_Algernon_

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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
This isn't strictly speaking true. An agent is merely something that acts (on its environment). A simple reflex agent (eg. simple robot vacuum with only reflexive collision detection) are also agents, though they don't strictly sp
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
And it doesn't use a path-separator character for the date.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
The solution is obvious: Go back to pen-and-paper examinations at a location where students are watched. Do the same for assignments and projects.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
The happy ending: https://imgur.com/he-did-good-job-VbKV9DF
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
This is objectively wrong. Take it straight from the source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9309.html
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Yes. Asking for consent is built into the HTTP protocol. The issue at hand here is that Perplexity scrapers lie about who they are by providing a false user agent. Thus consent was given on a false pretense.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Future homes will have built in Faraday cages.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
It doesn't matter because everyone only has to represent themselves so they don't really need to have integrity or ability to reason in some larger sense, they just have to be selfish — which is a lot easier than reasoning your wa
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
The argument that somebody else has better integrity and sense of duty representing my needs or wants is dead on arrival. Direct democracy is a representative democracy where each person has a representative.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
That's exactly how it works already, albeit through the middlemen representatives figuring out what block of voters is cheapest to buy. The only meaningful difference in a representative democracy is that the representatives can choose
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Free speech can refer to two distinct but related concepts. 1. Free speech as in the US first amendment. This indeed is limited to the government. 2. Free speech as in the enlightenment ideal upon which western liberal societies are built.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
I tried both light and dark. Ended up switching to reader mode. Maybe its the font or something else? Something about the design is causing eye strain at least.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
This is unreadable. Increase the contrast, please... Edit: I may be falsely blaming the contrast, but something about the design is causing me eye strain. Im not sure what. Here is a screenshot how the site looks to me: https://i
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>proceeds to not link any of this data and expects everyone to just take their word for it.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
That's no longer a justification once you have algorithmic amplification which Substack introduced with its Twitter immitation. At that point they ceased to just tolerate these ideas but to amplify them. At that point they carry more
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>some evidence https://xkcd.com/605/
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
What data are you basing this on? My understanding is that historical life expectancy is only as low as it is because of the immense infant mortality rates. People who survived through childhood tended to live long.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>But more generally, this idea of abandoning an app (or product) the moment you encounter people who disagree with you is disheartening. It is a behavior Substack itself encourages by turing itself into a social media platform instead of
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Fun to try to draw a fish that passes the looks like a fish test, while having as many penis-like features as possible.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
It's a redirect.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Add a heat exchanger.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
It would be nice to be able to preview the result before printing it, so the question still stands.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
I assume it's a play on Nike's tag-line: "Just do it"
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
"It takes a village to raise a child". This is basically the village stepping up albeit in the dumbest way imaginable.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
LLMs aren't Markov chains unless they have a context window of 1. >In probability theory and statistics, a Markov chain or Markov process is a stochastic process describing a sequence of possible events in which the probability of e
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Yes, it does.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Being in the possession of a password or key implies having permission to use that key. When generating a key you give everyone with access to that key the permission to use it to perform actions on your account. Protect your keys.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Most long distance runners fuel in form of gels on their longer runs and races. Those gels are mainly simple sugars and water. They're fine.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Why couldn't we combine the two? Make TOTP based on a higher-entropy secret with longer generated codes the only factor. This would prevent replay attacks of entered passwords, thus protecting against phishing, and ensure users have
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Since totp codes are time based and there is no guarantee that time of the generating device, and the verifying device are exactly identical they usually allow some room for error. You'll probably be fine entering the code before or af

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