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by aeternum 3y ago
I kind of like it, many of the large overpopulated subreddits are gone and more niche subreddits remain. Reddit may have found a way to end the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
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by aeternum 3y ago
Sorry, meant leaded. The dangers were known very early-on but it was such a great way to increase octane rating that many including regulatory agencies allowed themselves to be led into wishful thinking. It's interesting we're st
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by aeternum 3y ago
Whenever a large group of people really want something to be true, your Bayesian evidence threshold should increase significantly. IE cigarettes not causing cancer, glass of red wine a day, unleaded gasoline, caffeine has no negative effect
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This however is balanced by material quality. Rolls Royce can use more expensive alloys and premium leather that do not degrade as quickly and still have plenty of margin. Corolla designers are highly constrained by cost.
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by aeternum 3y ago
I wonder if any studies have looked at potential positives. For example the Red Forest is applying a selection pressure towards radiation-hardened Fungi, insects, and even potentially wildlife. This seems pretty important given the ongoin
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by aeternum 3y ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701049/ http://n3.sinaimg.cn/sina_vr/647a35e2/20170612/YingWenBaoGao...
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by aeternum 3y ago
I know a few people that have improved or eliminated their myopia through more use of VR. VR apps typically use far focal distance so even though the screens are close to your eyes, your eye muscles/lenses are typically held at far&#x2
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by aeternum 3y ago
Back in the day that those codebases were written, the 3rd party libraries did not exist or they were GPL. Everyone actually had to reimplement a linked-list library or macros in C. Nowadays you should probably fire anyone attempting to d
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by aeternum 3y ago
You did not provide any documentation. Whenever documentation is provided that supposedly proves this, is highly misleading. Like this one in which they've somehow managed to define everyone as an SF resident (see footnote) https:&#
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by aeternum 3y ago
It's not super common but there are ways to maintain the rent control: https://www.trulia.com/blog/how-to-inherit-a-rent-controlled... Smart landlords will fight adding a cotenant, but tenants can always claim dis
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by aeternum 3y ago
The way 'housing first' has been implemented in SF is terrible. It is operated as a lottery helping a very tiny percentage of the homeless with a house/apt worth $1mil+. Those numbers will never solve the problem. If I saw
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by aeternum 3y ago
I wouldn't read too far into the tweet. They do tell us when it changed, and the bottom of the page clearly states : ChatGPT May 24 Version The release notes are producty and not very technical so it is difficult to tell what actuall
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by aeternum 3y ago
If you really believe this and aren't just trolling, you might be in an echo chamber
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by aeternum 3y ago
Tried it, it's a pretty bad test as most of the other humans aren't even trying. Also it seems like they've run out of OpenAI credits because you seem to always get a human.
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by aeternum 3y ago
1,2,4,5. Now what is your excuse for the 4,285 human-driver caused fatalities that occurred in CA alone in 2021? How about the 1,370 caused by those driving under the influence?
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by aeternum 3y ago
What I see in SF is not a direct acceptance of crime. Instead the majority seem to believe that locking up criminals is not the best way to deal with crime. Instead there need to be social programs, community service, a focus on rehabilita
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by aeternum 3y ago
Organisms, especially bacteria tend to specialize, so evolution towards optimized plastic eating usually means evolution away from flesh eating. This is how the first vaccine was invented (and why we call them vaccines). >the doctor took
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by aeternum 3y ago
Sure but what if you have a 2% chance of saving them by a thump to the heart, or a 20% chance by running to the store/business a couple blocks away and grabbing their AED.
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by aeternum 3y ago
Could Tesla face a 3.3B fine over a data leak? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by aeternum 3y ago
The actual regs matter. For example it is well known that with penny slots, the house takes a larger cut than larger denomination lots. Significantly, something like 9% vs. 5%. Then supposedly Casinos put higher payout slots in high visib
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by aeternum 3y ago
Like anything, it's a balance. I've seen plenty of strong engineers leave because they want to spend their time solving hard technical problems rather than talking about career trajectory, writing and revising OKRs, and talking a
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by aeternum 3y ago
Yeah, and I disagree. Goal should be to get to the setpoint as quickly as possible even if you overshoot as human nature is to keep the status-quo which generally means talented people wasting their time at obsolete companies.
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by aeternum 3y ago
Right, I was advocating for underdamped. Yes you overshoot, but you generally spend more time near your setpoint (optimal value).
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by aeternum 3y ago
>You can over-hire or under-hire in moderation. It's unclear whether that would be better. In control theory, underdamped systems are generally preferred as it allows you to reach the desired value rapidly even though you often ove
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summary/answer: for your own benefit/sanity.
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It applies because the article exclusively discusses a 2 degree temperature rise. A 2 degree temperature rise is not enough to cause widespread crop failures, significantly increased natural disasters, nor the other things you mention. Ever
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Yet the article focuses entirely on temp rise and is somehow considered relevant? Let's be honest: Global warming/climate change will likely save human lives in the short term but could be quite bad in the long term if left unchec
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What is the more complex view?
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Temperature rise actually impacts humans overall in a positive way since more humans die on average from cold temperatures vs. hot. edit: I see people don't believe this which is surprising since it is overwhelmingly true, like not eve
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by aeternum 3y ago
In traffic incidents, humans drivers are rarely held accountable. It is notoriously difficult to get a conviction for vehicular manslaughter. It is almost always ruled an accident, and insurance pays rather than the human at fault. Traffi

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