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Re:US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification on Friday April 17, 2026 @07:51AM (#47804904)
>This is scary as hell.

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

If it looks like a conspiracy, it's probably one.

I hope consumers return these phones in droves like Windows RT and Windows 10 S. The issue is that sideloading isn’t an immediate concern—users would only realize the limitation later, when it’s too late to return the device.
The brain does optimization during sleep. Is that something llms can benefit from?
For those who don't understand, Biden sold the Helium not Trump - he took office on Jan 20, 2025.
List of terrorist groups sponsored by Iran Government

1. Hezbollah (Lebanon)

2. Hamas (Gaza Strip)

3. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Gaza Strip/West Bank)

4. The Houthis / Ansar Allah (Yemen)

5. Kata'ib Hezbollah (Iraq)

6. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (Iraq)

7. Harakat al-Nujaba (Iraq)

8. Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (Iraq)

9. Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (Iraq)

10. Kata'ib al-Imam Ali (Iraq)

11. Badr Organization (Iraq)

12. Liwa Fatemiyoun (Syria/Afghanistan)

13. Liwa Zaynabiyoun (Syria/Pakistan)

14. Al-Ashtar Brigades (Bahrain)

15. Saraya al-Mukhtar (Bahrain)

16. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (West Bank)

17. Popular Resistance Committees (Gaza Strip)

18. Lions' Den (West Bank)

19. Hezbollah Al-Hijaz (Saudi Arabia)

20. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - Quds Force (Regional/Iran)

> It's not like relations between China and the West aren't already as hostile as the West can tolerate.

It's just the US that's publicly wary of china, heck, it's just Trump

Fela bled for Nigeria—literally.

He carried scars on his back from police and soldier beatings meant to silence him for speaking against the government. His houses and estate were set ablaze. His land was seized by the government and never returned.

His mother was thrown off a building by soldiers.

Yet, the very people he fought for chose to focus on his vices and mocked him for them.

I’m glad he finally got this award.

Re:Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @12:49PM (#46798895)
>It's unfortunate but at the same time if enough people switch to Linux then they'll be forced to change their ways.

Nope. Not Nadella. He'll kill windows in a heartbeat.

Idea: Using AI as a pre-processor to improve traditional TT

I’ve been thinking about a way to make non-neural / traditional TTS sound much better without replacing the TTS engine itself.The core idea is to insert an AI text pre-processor before TTS synthesis.Instead of feeding raw text directly into TTS, an AI model parses and rewrites the text to optimize it for speech, handling things that current TTS pipelines do poorly unless the user is an SSML...

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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March on Monday April 07, 2025 @09:40AM (#43611320)
Really? In my country, CNN is Coca cola and Fox is Dr. Pepper
If this is target at developing nations, theft of the solar panels will be a major hindrance.
I set my work android phone to go off 10pm and come on by 7am everyday. It's under settings -> system. It also has the ability to restart on any day/time you want.
> That'll wear out the battery quickly. Why does this happen? If it's about overcharging, is it impossible to stop charging once the battery is full?
Re:UK businesses caught buying five-star Google reviews on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @03:53PM (#26404080)
The same happened to me. The negative review shows up when i'm signed in but it did not affect the rating (number of stars) of the business.

Basically, it's just me and the owner of the business that sees the review. The negative review I gave the scammy business doesn't show up when I sign out.

Re:Why Creativity Is a Numbers Game (2015) on Monday December 23, 2019 @04:12AM (#21862379)
Jews in general are known to be special. But he's emphasizing on Ashkenazi Jews alone. A quick research shows that their history is quite complex. They were banned from most occupations - restricting them to money lending (banking), health care (doctors), crafting...

You can find some in the link he supplied https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jewish_intelligence#...

Re:Why Creativity Is a Numbers Game (2015) on Monday December 23, 2019 @03:42AM (#21862287)
Meaning of IQ Points

40 - 54 - Severely challenged

55 - 69 - Challenged (2.3% of test takers)

70 - 84 - Below average

85 - 114 - Average (68% of test takers)

115 - 129 - Above average

130 - 144 - Gifted (2.3% of test takers)

145 - 159 - Genius (Less than 1% of test takers)

160 - 175 - Extraordinary genius

http://www.free-iqtest.net/iq-score-guide.asp

From the wikipedia article, Ashkenazi Jews have an average IQs - a few points higher than American, Hongkong national average.

Re:‘Nigerian Prince’ Email Scammer Arrested in Louisiana on Saturday December 30, 2017 @12:46PM (#16036302)
Cast psychology aside and focus solely on the economic benefit.

$50 (18k NGN) is nothing to most Americans. However, 18k NGN is the current monthly national wage in Nigeria.

It costs little or nothing to blast Copy & paste emails to 1 million people using hacked / free SMTP servers.

Other factors to consider:

It requires so little skill that 14 year old kids do it.

Risk of getting cut is also super low. Police are on the look out for these scammers NOT to jail em but to collect their own share. They walk the scammers to the atm and take part or all of what they find there - usually, half.

Unemployment rate is 25.20% but this doesn't tell the full story.

Underemployment is another factor. As a result, many scammers are employed full time. The employment provides three benefits. 1. Free use of office computers and internet and most important electricity for scam. 2. A steady shock absorber income source for dry periods. 3. A camouflage to keep neighbors' tongues from wagging

I've rambled.

Scamming is so easy, has low risk, barrier to entry and high pay off.

One other point i failed to mentioned. If you live in SV, tech will rub on you. Same applies living in developing nations. Scam will rub on ya.

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