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whiddershins

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    Comment #49125249

    They would meet the requirements to not have to work. Having nothing to do with terminally ill status and everything to do with the things you just listed. The article doesn't say …

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    Comment #48745402

    thanks! i have been trying to articulate why i built this, and in what ways the approach is fundamentally different.

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    Comment #48745386

    for the app or the keys? for keys we support openai, google, bytedance, and wavespeed which is an aggregator that gives you access to most models. if you are asking is Windows in t…

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    Comment #48739606

    shameless plug burlap will let you just use keys from gemini studio or openai and try stuff out without messing with the web interfaces. that's (one reason) i made it https://www.b…

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    Comment #48255053

    I am under the impression this does not apply to for example o-1 visas. Possibly not for h1-b. Is everyone clear about what they are commenting on here? Is the news coverage clear?…

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    Comment #48244675

    You are right, the downvotes people gave this comment are wrong, the replies to you are wrong. Feeding evil in the hopes you will also feed a little good is not only bad morally, b…

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    Comment #46706588

    vulnerable how?

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    Comment #46607260

    I appreciated Scott Adams, and am sad he has passed away. I learned a lot from him and his perspective helped me through difficult times. The comments here are very unfortunate. Wh…

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    Comment #46286352

    congresss did not declare war for any of the post wwii wars.

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    Comment #46012261

    How many conservatives do you socialize with regularly?

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    Comment #44410687

    all this was obvious the moment napster became popular. and for more than a decade anyone who explained what was happening was ridiculed, especially in tech circles. spotify in par…

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    Comment #44069660

    The trend towards opaque is inexorable. https://noisegroove.substack.com/p/somersaulting-down-the-sl...

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    Comment #44030909

    I'd be curious about the total carbon emissions, all in, to produce this because it seems like an excellent carbon sink. And especially when compared to steel.

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    Comment #44014421

    I would like to take this moment to point out that in NY it is ~illegal for me to hire an unpaid intern and train them by for example saying: - this is codex, here is a bunch of ti…

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    Comment #43779426

    So can I just sign up and get started using it on my blog, or how does this work?

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    Comment #43779394

    LLMs in data pipelines enable all sorts of “before impossible” stuff. For example, this creates an event calendar for you based on emails you have received: https://www.indexself.c…

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    Comment #43694697

    "i can't understand my son, he doesn't listen to a thing I say!" -- Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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    Comment #43669352

    argh, just have the back wall recede away from you as it gets lower. tilt it the other way. you could even use a curve.

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    Comment #43654312

    this is such a fantastic comment because it makes a charitable attempt to explain how data driven decisions go off the rails. and it matters because this seems to be an omnipresent…

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    Comment #43607090

    "known to" !== "known for"

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    Comment #43582073

    > A rise in AI-generated propaganda failed to materialize. hah!

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    Comment #43571446

    i've been wanting to implement a design like this for blogs for 5 or 10 years. Great work on the inline detail on mobile. genuinely better than whatever i would have made. did you …

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    Comment #43561336

    "AI Agent", as of April 2025, is a largely meaningless term that serves as a descriptive abstraction for people who aren't so familiar with coding. Debating its definition is point…

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    Comment #43478759

    Great idea, but (as indicated in the article) there are no stoops pictured. A stoop is a series of steps that go to a second level, which makes for way better hang dynamics. Living…

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    Comment #43464115

    i don't know the details but airpods pro sound noticeably terrible and bluetooth-y. It's almost shocking.