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Comment #49223616
Why does it work for weather at all? Is there something that the mathematical models are over-simulating? Is weather easier to predict than we thought? Just curious what the intuit…
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Comment #48786375
> "The happy suburbanite cares about convenience and quantity above all else, from what I can tell anyway. They don't really have a varied sense of taste, they just want stuff, and…
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Comment #48786167
From families I know: food is the reason. Athletic teenagers consume a lot of calories. Proteins, fruits, and vegetables along with milk, eggs, cheeses and snacks are easy to buy i…
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Comment #48374320
Your comments have two standout points for me: 1. Boring Orwell: Continuous surveillance is already present in the form of cameras in streets, shops, schools, cars, buses, homes, e…
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Comment #48288797
Any individual layoff is truly awful. But at the macro level, it is not really a big number so far. From ~2.48 million in 2023 to ~2.37million now. Or a 5% drop in employment in 3 …
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Comment #48274428
Ha ha. I can't imagine any Ferrari dealer would want this on their lot.
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Comment #48174936
Tax dollars really don't pay for things in the US Federal Government. Deficit spending leading to an ever rising debt is the source of continued spending. When Debt/GDP grows, we'r…
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Comment #48095033
I would be concerned about transcription error perhaps (e.g. non native speaker) where precision matters: engineering, compliance, regulation, legal, etc.
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Comment #48027749
No doubt they were delicious - fruit picked while walking is always special. But here in California, we have tremendous strawberries in our markets: Camarosa, Albion, Gaviota. Each…
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Comment #48027651
Perhaps you haven't had the pleasure of eating fresh-picked strawberries from Watsonville on your drive down PCH 1. Strawberries that are shipped across the US (Watsonville produce…
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Comment #48025982
I feel truly sorry for older folks navigating apps/logins/passwords/etc. Their experience is often utter shit. Two examples: 1. Often older folks have their screen zoom maxed out f…
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Comment #48025903
Definitely need this - I have a grocery store app with an embedded QR code linked to my account for discounts at point of sale. Opening the app is slow - so I've screen shotted the…
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Comment #47978597
Populism is effective because the proverbial rising tide is not lifting all boats. AI is currently driving yet another extreme wealth inequality inflection point. Founded just five…
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Comment #47930973
People just liked it better that way.
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Comment #47930291
"How did we get here?" - No one really wants to ask this question. We've had decades of tax policy, trade policy, health policy that created tremendous wealth inequality. In Q4 201…
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Comment #47925507
Full tweet: "A friend is renting a house and the application requires connecting your bank account (via login) to pull 90 days of purchases and balances. Seems really invasive for …
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Comment #47860060
Or high speed switching between a dozen workspaces across multiple monitors and 100s of chrome tabs.
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Comment #47855138
Give it back?
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Comment #47835764
>If I have evidence that a crime has been committed based on my layperson understanding of the law, I will surely inform others before the case is even brought to courts. Journalis…
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Comment #47830859
By researching, writing and publishing this article both the reporter and the news org believe there is significant public value in publishing this information. But it is a higher …