AlanYx

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by AlanYx 5y ago
The underlying architecture was federated; basically an XMPP extension. When Wave shut down, they handed the federated server code to the Apache Foundation, who briefly developed it under the name "Apache Wave". Apache Wave was sh
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The similarity seems more than skin deep though; the "Loop components" data model as it's described in the linked article sounds similar to the underlying data model in Notion. Notion doesn't have the multi-cursor live c
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The interface looks much more similar to Notion than Google Wave; I don't see the similarity to Wave.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
There's an underlying theme of the value of domesticity in the text, which I think runs parallel to the theme of civilization. It's probably not a coincidence, but rather by design, that Siduri (the alewife) runs an inn (inns were
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I find the ending a poignant, even beautiful, testament to the universality of the human condition. Even kings struggle with having to deal with loss and mortality, and it has always been thus, an unbroken thread through the thousands of ye
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I'll check that one out. John Harris' "Epic of Gilgamesh" podcast is also a good reading of the text, though it's probably not as dramatic.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
>It strikes me that one advantage of the written word is that the information density is so much higher than in other mediums. This is true, but it also goes beyond density. Long-form written works tend to have more room for breadth, dep
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by AlanYx 5y ago
That paper is fascinating. Have you read any of Putnam's books? Are there any you'd recommend?
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I don't really follow the academic freedom debate that closely, but I did notice that in the video that was circulating yesterday regarding a protest at Netflix over this class of issue, one of the protesters was saying "Repent, m
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The "Become an Orb Operator" link has got to be satire.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
There was also Lego "Quatro", double the size of Duplo, for very young toddlers. Only sold from 2004–2006, but still in high demand on the used market. Interlocks with Duplo and regular Lego.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I support your work on this -- I've always wanted to see a full-length book exploring monads, and will definitely read it when it comes out. (Unfortunately I don't have time to review chapters right now.) One suggestion: you might
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The underlying issue may not be reflective vs. emissive, but rather luminance/contrast ratios. Here's one paper on the subject: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01698... B
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by AlanYx 5y ago
It's excellent, with one important caveat: provided the text size is not too small. The way small font sizes (<=8pt on an 8.5x11 PDF page) get rendered/antialiased on the device reduces their contrast a little -- they end up a
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The Remarkable is the device that convinced me of the value of e-readers, but it's not so much the screen size as it is the ability to just scribble notes in the margins, and underline, circle etc. easily. You can install Koreader on t
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The side bezels on the previous gen were too small IMHO. I ended up putting mine in a case that added a grip on the left hand side. While the device has decent palm rejection, it's never perfect and I find it disconcerting when the onl
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I found it quite funny too, but the main character has a bit of a 17th century Adam Sandler quality, straddling a line that some readers find more annoying than humorous.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
>is there a user segment whose first choice among the three would be a PWA, given the option One meaningful user segment is corporate workers with relatively restrictive IT departments, where you're not able to install native apps.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
>Why should I read these decades, centuries, millennia old books as a beginner [1]? In no other field are beginners asked to read old primary texts. Philosophy as a discipline makes more sense if you consider it as a form of literature.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
>Anyway, it's not a discussion or discourse. There is an entire generation of young people who understand attention as power, and any engagement at all is just an enabler. The solution is to form personal networks of intimate relati
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I use a book light with my Remarkable. It works well, but I'd still prefer an integrated frontlight, as long as it didn't affect the writing experience.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
When the project was initially announced, Pine was claiming a 60Hz refresh rate, which sounded amazing but is essentially impossible for e-ink at full dynamic range. They've since clarified this: >Edit August 16 00:09 UTC: A previou
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by AlanYx 5y ago
Under the proposed EU AI regulation, there's actually a requirement for source code to be provided to the regulators to review. Presumably it would be subject to an NDA to address trade secrecy concerns.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The critical element that's missing from the article--but which likely motivated the article--is that the EU's new AI regulation proposal mandates compliance all along the supply chain (for regulated applications of AI). In prac
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by AlanYx 5y ago
Another two good Foam-like VSCode tools are Markdown Memo ( https://github.com/svsool/vscode-memo ) and Dendron. I personally prefer vscode-memo to Foam. It doesn't have a graphical view, but there a couple other th
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by AlanYx 5y ago
The English word "taboo" actually comes from the Polynesian family of languages (tapua/tupua/tapu), of which Māori is a part.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I tend to agree with you, but there are a lot of academics currently pushing variations of the concept articulated in the linked article. The has been a decent amount of advocacy for IP rights for various forms "indigenous traditional
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by AlanYx 5y ago
Einstein actually isn't a particularly good example. His treatment of both his wives is fairly controversial, and a lot has been written about his alleged refusal to co-credit Mileva Marić on any of the work they collaborated on.
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by AlanYx 5y ago
I'm curious about the format/formatting of this paper. There are a few visual roadmaps to the various sections and subsections throughout the paper, complete with drawings/iconography (clip art?). I haven't seen anything
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by AlanYx 5y ago
Funny you mention that book. It's cited in a huge proportion of AI fairness papers, especially papers by academic authors who do not have a technical background, and I can't figure out for the life of me why. The book itself is

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