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by andy99 1y ago
I personally consider an area dangerous if I need to undergo radiation decontamination after entering it, continue emitting radiation after decontamination, and need to seek medical attention. Maybe the nuclear regulatory bodies have differ
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by andy99 1y ago
Knowing nothing about nuclear reactor design, why would there ever be a dangerous pool that people could walk by that wasn’t covered? Hard to believe it’s like some kind of Bond villain complex with open pools everywhere. This must have bee
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by andy99 1y ago
When I use google docs now, every time I pause to think my focus is destroyed by a pop up inviting me to “help me write with AI”. I have to constantly dismiss similar “features” (ads) in most tools I use now. I wish there was a global toggl
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by andy99 1y ago
Right, just like an aquiline nose and steep brow Edit to add: 2016
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A.I. slop and the epidemic of Bad writing [video](youtube.com)
3 points by andy99 1y ago|1 comments
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by andy99 1y ago
The article could also have been called something like “my job is to write code and I call myself CTO”. I don’t see a problem with that if it works for the org e.g. the business cofounder is CEO and the technical one is CTO and that’s the c
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by andy99 1y ago
If we kept opium dens there probably wouldn’t be widespread fentanyl use, isn’t it a reaction to the challenges of getting less dangerous opiates, i.e. is more potent and easier to smuggle? Many places have “supervised consumption” sites or
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by andy99 1y ago
This was discussed on HN previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45057561 And I thought that the paper http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18475 had also been discussed but can’t find it so could be wron
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by andy99 1y ago
They should really sell subscriptions so they can show MRR
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by andy99 1y ago
Any implications for MRI/ NMR here? The basis of arguably most pulse sequences is undoing rotation in some way, it’s not immediately obvious if this finding could provide any new refocusing sequences.
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by andy99 1y ago
Errors are thrown for a reason. An LLM sycophantically ignoring them doesn’t solve the problem. Would you rather someone told you that you had a big hunk of spinach in your teeth or tell you you look great and let you walk around like that
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by andy99 1y ago
This was published in 2019 Visualizing the Consequences of Climate Change Using [GANs] https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.03709 I always found it very hypocritical, the idea that deepfakes are ok if they mock up somethi
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by andy99 1y ago
Coreference resolution tests something like this. You give an LLM some sentence like “The doctor didn’t have time to meet with the secretary because she was treating a patient” and ask who does “she” refer to. Reasoning tells you it’s the d
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by andy99 1y ago
Am I reading this correctly, they are saying people are bad at doing on-the-fly statistical analysis to conclude whether a system is biased? For example in one case they showed data where sad faces were “mostly” black and asked people if th
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by andy99 1y ago
YMMV, to me there’s nothing I would watch an ad in order to use, given the choice. As in there are things I value enough to pay for, and things I don’t care if they go away. No ad-supported middle ground. Unfortunately “normies footing the
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by andy99 1y ago
I heard somewhere it was all you need
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by andy99 1y ago
The article probably could just have been that statement, but I agree. Every experience now just seems like people (companies) fighting over who can most obnoxiously distract you. I bought a new phone recently for the first time in 8 years,
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by andy99 1y ago
The “is” I meant is that it induces an electric current in the brain. I’m sure there’s some subtlety (in the temporal and spatial patterns) but whether current is flowing between electrodes or is induced from a changing magnetic field, it’s
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by andy99 1y ago
No, TMS is electric shock therapy, the magnetic field induces electrical currents in the brain and that is the mechanism for the effect. EM waves can “alter our perceptions and behavior” in the sense that electric shocking the brain can, no
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by andy99 1y ago
Is there like an affiliate link or something where I can just buy one? Nvidia’s site says sold out, PNY invites you to find a retailer, the other links from nvidia didn’t seem to go anywhere. Can one just click to buy it somewhere?
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Airport screens, PA system hacked with pro-Hamas, anti-Trump messages(cbc.ca)
5 points by andy99 1y ago|0 comments
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by andy99 1y ago
Even now, I think many people are not literate enough to see that it’s bad, and in fact think it improves their writing (beyond just adding volume). Maybe that’s a good thing? It’s given a whole group of people who otherwise couldn’t write
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by andy99 1y ago
I’d personally like to see these posts banned / flagged out of existence (AI posts, not the parent post). It’s sort of the personal equivalent of tacky content marketing. Usually you’d never see an empty marketing post on the front pag
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by andy99 1y ago
I think you’re both saying the same thing
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by andy99 1y ago
> humans physically exist so our brains must be possible to build within the existing laws of physics This is an unscientific position to take. We have no idea how our brains work, or how life, consciousness, and intelligence work. It co
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by andy99 1y ago
Yes I agree and right now the system seems like the opposite: better ten deserving people go without than one undeserving person gets an extra penny, even if we have to pay way more in bureaucracy costs adjudicate everything.
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by andy99 1y ago
I agree that a big flaw in the welfare state idea is that even if at first it’s really “universal”, eventually governments and people look at it like they are “giving you something” and start to attach conditions. It’s easy to find talk, fo
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by andy99 1y ago
I don’t think I support UBI but one thing I like about the concept is the absence of eligibility testing that does away with the related bureaucracy. If the bureaucratic overhead stays it’s basically just another government welfare program.
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by andy99 1y ago
pumped storage efficiency is 70-80%, so too for batteries. Probably not a completely fair comparison, but for example that appears to make curtailment more efficient than storing the power. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy&
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by andy99 1y ago
Agreed, I think it’s more a lens (one of many) that helps show what’s possible with technology and what may require legal protections. For example things like privacy and surveillance laws obviously need updating in the face of advances in

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