Does this AI expose whether this is factual results or just derived from it's language learning algorithm? My understanding is you cannot take anything it says, even about itself, as being "real".

In all fairness to Russia, cooling technology isn't really their strength. When they want to cool something they just open a door.

Something very similar occurred at my table last night. There is a 3rd party world we are planning on playing in as soon as it releases. It sounds like they are planning on sticking with the 5E ruleset, but if they decided to even make it Pathfinder 2E compatible we will move to that.

It's true that a good majority of players don't care too terribly much about the license directly, but a lot of them do use a _whole lot_ of 3rd party content. The rules (what WOTC makes) enable the story, but the 3rd parties are often the ones providing the best storytelling support. In addition it's often the GM/DM who is most dependent upon 3rd party support and they usually have the most clout in the group. I don't know prevalent it is, but every group I've ever been in takes an occasional break from D&D (whatever version) to play other games now and then, so they aren't really all that dependent or loyal to any particular ruleset.

This is the USA! We don't use no stinking metric units here! We use tried and true imperial tons of creativity powder!

There is a post in the Steam Community asking "have all those ppl been playing free DF for 25 years and just waiting for an opportunity to pay $30?"

It's currently at 81 pages of people just replying "yes"

LInky: https://steamcommunity.com/app...

I wouldn't knock leds before you try them. A simple, calm color can be really nice for almost anyone. My wife doesn't play games at all but has a nice aqua blue glow under her keys that she very much likes. I suspect that's actually what most people use, even if the keyboard supports psychedelic funky patterns - which hers is totally capable of.

I like the Ducky keyboards as a nice middle-ground between price and functionality. The Ducky One 2 comes in just about every size/variation and has plenty of lit and unlit options. Search up the "Ducky One 2 Midnight Double Shot PBT Mechanical Keyboard" for an absolutely serious, no-frills black keyboard. They also have unlit boards with color-coded keys. Your main alpha and numpad in white, other keys in black/blue and sometimes return/space or other keys in a brighter color. Still, I really do recommend the leds. Set them to a soothing color in low intensity and you'll probably be very happy.

Pure typists typically use a more tactile switch with a bit of feel to it, typically the brown category switches, but if you want a pure linear switch go for red or black. Probably black.

While HIPAA definitely has teeth, I'll be surprised if Meta is considered a covered entity according to the law. The hospitals are likely in way more trouble than Meta is. I agree they should be held accountable, but Meta really is just as guilty here.

Well, there's no such thing as a simple database, especially if it has to interact with the public or multiple other organizations who are shoehorning it into their database somehow.

This seems like a not *entirely* stupid use of NFTs. I'm still skeptical though. It seems the company is somehow going to at least attempt to restrict resale except through their site or something similar, which loses most of the theoretical benefits of NFTs. Still, adding liquidity to a market is at least theoretically something NFTs could be good for. If there is a pump-and-dump here it seems to be more focused on getting people to invest in their company rather than getting people to invest in this hot new NFT they created.

I think this is a case where the term pyramid scheme is becoming a generic term for all fraud. Most crypto is fraud, but very little of it is pyramid scheme with multiple levels. You do see some pump-and-dump as well as a bit of ponzi, but most crypto schemes are pure and undiluted fraud without those other complications.

I can probably write a program better than I can write a paragraph (or even a Slashdot post!), but we don't really teach people that writing is hard. I feel like it should actually be easier to teach someone to program well than to write well, but as I get older I have come to appreciate that people are very, very different.

I don't even think that secure programming is that hard, but it's not taught well (if it's taught at all), people are lazy, and most companies don't actually care.

We should teach it. Some kids will find it super-easy. Some will find it super-hard. Most will probably be somewhere in the middle.

Pre-pandemic my company was having us work half from home and share a cubicle because our department was growing and running out of office space. When they sent us home for pandemic they decided pretty quickly that were not coming back just because they needed to office space for people who couldn't be remote as easy. Eventually they even started hiring out-of-state people that are fully remote. I won't say it doesn't have downsides and ideally I'd actually like to work a day or two a week onsite, but this works pretty well.

Why do you think that person was a moron? Do you consider all climate activists to be morons or do you find bus-riders particularly moronic for some reason?

Is that actually true? My (former) daily commute did not involve any of those. When I did use them I'll definitely admit I went very far. I'm sure there is a solid market for interstate-only vehicles (mostly trucks) but I doubt they really are the majority of car-miles.

I'll agree and disagree. The "effectiveness" of Trump's presidency was possibly diminished by his use of Twitter, but he was never really trying to be effective in the usual sense of the word. He was trying to develop a mindless cult following which was overall quite successful, largely due to twitter.

It doesn't look like the raw data is available, but they probably did include some kind of minimum threshold or what you suggested would almost certainly have happened. Since tech workers are highly valued by most cities it's the type of thing they like to look at.
I'm not sure just how valuable it will be though. Madison is the home of the biggest Electronic Medical Record vendor in the world (Epic). I think "become the HQ of a tiny company that will be huge in 30+ years" is a bit tough to do predictably.