LeroyRaz

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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
I've read many paywalled articles. HackerNews generally links an archive link, and I also occasionally use institutional access. However, I don't subscribe personally to any news sites. Often, when I do read paywalled articles, I
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
The quality of most (nearly all) media is (embarrassingly) poor though. You often find more serious reporting on YouTube than in the press!! For example, the YouTuber CoffeeZilla gave a far more earnest coverage of SBF than any newspaper I
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The visualization works poorly on my phone, basically unusable.
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I knew there was the competition to name the boat, that boaty was top choice, and that the company didn't name the boat boaty. But I didn't know the company followed up by calling one of the AUVs the name! It's great they fol
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
I think the mission of the BBC is mainly to serve the audience rather than artists. Hence they presumably felt using AI would enable better content, e.g. through cost saving, or faster development cycles. Artist's rights, livelihoods,
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn The UK has been eating fungus based meat replacements for decades.
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While I believe in journalism, I'm pretty appalled at the state of modern journalism. There have been a few big fully televised court cases recently, e.g., Depp v. Heard, and I was stunned at how poor the media coverage of them was. As
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
When agreeable was first used in the chain of comments above it was presented as the counter point to "scary." As in, you defend yourself by appearing scary to take on. Shrewd tactful negotiation can be valuable, but I think peopl
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I assume civilizations on heavier planets just use nuclear propelled rockets. As I understand it, the fuel density is so much higher that you could likely manage to build feasible nuclear rockets for far far higher g than you could chemical
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I think the point is more "not my son (should use these services)" than "not my daughter (should provide these services)." Provided, a woman does it safely, and can partition their emotions well, I don't think indiv
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
What do you mean, "it always costs something?" In a healthy relationship, both partners receive more than they sacrifice in 'costs.' This is the whole point of all mutually entered into relationships...
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You can have multiple prosecutors. E.g., if one does not want to prosecute (and so not get paid) then another will. While you can't ensure an individual does their job, market forces and competition can ensure the job gets done (by som
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
I agree. Spreadsheet person is bizarre, but did nothing wrong (nor are they sad for having a spreadsheet, just unusual). I also find the protagonists leveling up mockable (but not particularly funny). Personal growth in any characteristic t
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Pet peeve: the study seems to be exclusively on US cities. I think the title should reflect that limited scope. It is entirely possible that other countries show different trends.
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It does seem sad that men resort to these services in a way that likely harms them. Does anyone have any statistics that breaks down content-creator income by user spendage? A priori my assumption is that (as I understand it) similarly to t
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
There are a great number of regulations placed on products (and their advertising) to ensure customers are informed and protected. Examples: Drinking disclaimers (drink responsibly). Cigarette disclaimers and off putting mandated packet vis
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Gosh, it all makes sense now!
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I hope the marshal doesn't get in trouble for making a comment. I imagine making any kind of comment might be against policy.
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What are the advantages of MatX over Jax?
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Richard Reeves would agree that black men and boys are disadvantaged (with outcomes significantly worse than black girls say). In the interview with Ezra Klein he focuses quite bit on this disenfranchisement, and says how the political righ
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
Richard Reeves is originally from the left, and there is a podcast interview of him by Ezra Klein (titled "the boys are not alright"). In the interview he describes how he was drawn to feminism and looking at gender inequality, an
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by LeroyRaz 3y ago
The study is really interesting. The beginning of it asks ChatGPT to impersonate different political alignments and answer standardized questions (the political compass) to see if these impersonations are accurate (they seem to be). It then
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To the people posting how the author is just whining re the meta, and to those saying young people should challenge society, etc... The author is arguing that the rise of K-s is killing true debate (where anything can be advocated for and o
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I think people vary in this. Just because some people find they learn poorly from pure reading does not make that experience universal. Some can just learn (and retain knowledge) via (uneffortful) absorption, others are better served via a
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I'd worry about customers asking allergy questions, and getting incorrect answers
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Hmm... Seems potentially spurious to me. They use personal website pictures, and have people rate them. They note in the paper that they could be confounded by picture quality, e.g. successful and ambitious people bother to get good photos
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by LeroyRaz 4y ago
I am an atheist, but I thought Dawkin's book, the god delusion, came across frankly as ignorant. There are whole canons of theological thought which counter many of his arguments, as theologians raised those concerns ages ago and have
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by LeroyRaz 4y ago
Good luck to them
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A different article from 2022 claims that following work found a different mechanism. """However, last year another team of Japanese scientists called this "vitrification" hypothesis into question, citing experiment
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I think there is real difference between a) devaluing someone's work, and b) and voiding work of value. What makes AI different from previous technological innovations is that it seems to have the potential to make peoples labor worthl

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