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by brookst 1mo ago
Classic odds/stakes. What do the odds have to be of a surprise quantum breakthrough before the stakes are serious? 1 in… a million? A billion?
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by brookst 1mo ago
There’s a map/territory error in conflating the right to accurate information (or the obligation of government officials to not knowingly lie) with court determination of what accurate information is in any specific case. We have a ver
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by brookst 1mo ago
Do you get to specify the plane it goes on? Can you purchase it untraceable, the way you can you a plane ticket with a prepaid card, check in and check luggage without any ID?
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by brookst 1mo ago
Nah, they’re pro-De Beers
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by brookst 1mo ago
And it can even be LLM work. Just write a good requirements doc for document creation, including links to good readmes, maybe a style guide for your personal style.. and you can have quality docs with near zero tax. Sure, hand editing each
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by brookst 1mo ago
Kind of an uncharitable title. The “longer way” was faster, used less gas, and produced less CO2 (though at very marginal rates for all).
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by brookst 1mo ago
I like that the saying cuts both ways: you can read it as dumb people seeing legit science as a conspiracy, or that dumb people mostly believe conspiracy theories because they’re picking at random and there’s one truth but thousands of made
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by brookst 1mo ago
And the “right” answer is exponential, so it seems like it must be possible to do geometrically. Though I admit my geometry is weak enough that I don’t see how.
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by brookst 1mo ago
Do the smaller browser makers pay more for big bounties?
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by brookst 1mo ago
Not following that. The report is the upstream resource the exploit needs. The value of iron ore is definitely not the value of the steel made with it. Or maybe I misunderstood your view?
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by brookst 1mo ago
There may be a middle ground between the current maximalist copyright regime and ending copyright altogether.
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by brookst 1mo ago
Yeah, suggestive but hardly proof
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by brookst 1mo ago
When you make some dumb mistake, is it typically intentional?
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by brookst 1mo ago
To conspiracy theorists, a particular theory making no sense is strong evidence that it’s true. It’s the sensible things that are obviously false.
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by brookst 1mo ago
If you find evidence that these models are capable of stateful, long-term strategic planning… please post links.
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by brookst 1mo ago
“Supposed to” by who? Claude code communicates between sessions. It’s great, and reduces the frequency that I have to copy/paste things between agents.
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by brookst 1mo ago
Some people thinks it makes them sound smart when they always have the inside line on what’s really going on. With these people, it’s never just a power outage during a windstorm, it’s proof that [insert far more complex and unlikely scen
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by brookst 1mo ago
Not to mention the noise-over-signal of asserting that anyone who disagrees is a shill / sheeple / whatever who is “falling for marketing” as if it is literally impossible for a knowledgeable person to disagree on good faith. I r
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by brookst 1mo ago
I don’t think stalking laws cover it. Laws are largely about intent and I don’t think anyone could say that Google is planning to attack everyone. Law isn’t code. You can’t reduce stalking laws down to “it’s illegal to track people” and the
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by brookst 1mo ago
Reminiscent of race to sleep: not suitable for sustained workloads, but for bursts ones it’s a good approach.
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by brookst 1mo ago
Huh? Can you link to where condescending sycophancy and hallucination were intentional design choices?
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by brookst 1mo ago
You’re more right than you probably realize!
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by brookst 1mo ago
Some of us are motivated by interest in facts. I get that others are financially motivated, or focused on sports-style love/hate for organizations. I can’t imagine coloring my perceptions or actions to ensure they only attack big compa
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by brookst 1mo ago
Sure. But thinking that means every article is a complicated psyop is classic correlation / causation. If you’ve hot any occam’s razor left in you, consider: 1. Apple is a masterful media manipulator, carefully planting stories like th
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by brookst 1mo ago
Sure, that’s why TM-30 is better. Black body will probably always be better, but people unhappy with LED often have CRI < 80 LEDs when even 95+ isn’t necessarily great.
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by brookst 1mo ago
I love this. Thanks for sharing. Would be great to generalize to documentation in general, not just slides. My LLM workflow is documentation-heavy, and that works great for getting projects off the ground and managing very large projects. B
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by brookst 1mo ago
What an insightful response. I thought about that for a while, and its a great way to reframe some of this debate about the desirability of using AI.
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by brookst 1mo ago
Someone else hit on it: a lot this discussion is about whether we as individuals see collection and maintenance of pure knowledge as the goal, or achievement of outcomes. I’d say both are valid. I’m definitely an outcome person. I like maki
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by brookst 1mo ago
I appreciate your reply and framing, but it strikes me as a spirited opposition to delegation. Or at least a strong assertion that AI use is similar to managing an organization. The reins metaphor is also interesting and cuts both ways: rid
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by brookst 1mo ago
It hugely depends on the quality of the light. Look at CRI (and the newer, better TM-30). Low quality LED lighting is just terrible, the room appears light but colors and details are poor.

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