MarkusQ

7 ms·

121.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Finding a cogent explanation for yet another category of "junk-DNA"/non-coding region is quite encouraging. Yes, things are turning out to be more complicated than we thought, but they are also more comprehensible than we fe
122.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Why do you think this has anything to do with drone operators?
123.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Kills people by clicking on them? WTF? This is about network security, defending against cyber attacks. You may or may not agree that we should have people doing that, but conflating it with imagined nonsense like this is counterproductiv
124.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
I seriously doubt the GP (who was proud of their work) was one of the suicides. If they were, the mere fact that they are able to post here after taking their own life would be the far bigger story.
125.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Oh, that's an easy one. When I'm trying to model a situation I consider a wide variety of possible explanations, and then rank them by how well they fit the facts. I also note when someone is trying to push a narrative on me, and
126.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Way to pull a Tokyo Rose; the GP was alluding to "cool" and "impactful" things they had done to keep us all safe from malicious actors and you try to twist it into "illegal activities" and "unlawful orders
127.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
That was my point exactly. There isn't some evil mastermind behind it--at least, in the click-case; in the psyops or vote-for-us! cases there might sort of be, but even there they aren't profiting from the misery per se.
128.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Right, that was in my list. That's a clear case of the misery being incidental / collateral damage.
129.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
I suppose I should be grateful, if it means the mercenaries are leaving.
130.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
I personally hate YAGNI, because it so often leads to balkanized APIs that only implement the "needed" features and omit things that a reasonable person would expect because they weren't needed initially. Far better to have
131.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Who's making money off our misery exactly? I can see it as a foreign adversary psyop (they benefit from us being demoralized) or as a side effect of the attention economy (more clicks is all that matters) or even a hyper-partisanship e
132.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
> but that does not mean psychiatrists caused the underlying psychosis It doesn't rule it out, either. :)
133.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
100%. I noticed it most when the slurs they used against us became status symbols, as a hoard of grifters traded in their ties (remember ties?) and golf doodads for SF franchise bling and proclaimed themselves "geeks" and "ne
134.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
"It's just been spiraling in a very dark direction for a long time. You have these blackpill depression cirklejerks everywhere. Astroturfing is getting worse every year." Agreed. From TFA: "This disillusionment is infect
135.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Clickbait headline. Should be "Life left mineral substrate at least twice" or some such. The research is interesting, but they're playing word games in the telling of it by saying the most recent common ancestor of all life
136.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
I was prepared to be critical, expecting a slop-recital of facts with no explanation of how we came to know them (the sort of brain-dead thinking that would conflate knowing player stats with playing sports) but was pleasantly surprised. T
137.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
This has nothing to do with SpaceX per se; it's a standard sort of scam that's been around since the days when waiting for your ship to come in was meant literally.
138.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Managers trying to justify _cutting_ scope... Is your planet accepting immigrants? I think I'd like it there
139.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
April 1st, 2020 I don't think that was intentional, but it might as well have been.
140.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
On a rocket? They make and launch them. More, in fact than the rest of the world combined. At this point, anyone claiming "SpaceX can't do <generic space related thing>" is either 1) claiming that no one can or 2) blin
141.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
No, it's just as bad for web development.
142.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
So...we're doing better than expected!
143.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
"...how your uncles 舅 (mother's brother) 伯 (father's elder brother) 叔 (father's younger brother) relate to your parents." These words are likely also on their way out, when you consider how few people in China have
144.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
They could have named the company "Irony", but that would have required situational awareness.
145.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Reasonably clear explanation here: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-glo... Short quote to capture the main point: "I have evidently fallen into the pocket of Hell where the demons torment m
146.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
> Frankly, I expect better analysis from Quanta. Seriously? I agree with the rest of your comment but "better analysis" is not even remotely on brand for Quanta.
147.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
The days of "Matz is nice, so we are nice" seem a distant memory of a bygone era. I suppose because they are.
148.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
> because the liquid electrolyte currently used in batteries is flammable, replacing it with a solid could make batteries safer and less susceptible to fire. The problem is primarily that batteries are storing a lot of energy, which can
149.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
> the entire basis of democracy, which is one person one vote This is a relatively recent innovation; most democracies throughout history have not had this property, so it's hardly the "entire basis" of the concept. It is
150.
by MarkusQ 2mo ago
Paywalled articles seem to enhance the "comment without reading, based on vibes" effect. From the article: "Pension recipients should have their financial futures “locked in and guaranteed,” but in return would be reclassifie

More ›