Closi

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by Closi 4y ago
I don’t mean in terms of the value of the coin - I mean that if mining activity increases, power consumption goes up but coins produced remains static. More mining does not provide more coins, only increased fuel burnt per coin. So in total
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by Closi 4y ago
One argument would be that the energy isn’t really creating anything extra for the world as mining crypto is a zero sum game - ie adding compute to the network doesn’t create additional coins it just increases difficulty (thus it’s burning
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by Closi 4y ago
How would you (easily) describe the concept of chocolate feathering to a computer without using natural language? (e.g. if you wanted the computer to generate an image, or search for an image of / recipe with chocolate feathering).
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by Closi 4y ago
Let's remember the level of classification here though - in a usual org an occasional large data transfer might not be worth investigating, but in some contexts within the DoD it's certainly worth investigating.
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by Closi 4y ago
Yep! Proof of solvency can be done now - just allow a reputable financial audit company in and get them to publish your financials.
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by Closi 4y ago
So mothers should be able to commit crimes without having to worry about the consequence of going to prison? That doesn’t sound right…
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by Closi 4y ago
> How do I lock up my cash in a similar way? You buy a vault or a safe, which you can access with a 'pin-code' (in the fiat world this is called a combination lock). Safes come with two keys, which allows you to keep a backup o
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by Closi 4y ago
I think it's closer to hiding a pile of money personally. The security is based on you remembering a 12 word string or geolocation, and the string/geolocation can't be siezed via court order (other than exceptional circumstan
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by Closi 4y ago
> But at least in crypto I have the OPTION of storing it myself. You have the option with Fiat too - you can get paper currency and store it yourself in a secure location. $10,000 can be stored in $100 bills in as little as c0.03 meters
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by Closi 4y ago
AppSmith!
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by Closi 4y ago
Eh, large redundancies are usually planned semi-confidentially and executed immediately for obvious reasons, which makes these sort of things pretty inevitable. The obvious reasons aren't just from a corporate perspective, it's al
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by Closi 4y ago
> Doesn't have to inevitable, though. They literally have all the data. Even if you have all the data, lets say there is a 4 person team being reduced to 3 during this redundancy - What do you do? Fire Anne instead of Peter purely
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by Closi 4y ago
> So why does their management - which should be able to read the writing on the wall, since that's part of their job - not issue a strict hiring freeze [...] Why do they go from hiring to firing in the blink of an eye? They did hav
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by Closi 4y ago
Fair enough - I stand corrected! It does look like that could probably handle those things.
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by Closi 4y ago
Absolutely, assuming the inputs were the same (ie that you don’t have to chase the ‘bare minimum employee and don’t have to give more support to the ‘grinding’ one). Personally i’ll take the grinding person any day though, they tend to be m
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by Closi 4y ago
In reality this looks far too basic to actually be a todo spec for a reasonable productivity app. ie basic functionality I personally look for that I don’t think this would support would include: * Projects with hierarchies * Reminder dates
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by Closi 4y ago
Ability and opportunity also doesn't equal output - There are plenty of 'high ability' people that will do the bare minimum, and plenty of 'lower ability' people that will push, work hard and deliver more.
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by Closi 4y ago
Human transcription accuracy is just two nines :)
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by Closi 4y ago
> What's changed since then in terms of technology? Unless it's very significant, I suspect it will go the same way. Apart from an assistive technology viewpoint, my gut instinct is that it's not that satisfying or rewardi
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by Closi 4y ago
Looks like the FDA has some labeling requirements and a requirement to make this app prescription only, which probably pushed the company down this route.
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by Closi 4y ago
You are right - the government analysis looks like garbage IMHO. The slide shows that they are actually just forecasting (month * 200) cases which is obviously not the way you should do this. The slide also has a bar chart with a line betwe
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by Closi 4y ago
That's not what I'm saying - Where did I say it must be true? I'm saying "We cannot conclusively say it's wrong, thus it's not in the same category as the moon landing". In reality nobody knows the origin
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by Closi 4y ago
> So is denying climate change or the moon landings... Ah yes, so I would assume that the WHO would conclusively say that the lab leak theory is incorrect then? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/
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by Closi 4y ago
The quality of forecasting here looks questionable IMO... Let's take the only visible leaked slide below: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/global-health/2022/1... 1) The forecast appears to b
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by Closi 4y ago
The bit of the sentance you stripped out was the bit where they emphasised that they were describing a basic and simplified definition because there is actually an entire chapter on what you are talking about - i.e. consumer preferences and
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by Closi 4y ago
> Anyways, I actually tried it out and... I don't really get it. I would find it frustrating to use when blender is so much snappier and more powerful. Why would anyone use Canva when there are plenty of other more powerful options
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by Closi 4y ago
No, not for the purposes of layoffs.
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by Closi 4y ago
> Classic free market fallacy. It's only a free market if there are other options available. Those in power control the options available and low regulation free markets enable them align at the lowest common denominator. People do
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by Closi 4y ago
Probably because it's not looking for lightly obfuscated code, it's looking for hidden code (hidden by a unicode escape sequence).
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by Closi 4y ago
> None of which really seems to make any difference in a world of near-limitless bandwith. It just isn't the constraint it once was. Tell that to Youtube, Netflix and Facebook - These companies don't have near-limitless bandwit

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