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The law also goes after payment providers and network providers (vpn) etc if they "knowingly" provide service to anyone who engages in prediction market betting. The law[0] as writ…

Then it isn't a thing you can do.

Your definition of heavy gamer I think differs from the norm if your main plays were Mario kart, et al.

I doubt they are querying 1 TB of data in the browser. DuckDB-WASM issues http range requests on behalf of client to request only the bytes required, especially handy with parquet …

Due to a lapse in appropriations, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel is closed. Complaints may still be filed, but most will not be addressed until OSC reopens. [0] They are the "i…

here you go. https://mycity.houstontx.gov/MYCITYDOCS/documents/map-LandUs...

VS Code package in my applications folder is 600+ MB. The Electron Framework.framework it contains is 400+ MB alone. I don't understand where you come up with your 90 MB figure?

He made his money, he doesn't care who starves now

I dunno, with row-level security and proper internal role definition.. why do I need a REST layer?

This is absurd. The data shows maybe a 1-4% gain. I know that legitimizes a bunch of activist talking points but come on. This is HN

It's also as I recall when tuition and student costs started to spike in the US which is probably more directly related than some "philosophical" change in the zeitgeist[0]. When s…

This really isn’t true in principle. The current LLM ecosystems can’t do “meaning tasks” but there are all kinds of “legacy” AI expert systems that do exactly what is required. My …

No, the humanities won't survive. The problem with humanities is that the "state of the art" is about only saying something "new". For example, the author thinks that discussing Ka…

It’s well-known/textbook that there is an indirect correlation between animal stress levels and both milk quality and yield. https://extension.umn.edu/dairy-handling-and-best-pract…

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https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10339

Most universities have sliding scale (down to zero fee)law services available for students. Things like tenant rights, criminal cases, immigration, consumer, employment, wills, hea…

the full report[0] is a good read don't just read the summary.. >>> But these findings should not be viewed in isolation. They stem from a business model that varies little across …

I have seen many notices like this in the past few months. My guess is anbody of signficant size whose reason for existing includes curating user-generated content is trying to ens…

Might have been true 20 years ago. There are very few toxicities in newsprint that rise above natural levels in soil within a very short half life. https://www.alliumfields.org/201…

Investigate the biochar process as an alternative. You can also buy biochar for your houseplant needs [0]. Creating that much artifical peat in a small area would be a massive fire…

When you look at the actual history of science, this path of “tangible progress” you rely on is shown mostly to be a constructed narrative.

There are actual mass timber projects to look at. The article mentions one in Milwaukee. I am familiar with the T3 project [0]. It was delivered ahead of schedule and below cost re…

What if it's all the same electron[0]? [0]: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1965/feynman/lectu...

Most crypto companies and investors are now AI investors / pivots. Don't think many are left to answer your question.