bonniemuffin

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by bonniemuffin 2y ago
Human flesh is probably also delicious. Would you recommend cannibalism on the basis of God making humans tasty?
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by bonniemuffin 2y ago
I'm fascinated by the large drop in England's overall suicide rates when the country switched from coal gas (containing carbon monoxide) to natural gas (much less lethal). It's pretty clear evidence that many suicides are imp
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by bonniemuffin 2y ago
I use a split keyboard with a magic trackpad in the middle between the two halves-- for me, it's so much more comfortable and ergonomic to move my hand toward the middle for mouse stuff, instead of off to the side, and using a split ke
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by bonniemuffin 2y ago
Here's a reference to Musk in 2019 saying that he would release robotaxis in 2020. "Musk pitched the robo-taxis as a way for Tesla owners to make money when they aren’t using their vehicles." https://edition.cnn.co
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
Same. Any time I visit a pharmacy counter for any reason, I add "and the largest box of sudafed you can legally sell me", to make sure I always have a stockpile on hand.
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
It's almost a shotgun house, which is weirdly common in some places despite being THE WORST architectural style for homes. I lived in one once, and having to walk through the bedroom to get from one side to the other is just as bad as
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
How did you choose between training a model from scratch vs using retrieval augmented generation with an existing off-the-shelf model? From what I've observed, RAG + off-the-shelf model seems to be the more common approach for use case
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I like the idea that changing the display color was a must-have feature for the initial release. Shows a very solid understanding of the target demographic's user needs. (My 3yo loves any toy that includes a color picker!)
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I spend about an hour a week at the grocery store. I bring my 3-year-old with me, and she brings her own little shopping cart and helps pick out what we buy. I think of it as a fun bonding activity and an opportunity for her to get exposure
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
Circa 2010-2014ish, I had the same Amazon delivery driver for several years, and it was awesome! It was just this one guy who delivered all the Amazon packages to my neighborhood. Same guy in the same truck every time, and he got to know my
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
weeeeeee grrrrrrrrr beedoopbommmmp pkkkkshhhhhh weeeoohhhhweeeoohhhweeoohhhh
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
The biggest difference I've noticed is that the newer episodes are targeted to a younger demographic, which makes it seem very dumbed-down compared to the old stuff, but it means younger kids can keep up and learn from it. My 3yo learn
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I'm so ready for checks to die, but somehow I always seem to have someone tech-averse that I need to pay monthly. I briefly got to stop writing monthly checks when my dog walker started accepting Zelle, but now my preschool will only t
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
You're certainly correct that software companies should do a lot more year+ A/B tests. You can learn really interesting things from it that a shorter test won't capture. I know of this one: https://medium.com/
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
The second sentence of the article says "voluntarily submitted". Nobody was forced to reveal anything.
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
Yeah I've been in many urban US McDonalds where the bathrooms are locked and you need to get a code from the cashier to get into them.
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
This article is magnificent nerd bait-- there is no possible ranked list that anyone would be satisfied with. You can't compare Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies, it's like asking "which is heavier, blue or pi?"
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
His kids book "Every night is pizza night" is also great. I've read several "get your kid to try new foods" books to my child, but that one actually got her excited to try red beans and tagine and dumplings and gree
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
Maybe they should stop doing that quite so much? Surely they have really good lawyers to help advise them on how to not break the law while in office.
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I don't anticipate everyone wanting to do this, and I definitely don't picture anyone wanting to do "work" for 40 hours a week in a world where work is optional. I would think some people will want to do a few hours a we
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
If they don't want to, that's fine with me. Just offering some options for people (like me) who still want a meaningful way to contribute to society, in a world where robots do most of our current jobs.
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
Instead of telling people to play video games or go kayaking, I hope we can ask them to go play checkers with the elderly, read to children, hold hands with dying people in hospice, and mentor the formerly-incarcerated. These are "jobs
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
It feels like we could cut out the middleman by giving people money for doing nothing, and letting the robots do the dehumanizing jobs. I'm not sure why people think it's morally superior to force people to do useless stuff to get
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
In what field do tenured professors take 3-4 months of holiday per year? In the hard sciences (US, R1 research universities), I saw tenured professors doing long hours of research all year, and treating summer as a time when they could focu
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I was hearing yackety sax playing in my head while reading that bit.
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I found therapy really useful for having a professional to guide me through the self-discovery process to identify some things I really want in life-- and more important, some things that aren't a priority for me (which I previously th
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I agree with both sides here. :) DS should own experimentation, AND engineers should be able to run a majority of experiments independently. As a data scientist at a "blue chip company", my team owns experimentation, but that does
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I wonder if some of the bad Amazon experiences are due to counterfeit/fakes, and/or the product lines that are made in china? Their products vary in materials and country of manufacture. The ones I like are made of Vitrelle, come
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
I use borosilicate lab beakers in the kitchen. The main disadvantage is that they don't have handles so you'll need a pot holder to use them for hot things.
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by bonniemuffin 3y ago
Everyone who wants one already has one, and it's not the kind of thing you need to upgrade every year. I'll keep using my Instant Pot for the next 10 years, but that won't help Instant Brands make money.

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