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by ano-ther 3y ago
Was just in Sweden where our local office has a vending machine. No buttons on the machine, but a QR code. Leads to an app download. Installed. The menu is only visible after creating an account. Created account. Chose my snack. Asks for Sw
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Apart from having a more pleasant conversation, couldn’t this also be because the model is (partially) trained on this style of interaction, so it gives better answers?
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Very nice! Took me 4 tries (and one extension of the snippet). Good that this is only updated once a day — otherwise I’d spend my afternoon hooked on it :-)
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by ano-ther 3y ago
From where I have been involved, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have been very helpful in setting meaningful climate targets for large companies. They provide a clear standard, refuse to accept carbon offsets and have the right
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Sorry for your loss. That must be difficult to go through. I don’t think that analogies from physics are always helpful. But the encouraging thing about entropy is that you can lower it by spending energy. And that seems to be a very apt an
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by ano-ther 3y ago
> what I really take issue with is that taking a photograph entitles one to copyright protection, when the image is directly created by a machine (the camera), while all the photographer does is point the camera and click. I hire photogr
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Excellent idea. Am close to ordering. You say e-paper, but the technical drawing “Sharp Memory LCD” which sounds different to me. And it would be great to have a case, or a 3d file.
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Maybe victim of an “improve this translation” prank. Deepl gets it right btw: https://www.deepl.com/translator-mobile#sv/en/krya%20på%20di...
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by ano-ther 3y ago
That’s a great site - thank you
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Good explanation. Presumably it would also be quite unpleasant to be allergic to your own muscles.
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Thank you - very helpful article
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Tangential question: if we send a nuclear bomb to divert a meteor from its way to earth, how does the bomb transfer energy to the meteor? On earth I guess you can detonate in the vicinity because the air helps to push. But how does this hap
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Interesting. Before you rush to your dealer, note that this is n=1, self-administered (albeit with self-blinding of their scores over several months), and quite a cocktail: > The subject of this case study self-administered the Ishihara
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Here is more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/02/amnesty-intern... And pictures have been removed: > “We have removed the images from social media posts, as we don’t want the criticism for
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Amnesty International uses AI pictures to illustrate report on Colombia(twitter.com)
2 points by ano-ther 3y ago|1 comments
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Clearly an important problem for mankind. In Switzerland there is a sock subscription service: https://www.blacksocks.com/
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Tricky. Here are some ideas: 1 involve them in defining that common mission you mention 2 sounds like you are at least temporarily pretty involved in the backend work. Take some time with the frontend people to understand their world, conce
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by ano-ther 4y ago
> Letting each country regulate the internet as they see fit is not sustainable. That only works if you live in the country which sets the rules. Sure, it’s a hassle, but every other industry deals with local regulation when doing intern
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by ano-ther 4y ago
I remember coming out of the cinema completely mesmerized. A but like reading poetry when you cannot express why it touches you. I watched quite a few experimental films and some can be long after only 5 minutes. Koyaanisqatsi on the other
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by ano-ther 4y ago
1 Just write it for yourself and don’t care if it is impressive. The internet is large and there are enough people who will appreciate the way you describe it. Practice will help you find your voice. Experience will show you what kind of po
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Wouldn’t they be kind of obvious targets too?
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by ano-ther 4y ago
I’ve rarely seen Teams used as a group chat like Slack. Rather: - Calls, online meetings, DMs - An easy way to set up and manage shared folders in SharePoint - this makes my life so much easier because everyone in my company knows how not t
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Article starts out decently with describing why we shouldn’t expect normal distributions everywhere. Becomes weaker as it treats Pareto distributions/ power laws as a metaphor and never explains when one or the other is more appropriat
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Very nice! Suggestions: Perhaps you could add some background information about how you get to the final figure. The profit percentage is a bit mysterious. Based on what? The last salary is a good starting point - a reminder to add benefits
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Factor 1 - low-effort production > Here’s how it works: Too many editors are eager to assign an easy-to-assemble story from the components of a Musk prediction, threat or stunt. Factor 2 - high demand > And readers seem to love the co
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Neat. They also have a sound challenge - making music from a single item’s sounds. https://soundslikethese.com/beat-club
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Scott Aaronson who has tenure in Texas describes the effect as this: > […] it would be the end of UT Austin and Texas A&M as leading research universities. More precisely, it would be the immediate end of our ability to recruit compe
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Crypto-assets: green light to new rules for tracing transfers in the EU(europarl.europa.eu)
2 points by ano-ther 4y ago|0 comments
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Cool: > In contrast to a PDF viewer, a HINT viewer uses TEX's line breaking and page breaking algorithm to format the page you are currently viewing to fit the available size in the window or on your device. Alas, > iOS: Due to r
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by ano-ther 4y ago
Interesting approach. What does it even mean? Wouldn’t most of an airline run on “vendor supplied $thing”? “Today, a vendor-supplied plane went down […]”

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