If you ask Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant AI system, whether Amazon is a monopoly, it responds by saying it doesn’t know. It doesn’t take much to make it lambaste the other tech giants, but it’s silent about its own corporate parent’s misdeeds.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida will not allow public school students to take Advanced Placement psychology because the course includes lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, topics forbidden by the state, the College Board said Thursday. That could mean that a week before school starts in many districts, about 5,000...
Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor
If this is the case it would be an… interesting thought process. You can’t sit there and claim you’ve discovered something absolutely ground breaking and game changing in the field and then think that no one is going to try and replicate that.
Ron DeSantis defended Florida’s controversial rules, which will require teaching that enslaved Africans “developed skills” that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Well maybe if they had picked themselves up by the bootstraps, saved more of their income, stopped buying chai lattes and avocado toast every day for lunch, and had daddy give them a million dollars worked really hard to earn their cash, they could have bought their freedom.
Under federal law, you can work 2 full time jobs, 80 hours a week, and still not make $120/day ($120 = 8 hrs x $15/hr). $15/hr isn't insane, it's not even bare minimum anymore.
What the title says. Every year I hear everyone at work go buzzing about Prime Day, and then when I'd go check what items were on sale they were mostly cheap gaff and a bunch of minimally discounted tech products. Am I missing something that's optimal to get around this time of year?
Ever since Trump got elected (and probably before that too, I just don’t know when) conservative people in general, not just politicians, but your everyday Americans, have been more comfortable showing themselves to be racist, anti-science, ignorant morons. Which makes me sad.
A further two cases have been discovered in the state, amid reports two top official public-health roles regarding communicable diseases have been left vacant.
As of July 1, in addition to Vermont, four other states’ IDs will face extra scrutiny from police, as they may provide forms of identification to applicants who do not give proof of citizenship or legal status:...
I’m probably going to get hate for this but please watch the video till the end and make your judgement accordingly before making any reactionary comments.
Starting M1 in a month and I’m really excited, but also a little nervous. I did well in undergrad but I’ve heard that nothing you do can really prepare you for the shitstorm. What advice do you have for new medical students?
I love KFC, when me and my family are poor(and still are) i would go and eat KFC like almost every single week and it was cheap here + Delicious aswell. I loved KFC Fries the Most, it was so delicious. If i had enough money, i would buy enough of KFC and be a fat man in the week LMAO...
Go ahead and flame me if you want, but I do like me my taco bell. Chipotle and Moes are obviously better but they’re so damn expensive now. I’m sure when my GI tract shits the bed that opinion will change though.
If you play 1... e5, you've run into the King's Gambit at some point. And if you're anything like me, the positions make absolutely no sense once you get about 5 moves in. So let's talk about it. What defense do you play against the King's Gambit? What are the main ideas for black? How do you survive when White is throwing...
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Putin breaks silence over Wagner chief Prigozhin’s death in jet crash (www.politico.eu)
Russian president says he will wait for crash investigators to report back, and describes Prigozhin as ‘a talented person.’
Donald Trump lawyer appears to admit to one of Jack Smith's charges (www.newsweek.com)
Attorney John Lauro appeared on cable news shows to defend the former president's actions following Trump's not guilty pleas on Thursday.
Can you trust AI? Here's why you shouldn't (theconversation.com)
If you ask Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant AI system, whether Amazon is a monopoly, it responds by saying it doesn’t know. It doesn’t take much to make it lambaste the other tech giants, but it’s silent about its own corporate parent’s misdeeds.
Florida bans AP psychology over gender identity, sexual orientation lessons ｜ Orlando Sentinel (nordot.app)
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida will not allow public school students to take Advanced Placement psychology because the course includes lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, topics forbidden by the state, the College Board said Thursday. That could mean that a week before school starts in many districts, about 5,000...
1940 recipe for macaroni cheese (lemmy.ml)
San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Texas), 19 January 1940, page 32...
Webb telescope spots water in a nearby planetary system | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The James Webb Space Telescope detected water vapor swirling around a planetary system 370 light-years away.
Controversial Physicist Faces Mounting Accusations of Scientific Misconduct (www.scientificamerican.com)
Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor
Analysis | Note to Florida and DeSantis: Enslaved Africans were already skilled (www.washingtonpost.com)
Ron DeSantis defended Florida’s controversial rules, which will require teaching that enslaved Africans “developed skills” that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Opinion: We last raised the US federal minimum wage 14 years ago. This is unacceptable | Rev William J Barber and Rev A Kazimir Brown (www.theguardian.com)
The minimum has been an unlivable $7.25 an hour under three presidents. Today’s wage is worth less than at any point since 1956
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What's the most toxic game community you know of?
The most toxic communities I know of are the Genshin community, Payday 2, FFXIV and source games communities in general.
Top comment decides next move, legal or not | day 27: Flashlight to F1 (lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz)
The mold spreads....
Are there actually any deals worth getting on Prime Day?
What the title says. Every year I hear everyone at work go buzzing about Prime Day, and then when I'd go check what items were on sale they were mostly cheap gaff and a bunch of minimally discounted tech products. Am I missing something that's optimal to get around this time of year?
Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces amendment directing Biden to withdraw from Nato (www.independent.co.uk)
President Biden expressed the US’s ‘ironclad commitment to NATO’
Ron DeSantis under pressure as Florida malaria cases spread (www.newsweek.com)
A further two cases have been discovered in the state, amid reports two top official public-health roles regarding communicable diseases have been left vacant.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the passing of a law that could render driver’s licenses and other forms of identification from several states invalid, including Vermont. (www.mychamplainvalley.com)
As of July 1, in addition to Vermont, four other states’ IDs will face extra scrutiny from police, as they may provide forms of identification to applicants who do not give proof of citizenship or legal status:...
Teen dies in sawmill accident as US states aim to roll back child labor laws (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation underway after police were called to find unresponsive teenager last week at Florence Hardwoods sawmill
LGBTQ Movement Exposed: Shocking History Behind It (www.youtube.com)
I’m probably going to get hate for this but please watch the video till the end and make your judgement accordingly before making any reactionary comments.
OC What advice would you give to an incoming M1?
Starting M1 in a month and I’m really excited, but also a little nervous. I did well in undergrad but I’ve heard that nothing you do can really prepare you for the shitstorm. What advice do you have for new medical students?
What Fast Food do you love?
I love KFC, when me and my family are poor(and still are) i would go and eat KFC like almost every single week and it was cheap here + Delicious aswell. I loved KFC Fries the Most, it was so delicious. If i had enough money, i would buy enough of KFC and be a fat man in the week LMAO...
OC Let's talk about defenses to the King's Gambit
If you play 1... e5, you've run into the King's Gambit at some point. And if you're anything like me, the positions make absolutely no sense once you get about 5 moves in. So let's talk about it. What defense do you play against the King's Gambit? What are the main ideas for black? How do you survive when White is throwing...
📢Entire mod team on r/mildlyinteresting (and more subs) removed and locked out of their accounts after changing their rules upon community's request. (They're also switching subs BACK to SFW)
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Florida Republican who voted for anti-immigrant bill admits it's doing harm (www.newsweek.com)
Rick Roth said the bill's passage had led to "unintended consequences" and that "farmers are mad as hell" after a mass exodus of undocumented workers.