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The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble
  • The hype is still percolating, at least among the people I work with and at the companies of people I know. Microsoft pushing Copilot everywhere makes it inescapable to some extent in many environments, there's people out there who have somehow only vaguely heard of ChatGPT and are now encountering LLMs for the first time at work and starting the hype cycle fresh.

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    What exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay?
  • Expending the political capital necessary to push it through would have consumed his presidency in the process. It was a matter of priorities within the political reality of the era.

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    Confused about sleeping bag temperature ratings
  • In that case, I wouldn't trust anything on the label or any of the packaging. If you can swing it, a quality down bag costs more up front but can last decades if you take proper care of it (mainly always store it dry and uncompressed, and avoid folding it). If you're just car camping it's maybe harder to justify but if you backpack at all the weight savings that come with down are really worth it. One of mine is almost 20 years old and still going strong, amortized over the life of the bag it was a great deal back when I bought it.

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    Confused about sleeping bag temperature ratings
  • Grand Teton

    I'm not familiar with that brand and can't find any useful info about them. I'd recommend not trusting the rating on there until you've established performance for yourself, and to bring something warm to put on so if it doesn't live up to the rating you won't be too miserable.

    Also, insulation from the ground is super important. If you don't have a good sleeping pad, that will make a huge difference.

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    People of lemmy, what was your “oh crap” moment?
  • Did you ever get the money they owed you? I had a much less exciting version of that where a job I had was taking money out of paychecks for insurance that was never actually provided. Many years later the courts sorted things out and a few thousand showed up in the mail.

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    What should I do if I find a bag by the road that I'm concerned it's a dead body?
  • It depends on the area, many people live in places where 911 is for non-emergencies too. When you call the dispatcher will ask if its an emergency and potentially put you on hold if it isn't.

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    Texas judge decides Texas is a perfectly good venue for X to sue Media Matters
  • It seems like buying Tesla stock and then making inane judicial decisions to boost the value of your Tesla stock would go beyond just the appearance of impropriety and into the world of actual criminal activity.

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    Politico Gets Raked Over the Coals for Kamala Harris Post: ‘One of the Worst Headlines Written in a Long Time’
  • Acting like there's any legitimate questions about Harris being a black person is inherently racist and doing the bidding of Trump. I didn't think very highly of Politico before this but unless they fire whoever wrote that headline they are dead to me now.

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