience in this field, but …

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    Comment #45964320

    interesting, maybe "AWS is down" will become the new "the server is down" that some non-tech people throw around when anything unexpected happen on their computer?

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    Comment #45810392

    I'm having the same question about sewing. I feel like the lead time to first stitch is quite high, but I think I could make quite significant progress on my projects if I could us…

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    Comment #45526299

    kind of feeling like this too much skeuomorphism for my taste, why recreate the office experience when I can already do the work without the commute over slack and teams?

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    Comment #45273165

    just keep in mind that not all kinds of HPV vaccines protect against all the strains causing warts! Some do, but not all, check the specific brand you're getting! Obviously cancer …

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    Comment #45247371

    > People often think that if you don't respond to an argument in two seconds you "lose"... This one is especially annoying! A lot of people seem to get away with extremely poorly t…

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    Comment #45036337

    I don't feel like it is unreasonable to put a different set of ethical standards to an animal out in the wild and a human.

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    Comment #44940142

    Not to say there's nothing wrong with modern construction, but keep in mind that most roman buildings also only lasted a few decades. You only see that ones that didn't disappear. …

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    Comment #44930528

    I find it unlikely that any functioning adult in western society does not understand that would be incredibly offensive.

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    Comment #44886237

    I've also noticed that when asking difficult questions, the real solution is somewhere in the pages of "reasoning", but not in the actual answer

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    Comment #44722001

    not necessarily saying it's a good system, but I remember working with someone who had previously tried making it pro in a sport who was really frustrated with a lot of doping at t…

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    Comment #44489484

    I feel that if teenagers are able to trivially bypass illegal-word filters by substituting with words that obviously mean the same thing, I think an AGI wouldn't be too inhibited b…

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    Comment #44431720

    ah yes, and the auto translation on reddit broke a very useful trick I used all the time - need information about something in general -> search in English - need information about…

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    Comment #44421648

    > “The amount has been multiplied by 100, instead of being divided by 100.” I'm very interested to know if there is any coverage of automated tests at all for this system? This see…

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    Comment #44386873

    I experienced mentioning an issue I was stuck on during standup one day, then some guy on my team DMs me a screenshot of chatGPT with text about how to solve the issue. When I expl…

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    Comment #44377609

    This has been a known strategy from Uber for a long time. Run at a loss to squeeze out the existing offerings, then dramatically increase prices once they've established a monopoly…

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    Comment #44363772

    Unless you are the secretary of defence, in which case you probably shouldn't use signal

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    Comment #44289116

    > I use this feature heavily because I can handle most talking at 1.5× to 2.0× a little of topic, but after years of doing exactly this, I'm having a very hard time handling talkin…

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    Comment #43761014

    I actually worked as a delivery driver for a local competitor for Uber eats back in college. In that case, it was pretty much all parties that were getting screwed. Restaurants gav…

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    Comment #43760535

    that seems to be so cheap that at least one of {customer, delivery driver, restaurant} must be getting shafted for the business model to be profitable