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Re:US egg prices increased 22% in 2025 and 202% in 12 months on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:34PM (#42964584)
And yet we have the saying "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"!
Re:iPhone 16 could let you shoot in JPEG-XL on Saturday August 24, 2024 @03:21AM (#41336283)
Why not?
Re:Fake Job Interviews Are Securities Fraud on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @10:44PM (#41116011)
I always decline to answer race/sexuality/gender/veteran status/disabled status applications when applying.
Re:Generating sudokus for fun and no profit on Friday July 26, 2024 @01:56AM (#41076116)
I remember the good old days when a bingo card generator was enough to sustain a lifestyle business
Cameo is in a great position to pivot to licensed generative AI cameos. They have the relationships with the celebrities that are willing to do it for money, and that seems like the hard part.
It can even vary within a city, and within a zip code - see TID's, NID's, and CID's.
Re:The golden age of scammers: AI-powered phishing on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @11:43AM (#40987108)
Soon the role of the Indian call centers will change from running the scam directly to making spam calls to trusted contacts of the intended mark to collect voice data for TTS model fine tuning.
At the moment this is #1 on the frontpage.
Re:How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed on Monday July 01, 2024 @11:44AM (#40846918)
They also like the possibility of future MRR.
Change you self talk from "I'm not good at networking" to "I'm not currently good at networking", go read "How to Win Friends and Influence People", then implement a bit of it in your daily life and reap the rewards.
That is Firefox's decision then, not a restriction by Apple as indicated by GP.
iOS allows third party browser engines since iOS 17.4 in the EU.
In this case someone generated malicious bytecode that the JIT compiler would not generate.

I would argue JIT is dangerous because it requires dynamic memory without the NX bit set, so if you manage to smash the stack (find an exploit) you can execute arbitrary code easily (leverage the exploit). That's a different dangerous than running malicious bytecode.

Alcohol ethoxylates that were identified to cause epithelial inflammation and barrier damage[0] are listed as ingredients in consumer dish detergents[1] and rinse aids[2].

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36464527/#:~:text=The%20alco....

[1] https://smartlabel.pg.com/en-us/00037000982067.html

[2] https://giantfoodstores.com/product/finish-jet-dry-3-in-1-ri...

Re:Show HN: SQLite Database Explorer on Sunday June 16, 2024 @05:59PM (#40700476)
"SQLite Studio" seems like a poor choice of name given that it's already in use[0].

[0] https://sqlitestudio.pl/.

Re:piku: The tiniest PaaS you've ever seen on Sunday June 09, 2024 @03:46PM (#40627003)
Can't you use git hooks to automate the manual steps?
Can you clarify on the "invasive examination of your finances"?

In my experience, when you apply on healthcare.gov, you simply enter your estimated income for the year you're applying - that's it, and you get the subsidy. Then when you file your taxes for that year, you either get more subsidy as a credit, or pay some back depending on whether you came in above or below the estimate you provided on the application.

Or she had an email address like {firstname}@{firstnamelastname.com}.
Does Apple get your cardio data? It's my understanding is that is encrypted, even when it goes to iCloud for backup.
Mine swings around as well, and I attribute it to the fact that Apple only uses Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, and Hiking to estimate VO2Max. Mine trends down in the winter months when most of my intense cardio is happening indoors on the treadmill or elliptical machine, and most of my outdoor activities are leisurely walks with the dog in poor conditions.
I remember when going through scuba diving certification, the instructor mentioned that smokers generally get more time out of a tank because their lungs absorb oxygen more efficiently or something like that. And she smoked a lot.
According to Apple[0] it is only after the specific activities of: Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, and Hiking. Which explains why my estimated VO2 max goes down significantly in the winter months when I'm mainly doing cardio indoors and only taking leisurely walks with the dog outdoors.

[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/108790#:~:text=Apple%20Watch....

They are all over Rome.
I believe low speed limits were raised in Texas due to the number of drowsy driver accidents that were occurring due to the amount of time it took to transit the state at the lower speed limits. Everything is a trade-off.
Re:American Flag Sort on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:05PM (#40165208)
Yes, you’ll get something sorted based on the bytes in the string but it won’t be lexicographically correct - for example, à will be sorted after b.
Re:American Flag Sort on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:04PM (#40165201)
Indeed, and is à less than b? Not in Unicode!
Re:Nintendo forces Garry's Mod to delete 20 years of content on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:02PM (#40165185)
Mario can have a gun in the Smash Bros franchise.
Re:American Flag Sort on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:42PM (#40139492)
It says it sorts one byte at a time. I think this would break for anything not utf-8.
I would love to see a VR "game" where it's possible to level up social skills via LLM backend. There are some prompt engineers on reddit that have come up with great prompts, but there is definitely a niche for making a seamless product for people to practice being in uncomfortable situations.

If anyone is interested in working together, reply. I started working with TTS, ASR, and LLM API's because this piqued my curiosity after attending a few meetups and going in "cold" without much social interaction before the meeting. I imagine a proper app could give people superpowers.

It's fun but I don't feel like I'm in a real situation. I would love to see something like this in VR aimed at gamifying social skills.

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