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Comment · 15 days ago
The camera shutter sound is to discourage people in asian countries from taking upskirt photos. It also can't be muted when you've got SIM cards from one of those countries installed.
Comment · 17 days ago
For people that didn't read the article, listings will need to include the FCC ID. So most consumer goods will still be available.
Comment · 17 days ago
It's because they become wizards if they're virgins at 30
Comment · 1 month ago
Comment · 1 month ago
Why would they ask to slow down?

One reason is that they really do think they're going too fast, and that scary AGI is right around the corner.

Another possible reason is that they cannot keep up the pace. Throwing more data, compute, and money at the problem isn't getting the commensurate results necessary to justify the investment.

Comment · 1 month ago
mapquest is from the US too
Comment · 2 months ago
The toaster is a bad example. You don't know what hazard/harm mitigations are implemented in software. Badly coded toasters are a fire/burn risk.
Comment · 3 months ago
Microsoft shoves onedrive down everyone's throats, only to delete it on a whim.

Sounds more like Google's M.O., honestly.

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Comment · 4 months ago
Cancer is also inversely correlated with alzheimer's.

Phrased another way, egg consumption is correlated with cancer.

Comment · 4 months ago
How are there so many typos and formatting errors in a news article like that? Do they even have an editor?
Comment · 4 months ago
Apple pay, when available, has been pretty seamless. I assume it's the same for Google pay (or whatever it's called these days)
Comment · 4 months ago
He mentions all those other famous danish people but neglects to talk about Niels Bohr?
Comment · 5 months ago
"A single human death is only 0.1 nanohitlers"

That should be microhitlers

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