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Ask it to make paper clips.

18 U.S. Code § 201 - Bribery of public officials and witnesses

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/201

Half naked or... half dressed?

> Google's incentives are more aligned with the SEO spammers than they are with users

100% this. Let's see a chart of Google search revenue vs result quality. My guess is that it would be an inverse relationship.

The article implies throughout that audiences are shrinking but the only mechanism for that is Apple Podcasts won't download episodes for a user who isn't listening anyway.

I wonder if the new IRS section 174 rules are intensifying these tech lay offs. As far as I understand it, software engineering salaries are no longer fully tax deductible in the year they are paid, instead they can only be depreciated at 20%.

Can you share?

What do you suggest as an alternative? Thinking about this same thing for a project.

> They control more than 50% of the US smartphone market, and lock customers into using Apple’s official app for texting (which, in the US, sadly, is the default way people communicate).

Beeper is on the iOS App Store.

Could you explain why you think apple is the bad guy?

They support SMS as the standard carrier-supported messaging protocol (in the states, not sure globally). They also have a private protocol for apple devices which they fully own and control. And they have now announced that next year they will be supporting RCS, the next-gen carrier-supported protocol.

I think it's fair to say that Apple has been slow to adopt RCS - but I don't think that makes them the bad guy.

(SMS is insecure, iMessage is a lock in that they use to their benefit, RCS has been on Android forever, etc etc etc)

>Credit: This article was written with the assistance of ChatGPT for the purpose of refining my English writing.

I appreciated this disclosure. The English was still a bit clunky - but it was a great use of the technology to open up the article to a wider audience. It felt sincere to me.

Note that it takes 2 orders of magnitude more wind turbines to replace that preexisting coal plant. (i.e. >100 turbines for 1 coal plant)

For what it's worth, Trump's political opponents still deny that the election of 2016 was legitimate.

And in American Football it's fine to deflate the ball if no one measures it.

you are a joy

> It’s largely a red herring, as climate scientists have patiently explained for years.

This sort of editorialization does not help the conversation.

Just read the code! /s

Honest question, how are roundabouts better for pedestrians than intersections? At a light-controlled intersection, the traffic is forced stop for a period of time, allowing for safe passage.

Maybe read up on the recent BRICS summits.

We don't have evidence that this isn't the case

It’s called Kelno'reem

> Astronomers have found a star that has a magnetic field rivaling the strongest magnet humans have ever built.

This does not sound impressive. What am I missing?

I don't think I agree. In my experience, being the guy or gal that managers know they can turn to in order to quickly solve problems is a great way to get noticed and get involved in projects that normally you wouldn't be able to.

I guess really really bad is better than 30x really really bad.

> Balkonkraftwerk

Balkonkraftwerk = Balcony Power Plant

Thank you Germany for your language.

Why?

>Just opening a new tab on a browser is tedious

There is a persistent top-level button in Safari's toolbar to open a new tab. I don't know how tedious that is.

The point is that industry knew that there were dangers associated with the use of PFAS, not that it was toxic but still used safely.

3M's website lists their uses of PFAS, including cookware.

We probably would be upset if they coated paper plates with Tylenol and hid the effect that could have on people.

https://pfas.3m.com/pfas_uses

What kind of feature?

ChatGDPR is funny tho.