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by aww_dang 4y ago
Checkout the Daniel Ganser book.
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I experimented with something similar at the conceptual stage. I used XML and a basic GPT2 model. The focus was on NPCs and quest items. Throw away invalid XML and prompt for NPCs to produce or consume quest items. Looking at reworking it,
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Another issue is the ease of cherry picking supporting "facts" to suit one's argument.
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Where two liars are speaking, you cannot split the difference and synthesize truth. I also like to check with various sources with differing agendas. However, I view this as a way to stay abreast of the the various agendas.
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Educated people disagree on all kinds of things. There are various schools of thought. Perhaps smaller polities would be less controversial. Perhaps mass democracy or democracy generally is disfunctional.
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There's not enough filler and it isn't spicy enough to get clicks. The entire news cycle would condense down to about an hour or less.
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99% of what we see in the news is editorial content. We are being informed of where partisans stand on issues. The actual event is tertiary. The narrative surrounding it is secondary. The primary item is the partisan goal. "Joe Biden f
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Googlebot prefers the 410 status code for removed content. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/410 Apologies in advance for the literal interpretation and HN pedantry.
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For that price you can get a $10 dedicated server with similar specs. Installing and configuring Postgres isn't a big deal. There are several helpful guides available. For small projects the config isn't important at all. For ever
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The sad part is how hard they fail at the basics, like playing audio through a web page. Before you can establish yourself as a gatekeeper you need to at least provide a functional walled garden. There's a famous podcaster they paid mi
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I think it is aimed towards institutions and government.
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Is it not centralized around the exchange provider? I'm just checking into it now. There's also a strong emphasis around KYC/AML and regulatory compliance generally. Presumably the exchange provider would be able to recover a
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https://taler.net/en/faq.html#:~:text=Can%20I%20send%20money... >Can I send money to my friends with Taler? Taler supports push and pull payments between wallets (also known as peer-to-peer payments). While the paym
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Why must the journalist use the word "metaverse" here? >...some of that work can be done more effectively in the metaverse . Wouldn't "simulation" be a more appropriate word? Buzzwords seem to devolve into meani
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Telegram is a centralized service which demands a phone number before allowing account creation or log on. Users should understand this from the point of sign up.
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Here's Wikipedia's coverage of Operation Mockingbird. The story broke in 1974 and continues to be relevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird >Operation Mockingbird is an alleged large-sc
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This is just one prong advancing the digital ID agenda. https://www.biometricupdate.com/202211/advocacy-groups-urge-... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/massive-pandemic...
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Another instance of the digital ID meme. Obscenity and "Think of the children" is a tried and true strategy. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_INSIGHT_REPORT_Digital%20I...
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I assume that many have profited from the hype. Startups have been launched and funds have changed hands. It probably influenced stock prices as well.
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Wikipedia: Articles for Deletion/Twitter Files Investigation(en.wikipedia.org)
8 points by aww_dang 4y ago|5 comments
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-conservative/just... > The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with dozens of conservative groups that claimed the Internal Revenue Service unfairly scrut
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Some will discuss anything but the topic at hand. It is telling that they need to review your post history instead of engaging with the topic.
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All of these trust systems and platforms are a centralized target for the behavior you describe. It makes it easier for those with bad intentions to rinse and repeat. Naive users may be left behind by those who have optimized their strategy
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Some laughable assertions in this piece. I'll limit myself to some basics. The Base58 encoding used for cryptocurrency addresses does not contain any special characters. Rothbard was Jewish. Calling Rothbard or Rothbardians antisemites
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Peter Hotez Calls for Prosecution of Criticism of Scientists as Hate Crime(jonathanturley.org)
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Nothing. Some critics of Hotez are antisemites. Therefore according to the principles of guilt by association, critics of scientism are generally antisemites. It follows that it is all hatespeech worthy of censorship. https://jon
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They bought out one of the registrars I had been using. I cringe whenever those domains come up for renewal.
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Loosening one's grip on the victim's neck isn't the same as performing the Heimlich maneuver. "The CCP lifted a billion people out of poverty" Basically any policy was better than Mao's economic development pla
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I've seen an "AI governance" narrative advanced elsewhere. By this they meant that AI would govern, centrally plan or act as an intermediary in disputes. This is distinct from the other meaning of the phrase pertaining to eth
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Perhaps tech hype cycles are more about valuations and less about utility. Everyone jumps on the bandwagon with the latest buzzwords, companies buy in. Nobody wants to be left behind. New tooling is demanded. Employees pad their resumes. Th

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