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Re:Paul Graham on X: if I were 17. I'd learn how to build LLMs from sc...
on Monday August 24, 2026 @04:09PM (#49425219)
Maybe people want to take it as cynicism but I think you are factually correct that personal cooling, infectious disease, atypical weather and fire breaks are all more realistic topics for people too young to already have patents, connections or their own oil well.
Re:Government Proposes New Six-Figure Fee for H1B Visas
on Monday August 24, 2026 @03:31PM (#49424751)
Not really.. Corporations have enough holdings abroad to survive and kill a party or two.
Re:Anger, Anxiety and Agency
on Monday August 24, 2026 @03:11PM (#49424512)
We were already getting great for nothing and dealing with that problem to financing custom fit. Now we have mediocre and customized for nothing.
I find it great for experiments to throw away but I wish everyone remembered step 2 more often.
Re:Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study
on Monday August 24, 2026 @02:42PM (#49424134)
I'd think weight could be causal for hypertension result or sentiment over health measurement could have been causal for weight or the study could just be too small.
Re:Public services are increasingly strained by LLM-written appeals fo...
on Monday August 24, 2026 @02:24PM (#49423916)
Sure but is that the end game? Systems can respond with things like higher deductible insurance options and graduated assistance based on tax filing which may benefit people who wouldn't file before and also won't use AI for this but were already paying costs of others getting more benefits.
Re:How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:36AM (#49421294)
The EU still believes in fair markets so I don't really see a valid suggestion in the article.. Every US or Chinese seller to the EU can be de minimus, etc, so the EU lowering its standards for consumers and the environment helps mostly foreign vendors who have lower standards to meet in employment, etc.
Re:LinkedIn Has Accidentally Become a Dating Site
on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:13AM (#49420939)
It seems very spotty to me. I have no doubt it would be a good in some geos or if you can be roughly the cheapest of acceptable GEOS for a remote job, etc, while in other areas I don't think anyone is that serious about follow through on LinkedIn.
Re:Tragically, as many as 9625 out of every 10k individuals may be neu...
on Sunday August 23, 2026 @06:09AM (#49407538)
That's not how genetics of sexual reproduction works. I think it's only fair to say that we can't truly do a qualitative measure of the impact of any condition on fitness.
Re:Cancer-Related Mortality Among US Pilots and Flight Attendants
on Friday August 21, 2026 @01:17PM (#49391152)
The fuselage probably has a lot less attention to shielding even if the cockpit seems very exposed.