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541.
by awb 4y ago
Removing bias and increasing diversity are two different goals.
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by awb 4y ago
~95% of the sentences spoken by the RoganAI are nearly indistinguishable from Rogan's real life inflections and podcast persona. The JobsAI is trained on his presenter speaking voice, so ~95% of his inflections sound noticeably unnatur
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by awb 4y ago
Roe Jogan interviews Jeeve Stobs.
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by awb 4y ago
Correct, I don't know if a CS degree gave them connections or prior jobs with access to interesting projects or not.
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by awb 4y ago
Why would they risk a leak that threatened the operation just to promote a stamp? It doesn’t seem like it would take hours to grab a screenshot off of a TV broadcast and photoshop it onto a stamp, without advanced knowledge.
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by awb 4y ago
A couple things misleading about the title. 1) Mythbusters wasn’t aware of this case 2) His confession under duress was the major factor in the release > In 2019, the appellate court granted John post-conviction relief on the grounds of
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by awb 4y ago
As a CEO & recruiter that’s hired dozens of engineers, I’ve never looked at someone’s degree, only the recent projects they’ve worked on. My exposure is exclusive to startups (typically < 50 ppl), but many have been very successful.
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Twitter Edit Button Rolls Out for US Subscribers(cnet.com)
4 points by awb 4y ago|0 comments
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Twitter finally starts rolling out the edit button(engadget.com)
3 points by awb 4y ago|0 comments
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by awb 4y ago
> and then we promised to not game the system That's the key point. Unfortunately, all known voting systems can be gamed. Here's an interesting video that explains how they can be manipulated: https://www.youtube.com
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by awb 4y ago
https://www.treasurydirect.gov/savings-bonds/i-bonds/ >Is there a maximum amount I can buy? > In a calendar year, one Social Security Number or one Employer Identification Number may buy: > * up to $10,00
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by awb 4y ago
Based on his texts to Parag, he’s a self declared “heavy duty programmer” that works best with other “hardcore programmers”, so maybe his codebase is all caps, who knows.
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by awb 4y ago
I was more thinking that cheaters would create a new account and play at a level that’s good but not uncommon like 1700 or 1800 and work their way up to GM status over a few years, careful to coincide their ascension with the historical pac
554.
by awb 4y ago
He was a minor at the time when he admitted to cheating, so a lifetime ban would be harsh.
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by awb 4y ago
It sounds like cheating detection in chess is highly circumstantial, based on outlier data points. Given the massive volumes of chess data out there, I bet it would be easy to make a bot that mirrors the win/loss and blunder/best
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by awb 4y ago
Safety and self-determination is what everyone should want. Peace between nations is only part of the picture. Peace between people and their government is another part. We could all have world peace between nations tomorrow if every nation
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by awb 4y ago
There is precedent for nuclear powers losing wars in the sense of them having to withdrawal from quagmires without accomplishing their initial objectives.
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by awb 4y ago
No, I didn’t forget. I was referring to the fact that Trump (and Musk) were not accepted into the “Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Gates, Waltons, Kochs” circle OP mentioned. So they blazed their own way, happy to ruffle feathers and mak
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by awb 4y ago
> He simply doesn't have the skills to work his way up in those circles. It looks like he’s more interested in the Trump route: making his own circle.
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by awb 4y ago
If his Ukraine peace proposal is any indication, he’s a little over his head when it comes to non-tech problems.
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by awb 4y ago
Aside from scaling issues inherent in Ruby, Ruby on Rails has got to be the most successful scaffolding framework in terms of high compatibility with a variety of project ideas.
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by awb 4y ago
I wonder if Zuck will leave the company soon. Watching him rent out the UFC event on Saturday night and cheering while his wife sat by him horrified just looked like he’s slowly starting to burst the bubble he’s been living in. Not judging
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Kim Kardashian to Pay $1.3M to SEC for Crypto Touting(bloomberg.com)
3 points by awb 4y ago|1 comments
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Bats and Dolphins Evolved Echolocation in Same Way(science.org)
1 points by awb 4y ago|0 comments
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YouTube TV users can now subscribe to standalone networks without a base plan(techcrunch.com)
2 points by awb 4y ago|0 comments
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by awb 4y ago
The landscape and city photos are stunning. The ones with people and animals tend to have distorted faces or bodies. But keep up the good work. There’s a definitely a market for this.
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by awb 4y ago
What’s the difference between snitching and reporting a crime? The severity of the crime and your relationship to the offender?
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NYC Proposal Offers Cash for Spotting Parking Violations in Bike Lanes(bloomberg.com)
103 points by awb 4y ago|65 comments
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by awb 4y ago
A roof might provide some resistance, but would it necessarily protect you from bodily harm?
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by awb 4y ago
Interesting going from untyped languages to typed languages, as an inference needs to be made. For example, in JavaScript: function add(a, b) { return a + b; } converting to Go, it becomes: func add(a int, b int) int { return a +

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