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Comment #44549101
Wouldn't that turn out to be a candle in a hurricane situation given the level of risk involved?
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Comment #42105801
I suspect it’s more the end of an avenue than the end of the road, but it sure seems like throwing more data and compute is hitting diminishing returns on existing methods.
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Comment #42020808
Relatively uneventfully is doing a lot of heavy lifting there
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Comment #42010555
> when it was clear they were playing us comp-wise by lowballing us to get their foot in the door & then raising the bar once the offer came. Isn’t this just the mirror of a relati…
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Comment #36147699
True signal meaning something that invites further research I guess
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Comment #36107377
I don’t wish crippling anxiety on every other species
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Comment #36098130
How is anyone to say what most of the activity of these agencies are without any oversight. That’s why the leaks happened in the first place, it was the only way to say ‘hey we nee…
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Comment #26158363
This is going to be interesting for apps obeying desktop ui settings. But running any software on any platform might make up for it.
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Comment #26128100
I suspect while that might be true initially people would soon get really quite good at it.
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Comment #26095161
I've recently started thinking of businesses in similar terms to core game loops. Deep in the guts of every successful business there is one (or more) loops that keep the rest goin…
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Comment #25600852
Anecdotally some b6/b12 supplements have given both me and my partner very intense dreams and vivid recall. No idea what the mechanism might be (Or if it's a preservative/etc) but …
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Comment #25547311
I can see charging being built directly into parking buildings/apartment carparks and factored into the parking cost. Would be pretty convenient always being fully charged when set…
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Comment #25510989
The Culture series by Iain M. Banks is like this, but perhaps set a little far into the future to be easily translated into games or movies.
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Comment #25119470
Personal observation - assuming everyone is out to get everyone else is a cultural thing that wasnt such a concern until quite recently. It's a bit like looking at certain phrases …
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Comment #25105537
Thanks for the clarification, this is essentially what I was querying!
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Comment #25082291
Sorry, are you saying that working a 40 hour week shouldn't earn a living wage if it's a non-specialised skill?
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Comment #24954917
If it's consistently as good as an average human that's still better than an average human. That's because robots don't get tired, hungover, angry, bored, drunk, or get an eyelash …
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Comment #24850765
For a second there I wondered what sort of crime a data analyst might get up to.
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Comment #24784215
That's fair - however I've been hosting some of these sites since 2014 on bare metal VPS with minimal issues (the occasional upgrade breaking a theme). A lot of WP issues come down…
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Comment #24780233
Putting in a word for Sanity CMS, it's like contentful but more programmatic. It also doesn't need so much of the constant 'publish draft' button clicking.
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Comment #24780215
I looked into WP Engine recently to see if I could transfer some older client websites, it's eye wateringly expensive!
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Comment #24778288
I'm imagining if superconductors become widely used it will be in small quantities and for their unique properties that cannot be achieved otherwise. Not for minor benefits over al…
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Comment #24666424
> A new device is created that alerts 50% of the US population that they have a condition that needs to be treated. Only 10% of those cases warranted further action. This just impr…
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Comment #24666397
> Further, such an influx would have knock-on effects on unrelated patients, whose care would suffer due to the severe lack of resources. Hypothetically, let's assume over a long p…