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Maybe they're confusing that with the last Japanese-originated lunar landing (That was a private company, ispace, that attempted and was unsuccessful)

I had always thought that Submarine chow was better so as to act as a morale booster. Apparently that's not the case.

As if this week had attempted to take a measure of blood from my body, I'll be on-call next week. Looking forward to all things quiet on the HEP network front.

I don't see many examples of that being discussed as a threat to humanity but it sure feels like it is to me. Primarily as it's the slow creep of technological advancement from 2D->3D->AR->(Full Fidelity) VR->Neuro immersion.

Then, as science goes, an enlightening thread on Twitter about what Science they actually did: https://x.com/Robert_Palgrave/status/1730358675523424344?s=2...

This is the first time I've seen WSJ articles not be given full access from archive.

It's not that hard to see parallels between economies with near-zero interest rates and academic institutions that have an equal almost-unlimited money supply with near-zero risk (one cannot get rid of student debt in bankruptcy court).

Unchecked growth for sure.

What about workers in other states (NY) working for a CA-based employer?

This is a hilariously bad take.

PON works well for residential and SMB last-mile connectivity. Especially compared to the shitshow that is coaxial troubleshooting.

I love that idea. There was that fun app that identifies birds by recording their sounds. I would love the same for signals.

Guess you've never met anyone in finance, huh?

Thank you for adding rationality to this argument.

The whole notion that "boomers" are some unnatural microcosm of what humans have been doing for thousands of years is laughable. I always ask my fellow millennials, what are you doing to avoid having our grandchildren call us a selective cohort of do-nothings & non-tree/shade planters?

Oh please, the United States is so incredibly armed, my death will likely come at the hands of some misplaced right-wing militarized fascist group performing mass murders under the guise of "Freedom" and "A return to the constitutional purity of the US".

Not sure if this a joke but SA is the exact country I would expect to utilize spyware against its citizens.

If you're not under the threat cone of nation state surveillance (like trying to exfiltrate the radar-asborbing paint formula on the F35) then I wouldn't be too concerned.

"That's not the point! It's about privacy!"

Sure. I'll choose it ignore the fact that our civilization is somehow still functioning in a post-nuclear world.

How much of it is OpenAI/Microsoft curtailing the compute being used to generate responses?

I thought the Amish were strictly non-violent? Isn't it one of the Christian tenets of "turn the other cheek"?

Their predisposition for non-violence may change when they encounter roving gangs of wasteland bandits (from New Jersey) venturing about but that's not guaranteed.

At this point, I'm surprised by the fact that we haven't bred a superior race of Mice that glow in the dark and live forever.

You're arguing for less transparency here? I think one of the side benefits to witnessing the LK-99 discussion is people from all walks (sure, Twitter/X isn't the end all/be-all of global communication) discussing/following/listening to actual science happen.

Do you know how much of that is worth to the world with knock-on effects? Maybe there were future material scientists sitting in the room with their parents listening to the discussion? I feel like that's equally as important as peer review/replication.

Who in the US profits the most from Alfafa exports to these countries?

I love Costco, truly. I love the lack of mental noise I feel when I browse the aisles. I love the selection of goods and pricing leverage they have on manufacturers and their competitors.

However, Costco's technology is woefully inadequate for a wholesaler of their size. I've even heard this from Costco employees dealing with their employees portal (shout to /r/costco). Lack of sufficient tech is a systemic issue with them.

How is it possible that they cannot give me an accurate inventory of the items in the stores near me? Sometimes I see a product on social media and think "Hey it would be great to know if that product is only offered in Southwest US Costcos. Even trying to find a map of the store and where the products are kept (when there is some flux) is troublesome (yes, I get it's the "Ikea" method of needing to push you through the entire store).

I've long wanted an informational slider to bits of text. Something where you can zoom in and out to the level of desired complexity. LLM's might be able to fill in some of those gaps. You could turn any paper into a introduction of the subject it's a part of.

Ugh, disgusting! They must have some sort of hiring board website where you can find these? What specific disgusting site would those be on? Ugh!

Good point on the scale. However, Phoenix is also a retirement destination so you're looking at a larger portion of the population being susceptible to heat waves.

Wouldn't that then require communication with those satellites to receive the shift/drift info? Doesn't that eradicate the point of a navigational system without reliance on GPS/satellites?

Or is the drift is so minor that this quantum navigation system can operate for up to 6 months without sufficient core drift alignment calculation?

I love this idea. It's like a proxy for hiring. I see similarities to recruitment firms yet a lot better.

She's being replaced by a person from the Doubleclick acquisition. What does that signal to you will happen to the already embattled creator space?

The best way I've heard to explain the difference is men are dying of thirst in a desert and woman are dying of thirst in an ocean.

Well Search is definitely better for Google's Shareholders. They've always made a killing but must be making substantially more with how degraded the product has felt recently.

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