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by actusual 5y ago
Hackernews is an interesting example, as it is HEAVILY moderated, and some would say that this leads to a much higher level of commenting quality.
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by actusual 5y ago
> I think the basic unit of democracy is the citizen, and the citizen is not a private person. Being a citizen means participating in public life, and public life brings with it, trust, accountability and reputation. I disagree with this
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Ask HN: Why is OS X so slow at verifying a wrong password at sign-in?
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by actusual 5y ago
Took away the ports just to bring 'em back and play the hero. Apple playing 5d chess.
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by actusual 5y ago
Sure, and I understand this sentiment. But in practice/industry, it's best not to build/deploy models you don't understand. Edge cases in ML models that are fully automating business decisions can be pretty dangerous. I
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by actusual 5y ago
Instead of saying "I'm going to try this, maybe it will work", you should instead be asking if wavelet transforms are appropriate given the domain you are building a model for. Don't just transform data in the hopes that
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by actusual 5y ago
The comparison to HN is wrong. Moderators would first have to read the comments and let them through.
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by actusual 5y ago
Who would be in first here? As an aside (mostly to add some perspective around Scandinavian comments), my Swedish friend moved to America and became a citizen exactly for this version of the American dream. As far as he's concerned, it
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by actusual 5y ago
> The only purpose of the salary taboo is to keep rich people rich. While it is part of the motivation, calling it the only purpose is just hilariously wrong, completely lacks any nuance/empathy, and a single case of something exist
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by actusual 5y ago
Is the FBI missing a lot of bomb plots?
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by actusual 5y ago
I think Steve was a product guy and Cook is more likely a business guy. I'm not making a value judgement either way, but I do see a lack of product vision/innovation under Cook, and I believe product vision/innovation is what
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by actusual 5y ago
But this isn't the point, and comparing the two eras is useless IMO. It isn't where we were that matters, it where we could have been if Steve were still driving the ship.
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by actusual 5y ago
Steve quotes in the video "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been" which is of course a Wayne Gretsky quote, and I think it captures this sentiment very well. Moving from leader to follower is such a class
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by actusual 5y ago
Still down here.
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by actusual 5y ago
I'm experiencing this as well.
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by actusual 5y ago
For those unfamiliar with IAP as a term of art: IAP = In App Purchases
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by actusual 5y ago
Ah yes, the ol' app interstitial where they hound you to download the app by interrupting whatever you were trying to do on their site. I hate websites that use these.
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by actusual 5y ago
We're trying to maintain the puritanical simplicity of the internet, didn't you hear? On a more serious note, I tend to agree with you and would add one more thing: I have several friends who have explicitly asked for more website
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by actusual 5y ago
The idea that an AI must have the ability to learn how to do anything in order to learn how to drive seems like an extremely pessimistic and misguided goalpost. That is also not how iterative development works.
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by actusual 5y ago
Definitionally, the achievement of self driving vehicles does not require AGI. Doing one task very well requires a subset of AGI called Weak AI.
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by actusual 5y ago
This is interesting, and I have a more mathematical way of thinking about this. If we were somehow able to segment evolutionary pressures, and normalize their values such that they sum to one, I'd hypothesize that as the average evolut
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by actusual 5y ago
My grass is in heavy agreement. Mushrooms pop up in my yard within hours of watering.
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by actusual 5y ago
What is "netto"?
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by actusual 5y ago
There is an edge case I see. When I set downpayment == to purchase price, it assumes I'll still be making payments, when there actually wouldn't be a loan. Not sure this matters.
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by actusual 5y ago
My favorite jackass prank was the Valentine's day card pasted to the hotel wall. The gag was simple, but incredibly well executed. The Valentine's day card was supposed to be written to Jackass stars from someone staying in the ho
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by actusual 5y ago
He's not saying the net result of the housing bubble was positive. He's only pointing out that there was a non-zero upside despite the heavy heavy downsides. Honestly, comments like this make general discourse so much harder. At t
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by actusual 5y ago
His point still stands. Lack of evidence for one thing shouldn't be confused as evidence for something else. A man is home alone during a murder, and there is no evidence for this, did he commit the murder?
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by actusual 5y ago
How much of a negative impact did Google see when it was shown that their smart speakers were recording and sharing that data 100% of the time? Probably wasn't zero, but it also wasn't enormous.
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by actusual 5y ago
In theory, no. The Federal Reserve has a mandate from congress to achieve full employment and stable prices, but can do so how they see fit. Their actions need not be ratified by the executive branch. The board of governors are also appoint
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by actusual 5y ago
I think it depends on who is explaining the complex topic. The main goal for the "explainer" is to implant ideas in someone else's head in a way they can understand and relate to. This is done through a shared vocabulary. If

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