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by chrischapman 5y ago
Yep. Totally unsubstantiated. Back of the envelope theory at best. > learn (see a pattern and repeat it) How did your AI 'see' and is 'see a pattern and repeat it' a good enough definition of 'learn'? Surely
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by chrischapman 5y ago
Machines don't learn. Living things learn. Machines don't understand. Living things understand. Machines 'do' algorithms. Living things 'do' use-cases. Algorithm Definition: A sequence of actions that yields a
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by chrischapman 5y ago
I realise this is mostly about the Lena image but to answer the question "Can data die?", I think the answer is Yes, but only if it is permanently erased or contained in a medium that is rendered verifiably and permanently inacces
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by chrischapman 5y ago
I think the 'terrible schema' thing is a secondary issue. The important take away for me was this: > Considering that we as an industry tend to chase off anyone who makes it to the age of 35, is it any surprise that we have a g
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by chrischapman 5y ago
I wonder what 'lost' means to an eagle. Is it possible that it knows exactly how to get home and it's just on an extended vacation in a foreign land? Oh, to be an eagle.
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by chrischapman 5y ago
It's somewhat off topic but why do you say this? Is it the 'progressive' issue or the 'web app' issue. My view is that a browser is a really good way to deliver applications - in fact, I prefer them to any other for
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by chrischapman 5y ago
Where is it stored? Who is storing it? Why do you have this in your privacy policy? > We may share Your personal information in the following situations: > With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Pr
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by chrischapman 5y ago
I don't think I have a need to use Tor but I have seen Gemini mentioned several times here on HN. I definitely need to look into it a bit more. Thanks for that.
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by chrischapman 5y ago
That's actually a really good point. I hadn't thought of that. I just wonder which parts would be broken? The good parts or the bad parts? I don't have a problem with advertising per se - in fact, I'm pretty much in favo
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Ask HN: If I disable JavaScript, am I worth less to advertisers?
10 points by chrischapman 5y ago|10 comments
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by chrischapman 5y ago
> And since most websites require JavaScript to function properly, using this method to preserve your online privacy will invariably lead to a suboptimal web experience. Great article and a good demo and insight into CSS capabilities in
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by chrischapman 5y ago
The quote comes from the article but, yeah, I get your point. It just seems to me that "useful, usable and attractive" is more complete than "minimum viable". I've seen a number of posts about the meaning of "m
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by chrischapman 5y ago
> Thus, the main idea is to create the product that is useful, usable and attractive to the end users. Does this go against the idea of an MVP?
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by chrischapman 5y ago
Thanks for this. It looks like a really useful resource. I recently had a Show HN and got zero traction. I'm definitely going to work through each item and hopefully see where I went wrong.
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by chrischapman 5y ago
Hi. Co-founder here. Thanks for checking this out. We're two guys in the UK building an opt-in consent management system to help eliminate the "privacy policy - consent popup - Accept All" combo (a.k.a 'consent theatre&
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Show HN: NoHoops – opt-in consent capitalism (how to ditch the privacy policy)(nohoops.com)
3 points by chrischapman 5y ago|1 comments
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by chrischapman 5y ago
You missed one. Privacy: We Don’t Have It, We Can’t Get It, and We Should Be Very, Very Sad
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by chrischapman 5y ago
Yep. Gotta agree with herodoturtle. That first paragraph gave me a better insight into small town, rural Australia than anything I've seen on TV. Also... > Sleeping in a swag in the tray of my ute Loved that. It''s so good
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by chrischapman 5y ago
> Previously, writing code was like building a house. You made a large up-front investment and the house was yours. Sure, occasionally you would get a leak or a light bulb would go out, but the house is relatively stable over long period
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by chrischapman 5y ago
I remember reading Snowcrash (late 90s?) but even then I was stunned by how far ahead of its time it was. I had to double check the publish date. I've never had a Facebook account (largely for privacy reasons and also because I'm
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by chrischapman 5y ago
This is all pretty new in the world. It took many years for aircraft investigations to get real professional at it. How about we start with a simple algorithm like this: 1. Check if software is involved in the incident. 2. If it is, carry o
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by chrischapman 5y ago
You're both right - inopinatus and ldarby. It was clearly a miscarriage of justice - hence the lawyers and court case and resignation of the Post Office CEO. But it absolutely needed to be investigated by a dedicated, professional Soft
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by chrischapman 5y ago
> Oftentimes the optimal solution is not to add something (like another layer of encryption and automation) but to remove and make things simpler. I like that. It sounds so much like the de Saint Exupery quote: "perfection is attain
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Facebook and Others Should Pay Us for Our Data. Here’s One Way(bloomberg.com)
1 points by chrischapman 5y ago|0 comments
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Adobe Sees Sales Opportunity in the Death of the Browser Cookie(bloomberg.com)
1 points by chrischapman 5y ago|0 comments
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by chrischapman 6y ago
Cool. Thanks. I probably should have checked that before posting. Russian Roulette is definitely on my shopping list.
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by chrischapman 6y ago
Well, this is bit strange. Apparently I can buy two books about the life of Graham Greene, both by the same author - Richard Greene. One is called "The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene" (512 pages) published Nov 2020 [1
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by chrischapman 6y ago
Wow. Love this. Also, it seems like it could apply to software development, as in... "If I had more time, I would have written less code."
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by chrischapman 6y ago
The aviation industry has an expression: "there are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots". Young, inexperienced pilots often take unnecessary risks and occasionally learn important lessons - someti
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Reddit user claiming to be Tesla insider appeared to reveal BTC buy a month ago(reuters.com)
2 points by chrischapman 6y ago|0 comments

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