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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Subscribe to a periodical. I got a bit too busy recently but for two years I subscribed to Private Eye (if you're not from the UK you might need to find an alternative) it's fortnightly and they don't put much on their websit
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
My partner uses Windows and I occasionally provide my amateurish tech support. One thing not mentioned in this article is the right click situation. I can't really describe what's wrong because I've not used Windows regularly
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I agree with your broader point. But I used to get a free beer on British Airways flights and no longer do. It's been many years since I flew on a plane with even a compartment for my stuff in front of me let alone a screen. Admittedly
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I get it too! I always assumed it was some hangover from that time I had to use crosses self Microsoft teams.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I recently did a short stint teaching English to university students. This is English as a second language (possibly unnecessary context) but the level is fairly high. The course was hastily rearranged to prevent the students using llms. Th
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I have had some of my best ideas and productive hours at airports though.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Yeah I came to make the same comment. But Messi and Ronaldo didnt play each other that many times in the grand scheme of their careers. A big part of the comparison is statistical. Trophies, records and so on. Tennis might be a better compa
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
It's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I don't know what the right metaphor is. Throwing the scrap of edible meat out with the ton of rotten flesh? YouTube has got really bad in recent years. There are channels deliber
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
They literally do clap at some point in the story!
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I never sent a sample to any of these companies and I'm glad I didn't. The next best thing would be to delete your data if there's an option (although of course you only have their word for it). It has nothing to do with pani
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
> straight up funneling Money is fungible. There's no such thing as funneling. There is ring fencing though - that's when a certain budget cannot exceed a certain source of revenue, some countries do this with road tax I think.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
The locals really don't want tourists to be there.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I know what you mean but I live close to the border of another country. Can it really be unethical to stay in a hotel in a city two hours west but not two hours northeast because of a border? Maybe you're just talking about the America
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
There's a mouse problem in the whole city. But then there's a mouse/rat problem in more or less any city of similar population density.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I wonder which bridge it will be
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Thanks for replying anyway!
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Hi I'm a mathematician with a background in graph theory and algorithms. I'm trying to find a job outside academia. Can you elaborate on the kind of work you were doing? Sounds like I could fruitfully apply my skills to something
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I am sympathetic to the kind of claims made by your paper. I like impossibility results and I could believe that for some definition of AGI there is at least a plausible argument that entropy is a problem. Scalable quantum computing is a go
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
In the 60s and 70s the NHS glasses (free or mostly free) were hated and a target for bullying etc. my mum had a couple of pairs, I wish she'd kept them because they were really cool by today's standards.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
If you were unhappy before, I doubt smartphones have made you happier. They relieve boredom for sure but here's the kicker: boredom is good for you.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Watch Adam Curtis Century of the Self. I don't think he set out to explain ads in tech, but to my mind it answers a lot about how ads specifically came to power.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Well then there's no difference between overground and underground trains. But it's pretty clear that there are different issues facing building new metro lines.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Many a true word was said in jest.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Brevity is the soul of wit.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
If there is another course where students design their own programming language, maybe you could use the best of the previous year's. That way LLMs are unlikely to be able to (easily) produce correct syntax. Just a thought from someone
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
It is my informed opinion as an educator, most recently in English as a second language, and as a language learner that duolingo is at best woefully old fashioned and at worst completely broken, pedagogically speaking. It's high time t
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
The point being made here is that the biggest software companies still employ lots of programmers but the biggest manufacturing companies don't employ lots of factory workers. I don't think you need data just think about Microsoft
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
I have similar feelings about voice messages over chat apps. I pretty nearly always read it as "my time is more valuable than yours" especially if it's long. Listening on 2x speed is not as good as skim reading. It should go
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
All actions have social consequences.
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by ccppurcell 1y ago
Another explanation is that only a small fraction of the counter culture at any given time are in it for the long haul. It's tiring and expensive and complicated and more or less incompatible with having children. So the ones who stick

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