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Weird how the original story only got 12 points five days ago, and 3 comments but todays story 22 whilst I am writing this.
Re:Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @08:35AM (#50272598)
This link works, on the original I am getting a 404
See this previous story from the 4th of October for more details on Ukraine’s ideas for an alternative to StarLink https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/04/8056442/
Re:How to grow a cacao tree at home on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @02:43AM (#50255398)
Then should it not be Ghanaian chocolate rather than Swiss?
Re:How to grow a cacao tree at home on Monday October 26, 2026 @11:39AM (#50245613)
Until I saw this I was wondering where Switzerland and Belgium got there cocoa from, because I have never seen a tree growing in either country, and one is always hearing about Swiss and Belgium chocolate.
What is interesting is that the reason "US lenders fear chatbots could shift billions of dollars in deposits to higher-yielding accounts", and not securitty fears.
Just to back you up most surveys say only 10% to 20% of programmers time is coding.

Microsoft study of 484 developers, published in 2025 says 11%.

Another Microsoft study where programmers had telemetry installed showed 21%

https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/writing/2017-meyer.pdf

Food. In Arable societies children could be weened onto porridge or milk from cows. Food that hunter gatherers survived on is less digestible for babies.

So you would get higher population growth in Arable societies but not necessarily healthier.

Re:3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit on Sunday October 11, 2026 @10:02AM (#50043408)
I have done a lot of work with KOLO Foundation - run by the Ukrainian tech community https://www.koloua.com/en/

Including KOLO dispersing medical equipment that I donated, and I can vouch that they are effective and very efficient.

Yes, as I understand it the population growth of the arable community is far faster than the hunter gatherers. This is because hunter gatherers often did not wean children off breast milk until they were 5, whilst arable farmers breast fed there children only up to 1 year.

Breastfeeding is a natural contraceptive.

Re:Former German spy chief arrested for attempted treason on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:26PM (#49983602)
A link to a non paywalled version of the Süddeutsche Zeitung article on archive.is https://archive.is/sJkwC
So what does the ecu actually do? Can teams use any technology as an advantage?
So AI is already in control with humans just rubber stamping the output?
Re:10 Tells of a Slop UI on Sunday September 27, 2026 @12:34PM (#49868248)
So what is the best way of stopping this to happen?

I am doing some experiments in forcing the LLM to use a process.

Start with a brand guidelines, followed by building wireframes, followed by merging the two together.

Think of it like chain of thought but for something visual.

What is amazing is how long it has taken them to realize that this is a serious security threat, especially as Strava exposed the issue of devices tracking service people all the way back in 2018.

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