actually_a_dog

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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Do it anyway.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Yeah. This makes perfect sense if you consider it to be an interpreter for natural language that has a really good macro facility.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
The CDC conducted none of the 18 linked studies.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Clearly, you missed this: > High levels of community masking, including both source patients and exposed people, have been associated with reductions in infections ranging from 10% to 80%, with more protection when there is consistent ma
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
I think I know which paper you're referring to in the Cochrane review, and it explicitly does not say that: > Many commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that 'masks don't work', which
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
This is addressed in the article. Masks are effective when worn (shocking, I tell ya); mask mandates are ineffective when ignored or when people are already masking at a high rate.
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Monetary Tightening and U.S. Bank Fragility in 2023(siepr.stanford.edu)
3 points by actually_a_dog 4y ago|0 comments
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Agreed. I'd guess that for every hobbyist programmer, there were probably at least 10 people who just wanted to play Ultima or something.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
I understand the point the author is trying to make: computers were simpler in 1983 than today, so you could actually understand how they worked, if you studied the technical specs. There was not some big operating system in the way. Oper
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
The point of the exercise seems to be to learn C by writing C. If it were to understand how Redis works, then you might as well write it in Python and get it done in ~200 (or whatever) LoC instead of ~1200 LoC. You can't learn C by w
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What Worked Against Covid: Masks, Closures and Vaccines(wsj.com)
8 points by actually_a_dog 4y ago|13 comments
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
I’d say that’s a very substantive comment. The fact that you don’t want to hear it does not affect the substance. Of course, I realize I’m saying this on a site that literally makes unpopular comments harder to read lol, and where I’m only
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
> Nail polish remover, like non-ethyl alcohol, is likely to be adulterated Not if you buy the stuff that literally says "pure acetone," e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Onyx-Professional-Acetone-Remover-Fas... I w
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
> Acetone is blissfully not so toxic... I'll say. Oak Ridge National Lab has this to say about the toxicity of acetone: > Acetone (CAS No. 67-64-1) is a clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a vapor pressure of 182 mm H
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Nobody tell this person about the hairy ball theorem.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Mine as well! Icelandic is an interesting language. Icelandic (at least in written form) is mutually intelligible with Old Norse, which means that knowing Icelandic can allow you to read 1000 year old Norse sagas. Super cool, if you ask
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
My favorite along those lines is the Cox-Zucker machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%E2%80%93Zucker_machine
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
The interesting thing here is that OpenAI is claiming ~90th percentile scores on a number of standardized tests (which, obviously, are typically administered to humans, and have the disadvantage of being mostly or partially multiple choice)
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Xmodem includes a header that specifies the exact file size. So, all you need to do is check that number against the amount of free space on whatever device you're downloading to.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Sure, but for context, normal atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa. 1 GPa is a lot closer to ambient than 250+ Gpa. AFAICT [0], nothing with a critical temperature above the freezing point of water (273.2 K) has yet been discovered, and ever
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
But, you didn't actually ask. And that is literally my point. I care about stability in my employment situation as much as the next canine. I've worked at 4 startups, each with under 150 employees apiece. I've asked questi
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Be honest: have you ever asked an employer what bank they use when you were interviewing? Is this your general policy? 10:1 says it's not, and you haven't. Even if you're the exception, I'm sure 99% of employees hav
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Just ignore LinkedIn's news feed (or whatever the hell they call it), and poof! it's a job board.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
You really think employees of SVB bank clients should bear the burden of decisions made by their employers without their input, likely without their knowledge, and very little reason to care 99.99% of the time? Quick, without looking at yo
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Banks are not being "bailed out." Depositors are. SVB no longer exists. Now, you can certainly argue over the merits of bailing out depositors, but disingenuously framing it as a "bank bailout" is not the position to
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
Why is that incredible? It sounds like simple crony capitalism, and we all know that’s alive and well.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
> These are all fancy ways of talking about accounting tricks that banks are allowed to employ in order to hide economic losses from their financial statements. Banks would argue that their accounting tricks are blessed by the priesthood
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
LibreOffice does a credible job of PDF to Word on OSX.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
FELLOW HUMAN WHY ARE YOU YELLING? NO PIRATES, ONLY ROBOTS, WHO ARE CLEARLY NOT HUMAN AS WE ARE.
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by actually_a_dog 4y ago
I bet it did. The dinosaurs were probably impressed.

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