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Twitter to open source recommender code on March 31st(twitter.com)
4 points by ckastner 4y ago|0 comments
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by ckastner 4y ago
The rules are container-specific, but you need to enable this feature first, it is off by default. Settings -> Extension Options -> Enable Support for Container Tabs
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by ckastner 4y ago
Cookie AutoDelete is great for custom site-specific cookie policies and is container-aware, see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...
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by ckastner 4y ago
I was unclear, sorry: I didn't mean to say that the extra braces make it uglier, I meant to point out that something that was described as beautiful was actually flawed. The flaw was minor in this case because the identifier names and
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by ckastner 4y ago
Doesn't that kind of prove my point? The code as written was described as beautiful, yet would not have passed -Wall. It's those little things that can easily get you in C, and there are so many little things to consider.
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by ckastner 4y ago
> inherently wonderful about `while(*this++ = *that++)` As someone who hasn't used C as a primary language in some project for over a decade, I read this and (1) realize that LHS and RHS both post-increment, (2) don't remember
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by ckastner 4y ago
It's provocative statements just like this one that often start the most interesting discussions.
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by ckastner 4y ago
I expected this to be dystopian but nevertheless was extremely relieved to to see it explicitly labeled as such towards the end. Remember that only 18 months or so ago, during the crypto hype, the legal aspect of this was actively touted as
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by ckastner 4y ago
Was totally Uncanny Valley for me. There's no obvious flaw (on the contrary, looks great), but there's just something off between how his shoulders, neck, and head move.
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MSFT Q2/2023 Earnings Release(microsoft.com)
66 points by ckastner 4y ago|60 comments
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by ckastner 4y ago
It must have been in the first round [1], but leaves open the question of whether this is still the case: > Returns for our first round of investors are capped at 100x their investment (commensurate with the risks in front of us), and w
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by ckastner 4y ago
> In pursuit of our mission to ensure advanced AI benefits all of humanity, OpenAI remains a capped-profit company and is governed by the OpenAI non-profit. This structure allows us to raise the capital we need to fulfill our mission wi
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by ckastner 4y ago
The person wasn't really suffering though, this was just about getting a security clearance. Most people don't have one. I don't think it's entirely unreasonable for a special vetting process to have stricter standards.
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by ckastner 4y ago
> It is true that the FBI found the person they were looking for, and that person was the terminus of their investigation. It is not true that the article author was investigated by the FBI; he wasn't To me, these are the same, so
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by ckastner 4y ago
Determining whether you're dealing with an actual spy or an innocent person is the entire point of such investigations.
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by ckastner 4y ago
True. I admit that I just assumed that the statute of limitations for these national security-related kinds of things were indefinite.
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by ckastner 4y ago
This isn't a case of a mistaken identity, the FBI found exactly the person they were looking for. It just turned out that said person wasn't a threat, after all. I'd say determining that is exactly the point of an investigati
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by ckastner 4y ago
It's a great story, but didn't the author confess to a felony by publishing it? He lied on an official document, even if directed to do so by the person across him. I know this is pedantic, but that's exactly what I would exp
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by ckastner 4y ago
Pretty damning stuff (emphasis mine): "On 5 December 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ordered the DPC to quantify how much revenue Meta had generated by infringing the GDPR, and to factor that sum in to its fine. However
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by ckastner 4y ago
No idea. I can't even say if it's the lack of high-quality contributions and meta-moderation, or an over-abundance of low-quality contributions. The patterns I noticed mainly revolve around certain topics.
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by ckastner 4y ago
> This is a low-quality comment section. This happens frequently on weekends. There's even patterns to it. I've learned to avoid posting to (or even reading) comment sections touching certain topics, and to postpone submissio
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Failed crypto exchange FTX has recovered over $5B, attorney says(reuters.com)
6 points by ckastner 4y ago|4 comments
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by ckastner 4y ago
> It is the lack of a predictable regulatory landscape in Europe that keeps them from being a hotbed of technological innovation The EU recognizes the processing of personal data as a fundamental right. That limits a certain kind of
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by ckastner 4y ago
> You experiment. It takes a lot of time, yes, but it’s not that difficult. A failed experiment might cost you 8000 trees. It takes a massive amount of time, and money, to re-launch an experiment of this scale. And every re-launch, y
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by ckastner 4y ago
I understand your dilemma, but I don't see a way around hiring a professional. Think of one of the simpler tasks. Say you need to fertilize the trees. When is the right time? What is the right amount? How many people do you need to fer
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by ckastner 4y ago
Hire a professional to do it for you. There's coffee as a hobby, and coffee as a professional business. 8000 trees is the latter.
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by ckastner 4y ago
> Sure, but that's completely irrelevant. Are we talking about the TSLA stock price, or are we talking about Elon destroying Twitter. It's obviously relevant, as destroying Twitter has reduced the value of Musk's TSLA st
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by ckastner 4y ago
> If you want to buy a $1,000,000 Ferrari and thrash it into oblivion in 1 week that is totally your choice, have fun with that. It wouldn't be a free country if people could stop you doing so. OK, but if you do that, people will
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by ckastner 4y ago
It does seem so, and hilariously, it appears to be backfiring. "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it" https://notabird.site/elonmusk/status/1604623424164282368
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by ckastner 4y ago
In the six weeks he's been CEO, he totally gutted Twitter, and chased away who knows how many advertisers. There's no reasonable way to right that ship. I think he knows he's on the Titanic. I think he's looking for a pr

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