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nsenifty

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    Comment #47552932

    > or (currently) about $11,000 US dollars $110,000 US dollars

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    Comment #43817146

    The bigger danger is that all obituaries will be written by an AI.

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    Comment #43537570

    There was something magical starting to type a listing that started with `10 GOSUB 10000`.

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    Comment #42028961

    Been making yogurt at home for years. I just heat milk to the point when it's just about to boil over. Never measured the actual temperature, but I'm pretty sure it's less than 100…

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    Comment #41829046

    Same in Kannada, a South Indian language. You prefix "-ante" (roughly, _it is said_) and you can disown everything you say.

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    Comment #41696871

    > so a web app can run SQL queries locally and all the usual SQLite stuff "just works" from the warm/javascript's point of view Duckdb-wasm can do this.

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    Comment #41186941

    > and people drinks cow piss to cure COVID This is a false stereotype that has no place in HN. Yes, there are people who do that, but I bet a similar number of people per capita do…

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    Comment #41088140

    Kannada. It is called "Honge mara" in Kannada.

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    Comment #41079092

    Heh, I grew up in a small town in Southern India. One of the summertime activities for kids was to go shake these trees (they are everywhere), extract kernels and make a few bucks …

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    Comment #40869575

    The metre is a basic checksum, but there are more elaborated systems (pathas) of chanting verses that aids in correct learning and memorization. Some of it is described here - http…

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    Comment #40337694

    Perhaps the title should have been "Brain uses Quantum effects in a useful/controllable way". Sabine explains it well in the video. To use quantum effects for computation, you'd ne…

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    Comment #40097868

    I'm Indian (in the US) and I've noticed a vast majority of my Indian friends name their kids Aanav, Aanir or Aanvi etc. some of which aren't even words in any Indian language. Now …

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    Comment #39498187

    > Afaik this was stated in my Intro to ML course. Isbell?

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    Comment #38893361

    Politics and war discussions have been increasingly common at work too. Companies have promoting ERGs in the hope of diversity and in the name of "bringing your authentic self to w…

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    Comment #37963955

    Yeah just change it to `SELECT OrderID`.

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    Comment #37839206

    "Will soon be able"

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    Comment #37601958

    Not to mention the travesty that followed in terms of bringing the perpetrators to justice. Most of them walked, owing to witnesses getting murdered in Canada under RCMP's watch.

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    Comment #37601813

    Another example of RCMP and CSISs glorious due diligence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.H.M.B_Noor_Chowdhury This guy killed the President of Bangladesh and most of his family (…

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    Comment #37489514

    Bosch ones (at least the one I have) can even be set to 100F. I haven't actually tested how well it maintains such low temps, but I use it for proofing.

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    Comment #37127247

    Undiagnosed cataract is a big thing in developing countries. Vision loss from cataract is gradual so many older people don't realize they're turning blind.

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    Comment #37127227

    Yes, this was my dad. He went from very healthy, active and social to suddenly aloof and reserved. People from his generation in India have a thing against regular medical checkups…

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    Comment #37118156

    Varanane = One (female) with a gifted face. God, Sanskrit names are so beautiful! Also, apt username (the three-eyed one)

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    Comment #37117813

    I didn't know about Shiva Sutra until today, but I just thought it was interesting they both have 47 syllables, although not identical.

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    Comment #37117755

    > Pāṇini, during his twelve-year-long tapas (fervour, ardour) to Śiva, hears the ḍamaru beat fourteen times. Fourteen classes of syllables drop, resonant, into his fervent ears. a …