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571.
by ascorbic 2y ago
All of the multi-modal LLMs are reasonably good at this.
572.
by ascorbic 2y ago
I'd go so far to say that almost all responses that I see under "probable spam" are legitimate. Meanwhile real spam is everywhere in replies, and most ads are dropshipped crap and crypto scams with community notes. It's
573.
by ascorbic 2y ago
From TFA > Later, as he put it, he “thought that everything was COVID.” Now, Blanchflower says, he sees that was an error. “COVID extended trends that had existed before,” he says.
574.
by ascorbic 2y ago
You're arguing with a lot of things that I didn't say. My comment was entirely about the GDPR.
575.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Also cookie banners are from the e-privacy directive, not the GDPR.
576.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Yes, mostly blaming them for cookie banners (which aren't because of the GDPR) but also because it makes them need to think about compliance.
577.
by ascorbic 2y ago
I was talking about the GDPR, not EU regulations in general.
578.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Americans like to complain about the GDPR, but it exists to prevent exactly this sort of thing. Data cannot be retained longer than it's actually needed or required by law, and can't be sold without explicit permission. Law enforc
579.
by ascorbic 2y ago
True, but not in the case of gov.uk typography, which has had a huge amount of thought put into it. e.g. https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2022/12/12/making-the-gov-uk... https://www.gov.uk/guid
580.
by ascorbic 2y ago
I don't think so. The article refers to lots of typefaces (and more). "Typography" is probably the best choice.
581.
by ascorbic 2y ago
The title of the submission makes no sense either, and doesn't match the source. "Typeset" is a verb, and is used here as a pun on "set in the future". It doesn't mean "typeface" or "typography&q
582.
by ascorbic 2y ago
For those confused as I was - it's not trying to match the accent of the target speech in those samples, just the timbre. To quote the paper: > Voice conversion refers to altering the style of a speech signal while preserving its
583.
by ascorbic 2y ago
It was at a central point in the antitrust case against them in the 90s, and was found to be an anticompetitive practice.
584.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Worth caring about because they have a browser monopoly. It's not allowed for the exact same reason why in the olden days Microsoft wasn't allowed to add APIs to Windows that could only be used by IE, even if it made things better
585.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Anti-competitive behaviour doesn't need to mean other companies can't compete. It just means it makes it harder to compete, which this does. Having access to this data improves Google Meet, and evidently gives enough advantage to
586.
by ascorbic 2y ago
That's not what anti-competitive means at all. Having APIs that Google Meet can use but competing products can't reduces competition, which makes customers worse off.
587.
by ascorbic 2y ago
This isn't a mundane explanation though: this is exactly the example Luca gives in the original thread. It's anti-competitive, because it's functionality only available to Google Meet. Google is using its browser monopoly to
588.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Yeah, it's not an age of antitrust – it's an age of monopoly
589.
by ascorbic 2y ago
> my crayon doesn't have access to my entire online life or my shopping habits, and I have no effective societal obligation to own Crayola crayons. Those have only really become an aspect of antitrust cases in the past decade though
590.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Yes. This is what some short sellers do: if they uncover what they think is fraud, they short the stock then publish their evidence. If the fraud is confirmed then they can have a huge payday when the stock collapses.
591.
by ascorbic 2y ago
The owner was probably still paying fees for the cash deposits, even via the night deposit box.
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by ascorbic 2y ago
https://github.com/nate-parrott/ball/blob/main/Ball/DockUtil...
593.
by ascorbic 2y ago
Japan uses FeliCa for its integrated transport cards (I just read an Osaka Metro ICOCA card with NFC Tools to check). This is used by quite a few systems around the world, including Hong Kong's Octopus.
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Microsoft releases weights for Florence-2 vision model(huggingface.co)
5 points by ascorbic 2y ago|0 comments
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by ascorbic 2y ago
This isn't just good for nostalgia. My 10 year old has really enjoyed playing with it for years now. She hadn't even realised it was so old until I told her recently. Stuff like Stardew Valley means kids are used to the 8-bit styl
596.
by ascorbic 2y ago
I'm not boycotting it because I'm under the illusion that it will affect Elon in any way. I am avoiding it because it makes me feel ick whenever I get in it and am forced to think of him. I also I don't want other people to t
597.
by ascorbic 2y ago
When I see a Tesla, I think of Elon. When I see another car I don't think of whoever the CEO is, because I don't know who that is. For better or worse, Tesla=Elon in most people's eyes. He had made himself the figurehead, and
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by ascorbic 2y ago
But as the article points out, you won't arrive fresher if you have to still stay alert, but with the addition of needing to anticipate the car randomly doing something crazy. I find it more stressful than driving myself.
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The Astro Content Layer(astro.build)
2 points by ascorbic 2y ago|0 comments
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by ascorbic 2y ago
If true, it displays celebration bunting on the front page on that day. Seems to be true for all holidays except Good Friday and the Queen's funeral (plus one (probably accidental) Easter Monday). https://github.com/alp

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