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The circle of life
You missed the best parts of his line. The full quote is:
I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I’m with isn’t 'it' and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to you!"
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The circle of life
You missed the best parts of his line. The full quote is:
I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I’m with isn’t 'it' and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to you!"
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Trying to understand JSON…
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They're semantically different for PATCH requests. The first does nothing, the second should unset the name field.
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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Your white led is a blue led with a phosphorescent coating.
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Should anyone be suprised?
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Do you think either Trump or Netanyahu gives a single shit about what's legal?
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U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs
If you were as confused by this as I was:
Shortly after the vote, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it would sue the FTC to block the rule
The US Chamber of Commerce is a right-wing lobbying group for businesses, unrelated to the US Department of Commerce which is an actual government agency.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce
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Progress!
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No, sorry. Ethically, this technology can only be used for torture.
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Ruleionaire
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He's definitely not lawful, but I'm also not sure he belongs on a billionaire chart.
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hmmmm
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I'm pretty sure that leads to multi-track drifting, and so all the people die.
Source: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/000/727/DenshaDeD_ch01p16-17.jpg
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Google promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizza
The company has taken action against violations of its policies, she said
What does this mean in this context? Send takedown notices to people who joke on the Internet?
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Follow me for more linux tips and tricks
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Ah yes, I'll just replace all my power sockets, get rid of all my electronics, and only buy imported European electronics from now on.
It's so obvious, why didn't I think of it before.
Oh yeah, and rewire my whole house to 240 V. Easy peasy.
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Apple is finally allowing Firefox to use its own engine on the iPhone (but only in the EU)
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Pray it just works? Get consumer-friendly legislation to pass in the US somehow? Maybe a genie wish or an infinity gauntlet could be used for this purpose.
Apple has never been great at enabling developer testing. I certainly don't see why they'd care if shit works on third party browsers. The more broken apps are just means the more users who will give up and use Safari.
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Public trust
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Unfortunately, the answer to that doesn't lie in science but in politics.
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This company is the laughing stock of gaming right now
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But they're not even that passionate about this. Shitty game companies continue to be rewarded by players.
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The Force is strong with this one?
I think there might be more dangerous weapons in the galaxy. Maybe even a vaguely moon-like one capable of destroying planets.
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PHP is dead?
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I also appreciate that you're supposed to learn Django 19 years before you learn Python.
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NASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million miles
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It's really not at these scales. Earth and Mars go from roughly 4 light minutes apart to over 20.
At the best case, saying something and then waiting 8 minutes for a response is hardly what I'd call "real time".
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Romeo and Juliet got nothing on this
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And yet you refer to yourself by pronouns multiple times in that very comment.
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Don't rule
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Sigterm is telling someone to kill themselves. Sigkill is murder.
But, like, for programs.
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Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic -- even in non-political subreddits
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I'm not so sure. The study discusses specifically people who engage in partisan subreddits, which is not the same as being politically engaged. It also uses an AI to grade toxicity, which surely mischaracterizes many interactions.
For example, I have been in communities of a non-political nature, where political discussions occur. These are often about real issues that affect real people in the community, and yet there are people complaining about political content.
To complain about political content is, at best, a very privileged take, demonstrating that you are in a position where politics do not affect you much. At worst, it is actively hostile behavior with the goal of continuing the status quo and shutting down discourse. I would call most of these kinds of comments "toxic", and yet the rhetoric is usually fine, so I doubt an AI would agree.
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It's a tragedy. It rhymes.
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George Lucas literally said it was: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-05-18-0505180309-story.html
Maybe next time spend 15 seconds googling instead of acting like a jackass?