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by clankyclanker 3y ago
No, in this context, "grep" is more of a threat than anything. This snippet just sets a few variables before returning "R" if the function was called in a functional context, or quitting with no value if the caller doesn
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by clankyclanker 3y ago
I think you've got it: the point isn't persuasion, the point is exhaustion and disengagement. If you can keep shouting until the other side goes home, your opinions become more prevalent. You can then make your opinions so preva
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
I’m sorry, that was my mistake. I confused usernames and thought you were jmeister. Thanks for clarifying. It’s been a long week.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Embracing Grice’s maxims may help here [0]? Being a pit of cynicism isn’t a particularly nuanced take, please do better than that. 0: https://youtu.be/IJEaMtNN_dM
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
That seems like a big jump, right? How do you get from public announcements of layoffs (ostensibly based on failure of several movies), to market inefficiencies from governmental subsidies, to forced labor camps? I’m so lost.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Sure, but that was the “microcomputer” of the time. Room-sized main-frames were the computers, the file-cabinet sized PDP-8 was a mini-computer, and something that could fit on your desk was therefore the next size down, the micro-computer.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
It’s interesting how well your description follows the Gartner Hype Cycle, but applied to products instead of hype itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
If they aren’t PCs, and they aren’t microcomputers, then what should they be called?
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Given today's news article [1], this seemed relevant again. (Previous discussions on [2] and [3].) 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35196173 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7715012 3: h
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Replicant developers find and close Samsung Galaxy [Modem] backdoor (2014)(fsf.org)
2 points by clankyclanker 4y ago|1 comments
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
In 2014, Replicant found and fixed similar modem vulnerabilities, which Samsung never patched, AFAIK. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/replicant-developers-fin... Have we surpassed incompetence and arrived at m
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Igalia is that, in Spain: http://www.igalia.com/
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Is that 24h after receipt, or 24h after opening? I believe their text messages use the latter system and would expect the video ones to do the same.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Bikeshedding? http://bikeshed.com
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Do you have any sources on the development process of the Radiant AI that I could read up on? I’ve only heard the marketing speak (“amazing!!!!”) followed by the actual product (“get X for Y at Z, 5 times”). I’ve never seen anything that ex
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Nope, get a new SIM. There’s some writable memory on them, iirc.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Her position doesn’t invalidate her arguments. How good is a product that can’t stand up to criticism? Edit: to tie it back to the original criticism: what’s the maximum training cost we’re willing to accept for the model? How can we guaran
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Sure, but eventually we’re going to hit on environmental and cost-effective power limits of training, and it’s not worth the cost to train the model. AFAIUI, that’s part of the point that Gebru was trying to make before she was fired.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Very!
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
The linked product looks like using Org-mode for teams, but usable, and without having to learn Emacs. That’s bananas.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
It does happen sometimes. My personal favorite example is this guy. I recommend search terms like "james clapper perjury congress". If this fish never got fried in the biggest pan of all, what chance do these little chefs have?
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
The one in the YouTube video looks very similar to (or exactly like) one of the designs from one of the Klutz books around the turn of the millennium. I might’ve found it in the Explorabook? I’m pretty sure they called it the best paper air
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Sure, but it’s even more efficient to leave those coal mines unmined.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
> 1) the rise of algorithms (which can't be patented) in replacing physical IP You’re assuming there’s an inherent limit to ownership. The rise of software patents themselves are an expansion of the concept of ownership. If there’s
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
That’s fascinating, and not in the article at all, that I saw.
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Edit: To put it more succinctly, Musk isn’t interested in free speech, he’s interested in his speech. ———— For what it’s worth, I agree with you, but I think that’s one of the least interesting parts of the issue. From the context of the wo
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
The point I assume GP was trying to make is that Musk only applies that difference when it suits him. That attitude shows hypocrisy and is evidence that he’s using it to further personal power instead of actually caring about the moral phil
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
When that single cheat might have resulted in expulsion if it were caught, it implies a pretty significant effect on the grade. It wouldn’t actually change the result of the metric (because survivorship bias: you don’t count students who ne
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
Right. For most (American) companies (I don’t know about GDPR-folks), “delete” means “hide from requesting user” not “remove data from internal system.” Data is (at least a big part of) their business and they don’t further that end by rem
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by clankyclanker 4y ago
GTFO: a 2-player side scrolling game where one player controls a stick person trying to run, jump, climb, or swim to the other side of the level. The other player plays the environment and tries to smite the first player and thwart their es

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