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Ahh... thank you. That's a different part of the already established legislation and wasn't part of this one (which is why I couldn't find it at first glance - I was looking at 1520 …
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The summary and justification sections help set the intent of the bill, but they don't define the law itself. Those uses are: Section two of this bill adds a new Article 45-A to General Bus…
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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4505 "Addictive feed" is used, but it's circularly defined. "Algorithmic feed" doesn't ap…
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> Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health under a new law…
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That gets you into the marble run world... which is segment of YouTube... and there are some very impressive setups. https://youtu.be/qGsD19P16rs As an aside, there's an app ou…
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Tangent - Monktoberfest 2016: Bryan Cantrill - Oral Tradition in Software Engineering https://youtu.be/4PaWFYm0kEw?si=avSAlBsCVUzjW2xo&t=163 (only 2:43 in ... so after the relevan…
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The first tax in the United States was in 1791... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_of_1791 > Tariff of 1791 or Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 was a United States statute estab…
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I use Navicat in the early 2010s for the "cheaper Quest Toad" (a regular developer could afford a few of their tools) and before DataGrip.
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Very much still around... and one of those "this (the terminal tool the HN post is about) might have some trademark challenges" given that every license of TOAD (Tool for Oracle Developmen…
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> Alcohol is not declining in popularity https://www.ohbev.com/blog/gen-z-alcohol-trends-consumption-... > Generation Z (roughly those born 1997–2012) is reshaping the beve…
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> What are your figures as a percentage of total production of Jim Beam goes to Canada? I don't have Jim Beam specifically... but: US spirits exports to Canada plummet 85% in Q2 - https:/…
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This isn’t just a “things are bad” but because of the need to age spirits a prediction that N years from now, demand will still be lower. Canada is a big factor, though one shouldn’t ignore the upcomi…
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That sounds correct. This issue would be when the decimal separator matches the argument separator. In that situation =IF(A1 > 42.1, B1, C1) would be equivalent to =IF(A1 > 42,1; B1; C1) The p…
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> but your only tool is Excel instead of some programming language There is little difference between (if (> a b) c d) and =IF((A1 > B1), C1, D1) Excel is the most widely installed functional…
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https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-reddit-post-blew-brown-univ... > How a Reddit post blew Brown University shooting investigation wide open > Frustration had mounted that th…
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And if you want to hike it, you've got the International Appalachian Trail... https://iat-sia.org/the-trail/ …
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The chart with that data is https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6516123533d9510e36f3259c/... Starting at 2019 and saying "pre-pandemic levels" might be a bit disingenuou…
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> The point of hiring a junior is that you get a (relative to the market) cheap investment with a long-term payoff. This is only a consideration if you can pay enough to keep the junior for the l…
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When you see 6.1% unemployment for computer science new grads, that invariably comes from https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:... Computer Science is tied…
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It's been around for nearly a decade. Taxing Robots : Easier Said Than Done (2017) https://www.ctf.ca/EN/EN/Newsletters/Canadian_Tax_Focus/2017... Robots, tec…
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> I’m also a sucker for 35mm in medium format so you can see photo content around the glorious sprocket holes. Have you seen Ted Orland's holga photos? https://www.anseladams.com&#…
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https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2550 For a fun read taken to April 1 absurdity.
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From the post "Yes, the FCC might ban your operating system" - https://prplfoundation.org/yes-the-fcc-might-ban-your-operat... 2.1033 Application for grant of certific…
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One of the things that image shows is the slightly higher density of the Times version (compare row by row) allowing the paper to put more text on a page and thus reduce some of the costs. This appear…
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> And Comic Sans for letters sent to friends finishing design school, obviously. ... and libressl. https://web.archive.org/web/20140625075722/http://www.libres.…
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I took a semester long 500 level class back in college on the theory of knowledge. It is not easy to define - the entire branch of epistemology in philosophy deals with that question. ... To that e…
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Twitter, Reddit, HN don't always have the consistency of conversation that two people talking do. Even here, I'm responding to you on a thread that I haven't been in on previously. Ther…
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> Like it can't think or reason about something without writing it out first. Setting aside the philosophical questions around "think" and "reason"... it can't. In my …
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SDR for listening does not require a license. For transmission, depending on the power and frequency may require a broadcast license. https://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/comment…
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The company making a device that is licensed by the FCC has to do everything that they can to mitigate the risk of an unlicensed broadcast on their devices. https://www.fcc.gov/oet…