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As a practical matter, they probably settled on the winner months ago.

"Surely the headline meant to say Albanian government."

No, the wording is akin to "the Trump Administration". The PM of Australia is named Albanese. The surname derives from the Italian word for someone of Albanian descent.

The students are to be commended for their restraint. It is so easy for rightfully offended people to transform into a violent mob.

I'm not a lawyer and I have no insider information, but I wouldn't be surprised if Apple is concerned that if anything happened to an ICE agent, they could be criminally and civilly liable if it could be shown that the attacker became aware of the location of the agent through use of the app.

Ashleigh Brilliant: Let's organize this thing and take all the fun out of it

What is lacking in our culture is an ethos of what I will call "interpersonal generosity", a spirit of accommodation rather than fault-finding and the taking of offense. In the absence of such an ethos, spontaneity is destroyed, meaningful exchange is inhibited, and a bland uniformity of the social space ensues.

Presumably, it takes so much energy because the AI needs to digest all the online data from the beginning of the internet to 2025.

Is there the expectation that once steady state is achieved, less power will be required?

You're right that the article seems to be talking out of both sides of its mouth, so to speak, as to the effectiveness of vagus nerve surgery. But the paragraph that begins with "Gastrointestinal symptoms" seems to conclude that the vagus nerve does play a role in the disease.

Yes, we recognize the need for an underclass, but we all strive to make sure our kids and our grandkids won't be part of it.

There is some evidence that the infecting agent (bacteria? prions?) travels from the gut to the brain along the vagus nerve.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5440238/

Ha!

I hope there won't be any compacency about this venture. Even after 50 years this will be very difficult to get right.

Students can be so clever. In the 1970s students at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) put up a sign in front of a lone redwood tree: The Ronald Reagan Memorial Redwood Grove. As Governor of California, Reagan had opined, "If you've seen one redwood tree you've seen them all."

Was your point to show that Steven Covey was a rank plagiarist? Or was this a cut-and-paste error, perhaps?

Just spent an hour poking around DHH's blog. Very interesting man, and there is much wisdom here.

Congrats to the Dutch! That is an amazing achievement.

What?? In college they told me this only happens to right wing fascists!

Thanks for your very knowledgeable response!

A recent news story says that marathoners are at heightened risk for bowel cancer. Could it be that these women are exercising excessively?

Not disingenuous, I think. I did vote for Trump, and even if I had a crystal ball in November and knew then what I know now, I would still prefer him to Harris. On the other hand, I have been quite vocal in my criticism of him -- but the circle of friends and acquaintances who have heard my criticisms is pretty small.

You are correct in your assumption that I am a conservative, but I abhor the lunacy of the MAGA right as much as anyone. But the fact remains that the roots of this behavior are in men like Foucault and Marcuse, who were squarely on the left.

I don't understand why Trump wants to poke our best allies in the eye over minor issues. The South Koreans are world leaders in heavy industries, including ship building. We should be currying their favor, not alienating them.

The only profession that is bifurcated into two distinct lobes is Law, which I think is in agreement with the common perception

Heaven forbid that one of the ignorati express an unguarded comment in the august halls of Hacker News.

Ah... I knew that.

I'm honestly not trolling you on this, but am wondering why Tolkien comes to mind for you?

Man: Rabbi, is there a proper blessing for the Self Driving Semi?

Rabbi: Indeed, there is! May the Lord bless and keep the Self Driving Semi -- far away from us!

Did you intend to link to an English version of the site? (Website is in French.)

Spoiler: a bacteria is causing it.

This is from 2012.