MrScruff

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by MrScruff 4y ago
Well John Carmack is trying to make inroads towards AGI without going the huge compute route, so I don't think it's inherently obvious that it's the only game in town. https://dallasinnovates.com/exclusive-qa-
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by MrScruff 4y ago
This is totally true. I've read articles in the BBC news about a 'Twitter backlash' against something where the number of tweets was an incredibly miniscule fraction of the population. I've seen actual physical protests
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by MrScruff 4y ago
If that's the point then it feels like a straw man. It literally quotes a couple of the articles saying 'I know it's not sentient'. If the suggestion is that there are a load of 'smart people' claiming Bing cha
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Not sure what the point of this article is. The newspaper stories it references aren’t making claims of sentience, but just that something of significance in the journey towards human level AI has been achieved. And the whole ‘it’s just a f
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I feel like with a lot of the hardcore anti return to the office people the arguments are disingenuous. People have built their lives (and in some cases moved entirely) based on being able to work remotely 99% of the time, and they refuse t
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Completely disagree. I probably have 3 or 4 of these spontaneous conversations that wouldn’t otherwise happen a day when I’m in the office. It might start with ‘what are you working on’ and branch off from there, it’s not just small talk.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Yeah, some of the people I work with I’ve known for 20 years! For me it’s weird to imagine spending a large chunk of your life with these people and not forming some sort of personal connection.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Yes I did, because 'drug abuse' isn't a useful or clearly defined term. Eg. if I search for a definition, in the first few hits I get: "The use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for pu
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I’d refer you to the extensive research on the topic by David Nutt, Professor of Pharmacology at Imperial College and former government drugs adviser. It’s possible to compare the ‘relative harm’ of substances, and they will, partly by the
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Not arguing that caution shouldn’t be applied but I think it’s a bit more subtle than that. MDMA is prone to abuse in the recreational use sense, but it’s not really habit forming in the same way other drugs are. Sure, you can always find e
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Nodal based image editing is the standard in the film industry, though obviously there it’s predominantly used for sequences of images. Nuke is the industry standard, though there are a few others. I would agree it’s pointless if you just w
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Very interesting, thanks for the link!
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The only issue with iterative constraint solvers is the 'long chain' problem, where it's not possible to solve for longer stiff chains of constraints. Direct solvers can do it, but not with reasonable performance/memory
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by MrScruff 4y ago
If gender is a social construct (an idea which I'm sympathetic to), shouldn't it just go away entirely? I'm happy to move towards a society where we abandon stereotypes of masculine and feminine behaviour, I just don't u
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by MrScruff 4y ago
There are good reasons why both the VFX/post production and music production industries have done vast amounts of research into accurately modelling every 'imperfection' that resulted from the pre-digital processes. If you re
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I think the point was that any large enough company will have a ton of politics related to decisions around technology, so one person's anonymous perspective shouldn't carry much/any weight.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Yes exactly. We've all experienced reading an account on our particular domain of expertise by a journalist and realising they have absolutely no clue what they're talking about. I find it amazing how presumably otherwise intellig
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by MrScruff 4y ago
There is a character limit on a single response. You can ask things like 'Continue the previous answer' to get it to generate more.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I have a very large friendship network outside of work (to the point of it being overbearing). I still hate working from home. It’s convenient, efficient and soulless. My excitement from work is solving problems with people in person, and t
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Exactly. Human creative works are also on a bell curve, with the stuff in the middle typically being bland and boring. It's only when risks are taking that it holds our interest. ChatGPT mirrors this, producing output that feels generi
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I think the reason people are impressed is it's assumed the accuracy will improve quickly over time as architectures improve and the models increase in size, just as it did in other areas of machine learning like image classification.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I don't think Apple's strong arming me into using their store. I understand the deal, and I'm happy with it! I struggle to see how a free market for stores would improve my situation. Clearly the big software vendors won&#x27
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by MrScruff 4y ago
To be honest, I'd be fine with Apple putting an 'unlocked' mode behind a massive warning screen that doing so removes the ability of Apple to protect them from bad actors (with an optional notification system so I know if my
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Yes exactly. If I thought Apple was trying to lock down the Mac in the same way, or shift away from the Mac I'd feel differently. But I see no evidence of that. I'm quite happy for my phone to remain an appliance.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
My parents use a Mac, it’s still occasionally a hostile environment for them. The iPhone has vastly more users, who are installing many more apps. People put all of their digital lives into these devices. I really don’t want iPhones to be a
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I really don't see how we estimate f_l in Drake's equation? Other than knowing it's >0 I mean.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
That fixed mouse wheel scrolling for me in Safari's JS console as well, thanks!
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Totally agree! I've been using Macs since the 80s, every version of Windows since 3.1. I use the Linux desktop all day at work. I've been reading these 'Apple has lost its mojo' opinion pieces for decades but I'm re
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by MrScruff 4y ago
I was holding out with my 6s until a month ago but finally jumped ship to a 13 mini. It's a great upgrade. Unfortunately staying on an old iOS version isn't possible since apps will start requiring iOS 16 at some point.
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by MrScruff 4y ago
Another 13 Mini user here and I love it. Upgraded from a 6s and I was shocked to see the size inflation. First thing I want from my phone is for it to comfortably fit into my pocket. Also single hand usage. The actual screen estate is prett

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