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We're sorry we upset you, Carol

If it gets cheaper then Jevons Paradox [1] would strongly indicate that it won't in any way reduce the negative impacts (and would tend to actually increase them) [^1]: https://en.…

It certainly seems that way from this - admittedly tiny - sample

The responses to this post made me really sad. Sure - it was light on the meat, But it's an opinion blog post, not a full article. the author ventures to cite their refs, acknowled…

Non-paywall link at a more legit news source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/05/myste...

Hope this isnt too spicy a take, but i find it a bit disingenuous to use language that implies invention (and with no mention or citation of previous work), only to switch to dismi…

Great TED talk by Roman Mars Even features the same Milwaukee flag if memory serves https://youtube.com/watch?v=pnv5iKB2hl4

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Wait, so you're saying there are "WMDs" in the Middle East? Fun and totally not sarcastic fact fact: the opposite of "Deja vu" is "jamais vu"

This seems to work https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ANDL85...

Fair question! I've no idea, but good on you for pondering If it were me I'd rip the band-aid off, but might just be me being grey-beard. Name Collisions are inevitable these days …

Sorry to be that chap, but UX is not a synonym for UI I'm not a UX person, but have seen an increasing trend of the two terms being used interchangeably - it's actually a really in…

Off topic, but whilst we've clearly got to accept name collisions in such a large word - it'd be ideal if there was _a modicum_ of care around not using names on other actively mai…

Evidently reading isn't the same as comprehension

`[citation needed]`

And they wrote "... you'd need to pick a side and lose the pun.."

Short answer: no. Long answer [^1]: > Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: > "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." [^1]: htt…

"Sculpting" as used here just feels like a pretentious euphemism for "vibing" as opposed to what actual sculpting is like (hint: it would be akin to... dramatic pause... writing co…

All the GitHub links on your extension page are borked (including issues) From the look of the associated domain it looks like you're going full product, best of luck I'm a huge pr…

No. Just, no to all of this

Not sure the comparison works when it does all the work for you I've had very little success mumbling "you are an expert chemist..." to test tubes and raw materials.

This is a really cool idea, nice work! Is it any more effective than (say) messing with its recognition so that any attempt to deepfake just ends up as garbled nonsense? Can't help…

> we shouldn't ban tools When I see the old BuT FrEe SpEeCH argument repurposed to impinge civil rights I start warming to the idea of banning tools. Alternately "Chemical weapons …

Or making knives that turn into overcooked noodles if you try to use them on anything except vegetables and acceptable meats

Obligatory Benn Jordan link (YouTube - ~11mins) This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix for Stalkers https://youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo