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New comment by namenotrequired in "How the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is deceiving"

namenotrequired — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:54:49 +0000

The article makes it clear that most people didn’t get out of the movie what the author got out of it

New comment by namenotrequired in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

namenotrequired — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:09:07 +0000

5 years is not nearly enough. Try 50

New comment by namenotrequired in "NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect"

namenotrequired — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:03:46 +0000

The outcome of the meeting was negative (bad); the outcome of the cancer screening was negative (good)

New comment by namenotrequired in "12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe burials explain scattered bones"

namenotrequired — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:25:44 +0000

I don’t disagree with your overall point but I’m confused what the evidence is in this case, could you explain?

New comment by namenotrequired in "ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026"

namenotrequired — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:48:28 +0000

Yes, legally and geographically and in every other way Ireland is part of Europe.

New comment by namenotrequired in "ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026"

namenotrequired — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:37:18 +0000

Very different from Europe? It is part of Europe.

New comment by namenotrequired in "What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals"

namenotrequired — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:10:05 +0000

It’s fair, but telling people what they should prefer is a bad way of doing business

The proper solution would be to have the farmers pay for the externalities somehow so that they are priced into the decision to consume a-seasonal products

New comment by namenotrequired in "English: A vs. An"

namenotrequired — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:29:59 +0000

I learned English as a second language and was taught it was thee before vowel sounds and thuh before consonants. Is it wrong?

New comment by namenotrequired in "English: A vs. An"

namenotrequired — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:26:45 +0000

I once wrote “an FAQ” and someone corrected me that it should be “a FAQ”. Turns out she pronounced it “fak” and not “ef ay cue”

New comment by namenotrequired in "English: A vs. An"

namenotrequired — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:21:50 +0000

Who says this? I haven’t heard it once in my life

New comment by namenotrequired in "Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived"

namenotrequired — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:54:16 +0000

New comment by namenotrequired in "'Mad honey' that can stop your heart is being sold online"

namenotrequired — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:44:34 +0000

Anything sharp or heavy.

New comment by namenotrequired in "I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked"

namenotrequired — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:40:44 +0000

Yes? “one of us made a mistake” vs “someone is attacking us” is a difference that people care about.

New comment by namenotrequired in "São Paulo resident transforms degraded area into urban forest"

namenotrequired — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:04:43 +0000

According to the article, Hélio’s work was also purposefully destroyed several times

New comment by namenotrequired in "I am retiring from fulltime writing (& pseudonymity) to launch Guardian Angel"

namenotrequired — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:01:23 +0000

There are definitely LLMs that can count to 100

New comment by namenotrequired in "Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)"

namenotrequired — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:09:07 +0000

Even if not a single researcher goes from the US to China, it may still benefit them

New comment by namenotrequired in "Surprise, pay $1000"

namenotrequired — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:22:25 +0000

It would be perfectly crumulent if it was explicitly communicated in advance.

New comment by namenotrequired in "Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots"

namenotrequired — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:38:53 +0000

He means it doesn’t make sense for the startup. The comment you’re replying to, is arguing that this point from the gp is a disadvantage instead of an advantage:

> hotel rooms are regular/familiar

New comment by namenotrequired in "Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation"

namenotrequired — Fri, 29 May 2026 04:57:22 +0000

Nitpick: earlier this month ≠ in early May. “Earlier this month” includes yesterday

New comment by namenotrequired in "The user is visibly frustrated"

namenotrequired — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:36:13 +0000

If you’ve ever worked with a stupid but incredibly friendly coworker, the feelings are similar