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They will possibly all converge when they expose a "tool interface" to some kind of model-on-prem(ish) device that you install in your home. Think of an OpenAI or Anthropic or Appl…

Noted, thanks to you and the parent post for the info.

In the early 2000s, post-dotcom-crash I worked at small consultancy for the airlines industry that had a software wing. I think I made $11/hour slinging PHP code. They had sequeste…

I use to play F-19 on my HX that had an upgrade board. I also loved a horse racing game on that thing but I can't remember what it was called.

Little piece of Tandy errata: They had their own subway line in downtown Fort Worth[1]. It was there before they built their headquarters, The Tandy Center, but they kept it runnin…

Bath Iron Works is hiring people on the spot right now. They are probably going to hire 3k people in the next year. I imagine this is happening at other shipyards around the countr…

Can you explain what you mean by germ control? Covid is primarily transmitted by sustained exposure to aerosols. Much of the disinfecting we are now doing now is essentially perfor…

> 3 spaces indentation What?

There was a social component to reader that was very similar in ways to how people share news on Facebook. It was one of googles only solid social graphs. That they wasted that was…

The US has over 80,000 dams of one type or another.

Bodybuilding is rife with PED usage, which is itself a form of hormone manipulation.

That’s what the CIA would have you believe.

I grew up in the 90s in rural Texas and never owned western attire and was just fine. Your friend is overstating the role of clothing in his experience I suspect.

> continual contact Like a school room with 15 kids spaced 4 feet apart for 45 minutes?

Yep won’t some please think of the children.

Really, were still doing this?

While the agriculture may feel dystopic, there really wasn’t ever much west of the cross timbers to begin with. The dividing line you describe is the area between the 98th and 100t…

The land around the Ouchita Mountains is not shitty at all. In fact it’s gorgeous.

Also worth noting that male bears will eat cubs which is how I interpreted it.

I had a 6S Plus until earlier this year when the port went on the fritz and car play started acting erratically. That was pretty much my sole reason for upgrading. Performance wasn…

That uninhabited place is stewarded by someone else. It and the people that travel to it are the responsibility of that steward. This often happens to be park rangers or logging co…

> Long-term I believe humanity should phase out killing animals anyway (via either clean/lab-grown meat or future iterations of plant-based meat) This inclusive of hunting and (rec…

> “Where are all the world class transgender athletes that are dominating men on a routine basis?" Who says this? Most people I think naturally assume that’s not going to ever happ…