Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Ms. Soussana, 40, is the first Israeli to speak publicly about being sexually assaulted during captivity after the Hamas-led raid on southern Israel. In her interviews with The Times, conducted mostly in English, she provided extensive details of sexual and other violence she suffered during a 55-day ordeal....
I’m watching both of these shows in their entirety and I don’t know why they’ve historically gotten so much backlash. One reviewer called TBL “a dumpster fire of a TV show” and others seem to think M6L is downright abusive. However, I can’t find anything particularly bad in either....
The closest word I can think of is a sycophant but that’s too strong word and not exactly what I’m looking for. The word I’m thinking of has negative connotations and it’s for someone who is friends with different groups but only at a superficial level and isn’t necessarily honest about who all they’re friends with....
Please vote. There’s an open seat for Senate (no incumbent) which is one of the best times for your vote to have a real impact. This doesn’t happen very often. In California there were no open Senate elections for over 20 years (1993-2017).
I get mailers from local political groups with their voter guides. They recommend different people based on if the group is moderate or progressive, lol.
If you didn’t get any of those or your town doesn’t have those groups you can try just googling “CITY NAME voter guide”.
Panera Bread is exempt from following one of California’s newest laws, according to multiple reports. The new law will raise fast-food workers’ minimum wage to $20 per hour and will take effect beginning April 1....
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a major property-rights challenge to rent control laws in New York City and elsewhere that give tenants a right to stay for many years in an apartment with a below-market cost....
It’s very disruptive when people are forced to move due to rent increases. Rent control helps smooth over the effects of cyclic changes in the rent market on individual people.
Right but I assume the parent meant that the AI could guess what the original function and variable names were based on the code, and may be even clean the code up by deoptimizing it too.
Trying to make sense of decompiled code is pretty hard for any large code base.
One of Google Search’s oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired. Best known by the “Cached” button, those are a snapshot of a web page the last time Google indexed it. However, according to Google, they’re no longer required....
It was also useful when the page had changed inbetween google indexing it and now, so if you loaded the page and couldn’t find the text you were searching for because it was deleted, you could find it on the cached page.
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
These 112 House Republicans voted against Ukraine aid (www.businessinsider.com)
The House passed a more than $60 billion bill that provides more military aid to Ukraine....
Why your rich friend Venmo requests you for $4: People with more money 'struggle with generosity,' expert says (www.cnbc.com)
Have you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless?
Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to plug a shortfall in troop numbers fighting Russia (apnews.com)
Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Ms. Soussana, 40, is the first Israeli to speak publicly about being sexually assaulted during captivity after the Hamas-led raid on southern Israel. In her interviews with The Times, conducted mostly in English, she provided extensive details of sexual and other violence she suffered during a 55-day ordeal....
Why do people hate TV shows like The Biggest Loser and My 600-lb Life?
I’m watching both of these shows in their entirety and I don’t know why they’ve historically gotten so much backlash. One reviewer called TBL “a dumpster fire of a TV show” and others seem to think M6L is downright abusive. However, I can’t find anything particularly bad in either....
Airport executive shot in firefight with federal agents at his home in Arkansas (www.yahoo.com)
What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group?
The closest word I can think of is a sycophant but that’s too strong word and not exactly what I’m looking for. The word I’m thinking of has negative connotations and it’s for someone who is friends with different groups but only at a superficial level and isn’t necessarily honest about who all they’re friends with....
California’s low energy primary: Turnout on track for a record low. Only about 8% of voters had returned ballots as of Tuesday. (www.politico.com)
Lower turnout generally means fewer Democrats are voting. “This is the kind of thing that would benefit Steve Garvey,” Mitchell said....
Panera Bread exempt from following California’s new $20 minimum wage law due to relationship with Gov. Newsom: reports (www.yahoo.com)
Panera Bread is exempt from following one of California’s newest laws, according to multiple reports. The new law will raise fast-food workers’ minimum wage to $20 per hour and will take effect beginning April 1....
Supreme Court turns down rent control challenge (www.latimes.com)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a major property-rights challenge to rent control laws in New York City and elsewhere that give tenants a right to stay for many years in an apartment with a below-market cost....
What AI applications do you hope there will be in the next couple of years?
Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board (apnews.com)
Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist....
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature (www.engadget.com)
One of Google Search’s oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired. Best known by the “Cached” button, those are a snapshot of a web page the last time Google indexed it. However, according to Google, they’re no longer required....
Top UN court stops short of ordering cease-fire in Gaza and demands Israel contain deaths (apnews.com)
We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Moscow is building up its weapons stockpiles much faster than Nato allies had anticipated, creating a sense of urgency, the general said...
Do multivitamins actually expire?
Yes they have an expiration date, but do they actually go bad?
Tech billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. Voters may get a say on it (www.theguardian.com)
California Forever, which bought 60,000 acres, has received fierce opposition from local officials and environmental groups...
It Never Ends With the Freedom Caucus: Mike Johnson Ouster Countdown Begins (newrepublic.com)
Less than three months into Mike Johnson’s tenure as speaker of the House, some House Republicans are already experiencing buyer’s remorse....
What sci-fi-esque inventions are the most plausible and could happen soonest?
we need teleportation frankly
The secret life of gift cards: Here's what happens to the billions that go unspent each year (apnews.com)
Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays....