Jordan-117

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by Jordan-117 2mo ago
On a practical level, politeness, complete sentences, capitalization, etc., seem weakly correlated with higher-quality answers. This is less true than in the early days, but more refined input still requires thinking through your question a
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by Jordan-117 2mo ago
Biden did both, at least at first. Age (and refusal to recognize it) hobbled him in the end, but during his term he was one of the more effective presidents of the last several decades. Arguably more effective than Obama, considering the am
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by Jordan-117 2mo ago
It's kind of what happens when an electorate empowers a pathologically lying corrupt criminal to head of state and gives their craven sycophants legislative majorities.
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by Jordan-117 2mo ago
If only iOS didn't gatekeep some of its most useful functions, that would be great.
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
Historically speaking, isn't the core of most revolutions the product of "elite overproduction" -- educated young people expecting to secure a high status position who are instead shunted into lower prospects? Seems like trap
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
I played on desktop and it seemed pretty impossible tbh. They veer around unpredictably when bumped, and explode long before you can plausibly bump them into a pool. Limiting that to slams would definitely help though!
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
Cute! But the car challenges in Tier 8 feel undoable -- they're a bear to "steer" and can't seem to go more than a short distance before bursting into flames.
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
I wonder how plausible it would be to deduce where a given webcam is (some combination of IP data, context clues, visible landmarks, maybe face searching) and then contact the owner to let them know. There used to be this fun site called wh
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
The current admin has been hostile to many things with mainstream cultural support (food aid, renewable energy, basic diversity, free speech) while championing unpopular/fringe ideas (anti-vax, tariffs, Christian nationalism, election
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
I'm amazed that the big models haven't come under more ideological pressure as more and more people use them, especially in the US. There was that conflict with Anthropic over military usage, but apart from that there's been
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
I ran into something like this a few months ago. There was this new indie game, Idols of Ash, that had just released and was blowing up on streaming. I googled it and found what looked like a legit site, idolsofash.fun. It had detailed stra
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
This one's much better. Shorter, faster, adapts to one's level, gives an out for being unsure, largely doesn't bother with definitions (except the occasional verification challenge), and even mixes in some fake words to ensur
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537350
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
You're responding to a comment talking about hours of tutorial dives and advanced config tweaks, my guy. You really think the official fix isn't the first thing I tried? That button simply doesn't work. I forget the exact err
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by Jordan-117 3mo ago
I ran into this trying to set up a new Dell laptop for my mom. It shipped to her in "S mode", meaning that among other things I couldn't install arbitrary software from the web. I assumed there'd be some straightforward
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
I first encountered it set to Radiohead's "Sail to the Moon," which pairs quite well with the eerie visuals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-ggx0TlkA
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
Gemini has been indispensable for helping me move from Windows to Linux. I'm reasonably proficient, but moving to a brand-new OS brought so many random questions and weird edge cases that I never would have had the confidence, patience
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
There's an interesting connection to draw between liminal spaces (especially the Backrooms variety) and the "latent space" concept from AI, both mechanically and sociologically. Basically, generative AI is an industrial-scale
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
The original videos have tens of millions of views, became extremely popular memes online, and the movie is now the biggest-ever opening for an independent film. It's not niche, just a bottom-up internet-driven thing. If it helps, ther
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
I recall Danielewski sharing a spec script for a possible TV series some years ago. Appropriately, it referenced itself and treated the show as a real thing within its own universe. In the meantime, claymation studio Laika has a faithful ad
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
The obvious counterargument is that the AI labs took virtually all human writing, imagery, music, etc., without regard for licensing or copyright. It's fair to ask what they owe back to the commons they built their models on (and which
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
Idk, I'd put it in the same category as doing a crossword puzzle, building a LEGO set, doing some DIY task around the house, etc. A nice diversion that's not entirely creative but stimulating enough, and at the end you have someth
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
> In recent times, at least once per month someone sends a screenshot for an awesome tool they are working on. I'm like whoa, that's really something and the sender is obviously proud and enthusiastic. I try not to ask, but am
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
Not to mention it directly targets a job category overwhelmingly held by poor and marginalized women, especially immigrants, in order to boost the profits of the automation company and the hotel chains it serves. Destroying the livelihoods
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
Shout-out to the dearly departed theclub.zone, which did this with a bit more panache (as well as a punishingly difficult secret platformer puzzle). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAXY_bZvWUU https://www.youtu
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
The vast majority of these offences are from apps or sites that generate and host the images themselves, often by openly promoting their ability to "nudify" people, and payment leaves them a paper trail. That makes them complicit.
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
The point is that these images are so realistic that it's difficult to tell they're fake. Your weird Soviet analogy is not remotely the same thing -- making a teenage girl think that everyone in her life has seen her expose hersel
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
This is a thing that exists. There are many tools and workflows that let you sketch out something and then use a model to iterate imagery based on the draft, one small area at a time.
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
Remind Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwGI-_-5LFI
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by Jordan-117 4mo ago
Whenever people knock them for mis-calling a race, the thing I always refer to (or would, if ABC hadn't burned the site down) is their "Check Our Work" page, which sorts all of their predictions across politics, sports, etc.,

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