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I actually did this - I plugged The Verge article into Claude and got the following critique of what biases are there: > The article accurately cites real Gallup data but selective…

> The cool thing about the current generation of AI tools is how easy it is to uncover bias or an agenda in an article like this. This is only true if you assume that an AI tool is…

To my mind, "if we don't say this is dangerously powerful, we will not be able to hire the talent we need to build this product" is the supply-side version of "if we do say this is…

The "natural cycle" argument is one of the most common points around climate change denial. It's also one of the most commonly debunked. See the following: UN - https://www.unep.or…

Path ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(social_network) was ten years too early.

That would mean poaching lol

Um, what ? Baking has been a major hobby for 15 years. I know the dangers of raw egg and flour but licking the bowl/beaters/spoons is still a major highlight of many of my recipes.…

Relatedly, I've read a couple of neat articles on using mine shafts as gravity batteries: https://bigthink.com/the-future/coal-mines-gravity-battery-e... Major footnote here that I…

Are you contending that's what happened here? This is not a leading question, I genuinely do not know and am trying to learn more.

/r/angryupvote :)

In the US, reporting true things is literally never considered slander [0][1][2]. The legal system has recognized truth as a wholly adequate defense to claims of defamation (which …

Retirement

This line of questioning is often brought up in response to pay gap conversations. Universal trends do not explain individual data points, but in general, studies do seem to indica…

Juiciest update I’ve ever gotten to share: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/technology/google-antitru...

The air travel industry has also seen some of the most significant government regulation in the form of blocking mergers (ie monopolistic, anticompetitive behavior) - meaning that …

It would certainly be strange if I were concerned.

> Monopolies are entirely consistent with free market economics. This is a fair critique. I'm approaching this from an admittedly American perspective in which "free market" colloq…

If you check citations, you'd find the sentence preceding my excerpt on barriers to entry: "Because barriers to entry protect incumbent firms and restrict competition in a market, …

Still 15 minutes fixing something that wasn't broken instead of generating revenue or cutting costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edit - and another 10 defending the decision on HackerNews forums

> Small businesses somehow are more inventivized to do this than institutional investors? Because the margins are not sufficient to attract the large businesses? Yes. When Joe is b…

> There is nothing preventing search companies paying the same $60 Million to license content. Yes, actually, there is - having $60m to throw around. "Barriers to entry often cause…

> Institutional housing ownership in the US is not a material contributor to housing price inflation This statement and citation fail to account for the impact of AirBnB and other …

> we're a civic tech lab Obviously not the point of your post, but say more? This sounds like it could be pretty cool!

Post: Car strikes, kills pedestrian at crosswalk Top post: Title is clickbait, driver didn't kill pedestrian on purpose. Pedestrian:

> the vast majority of people who work in offices just push papers, go to meetings and other mindless bs I know this to be true for many working in software engineering. Conversely…