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You mean I can't take the Nobel Peace Prize by force? Can't be true, I'm the most peaceful guy the world has ever seen.

I want a smartphone app where the "assistant" will randomly ask me if I've cleared a list of tasks, and if not, when I'm planning to do it or what's stopping me. I'm wondering if a…

Ok, why would you want plastic to decompose in 2 months? What about shelf life? Will I need to worry about my packaging decomposing?

I don't get why they'd destroy the PPE if it exists and it's up to standard? Even governments can resell these products?

What exactly is this "MagNex" product and why is it worth an (long and mostly irrelevant to the point) article?

"We're going to release not-your-voice in 2 days anyway, maybe you want think about the deal again?"

That's a funny way to read the article. What it really says is that VW saw a big market in China, which is now dominated by local companies, so they're not gonna overproduce cars b…

I'm not a programmer, and when I write a program it's imperative that it's structured right and works predictably, because I have to answer for the numbers it produces. So LLMs hav…

Doing a meta-analysis on something easily quantifiable is sketchy enough, doing a meta-analysis on something as vague and hard to measure as "cognitive intelligence" is.. well, it'…

What dose of any substance is harmful instead of harmless? Is this a philosophical question or a practical one? If it's a practical one, we don't know, because if there are any eff…

That's because these are generally valid arguments. The phrase "the dose makes the poison" did not just occur in someone's head for no reason. There's a couple things to note about…

Concrete is 15% cement and 85% stone. Just crushed, homogenous, predictable and structurally sound stone. You can't reinforce stone like you can reinforce concrete, and you can't p…

It's naive to think they don't already know.

And/or this is #145 on their to-do list, so after a good 15 months of postponing it, an overworked IT council guy told his supervisor "if you want X implemented without overhauling…

Besides, when you're just looking for a prime, you can spot things that look like a prime and test them deterministically.

Yes, yes, and also you'll likely be paying for it. 1kW*0.25$/kWh=185$/month

She will just do it on Instagram reels now. I wish They were banning all short format video platforms and black box algorithmic suggestions. But obviously they aren't.

Huh, I thought this couldn't be true, but it is. The first time I noticed annoyingly fast cuts was World War Z, for me it was unwatchable with tons of shots around 1 second each.

When everyone holds the data you don't have an edge. They had dedicated users who kept generating new and relevant "content" for a for-profit company with an implied agreement to k…

The reason Reddit can't really do this (and they tried) is because people notice and react. If they turn reddit into Facebook they'll lose their "clients", particularly the "produc…

It's not just that. I'm pretty sure your stomach and gut also provide information regarding caloric intake, on top of other sensors detecting the raise in blood sugars/lipids/amino…

Is there anything more uncivil than the complete disregard for human life?

That might have been the worst thing I've read on the internet all year. Would you embrace your "dignified" death at 70 when your pension runs out and you have no food, clothes, ho…

There are many things to dislike about a soviet republic, but lack of democratic representation isn't one of them. I wish we could recall MPs via a vote like they could.

One more thing that's said I'd like to underline because it's often overlooked but has tremendous importance is the identity "ownership". If individuals and companies could easily …