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stars & sharks
Polaris is 45-67 million years old.
The oldest total-group chondrichthyans, known as acanthodians or "spiny sharks", appeared during the Early Silurian, around 439 million years ago.
It's not even close.
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stars & sharks
Polaris is 45-67 million years old.
The oldest total-group chondrichthyans, known as acanthodians or "spiny sharks", appeared during the Early Silurian, around 439 million years ago.
It's not even close.
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Pi Day: Boomer Humor Edition
Boomer? This is an irrational joke.
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Amazon exec says it’s time for RTO: ‘I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better’
When I worked at Amazon we had data for every little decision we made. Do you want to change the color of a button? Run an A/B test and see if it improves some metric.
Want to stop supporting a 5-year-old device? Go determine the total number of impacted people and figure out some way to compensate them.
Want to get promoted? Get 5 people you worked with to answer specific questions about your work over the last year.
Want to make an entire workforce return to an office after they kept your company afloat during a pandemic? Want to increase commute time? Want to increase cars on the road? Want to make new parents spend less time with their kids? No need for any data, some guy says he knows better.
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Comenting code
/**
* Gets the user
**/
fun getUser() {
return this.user;
}
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Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates
I'll believe this in 7 years.
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Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model
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Then throws the notes away and calls everyone commies, guaranteeing their own low wages, long hours, and unsafe work conditions.
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A webcomic I created with a friend, drawn live entirely on my stream
Is there anything to get here? I feel like either I'm missing something, or this comic is literally just about someone having a nap instead of playing a game.
Fine if that's the case, but I keep thinking there's some sort of joke I'm missing.
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Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,...
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If you're on a work visa and you don't want to get deported then you do what daddy Elon tells you.
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YouTube now allows monetization on videos with breastfeeding nudity and 'non-sexually graphic dancing' | TechCrunch
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Yeah, creators, just build, host, and maintain your own streaming video service.
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Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn
So, wading in here with a gut reaction and no nuance, he's charged with all these crimes because the platform he runs has them being organized between its users?
Who do we arrest if a crime is organized via phone call on T-Mobile's network, or via mail?
Is it a case of cooperation, where Telegram is completely refusing to help, or is it just a case of "encryption bad, privacy bad" from the French government?
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The lack of upload date is the thing that already bugs me the most about YouTube Shorts. Well, maybe the second most after the entire concept.
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Extrovert Duty
Gurantee
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Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.
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They'll always win because they can just prevent you from flying.
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Loyalty to the flag
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I'm from the UK, my wife is from Singapore, and our son was born in the US. I really don't think it's appropriate to force him to pledge allegiance to the US, because he has strong ties to other countries. It feels like brainwashing.
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Waiting for the bus [Shen]
I don't get what the point of the comic is. Am I supposed to know something before reading it?
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I know it's sometimes informative, but I really hate the popularity of "$x quietly does $y" in headlines.
You want Google to run ads on TV or something? It's a tiny feature.
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Mansplaining for good
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Jeez, we know, stop mansplaining mansplaining.
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This
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play store is a nightmare
They used to have a nice obvious detail page for every app, now I get some small entry, a bunch of other apps that I might also want to install (spoiler, I don't), and it's harder to see useful information.
Do they really think I've gone to the Play Store to install my bank's app, but I might also want to install a different bank's app?
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A closer look at e/OS: Murena's privacy-first 'deGoogled' Android alternative - TechCrunch
We really need a compelling alternative to the Play Store, both as users and developers.