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    TIL: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels

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  • Mapping this to age to help.

    "The internet" says grade 6 = 11-12yo, which for my reference is Year 7 in NZ, or the first year of intermediate (Y7 and Y8; between primary and secondary school) which is a fairly low bar.

    So I checked the OECD and we are basically average; just above the US in the 2023 data. So better but not much better.

  • I'm just trying to lose a few pounds

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  • I'm just trying to lose a few pounds

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  • Honestly, $5kNZD (~£2k) will get you a really nice bike that should take you to very enthusiastic amateur; if you are doing significant jumps/drops than you will know what you need and spend accordingly.

    A $5k bike is not extreme by any stretch; and the NZ tax also hits. I have seen $14k (~£6k) in my local bike shop, non-electric mtb.

    Note: I mountain bike regularly and my bike cost me $5kNZD 12 years ago...I mainly ride grade 2/3 tracks these days with the occasional grade 4. Not an authority on mountain biking, but I have a bit of experience in bike costs and what you get for your money.

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  • Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder | This morning’s Truth Social post was nauseating even by the president’s standards.

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  • Disagree.

    I read the post; Trump made the murder all about Trump! He and his wife were killed, because he didn't like Trump; if they had just loved the great and powerful Trump enough, all would be well.

    /s if it wasn't enough

  • It Only Takes A Handful Of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds

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  • So if someone was to hypothetically label an image in a blog or a article; as something other than what it is?

    Or maybe label an image that appears twice as two similar but different things, such as a screwdriver and an awl.

    Do they have a specific labeling schema that they use; or is it any text associated with the image?

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  • Necrotic puss ulcer...lovely

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  • Indeed!

  • Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

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  • Maybe profit isn't the only motive...

  • Klingons are so wholesome

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  • In NZ we (mostly) pronounce it arc-ah-pela-go some however are weird and say arc-ee-pelE-go

  • Klingons are so wholesome

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  • You are correct; the "correct" way to correct speech issues like this is to repeat their story back to them using the correct wording.

    For my 4yo, currently he is saying hims rather than his. Rather than saying in a corrective way "his, is how you say that, not hims"; you repeat the story, "oh, that is his tractor!".

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  • What is the peak efficiency of steam turbines?

  • New to Linux which OS to use?

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  • Long time Mint enjoyer, the ONLY caveat I would put on that is I doesn't yet have stable for support Wayland.

    For a beginner, having the ability to run android apps via waydroid could be a real draw card.

    Wayland support is coming, but it isn't here yet.

  • Trump says Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’ for peace plan amid international talks

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  • It is not a peace plan; it is a piece plan, as in Russia gets a piece of Ukraine plan!

    Come on guys, I thought this was obvious at this point.

  • Waydroid on Mint or replace Mint?

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  • I don't mind waiting....the 9yo however does mind 🤷‍♂️

  • Quite the realization in the midst of electro class..

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  • Now that you have successfully gotten your brain to flip the cube in to the different orientations; now while it is flipping flatten it to a 2D shape with a small square in the middle.

  • One media player to rule them all

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  • Long ago; a non-tech friend saying to another non-tech friend. "you should try it on VLC; it'll play a slice of cucumber" when referring to some obscure video file they had.

  • Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'

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  • Got nothing to do with being humanoid.

    Bipedal predators are a rounding error, probably the most effective hunter/killer robot would be dog shaped and medium dog sized, with a back mounted turret.

    Give it pack tactics, with radio comms....

  • Ahead of her time

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  • I don't believe you, that sounds irrational!