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by bnjemian 5y ago
I think a crucial distinction to be made here, and with most 'AI' technologies (and I suspect this isn't news to many people here) is that – yes – they are building abstractions. They are not simply regurgitating. But – no –
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by bnjemian 5y ago
I say we catch that sucker, tow it into our neck of the woods as a second moon, and use it as a space port. Are there a million problems with this proposal? Yes. But would it be totally rad to do this? Also yes.
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by bnjemian 6y ago
This article highlights that while we have yet to read the 'break even' point where a QEC algorithm extracts more error than it introduces, we're getting close. They also advocate that an 'all of the above' approach
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Quantum Computer Error Correction Is Getting Practical(spectrum.ieee.org)
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Community Organized Investing(twitter.com)
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by bnjemian 6y ago
Ah, that may be. Any iOS devs wanna weigh in?
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by bnjemian 6y ago
They're not wrong; but the implied alternative argument is that individuals should have a right to privacy, which as a right supersedes the privilege of small businesses to serve targeted ads. To me that's a lot more compelling
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by bnjemian 6y ago
You can now switch your default browser in iOS, with Brave being one of the options.
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by bnjemian 6y ago
Apt.
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by bnjemian 6y ago
It may not be as clear cut as this – if an Android user cares about privacy, then they're probably using the OS in spite of its relatively poor privacy. Maybe this will be the one thing that for a small minority of those users makes th
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The Hardware Lottery(arxiv.org)
4 points by bnjemian 6y ago|0 comments
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Antibodies for Covid-19 may not provide long lasting immunity(medrxiv.org)
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by bnjemian 6y ago
This is the most inane thing I’ve read all year. The author speaks a lot about encryption, so I’m surprised she doesn’t seem to grasp how Mahadev’s protocol is essentially a cryptographic one. Would she have believed that public key cryptog
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by bnjemian 7y ago
One of the things I’ve come to feel is that so much of the reading I do on the web (news, etc.) is fundamentally ephemeral in it’s relevance to my life and goals. Put another way, 90% of it doesn’t actually contribute to my knowledge or per
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by bnjemian 9y ago
I like it, not dissimilar from the shaming model that has contributed to HTTPS accelerating adoption.
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by bnjemian 9y ago
As an individual user, you have no better information than your knowledge of the website and its claims on security, maybe its brand, and what your social circles claim about its security practices. A certificate authority at least has the
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by bnjemian 10y ago
Location: Portland, OR Remote: Either Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Languages — Python, R, JavaScript (full stack), CSS & HTML, PHP, SQL, NoSQL (various) Databases — MongoDB, PostGreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra Deployment — AWS, Herok
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by bnjemian 10y ago
Raise $15,000 to fund the validation of technology for single cell DNA analysis of rape kits. In the U.S there are currently over 400,000 untested rape kits. At present, laws in many local and state jurisdictions allows for the destruction
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Crowdfund: Technology for DNA Testing of Rape Kits(zoluslogix.com)
1 points by bnjemian 10y ago|1 comments