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by busyant 2y ago
> What was even the goal here? Like many of us*, Trump has one tool in his chest. For Trump, that tool is extortion. Extortion has worked for him a lot , so why not apply that to all facets of his life? I don't like the fact that I
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by busyant 2y ago
At the moment, the automotive tariffs still stand and go into effect ... tonight? tomorrow? Looks like they got cold feet on a blanket Canadian tariff. But the whole process is so chaotic and subject to mood swings that I expect more holes
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by busyant 2y ago
> especially if leadership are sensitive to embarrassment. Funny thing is that I cleared my prank with Peter Sachs because he was a bit of a stick-in-the-mud, but he told me to go for it and he thought it was hilarious. I didn't c
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by busyant 2y ago
I worked at a biotech startup about 20 years ago. - Two of the VPs at the company were named Jim Collinsworth and Peter Sachs (not their real names). - For reasons I can't remember, I was able to send emails through the company's
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by busyant 2y ago
> there is little to no opportunity for interesting, curious, engaging conversations around topics like this. the people most likely to engage and be the loudest are people who aren't interested in being open to new facts and changi
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by busyant 2y ago
> This is not tech news Neither is how to use the em-dash, which was front page on HN the other day. That being said, this is tech news, albeit indirect. When the rule of law is tossed into the woodchipper, it kind of affects everythin
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by busyant 2y ago
> I think the board are basically sitting around praying that the horse learns to sing before they’re forced to act. I know this is off topic, but I find that sentence beautiful. Is this a common idiom or did you just come up with it?
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by busyant 2y ago
> If they want to get American debt under control I think the 2nd half of your sentence answers the first half. They don't.
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by busyant 2y ago
Money Laundering Story Time: - In the early 1970s, my father (Italian immigrant to the US) was coach / manager of a semi-pro soccer team in Massachusetts. - His team had a game in Worcester, Mass and one of his players introduced my fa
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by busyant 2y ago
> When he says it's a bad deal, why is nobody pointing out that he negotiated it? And famously said it was the best trade deal in history. Every sane person is pointing it out. But the asymmetry of lies and indifference to those li
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by busyant 2y ago
“William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!” Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?” William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!” Si
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by busyant 2y ago
Surprisingly, it's not that crisp. I was on the pier at sunrise (probably about 5:30 AM) and the light was LOW, so I had to boost the ISO a lot. Ironically, the bird was almost too close because the minimum distance of my telephoto l
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by busyant 2y ago
Saw 3 of them today in central Connecticut. Never gets old. About 2 years ago, a juvenile baldie landed on a pier 4.0 meters from me (according to my camera sensor). https://photos.app.goo.gl/6cUhtJggrVn5KakX6 I thought the
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by busyant 2y ago
That's my search engine!
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by busyant 2y ago
> Whenever I prompt: "Do not do anything" It always does <something>. Yep. A lot of times, the responses I get remind me of Simone in Ferris Bueller's Day Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swBtLPWe
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by busyant 2y ago
> I still think 100% unemployment would mean a lot of people who live today in relative comfort, and are therefore complacent My prediction if we get there is that the "AI" will present us with a seemingly 'benevolent&#x27
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by busyant 2y ago
I think there are a few conventions for expressing sig digits. Where I was taught… 2600 has 2 sd 2600. Has 4 sd 2.6e3 has 2sd 2.60e3 has 3 sd Edit. If I had been in charge of setting sd rules, I would’ve said … 2600 has 4 sd 260? Has 3 sd
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by busyant 2y ago
I was a postdoc at Land's research institute ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rowland_Institute_at_Harva... ) in the '90s. The place was wild. Land had been dead for a few years when I got there, but they st
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by busyant 2y ago
> I am somewhat suspicious of the unknown long-term consequences of their use. Can you elaborate on what you mean? You're suspicious that sweetened drinks are more harmful than advertised? Less harmful? Something else?
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by busyant 2y ago
I have a friend who has this on her back: https://ocean.si.edu/through-time/evolution/darwins-evolutio... she's really into science and evolution in particular. I don't think it's particularly prett
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by busyant 2y ago
I know several people who’ve undergone bariatric surgery. One of the post-surgery ‘rules’ is … “Don’t drink your calories.”
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by busyant 2y ago
Given your comment, you may like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_tweezers
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by busyant 2y ago
I met a product liability attorney years ago. He said something to the effect of… “The jury NEVER understands expert witness testimony. I had a juror tell me that she ‘voted’ for my side because she liked my necktie. So… I always wear a nic
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by busyant 2y ago
I can't think of a clever name for the maps, but I think it might be funny to play off of the phrase "as the crow flies". These are "as the crow WALKS/DRIVES" maps.
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by busyant 2y ago
Thank you. That's a really interesting (and understandable) explanation.
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by busyant 2y ago
> AlphaGo had an artificial neural network that was specifically trained in best moves and winning percentages. An LLM trained on text has some data on what constitutes winning at go, but internally doesn't have a ANN specifically f
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by busyant 2y ago
> (｡•́︿•̀｡) Don't cry for me, (Argentina). When "God" tells you that you're merely dotting "i"s and crossing "t"s ... he's kind of correct. But I was arrogant enough to believe that I was stil
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by busyant 2y ago
> "Current AI systems have no internal structure that relates meaningfully to their functionality". I'm curious as to why you feel this needs to be true? Or to put it another way, what would an AI structure look like to be
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by busyant 2y ago
I can get behind this idea!
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by busyant 2y ago
Thank you.

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