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13,171karma·7,722submissions·April 29, 2021
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99% of the reason for the mom-and-pop groceries dying out is that "our" Federal Gov't decided that it would stop bothering to enforce the law - https://en.wikipedia.org/…
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Pretty much "yes" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_Sta... I'd guess your pot/kettle comment is something nationalist/political?…
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> Am I misunderstanding ... NO. I've seen quite a few things, across many cultures, pointing out that girls being any combination of low-value, low-status, and unsupported leads to them endin…
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This, as a generality. There are plenty of multi-billion-dollar Wall Street firms doing algorithmic trading. Your prospects for being smarter or faster than them are very poor.
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Color me extremely skeptical. Yes, Bad Vibes are a thing. But blaming "the vibes" is useless performative BS. The closest thing to "vibes" that I'd blame is the ways in whic…
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Similar here, though they are too small-scale to make their own ice cream. Upside, they stock very good quality ice cream. And their prices are about the lowest in town.
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9 hours, 5 serious HN users replying...and nobody noting that "A Modest Proposal" might flag satire.* Or that my "proposed" solution, in many ways, describes the current status quo…
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Beyond "what superficially sounds best for me ", I don't see much evidence of "carefully considered" voting now. :(
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> I just want to buy ... Find a locally owned ice cream parlor, and asked for a hand-packed half gallon.
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There's nothing "finally" about 48 oz. Some brands are edging smaller. What I've noticed is 32oz. cartons gaining prominence in grocery stores, while the 48's seem to be slo…
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Caveat: > Funding [...] The analyses in this study were supported by an investigator-initiated grant from the American Egg Board. [...]
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> Do those disenfranchised blue collar workers feel... Given the flip-flop pattern of 1-term Presidencies since 2016 - which looks likely to continue with a Dem. elected in 2028 - I'd say a wh…
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The U.S. has not had any sort of Free Market in agricultural products since at least 1942 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn Sure, there's plenty of puffed-u…
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While SFGate probably isn't renowned for its agricultural coverage, it'd be nice if there was at least a little context in their story. Is the demand for canned peaches dropping, or is prod…
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> Any portrayal is a betrayal. For those sufficiently pedantic, true. OTOH, there's a rather wide spectrum in how well (say) Mitchell's Gone With the Wind , Ken Burns's The Civil …
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Other than running for re-election, what does Congress seriously prepare for?
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I coulda added another "That I've seen" disclaimer to my second para. My dataset is just friends & family who I've seen "based on a true story" movies with, where I …
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I'd be nice if HN had a 's/^The Secret/The/' filter for Titles, since (99%) the 'S' word is nothing but counterfactual click-bait.
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> ... don't understand consent. The word you're looking for is "respect". They understand consent, the same as JBS* understands animal rights. * https://en.wikip…
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That I've seen, the problem is worse than that. A movie merely says it's "based on a true story". If you're a lawyer or literature professor, that "based on" mig…
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I wouldn't be surprised if both are illegal. But these days, the correlation between "X is illegal" and "larger org's do not do X" just ain't what it yousta be.
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IANAL, nor expert in this space. But might any such care to comment on the consequences, if this "it is impossible, even in theory , to eliminate LLM hallucinations" result holds up?
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> One theory involves a hypothetical evolutionary history between women and birds. It’s possible, the researchers say, that while men stalked larger prey, women were responsible for catching and ki…
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> ... sold exclusively to ASML employees with a strictly enforced “one per person” rule. You'll need to be their very best friend. And make sure they're not too close with their family, …
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Possibly. Or, it's also possible that they will continue a "case-by-case, only so far as it serves our interests" buffet-restaurant policy. Choosing Western ideals and practices can ca…
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If you're referring to the seeming sabotage by the aircrew, that can happen in any nation. If you're referring to the seeming suppression of embarrassing conclusions by the Chinese governmen…
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> ... more likely to open their doors for a group of ... Probably true. Usually. Just keep your eyes on local news, and wait 'till the Sewer Dept. is facing budget cuts, or needs a rate in…
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Short answer: Too many cooks in the kitchen, and too many of 'em motivated to make it more complicated. A computer standard that is still widely avoided almost 30 years after it became officia…
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What if your own HR's LLM didn't send you any other kind?