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baltimore
11mo ago
Since the first (good) image generation models became available, I've been trying to get them to generate an image of a clock with 13 instead of the usual 12 hour divisions. I have not been successful. Usually they will just replace
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2y ago
Same author in March 2014 was having segfault issues with atop apparently: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2014/03/02/sync/
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baltimore
2y ago
My version of the full glass of wine challenge is "clock face with 13 hour divisions". Nothing I've tried has been able to do it yet.
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baltimore
2y ago
> Really weird No, not weird. The extra stuff is there to show you ads and/or track your behavior, which generates a stream of revenue for the TV maker. W/o the extra stuff, the only revenue comes from the one-time purchase.
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baltimore
2y ago
There is always a need for _some_ secrets to be kept. At the very least from external adversaries.
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2y ago
> ... for a repressive government ... Why shouldn't a virtuous and transparent government (should one materialize somehow, somewhere) be interested in identifying leakers?
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2y ago
No, a mass terror attack would indiscriminately target victims. This is almost entirely opposite -- an organization widely recognized as a terrorist group (1) is narrowly targeted. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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4y ago
This is getting transpiled to SQL, right? So I still have to understand how the (now generated) SQL will perform on my data and DBMS, plus I got to learn this new syntax. This will be a hard sell.
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baltimore
4y ago
No, in small doses it enhances performance by lowering heart rate, reducing anxiety, slowing breathing, etc. All are important in sports like rifle shooting.
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4y ago
Related: alcohol is prohibited as a performance-enhancing substance in most archery and shooting competitions.
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4y ago
Yes. But not because of Elon Musk.
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4y ago
Is there any end to this? E.g., why not include Galileo's pictograms of Saturn as seen here: https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=...
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4y ago
We're not (trending to etc.). These things are - thankfully - very rare. That is why when they do occur, they make it to the front page.
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baltimore
4y ago
These are more "patterns" than "algorithms"...
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4y ago
Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. Source: "Knuth versus Email" https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth&
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4y ago
Think about how echoes from buildings and cars mess up this simple model.
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4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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4y ago
Hot take / prove me wrong: Space telescopes, astrophysics, and other "big" science have not yielded and are not likely to yield NEARLY as much practical benefit for mankind as biology, medicine, nuclear physics, and other &qu
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4y ago
Now build a zoomable full-res version. Because I am spoiled and want the internet to do things for me.
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baltimore
4y ago
Can this tech be used to make a (quieter) room fan?
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4y ago
Here is what I want to see when I click that link: a picture. Of a bacterium. Next to a ruler. Thank you. UPDATE: My bad, there are plenty of pictures in the supplemental materials downloadable further down the page
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Insightful Thread on Russian Economy
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5y ago
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5y ago
This made me think of the Saturn GM brand in the 90s, which made the "no haggle" price and salespeople NOT working on commission a refreshing proposition.
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5y ago
Obviously, legislation to prohibit these untraceable and dangerous ghost automatic super-cars is called for!
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5y ago
From the website: > This is the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of a work of art. It is 717 gigapixels, or 717,000,000 pixels, in size. One of the numbers above is off by a factor of 1,000
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5y ago
For this on steroids (in a good way), see https://mynoise.net/
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baltimore
5y ago
A lot of them seem to be growing out of books :-)
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baltimore
5y ago
You've misspelled it. It should be "runs".
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5y ago
Sefaria - Jewish texts (Bible, Midrashim, Mishna, Talmud, etc.). Example of a side-by-side layout: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.1?lang=bi&aliyot=0
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5y ago
Oil field or something? https://www.google.com/maps/place/48%C2%B014'12.6%22N+57%C2%...
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