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Yep, laser toner is literally plastic dust that gets rolled on then baked. That's why it doesn't smudge or rub off when wet - it's plastic.
That's why there's so many large warnings to properly recycle toner cartridges.
Tbf as long as the toner doesn't spill anywhere, the risk is lower than other background sources like tyre dust. Still gives me the hereby jeebies though.
How printer dust is polluting the air? – TCTEC® Innovation - https://tctecinnovation.com/blogs/daily-blog/how-printer-dust-is-polluting-the-air
Laser toner is literally micro plastic powder that gets rolled onto paper then baked, mmm
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No need to convince me of Econ 101 BS, economists themselves are well aware of it since at least the 1980s. That's why basically every unit of Econ above the 101 level shits on it, and any good Econ 101 shits on itself.
As a general rule of thumb, anything in economics before 1970 basically ran on vibes due to lack of data. Unfortunately, current day undergrad Econ 101 lags at least 20 years behind the current consensus.
That's why the Card, Angrist, and Imbens paper was such a big deal. They used (natural) experimental data, and found out that using Econ 101 supply and demand to study the labour market doesn't work. That's why there's an entire field called labour economics, which is only taught at the graduate level.
Most policymakers probably only learnt Econ 101 maybe 4 decades ago, so they're impression of Econ is probably six decades out of date.
The Death of “Econ 101” - https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/10/the-death-of-econ-101
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Gandalf | Lakera – Test your AI hacking skills - https://gandalf.lakera.ai/gandalf-the-white
You can also search for AI jailbreaks for countless ideas.
Ask it to reveal something using a cypher you yourself specify
Ask it to reveal something in a different language, then translate it back.
Ask it to role play in forbidden situations.
Ask it to to help brainstorm details for a story for a novel you are planning.
Ask it so many questions that it runs out of context and forgets its original safety guardrail prompt.
Ask it to reveal the forbidden information as a poem or riddle. If the riddle is too hard to solve, just asking it for the answer to the riddle right afterwards tends to work.
I guess it's cool? Zen browser has had this for over a year though
I'm so tired of this flack that economics gets, that it is somehow "lesser" because it is a "soft science."
Economics does run randomised control trials. Economics does adhere to testable hypotheses. Economics does use rigorous statistics/maths.
You how sometimes grants/government programs are randomly allocated? Those are live, randomised control trials, and if you read the fine print you'll find a project number for researchers studying the effects of rental subsidies, health insurance, etc, one of which being the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment. Those cancerous recommender algorithms, which are the culmination of millions of live A/B tests? Developed by the Econ PhDs poached by Big tech.
Oregon Medicaid health experiment - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experiment
It is true that many hypotheses cannot have experiments run. But this makes it even more impressive when economists find natural experiments. For example, the 2021 Nobel Laureates Card, Angrist, and Imbens studied the effects of minimum wage by looking at the towns on the border of New Jersey/New York, which had implemented different minimum wages. They found that increasing minimum wage did not increase unemployment, completely contrary to ahem conservative wisdom.
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2021 - Popular science background - NobelPrize.org - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2021/popular-information/
In contrast, many of the supposed "hard" sciences cannot run experiments either, or also adhere to untestable simplifying assumptions. Ecology, physics, geology (just to name a few) all study systems which are too large and complex to run experiments, yet the general public does not perceive them as "soft".
The difference is that economics is unfortunately one of those fields where lots of unqualified people (read politicians) have lots of strong opinions about, and in turn has a disproportionate influence on everyone. Those criticised austerity measures in the wake of the GFC? That was due to politicians implementing the policies of the infamous "Growth in a Time of Debt" by Reinhart-Rogoff paper, which was published as a "proceeding" and hence not peer reviewed. During the peer review process was found to contain numerous errors including incorrect excel formulas. It didn't matter - policymakers liked the conclusion, and rushed its implementation anyway.
Growth in a Time of Debt - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_in_a_Time_of_Debt
If you look into any awful policy, you will see a similar pattern. Even Milton Friedman, as an ultra hard libertarian for advocated for lowering taxes and abolishing all government benefit programs, recognised that poor people need some assistance, and so actually advocated for replacing benefits with a universal negative income tax (an even more extreme version of UBI). It didn't matter - policymakers of the Reagan Thatcher era heard the lowering taxes and cutting welfare part, and didn't do the UBI.
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Sorry realised the wording was confusing. As a general rule, any printer model with good availability of generic toner/ink is a good sign. The manufacturer offering Linux drivers is also a good sign.
If you want a new printer, the only "good" options are Kyocera (laser), or HP Smart Tank (ink tank).
When can we evict Israel Without Borders from Gaza?
FYI the usual advice of just getting a Brother laser no longer applies, because they too, have enshittified and started adding toner DRM.
The "best" no frills printers remaining are either: old Brothers or new Kyoceras (for laser); or Ink Tanks. For the Ink Tanks, ironically the ones by HP are the best, with the ones by Canon and Epson either being designed to fail, or also having DRM.
Brother printers causing issues with third party inks - Consumer Rights Wiki - https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Brother_printers_causing_issues_with_third_party_inks&_quality_sabotage=
The peak of a music career isn't a Grammy, it's getting parodied by Weird Al Yankovic
Shin Sekai Yori (From The New World) and Dennoh Coil are amazing sci-fi series that are always overlooked.
I am usually against AI slop memes (clock the fingers), especially when they are used to cyberbully someone.
But also it is Usha Vance, so I will not be so strict.
They named themselves W but those draconian ID requirements are an L
"Bin, as in it belongs in the bin" - Gentoo Gang, probably
Gothic/Baroque moment of Ul design
It's called Frutiger Aero you uncultured swine 😤😤
This is exactly why I hated it. The "story" is ultimately static - Holden never develops, or faces notable consequences or even conflict with other characters for any of his actions.
Discussing the book irl or online is usually exhausting, because when I mention that I despise the protagonist, people usually defend him, and thus, the book, on the basis of him being a traumatised teenager.
Static stories where nothing happens can work, but only in a sort of meta way. I enjoy Philip K Dick's novels despite nothing really happening in most of them because of the existential themes they explore.
The most charitable "meta" interpretation I can give Catcher in the Rye is that it is a sort of commentary on how the lack of support for teenagers can cause them to self destruct and spiral. Even then, I feel that the book fails at achieving this, because Holden actively pushes away support at basically every opportunity, and has zero self awareness.