camtarn

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GPT-3 as a muse: generating song lyrics(wingedsheep.com)
2 points by camtarn 4y ago|0 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
This is a wonderful explanation - thank you!
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by camtarn 4y ago
I'm very familiar with the basic details of the Fourier Transform, Nyquist Theorem, etc etc. I was taught how to build a DAC from discrete components in University, and I've read up on the multiple types of DAC. And I still disagr
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by camtarn 4y ago
> these get reconstructed to pure sine waves by the AD/DA converter That's not at all how DACs work. They create a stepped voltage output in some way, which is then filtered to remove the steppiness. Yes, if you're decodin
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by camtarn 4y ago
Very much amused by Nihilism.
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by camtarn 4y ago
Yep, I understood that, but I disagree :) But I do realise that that could also have made the article longer and less focused. I think the gain in clarity and context would be worth it, but that is definitely my opinion, and I'm no w
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by camtarn 4y ago
I feel like the article isn't actually directly addressing its title. It could be stronger with some situations to when you were wrong, with examples of how that was swiftly resolved, as you mentioned in the intro paragraph. At the m
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“Take Me, I'm Yours”: The Autobiography of the Sail Timesharing System (1991)(cs.utah.edu)
1 points by camtarn 4y ago|0 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
Excellent article. It's interesting seeing that it draws somewhat different conclusions from the video on the subject of secrecy - the video states that the bombsight continued to be treated as top secret, even years after the Allies k
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by camtarn 4y ago
It didn't actually mention the British bombsight; only that the RAF asked to see the Norden and were denied.
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by camtarn 4y ago
From the description: "...Mr. Norden famously claimed that the sight was so accurate that it was capable of putting a bomb inside a pickle barrel. And if it could, then war would be revolutionized, or so the powers-at-be thought. The i
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The Myth of the Norden Bombsight's Effectiveness, Uniqueness and Secrecy(youtube.com)
2 points by camtarn 4y ago|6 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
Um, I am literally living in one right now. (I'm bi.) And it's going pretty darn great, thank you very much.
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by camtarn 4y ago
In anecdotes from my own peers, regular old housing is also rife with violence and bullying. It's almost like people can just be kinda crap to each other. Anecdotes are not data, and extrapolating from 'some people told me about h
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by camtarn 4y ago
Riders of high-end motorcycles as well. People absolutely love customising their motorcycles with things like GPS mounts, bigger/smaller windshields, auxiliary lights, footpeg extensions to make the bike more comfortable for taller&#x2
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by camtarn 4y ago
Hah, that's a really cute little product :)
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Mass Production SMT Line [video](youtube.com)
1 points by camtarn 4y ago|0 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
A friend of mine once proposed that we just coin a new word for the latter, and instead of calling it pizza call it 'dough-cheese-wedge'. I agreed, because I do like nice freshly made Italian pizza, I also frequently order a gigan
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by camtarn 4y ago
Yep, same here. My favourite coffee shop does a great pour-over and an even better oat milk flat white. But it's far away, and most of the time I either drink supermarket dark roast filter coffee out of the machine at the office, or su
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by camtarn 4y ago
Gotcha. Yeah, my original reply might have been worded a little more specifically. I'm fine with general discussion of likes and dislikes :)
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by camtarn 4y ago
The BBC does a lot of things that aren't just comedy. If you think that everything the BBC does is useless, or that it should be paid for with a better model, or that it should spend less money on comedy, then that is absolutely a fair
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by camtarn 4y ago
> It's a healthy part of civil discourse 'I wish this thing that other people enjoy would die, even though it doesn't impact my life at all' is not a healthy part of civil discourse. [edit] The thing is that I actuall
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by camtarn 4y ago
So don't watch it. I'm not a big fan of comedy in general, but I am an adult human who is capable of hitting the channel change button if it comes on, or leaving a conversation about it.
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Avoidance Speech(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by camtarn 4y ago|0 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
"Each case reported a lifetime inability to recollect events from a first-person perspective". "The SDAM cases reported here have a lifetime of practice in compensating for their lack of first-person, autonoetic connection to
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by camtarn 4y ago
Hah, using the built in battery latches is a genius idea! I just wish I had enough battery power tools that I needed to store them in such a fashion ;) Sadly most of my tools are still mains powered.
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by camtarn 4y ago
I transitioned from writing software for Amazon to writing software for prototype wave and tidal power devices. It's no silver bullet - every industry has its WTF moments - but overall I'd recommend it. It's cool as hell to b
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by camtarn 4y ago
Companies might also be reluctant to talk about the problems they're having, for PR reasons (from personal experience!) And yeah, it's absolutely a shame. I would similarly love to hear about more big engineering issues and subseq
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Winnebago Once Tried to Sell a Flying RV Based on a Sikorsky Helicopter(jalopnik.com)
7 points by camtarn 4y ago|2 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
Nope, UK. And admittedly this was just a single optician, so maybe things are different elsewhere.

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