LesZedCB

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by LesZedCB 4y ago
how do you reseal after you cut off a corner?
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
for those who haven't heard, Libby is an app that lets you borrow books (epub and audio) from your local library using a library card (in the US, can't verify other countries). it's' super easy and you can add multiple l
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
I would prefer not to.
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
yes thanks, that is much more clear
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
then why didn't vine or snapchat or whatever other video first platform from yesteryear catch on as big too? clearly there's more to it than "it's simply video first"
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
yes! thank you. huxley was right about a scary number of things... this debate between will self and adam gopnik on 'brave new world' vs '1984' is really good if anybody has 1.5 hours to indulge. https://www
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
some of those failure modes when i first saw them were freaky, they were so insidious and easy to do by accident! really glad i came across them, and thanks for sharing!
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
i am not denying any right, i have neither authority nor power. we all have equal right to comment and disagree. though you are right, i am kinda a hedonist. do you mourn for me, or lament the condition I would bring upon civilization, righ
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
sorry, you just disagree with them being happy even if it makes them infertile. classic intellectually dishonest HN concern troll
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
> The transgender community needs to stop pushing the notion that it's healthy and desirable; it's not - it's a devastating hormonal/fertility disorder. what exactly is your word for unhealthy and undesirable? you are
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
insufficient data for meaningful answer
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
who cares though? species have come and gone, and will continue too if you died and then a millisecond after a chicxulub scale asteroid obliterated all mammalian life (again), who would be there to care about fucking fertility or propagatio
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
from the conclusion: > We do not want to give the impression that all interesting uses of computers are centered around LISP. Some of the most innovative work was done by the Learning Research Group at Xerox Research Center in their deve
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
so linear
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
you know, the funny thing is people in these AI threads keep saying "it's a philosophical/political problem for the future where it matters", punting the question so they don't have to think about it. except, i don&
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
i would prefer not to.
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
it's the basis of the HTM from numenta
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
can we come up with a 'reasonable' definition of understands that isn't couched in human exceptionalism and could still apply to any computer model? i think dall-e understands, within the sensory domain it's trained from
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
it does understand their relationships. the difference are the subjects of the domain it learns about exist purely as 2 dimensional images. once these models get larger and include wider ranges of sensory data beyond just imagery (as can be
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
you can even just shebang it. if the startup time sucks too much, babashka has you covered! just s/clojure/bb.
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
I think it has snuck into the diction of many of us who've seen his talks
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
we are all the greatest internet pickleball player on this blessed day
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
man I finally got a 3080 and. ow you're telling me I need a second?! haha seriously though, I'm kinda sad the model size is 2GB then straight to 13GB.
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
how does the shape of data impact the storage applications safety contract?
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
yes exactly! i thought insane design was such a weird way to describe it... the fact that it is functional and emergent means is has a satisfying cleanliness, even if we don't fully understand it yet. another natural phenomenon that ge
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
agreed the days where I get out for a morning bike ride are some of my best
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
Manufacturing Consent is a must-read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
it was indexed which should help, but i assume that the reads are far less common than the inserts. reads could even be scheduled/automated and stored in a cache table if they need to be faster and ok being a little stale
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
wouldn't that break the atomic and isolated rule of ACID?
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by LesZedCB 4y ago
haha what city do you live in where a prius is the average commuter car? i live in seattle and joke about always being able to see at least one tesla. and still there are at least as many if not more SUVs than fuel efficient commuter cars

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