OvidStavrica

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by OvidStavrica 2mo ago
SubEthaEdit is still around and open source. It supports Markdown side-by-side view along with numerous other languages. Excellent lightweight (26mb, native) editor, available directly via the macOS store at no cost. https://sube
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by OvidStavrica 2mo ago
How interesting! This discussion itself offers insight on the actual need for technical professionals to be able to logically reason through non-obvious [information] structures. I've anecdotally suspected that the ability to synthesiz
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The US Do Not Call registry is offline(donotcall.gov)
22 points by OvidStavrica 11mo ago|12 comments
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by OvidStavrica 11mo ago
I fully expected that this registry is an automated system. I'm struggling to understand why this system would be offline while the FTS website is still online: https://www.ftc.gov/ Is there a technical reason for the
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by OvidStavrica 1y ago
By far, the easiest (open source/Mac) is with Pico AI Server with Witsy for a front end: https://picogpt.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pico-ai-server-llm-vlm-mlx/id6... Witsy: htt
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by OvidStavrica 2y ago
"Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)'s iGAN Laboratory led by Prof. Haiding Sun and other institutes in China recently developed a new three-terminal diode that can both emit and detect light.&q
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by OvidStavrica 3y ago
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/cognitive-effects-of-lon... https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972160 Hope this help.
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by OvidStavrica 4y ago
Sentience and intelligence are vastly different things. As it stands, these systems have yet to make a compelling case for intelligence.
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by OvidStavrica 4y ago
"Globalstar said it is allocating 85% of its current and future network capacity to support the services and has agreed to prioritize the services on its network." https://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2022&#
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by OvidStavrica 4y ago
Google: what is a good batting average Answer: .300 In modern times, a season batting average of .300 or higher is considered to be excellent, and an average higher than .400 a nearly unachievable goal.
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by OvidStavrica 5y ago
"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." -- Mark Twain I just never expected this to apply on such a massive scale.
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by OvidStavrica 6y ago
This seems like a nonstarter until they can ensure that a hydrogen-based economy does not adversely impact the earth's ozone layer. They may build it only to shut it down as the world waits decades to recover from something potentially
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by OvidStavrica 6y ago
I think they refer to the failure mode where: Nothing happened for a day or two. All the experts travel to the location to try to understand what went wrong, in situ... and THEN the explosion occurs.
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Creative people’s brains really do work differently(qz.com)
2 points by OvidStavrica 11y ago|0 comments
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by OvidStavrica 11y ago
I am fairly new to Y-Combinators Hacker News. Unfortunately, I've run head-long into this very issue on this forum. It ruins the experience. There is value in communicating figuratively and/or with metaphors. When creatively solvi
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by OvidStavrica 11y ago
Wow. I merely identified a possible voter inflection point based on current events --and I was hoping for an insightful, or at least informed, response. For those of you who apparently missed the "American Politics" course in your
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by OvidStavrica 11y ago
If that was indeed a fusion weapon, then North Korea may have just handed the presidency to Trump.
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by OvidStavrica 11y ago
By necessity, entrepreneurs are self-delusional. Most are easily intelligent enough to realize how long their odds really are. Furthermore, they have the intellect to appreciate the true effort they have to make before they reach financial
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by OvidStavrica 11y ago
I believe this article misses its own point. I'll keep it short. “I” is a lie. There is no “I”. The brain has two halves, right and left. The right side is spacial. The left side is lingual. Generally. Both halves of the brain receive
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by OvidStavrica 11y ago
The trouble with neural networks is that they're just good enough to keep us from continuing to question our assumptions about human intelligence. A thousand years ago, even Ptolemy's geocentric model was good enough. After all, i