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by 10g1k 3y ago
Unless you are the perpetrator of some crime, you just have no reason to ever sign an NDA. Or unless you want the pile of cash they promise you. If there's no clear benefit for you, when someone says signing an NDA is part of the pro
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by 10g1k 3y ago
https://brave.com/
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by 10g1k 3y ago
Australia tracks four or five different GDP calculations, then uses the average result as the GDP they report to everyone. Every other country uses different calculations for GDP. It is not a reliable indicator of anything if everyone is us
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by 10g1k 3y ago
Sadly, far too many internerds confuse a brief look at Wikipedia with actual knowledge.
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by 10g1k 3y ago
"Hey Congress, now that my company is getting big, please restrict the market so we can corner it completely. No conflict of interest here. Just some altruistic public service."
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by 10g1k 3y ago
I was gonna write something like that, but, you know, maybe later.
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by 10g1k 3y ago
My recommendation: A strong extractor fan/range hood, or open windows. The solder fumes are killers. Protect your health.
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by 10g1k 3y ago
I've read this book, and it doesn't end well for humans.
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by 10g1k 3y ago
One of my uni subjects required us to write a C to MIPS32 compiler, due to the lecturer being a fan of MIPS. No yacc, no gcc, do it all from scratch. An interesting lesson from it was that the argument about differences between compiled pro
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by 10g1k 3y ago
Yeah, I was curious, and downloaded it for a try. It very soon became apparent to me that it was a personal information harvesting tool. It asks for your favourite colour, where you grew up, pet name, et cetera. I would not be surprised
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by 10g1k 4y ago
People (rightfully) mock reddit, tumblr, discord, etc, for being infested with pedos, but Mastodon has long been far worse.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Regarding the singularity, I kind of have the impression that people tend to think of it as the moment when AI (or technology generally) reaches a point of shiny amazingness. However, I think that's the wrong way to look at it. The A
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by 10g1k 4y ago
First nuclear reactor: 1942. First INES level 6 incident: 1957.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Deaths per form of transport: - Car: >0 - Shark: 0. Therefore sharks are infinitely safer than cars as a form of transport. It may be mathematically true, but it's still stupid.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Not liking apples is not a pro-orange argument.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Countries with nuclear reactors: 32. Countries which have had nuclear leaks or meltdowns: 15. Number of nuclear leaks and meltdowns since 1952 (only those which resulted in loss of human life or >US$50K property damage): ~100. About 60%
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by 10g1k 4y ago
I object because [emotional reaction]! Here's why: [copy-paste from logical fallacies website written by another angry 13 year old]. Counter-point: [copy-paste from Wikipedia].
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Known to CTM for, what, 4,000 years?
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Pascal's Wager, re-branded for internerds.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Humans are incapable of learning from history.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Merely looking at aborigines will reveal to anyone with adequate IQ that they are similar to Indians. Listening to them will reveal similarities to Indian languages. The genetic evidence of multiple waves of migration from India, through so
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Or buy a $0.95 mask.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Mice can decide? I CAN'T DECIDE!
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Compliance with standards makes zero sense if those standards are not optimal, or if they are outright garbage. Evolution of almost everything in technology is faster than the evolution of standards. And many standards were written by peop
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Everything about that article is ridiculous. It's not just the Dalit that eat meat. McKFCburgers are everywhere in India. Asking if someone eats meat has nothing to do with castes or oppression.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Prediction: An inflection/tipping point will occur when an AI has the ability to programme/create another AI with capabilities or coding superior to its own. That's the moment. It will snowball from there. A begets B which
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Seperate inner shenanigans (yes, I said shenanigans!) from presentation. Allows for skins, easier changes to appearance, etc.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
"We all want to be able to address abuse on the internet." No, we don't. Many of us are fine with free speech, and believe the only valid form of censorship is choosing not to listen.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Introspection.
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by 10g1k 4y ago
Don't take it so personally. My observation was about the numerous similar responses to queries posted on their forum. Not to me, as I won't deign to sully my feet in such a morass. But I did read many queries from newbies who

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