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Would you return something because the power indicator LED is too bright?
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It's 54 degrees Fahrenheit (12 Celsius), raining moderately hard, the rain is cold, and there's a guy blowing around wet leaves with a leaf blower. What the hell is the obsession with leaf blowers?
The leaves must blow.
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There is some Tesla brigade working hard to remove everything from the internet that makes them look bad.
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Depends on the terms of the contract...
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What temperature do you keep your thermostat at?
You guys can control the temperature in the summer?
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No Candy Crush? Non-starter.
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I tried, I really did
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Isn't most of the AI training work in the world done on Linux using Nvidia GPUs (in the cloud)? I guess it's a different use case...
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Is there an app that could send me a notification every 30 minutes?
This sounds like the Pomodoro technique.... There are a lot of apps for that.
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Why have YouTubers ceased reuploading videos to alternative platforms around December 2023?
One reason could be difference in how much the other platforms pay vs YouTube. Uploading multiple places also requires more effort and coordination, might not be worth it from their perspective...
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The Carbon Tax Is Good for Canadians. Why Axe It?
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In Vancouver 18.5 cents per litre goes to transit.
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Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books
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If you aren't allowed to freely use data for training without a license, then the fear is that only large companies will own enough works or be able to afford licenses to train models.
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Boeing’s Starliner lands on Earth – without its astronauts
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Because he wasn't moving very fast... To be in orbit you need to be traveling around the earth extremely quickly. The problem is slowing down, not the altitude.
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Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban
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Can be good experience to move away from home for a bit...
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Passive Salt Water Cooling Boosts CPU Performance by Almost 33%
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Wouldn't data centres not turn off though and therefore not be able to recharge?
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The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has 100 endings, and it's pushing the creators to the brink of bankruptcy | PC Gamer
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Yes. It's clickbait because it doesn't tell you the name of the game.
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CEO pay declined in 2023: But it has soared 1,085% since 1978 compared with a 24% rise in typical workers’ pay
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I think it's supposed to be inflation adjusted?
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Could wastewater plants simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water?
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500C is above the critical temperature for water. So it would probably be a supercritical fluid. Unless the pressure was above 10 GPa or so in which case it would be solid.
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What is something you never understood the hype for?
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It's not just to watch the game, it's to watch/listen to the streamer. It's like a talk show.
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Cisco slams NSA for intercepting packages en route to customers
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I think Sysco is up about 10% per year on average since 1990 so it's not so bad...
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Are modern LLMs closer to AGI or next word predictor? Where do they fall in this graph with 10 on x-axis being human intelligence.
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What is intelligence though? Maybe I'm getting through life just by being pretty good at predicting what to say or do next...
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Trains could start rolling 'within days,' labour minister says after sending dispute to binding arbitration
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They are actually locked out, not on strike.