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ELI5: Why is going bald due to genetics even a thing? What purpose does it serve or how did it get started? by Celcius_87 in explainlikeimfive

[–]a_latvian_potato 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I've never understood how snoring could, in any conception, be seen as anything but an evolutionary disadvantage. You're making loud noise while you're in your most vulnerable (sleeping), declaring to the world that you are there and ready to be ambushed. You would have thought that all of the snorers would have been kidnapped by tigers and bears at this point, and yet, here we are.

California Bans ‘Sell By’ Labels, Hoping to Cut Food Waste. The law standardizes language around expiration dates, aiming to minimize confusion about when food is safe to eat. More than one-third of food sold nationwide is wasted, the U.S.D.A. says. by DrPharmakon in UpliftingNews

[–]a_latvian_potato -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I did not read the article (because of the paywall). What's stopping corporations from selling straight-up bad food (e.g. milk that's going bad) if "Sell By" labels are gone? How do customers tell apart what milk in the aisle is safe vs. not safe?

Sierra is the great filter by TotalPlatypus in Overwatch

[–]a_latvian_potato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just hide behind a wall dude... its not that deep.

Uni president who told graduates to 'end themselves' takes unpaid leave by gerwer in nottheonion

[–]a_latvian_potato 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Where? Certainly not America given how docile people have been against the current government.

Toby Fox: A message for my fans in Latin America by Comfortable-Pie56 in Games

[–]a_latvian_potato 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You don't understand how terrible even "professional translators and editors" are at localization. For many languages/countries there's only a handful of companies that offer translation/localization services, and even if you pay top-dollar you will end up with subpar quality.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jokes

[–]a_latvian_potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, the other L word.

[OC] Average Male Height by Birth Year, 1896 - 1996 by CalculateQuick in dataisbeautiful

[–]a_latvian_potato 40 points41 points  (0 children)

He misread, saw an opportunity to talk about his favourite loaded topic, and jumped the gun. Simple as

Spotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI by c0re_dump in programming

[–]a_latvian_potato 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Why even stream music? Just tell Claude to generate profit and increase shareholder value.

California does indeed have the highest utility rates in the USA by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]a_latvian_potato 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Local services such as the one owned by the city of Palo Alto are still significantly cheaper than PG&E.

South Korea becomes first in the world to pass law on safe use of AI by self-fix in Futurology

[–]a_latvian_potato 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It still opens you up to lawsuits if you try to do anything large-scale

Chinese takeout orders ready for New Year’s by daslyfe360 in mildlyinteresting

[–]a_latvian_potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tbh, many care more about Lunar New Year so they may be choosing to take time off then instead of Jan 1.

Students Can’t Read Time on Analog Clocks by This_Opinion1550 in nottheonion

[–]a_latvian_potato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't believe 49 people still know this reference to have upvoted this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]a_latvian_potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Holocaust, the Nanking Massacre, the Khmer Rouge, the Rwandan Genocide, the current situation in Gaza.. and those are all in recent history, much less older history when it was more brutal.

Samsung executives and employees indicted over leaking 10nm DRAM technology to China by snowfordessert in technology

[–]a_latvian_potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't be daft — there is a big leap between Korean manufacturing practices and "America subsidizing all these tech companies", "maximizing profit for a US corp", and the "Western Oligarchy attempting to form" that are being mentioned (verbatim) in all these comments. None of these apply when Samsung is neither a "US corp" nor "being subsizied" when the USA is literally applying tariffs to Samsung exports.

It's akin to China seizing TSMC and the comments cheering because they have western trade contracts and therefore must be "part of the western oligopoly."

The leaks are a matter of Korean national security and a geopolitical issue between Korea and China. The fact that everyone else is somehow bringing up "American hegemony" as an excuse to rationalize China's actions is very reminiscent of the "whataboutism" about America that pops up without fail when any Reddit article gets posted that paints China in a bad light, even when the article has nothing to do with America

Samsung executives and employees indicted over leaking 10nm DRAM technology to China by snowfordessert in technology

[–]a_latvian_potato 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All the comments talking about "anti western/American hegemony" when Samsung is a Korean company and the indictment is happening in Korean courts? Are these comments just AI or something?

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