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797karma·289submissions·April 19, 2012
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He spent the next month coming up with an algorithm to solve it, not knowing if such an algorithm was even possible. After he sold the puzzle, he traveled around to various conferences, to prove it co…
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It took Ernő Rubik four years to develop the cube. He immediately scrambled it, then spent the next month figuring out if it could be solved. Luckily no one told him there were 43 quintillion valid co…
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This is exactly correct. Here is what the latest issue covers: His exfiltration of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was swift, effective and - as we found in our follow-up reporting - surprisingly pop…
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The satirically brilliant Genius AI detector correctly indicates it is not AI https://geniusaidetector.com/
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Early internet wisdom was "don't feed the trolls" - I never realized trolling was from fishing.
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Funny. The didge forces you to learn circular breathing, it's cheaper, it is easier to learn, and is easier to play well. Plus I think it sounds better. Everyone should learn to play the didgerid…
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AI is your Google and your yellow rubber ducky (rubber duck debugging) all rolled into one.
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We intuitively think large documents show significant thought. I don't just mean the readers. The generators of slop often think this is useful. Things have changed. Our intuition has not.…
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> Fake because no uber eats order is under 30$
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“If cracking propagates with continued use and strain, the wheel stud could eventually separate from the wheel hub.” That quote is from Tesla, in the linked article. That says the wheel can fall off.…
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I've been doing that for two decades. Most of the spam comes directly to my primary gmail. Because I shared that with friends and family. And at least some of my friends and family shared their e…
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> I've worked in many places around the world, developing countries, tropical islands, small huts on remote mountains I am genuinely curious about your work lifestyle. The freedom to travel a…
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Looks like they already closed this arbitrage opportunity? When I try to ship a lemon to a friend I get "There was a problem with some of the items in your order (see below for more information):…
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Fun fact. You can click into Popcornmeter and see verified audience reviews versus all reviews. E.g. Audience who went to see 2025's Snow White loved it. Those who haven't seen it hated it. …
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This surprised me as well, until I remembered how long it took advertisers to move from traditional advertising to the internet. Even if you wanted to reallocate a significant portion of your advertis…
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The real revenue opportunity for OpenAI is advertising. More than 25% of Americans use ChatGPT instead of Google, and OpenAI has already announced partnership with Shopify to directly list products. B…
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I pay for both.
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MSRP of Honda Accord went from $15k-$30k in 2005 to $30k-$40k in 2025. MSRP of one model is also not perfect, but it's another data point.
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> the United States needs to manage its massive national debt, > The present uncertainty around tariffs and a potential crisis could create conditions that pressure interest rates downward befor…
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> This reduction marks a 13% drop in Amazon’s global management workforce, shrinking the number of managers from 105,770 to 91,936. (second sentence in btw)
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Christian Bale's real accent is cockney english. His interviews are... very jarring.
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We have a P0 to add calendar 445/ 544/ 454. This critical oversight is causing us to lose sales, as our sales folks never know when those companies fiscal year ends, and end up missing budge…
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Without the speedstacks stackmat, (invented by this guys dad for sport stacking), I doubt speed cubing would be a thing.
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This is for startups who are looking for that one in a hundred person hungry for their solution. Enterprises who have already scaled use an entirely different cook book to get the attention of a VP li…
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I am. OP is correct. To get his or my attention, you would need to put in more significantly more effort than you are asking back.
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Kagi provides a fantastic summarizer. I have a bookmarklet for Kagi's Universal Summarizer, and if a long article or video doesn't immediately tell me "what it's gonna tell me"…
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Amazing!
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Yup. The correct query is: SELECT * EXCLUDE (titleType, primaryTitle, language) FROM 'imdb01-11-2024.parquet' WHERE (region is null and titleType = 'movie') ORDER BY ( (numVotes * …
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Try a Bayesian sort. You will get a better result. SELECT * EXCLUDE (titleType, primaryTitle, language)
FROM 'imdb01-11-2024.parquet'
WHERE
(region is null and
titleType = 'movie')…