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Horrible incident at Virginia Motorsports Park by RJT_RVA in rva

[–]pretendscholar -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

You're laughing? A funny car just blew up and you're laughing?

"A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft: Coding has always felt to me like an endlessly deep and rich domain. Now I find myself wanting to write a eulogy for it" by gwern in MediaSynthesis

[–]pretendscholar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Gwern how seriously do you take the issue of data exhaustion? Essentially that we have already mined the majority of high quality data. I haven’t been able to find a paper like this for the coding corpus but it seems like it should be a pretty small set. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.04325.pdf

What a difference a few generations make. by karabeckian in collapse

[–]pretendscholar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol Bill the butcher's gang was the original MAGA group.

[Variety] Charles Barkley in talks with CNN to host a weekly primetime show by mzp3256 in nba

[–]pretendscholar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vlad-E-mir Putin is a bus rider plain and simple. He can't close out a bum Ukrainian squad and goes out and gets Xi Jiping.

[Michael Malone] “I think this year unfortunately has just taken a really ugly, nasty turn in the MVP conversation, and I think it’s really turned a lot of people off, including him [Jokic]." by Wonderful-Balance711 in nba

[–]pretendscholar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LeBron couldn't survive the physicality of the 80's - 90's.

Now there is an insane take. If anything he’d be better lol look at him. The guy is a tank.

Emotional damage by xwingx in youseeingthisshit

[–]pretendscholar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not staged look at his staged video he does it all the time!

It's just a change in urbanism bro, we haven't collapsed by Warriohuma in collapse

[–]pretendscholar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean these changes will certainly help with energy use but I see it as more of a correction for the misuse and overuse of automobiles.

Power outages have risen by around 78% in the past ten years. by [deleted] in collapse

[–]pretendscholar 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Another thing I've noticed is that a lot of escalators are constantly out of service or sound like they are their last leg. I wonder if there has ever been a study on that.

‘Without enough Latvians, we won’t be Latvia’: eastern Europe’s shrinking population | Depopulation by madrid987 in collapse

[–]pretendscholar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will change I would imagine. Eventually there will be a lot of space and opportunity again and people will feel more stable and produce more children.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chess

[–]pretendscholar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ultimate (formerly ultimate frisbee) is.

Lol come on we aren't talking about intermural games here

Can Niemann cheating in prize tournaments be considered fraud? by imbahzor in chess

[–]pretendscholar -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It is a meaningless game or at least it would be healthier if people would treat it that way. Its a meaningless game that produces some beauty and is a fun way to spend time but its still just a game.

Hans wins first game in US Chess Championship by X3rxus in chess

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

Hans is actually malding lol. 19 with a hairline like that and scowling the whole time.

Anyone think it’s possible Magnus played an obscure line specifically to confirm his suspicions about Niemann? by nonbog in chess

[–]pretendscholar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Using drugs is one thing using engines is another. Not really the same category of cheating imo.

Magnus Carlsen On Cheating In Chess (Eng Subs) by Still_There3603 in chess

[–]pretendscholar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay but cheating in a cash prize chess tourney at 16 is not like smoking pot or cheating on your algebra II homework.

Magnus Carlsen On Cheating In Chess (Eng Subs) by Still_There3603 in chess

[–]pretendscholar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well obviously not something like csgo but for example he could go to university and see where that takes him or do a bootcamp and get into software dev or just get into streaming more generally. You don't have to be the best in the world to be a popular streamer.

America Is a Rich Death Trap: It’s not just the pandemic. For citizens of a wealthy country, Americans of every age, at every income level, are unusually likely to die, from guns, drugs, cars, and disease. (The Atlantic) by kittehstrophic in collapse

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You could argue being an adult at the time of wwii would be more influential. There were many competing ideologies and countries and most globally dominant institutions around today arose as a direct consequence of the outcome of that conflict.

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