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by clnq 3y ago
Some strong arguments against one-party consent: 1. Privacy. The cornerstone of personal conversation has always been an inherent right to privacy. Traditionally, conversations held in confidence were sacrosanct, and any disclosure of their
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> No. But the way you first picked to do the thing is very likely impossible to make work. Don't decide on a mechanism, like cookies, and fixate on it without regard for practicality or effectiveness. GDPR is not about cookies. Cook
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I feel like "it doesn't work as intended so it never will, do not try" - an argument very frequently said by cynics, is the antithesis of the indomitable human spirit and human achievement. It's very harmful to anyone tr
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by clnq 3y ago
A prompt to do it yourself: > GPT-4, make a generic 90-second UK political ad script about a G7 meeting in Japan. We don't have much footage, so slow it down and fill it with B-roll. Focus on nonspecific virtues, like freedom and pe
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> They tried to prevent this by rejecting quick presses, but it only made the buttons feel slower and less responsive and sometimes ignore intentional presses. Finally, an explanation for why a couple of 2020+ VWs I recently rented felt
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I think I was in an A/B test a while ago on YouTube where muting the ad paused it. I remember that behaviour from somewhere...
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by clnq 3y ago
It probably won't be easy to convince people to pay for something that was previously free. Then again, I could have said the same about many YouTube changes in recent years - that it will be difficult to convince people to like the ch
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by clnq 3y ago
Most VR headsets on the market are not clear enough to display text. For example, Meta Quest Pro and Quest 2 both have pixel densities around 21 pixels per degree. While a 27" monitor running at 2560x1440 at an arm's length (40 de
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by clnq 3y ago
Yes, I oversimplified the significant poverty-related benefits part. Also, when I said “significant”, I meant “not insubstantial”. I don’t mean benefits for those severely affected by poverty. And “poverty-related” to my mind includes “pove
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I think most of the OpenAI's target audience must be technical enough to know they can access websites on a smartphone and bookmark them in some way. They probably just want to fight abuse/spam/fraud/scams that are on th
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by clnq 3y ago
There is probably no other reason to bring this app to iOS and Android. ChatGPT works very well as a PWA added to home screens.
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by clnq 3y ago
> Watchdog Ofcom has warned 4.3 million eligible people are missing the deals. > These were available in 99% of the UK and started from £10 per month, it added. This language sounds a bit more like advertisement than what I'd exp
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by clnq 3y ago
The tech world might not be as empathetic as some other human endeavors, but it has a unique approach. We need to consider whether we should foster more empathy or simply adapt to the existing landscape. Being practical and discerning, some
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by clnq 3y ago
The problem is more so if I have $42k (in cash or other assets) but would rather not spend it on someone else’s truck bumper. Which I think is a common sense stance. Minor accidents happen to everyone. They should not be life-ending/ca
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Good. They will hire remote or go the way of the dinosaurs they are.
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If you can ever compensate for them at all. It’s basically impossible to make lifelong friends after 35-ish. Maybe that’s why all the seniors I know are inflexible about relocation, among the many other reasons. Too much damage for a job yo
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by clnq 3y ago
How is using an effective tool the first step to one's replacement? I would argue that rejecting the tools available to one is a bigger step in that direction.
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That part of the opening written by GPT was an effective illustration of GPT and voice AI capabilities. How it is comparable to using a TV show to justify torture?
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by clnq 3y ago
It has not improved my life. I tried it and found that it was a good way to process my thoughts and feelings. But exercise and therapy/coaching were better for that. Journaling in addition to the other efforts would be a very ineffecti
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by clnq 3y ago
Probably it's different because Telly is clearly lending you the hardware (according to their ToS). There are many reasons why they would ask the users to return the hardware, like if it's not connected to the internet for too lon
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That’s fine, they buy cheapest totally legit 100% bro trust me carbon credits to offset that.
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We can conclude that the question posited by the book is too abstract to answer. Until a book with a better question is written, the case is closed. :)
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Sam Harris did an episode on existential threat and nuclear war where he talks about certain knowledge potentially being deadly for humanity. The knowledge of how to build an atom bomb is an example. Knowledge of how to build an atom bomb w
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by clnq 3y ago
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” is a must-read for fans of Blade Runner and the cyberpunk genre. Also, it’s interesting that in 2023, we can reasonably definitively answer that question for any definition of “dream”.
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by clnq 3y ago
I am not retired yet (so feel free to ignore my N=1) but I have also observed that the previous companies I worked for are reaching out with blank checks. I think it has to do with RTO and layoff morale hits decimating the senior workforce,
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Because so many British are picking up American accents. And so many other accents are being picked up by other people. It's a globalized world.
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I am a millennial. Please don't cater this to me in any way, shape or form.
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I read it. The most I can do about this is drive safely. The perspective of the aftermath is interesting, but not very relevant to me. So I think about what’s relevant. Maybe to someone, recovering from brain injury is relevant. They will t
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by clnq 3y ago
It's amazing how large the mindset difference is between the US and European countries: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35937993 . You are talking about whether these tyres make sense. In many countries in Europe,
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Wow, 12 vehicles just on the commute? I have never seen this living in a snowy region. I would barely see ditched vehicles at all. Do you mean ditched as in "abandoned after slipping off the road"? I would see one or two every 50k

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