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Comment · 1 month ago
you absolutely can get banned for making hundreds in profits! Has happened to several people I know (maybe the flag for them was having a v obvious pattern).
Comment · 7 months ago
it must have made a big impression on you!
Comment · 11 months ago
You don't need a passport to have a job. A digital ID could be handy in loads of places - like showing you're eligible for hospital care, voting, stuff employment... Even buying a drink! (not everyone drives).

Most countries have them and it's not for no reason.

Whether we can trust our government, though, is a different matter.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's an incredibly American take IMO. Pizza is loved worldwide... Caesar salad?! Where are the famous Caesar salad global chains? I don't think it's much of a thing in Europe, at least.
Comment · 1 year ago
The diffusion models are (or can be) transformer models! They're just not autoregressive.
Comment · 1 year ago
https://pca.st/episode/48e89a05-2812-4f81-99dd-ff18f7819df0

There has been a huge decline in American reading since this focus started.

Comment · 1 year ago
What's the point of being proud of one system of government if you're willing to relinquish it in the face of adversary?

Shouldn't they have to follow the law?

Comment · 1 year ago
Wow... Fuck cyclists and other road users, I guess!
Comment · 1 year ago
Strange to see no mention of TPUs...
Comment · 1 year ago
It's bad because there's a strong whiff of being entitled to someone else's body.
Comment · 1 year ago
But also, some people are stupid, right?
Comment · 1 year ago
Most people don't try hard at the gym. Most people don't try hard at music. Most people aren't comedians.

This reads like the foreword to the incel handbook.

Comment · 1 year ago
So you're saying success at maths isn't an inbuilt ability. Instead, it depends on an (inbuilt) ability to hyper focus... Which you are just born with?
Comment · 2 years ago
This is an April fools, right?
Comment · 2 years ago
How do you decide who gets to study a subject full time at a famous institution?

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