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“This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails
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This cancelation was determined by a human
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“This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails
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This cancelation was determined by a human
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The goal is suffering
"The director tells me it could have been done in 72 hours if we were allowed to make it even more inhumane / unsafe"
Fixed that for you.
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German translator caught on hot mic complaining about Trump inauguration speech: How much longer 'with this s–t?'
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Or less if nature takes her course.
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'We can end HIV': Groundbreaking preventative drug to be rolled out for $40 a year from 2027
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Not just them, but the religious fuckers who want everyone to suffer "consequences" for the sin of sex. Same ones that freak out about HPV vaccine.
I know there is a lot of overlap. But it isn't total.
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Rudy Giuliani tells judge he can’t pay his bills in courtroom outburst
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don't forget to skip the avocado toast
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DISTURBED's Belgian Show Cancelled Over DAVID DRAIMAN's Photo Signing IDF Missiles
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Would you go so far as to say you were disturbed when you learned of his support for genocide?
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Full circle
For those asking / pronouncing this has to be satire, perhaps. But not for long. AI is still not making a profit. So whatever it costs today at the growth-at-all-costs subsidized rate, think how much more expensive it will be when investors start insisting on profit after market consolidation*.
Because if you think there is a competitive barrier to entry for smartphones, operating systems, CPUs, and streaming services, you ain't seen NOTHING yet
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White House rescinds executive order targeting prominent law firm
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With a huge side helping of mafia style blackmail. They stopped hiding it a long time ago.
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Always remember what we're fighting for!
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If it really is true, I cannot stress enough just how bad it is. Like, really really bad.
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Washing machine drums make really good fire pits
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I'd imagine even "low quality" stainless steel will hold up pretty well. And it has to at least have enough carbon in it to avoid rusting from all the water.
But WHOA BOYEEE it gonna get HOT!!! Not a bad thing per say, but as pictured there's nothing to prevent against an accidental leg brush. My firepit has a ring/lip around it that if you walk by you'll hit it first before the MUCH hotter body of the bowl itself. I feel like this needs something for a little protection. Even just a ring of very large rocks as a way to keep people away from walking too close.
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Why Conservatives Are Now Obsesses with Raw Milk
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No, we made the mistake of doing everything thing we could to make them get vaccinated.
Next time we know better.
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Their not sending there best
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"You're spelling almost blue a vane in my fourhead"
FTFY
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"Pro-life" woman seeks abortion and gets denied
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I have accepted that two things can be trust at once: I can be sad for her and amused at the leopard eating her face. I have no problem containing both of those emotions at the same time without hating myself one ounce.
jumper
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'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out.
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It is not possible to explain the horribleness that is Austin road planning and the complete and utter lack of available transit. Exhibit 1 https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/2/27/a-75-billion-boondoggle-advances-in-austin
Just consider what it must mean for an average Californian to say traffic is bad. These aren't people coming from rural Montana complaining about city traffic.
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"curing at birth" != "Eugenics"
Still, the spirit of accommodation is spot on.
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GOP bid to remove polling sites from college campuses in one Texas county fails
"O’Hare has said it isn’t the county’s job to make it easier for specific groups to vote."
Yes👏 It👏 Fucking👏 Is👏
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Police drag autistic girl out of house ‘because she said officer looked like her lesbian grandmother’
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Even if she did mean it as an insult and wasn’t autistic, SO WHAT FUCK OFF COP, INSULTS AREN'T ILLEGAL!!!
Fixed that for you.
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5:01 and Done: No One Wants to Schmooze After Work
ITT: I don't want to ever socialize with my co-workers Also: How do you make friends as an adult?
Look I'm not a huge fan of forced socialization myself. I HATE small talk. I'm looking for the door before I have the first drink in my hand at "networking events". But I also know one of the biggest opportunities I have to meet new people as an adult is at at work. So I choose the situation carefully to make sure it's one I'm comfortable with and I give it a go. I've made a few lasting friends, people I play soccer with, people I invite over my house, people who my other friends got tight with, and over all growing my social group. A number of them don't even work for the same company anymore, or in my immediate office at least.
I'm not saying to do anything you don't want to do, and forced fun can suck, but if you DO want to meet people in life and make friends, don't force-limit your opportunities to interact with new people. Pick, or even suggest!, the situation that works for you.
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What's the evolutionary advantage of very long hair on human heads?
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At some point, something lead to a mutation that turned curly hair into straight hair, and that seems to have been selected for in populations living in colder climates. But that doesn’t mean it increased chances of survival. Maybe it was just preferred by sexual partners for some reason, which may even have been cultural at that point.
Perhaps the hair change was the result of some other gene expression that was beneficial while the hair change itself was neutral-ish.
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A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn
Yup. This is my guy, my VA rep. I remember getting either a mailer, or a newsletter, or whatever, update from his office talking about him starting this. Thought it was great and locked in my support. I agree we need to keep flowing in young blood into congress, but Don is still doing good work and doing his best to keep relevant.