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the article is about a study claiming that prokaryotes and eukaryotes emerged independently of each other. they're both still around, so "out competed" is a strange description.

i don't think you're thinking through the incentives-- with higher labor costs the employer has an incentive to take steps to make the job less hazardous.

> If this fine remains, and Meta pays out to the affected parties, these kids could end up rewarded with thousands of dollars for just for having a Facebook or Instagram account. W…

unless you assume endless progress, fast pace of progress will get you quicker to the plateau.

like the difference between someone who intended to have 3 drinks, but once they're 2 drinks in it makes them want to have 3 more drinks, and the familiar alcoholic.

maybe you're looking for an excuse to ignore what's being said.

from the article > My hypothesis > Developers deal with two broad categories of work. > - Describing the logic of the problem they are solving using language constructs like if, lo…

i believe they used a modified version of hypercard for myst. their earlier games, like _cosmic osmo_, used vanilla hypercard.

how did you even come to know about this story no one cares about?

there are some people doing anything you can imagine

i'm puzzled by the choice to have an llm judge the images.

> I'd be happier if you'd thrown in some concession like "I admit data is sometimes bad quality". "be reasonable, meet them halfway."

stench ill

yeah but what you're saying is unclear. for instance, when you say because they have to, not because they need to... "have to" and "need to" mean the same thing, so i'm left with t…

i mean their job is transporting people.

l must be named 1 because I is taken

is that meant as a response?

can you go a little more into that? i myself am not an accountant; what is zitron being dishonest about?

> A lot of people prefer to see things in black and white because it's easier on the brain. people also tend to sheild their sacred cows with gestures toward nuance. maybe i'm misr…

it's not that they're bad at logic in general, it's that the "protecting the children" part gets them emotionally reactive, which bypasses logic. same thing happens when you tell a…

why do you think it was a bad choice?

beyond not caring. that little factoid would turn a lot of people into xenophobes.

a cabal isn't a social club.

here's a poem by ryokan expressing a similar sentiment My legacy—What will it be? Flowers in spring, The cuckoo in summer, And the crimson maples Of autumn...