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Re:Research team digitizes more than 100 years of Canadian infectious ... on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @10:05PM (#46381705)
China needs this sort of thing before they infect the planet again.
Re:An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zo... on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @06:22PM (#46370679)
Donald Trump is the zodiac spiller.
Re:Jimmy Lai Is a Martyr for Freedom on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @06:19PM (#46370654)
India had poverty. But India also had democracy. And today India is doing alright. Why did the China need communism to get ahead. There's no moral compass in communism. Just state totality.
Re:Ultrasound Cancer Treatment: Sound Waves Fight Tumors on Monday December 22, 2025 @10:46PM (#46362227)
Heavy metal has entered the chat.
Re:Ultrasound Cancer Treatment: Sound Waves Fight Tumors on Monday December 22, 2025 @10:45PM (#46362223)
Cool
Re:What the Smartest Minds Think About AI on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:05PM (#46342165)
Subjective intelligence
Re:What the Smartest Minds Think About AI on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:05PM (#46342164)
Cannot read it. Wall Street journal wants money.
Re:Kebabs, biryani and more: Indian city on UNESCO culinary list on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:04PM (#46342157)
Wow great stuff
Re:William Golding's Island of Savagery on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:01PM (#46342142)
Brilliant man, thx for sharing
Re:Epstein Files Photos Disappear from Government Website, Including O... on Saturday December 20, 2025 @10:56PM (#46342125)
Who cares. It's just sex. Will America ever get over their hypocrisy about sex? You vilified Polanski for nothing as well. What a messed up sexual country.
Re:Significance of Numbers in Judaism on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:33PM (#46227346)
Just watch Pi.
Re:I got an Nvidia GH200 server for €7.5k on Reddit and converted it t... on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:09PM (#46227207)
Actually the most incredible part of the story is that a computer geek ofthis 9th circle of geekdom level has a wife.
Re:I got an Nvidia GH200 server for €7.5k on Reddit and converted it t... on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @08:14PM (#46226444)
Can you bitcoin mine?
Re:I got an Nvidia GH200 server for €7.5k on Reddit and converted it t... on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @08:13PM (#46226425)
Loved it. You are mgyver. You should post more stuff on Twitter. Thanks for the story.
Re:Is Day Trading Zero Sum? on Monday December 08, 2025 @06:00PM (#46198870)
Life is zero sum. Doesn’t mean you can't have huge success.
Re:This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:59PM (#46198848)
So? More kids die. Let's not pretend to actually care about human life regardless of age. How many kids have died in conflicts around the world and the grown ups still continue the conflict.
Re:Does hockey tape hide fingerprints on weapons? on Sunday December 07, 2025 @07:13PM (#46186831)
Hockey tape is used in Hockey.
Re:Does hockey tape hide fingerprints on weapons? on Sunday December 07, 2025 @07:12PM (#46186827)
Because im a fan of the deuce. Great show.