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by Mattasher 3y ago
> if it's likely to cure, then that would be borne out by the trial? And then it would be rushed for approval. I'm not sure you know how long these things take, even when they work well. Also, the failure to show a positive cli
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by Mattasher 3y ago
This hand sanitizer everywhere thing was just one of the many unproductive insanities of the Covid era. Quick story: In 2021 I was shopping at an Office Max in Florida. At the counter, the checkout guy snuck two small bottles into my bag. M
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by Mattasher 3y ago
https://www.digid.nl/security.txt redirects to: https://www.ncsc.nl/.well-known/security.txt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 # Domeinen van de Rijksoverheid kunnen me
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by Mattasher 3y ago
They aren't decentralized, they're federated. If you are on an "instance" of an alt-twitter (e.g. mastodon.social) you are 100% subject to the rules of that instance and your handle isn't portable, though you can ge
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by Mattasher 3y ago
I like this question a lot. I'd say the answer is that submarines swim quite well, with good speed, amazing range of depth, and excellent directional stability. They are, however, poor swimmers when it comes to agility (quick changes i
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by Mattasher 4y ago
> There is a notion of success ... which I think is novel in the history of science. It interprets success as approximating unanalyzed data. Yes! Yes! Yes! As I've been arguing for years, we've already plucked the low-hanging f
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Based on the the Bing AI beta and its attempts to gaslight people using emotional manipulation, I'd move that timeline up to this year. The rise of persuasive AI, either directed by a human or running its own paperclip maximizing funct
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by Mattasher 4y ago
IMO the thing we have to worry about the most is the rise of persuasive AI, which has already begun: https://mattasher.substack.com/p/ais-killer-app
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by Mattasher 4y ago
FWIW if you live in place with boating and you might be able to find REC-90 for sale, which is Ethanol free.
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Seems more like an attempt at woke-washing that backfired because of the negative public response.
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by Mattasher 4y ago
I once showed up at an AirBnB condo and it had NO curtains, even though another building looked right into the bedroom. That also meant no curtains on the shower. I called AirBnB to complain and was told, well, did you see the pictures? And
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Very well put and worth reinforcing by thinking of PRNGs as entropy reduction functions on the original seeds, that ideally loose as little entropy as possible per generation cycle.
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by Mattasher 4y ago
It's also worth considering that this one person's experience may represent the reactions of many. Over two-decades ago the Chicago Reader published one of the most fascinating "drug memoirs" I've ever read, and the
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by Mattasher 4y ago
That may be true, but as anecdota I had a show on one of those talk stations just a year ago. They broadcast on 2 frequencies on the FM dial, covering a wide geographic range.
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Solid article by the always interesting Doctorow, but it's a bit much to say, "Useful idiots on the right were tricked into thinking that the risk of Twitter mismanagement was "woke shadowbanning," whereby the things you
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by Mattasher 4y ago
I'm having the opposite problem. Sometimes even my replies to someone with a Gmail address go to their SPAM box. What kind of a filter decides you don't want to see a message from some you messaged first? FWIW I have my own doma
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Grooveshark (RIP) had the best music recommendation engine I've ever used.
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Second link I toyed with. First link is to a very old project. Clicked on the "demo" link and went to a extremely NSFW site :( Regardless, looking for a friendly UI experience for this. Not a gamer but at this point I'm wonde
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by Mattasher 4y ago
To add some additional context. I'm scoping out places for us to live next and real estate. There's a lot on the line here. I'd gladly pay $100+ per month for a top notch tool that let me quickly explore neighborhoods as a fi
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Ask HN: Low-fuss app to virtually drive around a city with street view
8 points by Mattasher 4y ago|3 comments
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by Mattasher 4y ago
I suspect it's more a function of cost and class. The people who pay $500 to fly aren't the same as the people who pay $2.50 to be on the subway, or jump the turnstile altogether.
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by Mattasher 4y ago
I'm not sure about that. He also had the "be careful what you wish for" tweet, which indicates he had something in mind if the vote was to step down. Also, I can't imagine he planned to put so much energy into this one p
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by Mattasher 4y ago
I assume the person you are replying to is referring to the government freezing the bank accounts of people who contributed to the trucker protests. Though it should be noted that this was done through existing bank infrastructure. CBDC wou
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by Mattasher 4y ago
This seems like a better analogy than "private companies", but then where does that lead you in terms of how they should be treated? No snark here, genuine question.
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by Mattasher 4y ago
At this point we need to recognize that these "private companies" are now de facto state actors. They take censorship advice from government agencies (like the CDC), ban certain people in response to political pressures, and hand
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by Mattasher 4y ago
For those like me who had never heard of Kiwi Farms until recently, the podcast Blocked and Reported ( https://www.blockedandreported.org/ ) has a couple recent episodes that do deep dives into the site and controversy around
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by Mattasher 4y ago
This gets to the heart of the problem and is even understated. If your audience is partisan, going against what they want to hear by providing nuance, context, or even straight news, can provoke extreme outrage. Perhaps people will recall w
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by Mattasher 4y ago
> How can you manipulate a neural network to suddenly fear water? How can you manipulate _different types of neural networks_ to suddenly fear water, in a generic way? These kinds of reactions, and the many hyper-specific adaptations acr
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Lovely design. Worth noting that small, roll feed thermal printers exist: https://brothermobilesolutions.com/products/printers/pocketj... I've been looking for one that can print a single, very long (unpagena
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by Mattasher 4y ago
Evidence of all these impacts is easy to find. Here's just one link about the increased rate of childhood obesity: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037a3.htm

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