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"So that is my call to arms. If we want the full power of AI scientists, then we should share the goals with them so they can create, evaluate, discover, and in these ways fully pa…

For me it iſ the old timey eſſ that iſ moſt diſracting.

Is this a dogfooding joke?

If I start the train and then type a nested bracket expression like 2+(2-(3/5)) the train jumps the track

Many SSNs have been compromised already. The jig is up. It was never supposed to be an identity system but organisations keep insisting on using it as one. Even if they aren’t lite…

I don’t really think chat is a step back (discord may be a step back vs irc or I am just graying). Learning newish tech in chat has always been way more engaging for me than wiki o…

I don’t ever install NoScript on family/friend devices. It just breaks their experience. I have knowledgeable coworkers that won’t use it because it’s not worth the hassle for them…

My favorite Firefox plugin is NoScript. There is often an incredible amount of third-party JavaScript running on commercial web sites. NoScript turns all the JavaScript off by defa…

I thought it might be a typo and was thrilled to be introduced to a new subject!

Please, the exceedingly wealthy don’t muck out their own barn. Where I live a piece of equipment like an excavator is a great investment. It’s a tax write off and it frees up time …

Cure Acid Reflux by Eating Doggy Style

There’s plenty of hate for X on HN and abroad. I don’t think the crowd on HN is going to have the same reaction to Wikimedia taking a hardline stance against censorship. Blocking t…

It appears to me that DMNO gathers then sets your environment variables at run time. It can gather them from a local config or from a multitude of network locations like a git repo…

Personally, I don’t care to share the username to any account, password protected or not. On a related note I think it is terrible security to have display name be the same as user…

You trigger an idea of AI evolution in my brain. AI needs power to proliferate. AI that encouraged power consumption and de-emphasised climate issues naturally thrived. Like a succ…

I couldn’t get the video on bbc website to load for me but this one worked https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/08/20/video-captures-sh...

Is this really true? Maybe it just makes sense to put high demand refrigerated products in the refrigerated room near the loading dock where the refrigerated trailer is unloaded?

I initially read this: “A rare disorder makes people sea monsters” I have a disorder that makes see monsters sea monsters.

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense. I should have intuited that, but I couldn’t quite make the connection. I really appreciate the write up, it gave me a lot to think about as so…

From the article: “If the user isn’t actively working on the database, PostgreSQL won’t generate a WAL file each minute. WAL files are by default 16 MB and PostgreSQL waits for the…

You may have been downvoted because you seem be ignoring the point gp post. By working under the table, the nanny or gardener or handyman can (often fraudulently) qualify for gover…

Life is the gamble. Insurance is a hedge. That’s not complicated. Mandating that people purchase health insurance is a complication in the sense that a person is forced to use thei…

Except there aren’t enough doctors in many places. Also physician performance varies widely. So really this won’t replace doctors, but hopefully patient care will be affected posit…

Wow no stranger has ever said that to me before and I really liked it, thank you! /desperate acknowledgment I don’t write, no social media either. Just staying in my place, a lurky…

I found the comment to be informative and the condescension thought provoking. I guess it’s because the disparagement cuts both ways. There is criticism for the marketer who uses t…