bawolff

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by bawolff 2mo ago
"but" as a coordinating conjunction doesn't always literally mean an exception. Its definition is closer to "notwithstanding". The sentence is grammatically fine and does not imply what you are complaining it does.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
> I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program and received an extensive, personalized report that algorithmically predicts my next purchase. I mean, that is exactly what i would think a loyalty program would contain.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
That's not really the problem namespaces were intending to solve in XML. (XML namespaces are about extensibile semantics, not content isolation)
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by bawolff 2mo ago
Yeah, images with sharp contrasts like line art tend to do badly with the scaling algorithms that work well with photos. It is why browsers introduced `image-rendering: pixelated` css, but as you noted in the other comment, SVG is almost al
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by bawolff 2mo ago
its not possible to do this for pngs. Most likely though chrome is just using a quicker downscaling algorithm than your graphics editor is using (or just the wrong one. There is no universally correct algorithm, different ones work better f
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by bawolff 2mo ago
> Musk didn't inherit his wealth, nor did he receive above average family support. that is an entirely separate question from if he grew up wealthy. to be fair, i dont actually know how wealthy he grew up, i was relying on the gener
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by bawolff 2mo ago
i'm not really defending it per se, i just think the way you phrased your argument was silly. in general though, i think it does get tiresome when people attack a piece solely based on the use of LLM editing instead of its merits (or l
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by bawolff 2mo ago
The original phrack was (i'm assuming) 7-bit ascii, so obviously it wouldn't have used characters that aren't ascii...
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by bawolff 2mo ago
You also don't have to agree with the message to enjoy a work. I enjoyed a lot of Heinlein. Do I believe the only way to save the world is to form a free-love sex cult? No, i don't. Do i think only ex-soldiers should get the vote?
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by bawolff 2mo ago
> Being and especially growing up rich tends to shield you from seeing the consequences of bad decisions, and I think that results in a lot of these rich tech bros being unable to properly analyze not just risk, but any negative external
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by bawolff 2mo ago
Feels like a bit of a strawman. Just because the PR dept of a company spouts some bullshit doesn't mean that it actually represents the company's views. A super bowl advert referencing 1984 does not literally mean the company sees
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by bawolff 2mo ago
That feels like an incredibly modern view.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
I wouldn't conflate bribe/coruption with payment. As far as 2) goes, I don't think that is actually true. Sometimes people don't have time for children's questions, but when a child asks why summer is different than
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by bawolff 2mo ago
>My real gripe with this line of thinking is it implies that incentives should be obeyed, that it is normal or even noble to do so, and that is perhaps impossible to do otherwise. How could you be expected to break a rule, forego a promo
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by bawolff 2mo ago
Sure, and that probably explains why companies (who sell software) love AI while hobbyists who just like to program hate it.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
I think part of it though is that LLMs (especially in novice hands) create code that is more difficult to review and has subtler bugs. Code review is (for many) the least fun part of programming. Like imagine if your hobby was cooking, but
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by bawolff 2mo ago
https://projectzero.google/2021/12/a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero...
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by bawolff 2mo ago
> No, no high-traffic sites actually uses P2P hosting but that doesn’t mean we’re not at a point where they can. Even if true, being the first to do anything is usually an expensive proposition. > We have P2P databases, and round trip
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by bawolff 2mo ago
> Perhaps I have gone to great lengths to prove something studio executives already know: the average viewer is not scrutinizing every frame for telltale glimpses of the Toronto skyline. Or you know, even knows what the toronto skyline l
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by bawolff 2mo ago
If the ads only mentioned a program that gets less than 1% of the budget, that would also be pretty deceptive
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by bawolff 2mo ago
Depends on how you define "hosting". CapEx costs for buying the servers is a non trivial expense (note: in accounting statements this isn't considered part of internet hosting). Not as much as software, but still expensive.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
P2P hosting doesn't really work in reality, especially for websites that change regularly and require quick propagation of those changes. Its not just Wikipedia. Name a high traffic site that actually uses p2p hosting. I'll wait.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
Note, this is also about the UK union not just the USA one.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
> One of the problems with the process so far is that it was not secret As far as i can tell, this is a straight up lie. Union organizers might know, but legally they are required to keep who signs a union card secret. If voluntary recog
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by bawolff 2mo ago
As stupid as that was, they at least put a stop to it. It hasn't been a thing for several years now.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
> I think this is mostly because people are some what hesitant of enabling TLS 1.3. Because merely enabling TLS 1.3 along side TLS 1.2 can trigger latent bugs in clients. I'm very doubtful. On the client side, people almost always g
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by bawolff 2mo ago
I imagine a big part of the puzzle is that many people do not even use laptops/desktops regularly anymore, just phones and tablets
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by bawolff 2mo ago
They can and they should, but the world is not a perfect place, so backwards compatibility is neccessary. So long as TLS 1.2 can still be used securely, its really not a big deal.
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by bawolff 2mo ago
True, but there is still a general expectation that if you sign you intend to make a good faith effort to ratify. There being plenty of exceptions (a country not engaging with int law in good faith! How shocking) doesnt change that i think
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by bawolff 2mo ago
Oh wow. Never noticed that before. Guess im blind. Although when i tested it just now it did seem to support exact matches using quotes.

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