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.I urge everyone reading to unsubscribe instantaneously from the NYTimes for their business practices. Do not do business with unethical companies. You are not wrong for thinking that, but I encourage…

Hard to say. People made the same prediction a year ago because we supposedly ran out of training data. There could be indefinite rapid compounding improvements so long as there's free money out …

In a similar vein: A while ago, Chinese adolescents were bypassing age restrictions for playtime in Mainland China by using the published national ID numbers of insolvent debtors (which are apparently…

>We're exploring using the SAR data for conservation / deforestation monitoring. Anybody else working in this space who has blazed the trail? Dr. Naomi Schwartz and her lab at the Univers…

I would speculate that careers that require Master's degrees tend to be more saturated, and the result of that is qualification creep. Examples of this include teaching, social work, library scie…

Is this a gut feeling, or is there a basis for this claim? My comment referenced solely due process in relation to the state.

In what sense? Germany has among the strongest judicial oversight for invasion of privacy in Europe. Due process is followed when securing search warrants that provide access to subscriber data (Germa…

Very glad to see Bangladeshi developers represent. Keep up the great work.

Does anyone know of an effective alternative for Android?

Whispering [0] is Windows compatible and has gotten a lot better on Windows despite being extremely rough around the edges at first. [0] https://github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter …

ChatGPT 5.2 Thinking yields the same answer - walk. If I append 'think carefully' to the end of the prompt, it returns driving as the correct answer.

They're probably talking about ServaRICA. They post deals on LowEndTalk.

It may just feel that way because we're less likely to look at SO directly now that there are better alternatives.

Thank you for sharing. This actually scratches an itch I've had on and off over the years. Over a decade ago, I remember reading a Quora post along the lines of 'How does ISIS still have int…

Political campaign staff often keep hours way past what a volunteer with a 9-5 job has. It's a terrible life, terrible profession but it still draws in people that are willing to find meaning in …

I don't have any input on direct user funding for Firefox, but Thunderbird is also developed by a for-profit entity and accepts direct user funding with no charitable tax deductions as well. [0] …

In Canada, I've only ever seen these in grocery stores, operating for a fee (and they don't accept commissions) and a singular credit union branch (because they serve the underbanked at that…

>According to this, Archive.today uses a botnet with changing IP addresses to circumvent anti-scraping measures. Archive.today uses Tor exit nodes when all of its main server IPs are blocked, so I …

Sorry to be pedantic but I think you mean 'cost center', not loss leader (something sold at a loss to attract customers into your ecosystem/store). You are entirely right otherwise.

If you've ever dealt with financial institutions in a meaningful way, you'd know that the self-service variety, or the HSBC variety, will create hurdles and enforce policies arbitrarily with…

Not too long ago, I transferred the equivalent of $12 USD from a Fintech chequing account and immediately had my Wise account flagged for sanctions. I had to spend 2 hours drafting and collecting docu…

Then it'll come down to an individualist vs a collectivist take. Triage priorities in referrals are an acceptable trade-off for broadly improved access to health care. The reality is that my ecze…

>Some people think single payer system is the solution but then when they talk to Canadians they realize that's not the solution either. I'm sorry but I don't understand this discour…

I would especially like to call out the Scandic Hotels chain for this behaviour as well. Booking a hotel room should not involve me wondering if I booked it for the wrong day when I'm not in an E…

Just say the quiet part out loud: caste-based discrimination.

>Shouldn't it be minimized? I think it's increasing on Wikipedia. I think there's too high of a barrier for actual experts to write/edit. What's left is primarily idealogue…

You're not really considered a veteran editor until you've won at least 10 Request for Comments outquoting your detractors with at least 100 obscure Wikipedia guidelines and policies.