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According to the International Monetary Fund China does have the largest economy if you go off GDP (PPP) [1] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPGDP@WEO/OEMDC/ADV... [2] htt…

By this same logic there's nothing to be scared of in regards to Chinese models if you don't live in Taiwan

Can an insect feel pain? What about a mushroom, or a plant? What things are conscious enough to feel pain? I'm genuinely asking because I because it seems arbitrary as to where the…

I read the title and initially assumed this was about web serials[1] in the sense of serialized fiction posted to the internet. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_fiction#Web_ser…

The thing that's changed is how time is no longer major limiting factor. Previously Jill would have had to learn enough about programming to make an app, whereas now she can write …

I found these references to Mullvad and TeamPCP >The whole operation ran primarily from Mullvad VPN exit nodes and virtual private server infrastructure, with little effort made to…

The constitution isn't static. Amendments can be repealed. An elected government could appoint judges to overturn any previous precedents

At the core of this is that your friend came to the realization that he wanted to change his life. He can credit his time in jail for this. However that doesn't mean it will be the…

Part of what I think they were getting at is that suburban living is usually a long term burden on state budgets because the lower density means that maintenance costs aren't fully…

Seriously, download a few containers from docker, make some quick config changes, and now you have a comparable experience to these subscription services

They're right. We've found remains that show how thousands of years ago people took care of people that would have died without external assistance. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-a…

What counts as a Swiss person? Would children of immigrants growing up in Swiss society, going to Swiss schools, and speaking the national languages of Switzerland count?

Fandom sites continue to have one of the most unpleasant user experiences on the modern web, I just want to read the article without having my to watch 4 different video ads...

HOAs tend to manage this kind of thing

Does it have to be? I think the OP just wanted to share something they made

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For patients. But maybe not to the companies which would have to pay for these large expedited trials

Could the prompt used to generate the art be considered human input, or is it that a human must to make some contribution to the art for it to be copyrightable?

I feel the perceived difficulty varies from person to person. Personally I found Mandarin much easier to pick up than German or Spanish, since you don't have to worry about conjuga…

Sure but this is like calling North Korea a democracy because the official name of the country is the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea"

Major world powers generally agree on the reality of climate change, the disagreement is on how to address it

The Goomba Fallacy strikes once again

The news typically reports arrests based on information provided by a government, but if people are being disappeared by the government you can't really rely on the truth of that i…

Just doing nothing isn't great for the "human spirit", but UBI doesn't mean people can't find their own goals to pursue. The idea of something where people are not longer required …

Maybe the False Consensus Effect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consensus_effect