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by davesque 4y ago
I don't know if people are just spoiled by modern day 144hz+ gaming monitors or what, but the game is definitely playable on PC. I've completed around ten playthroughs on a 2020 MacBook Pro with a 1080Ti in an eGPU housing. Not ex
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by davesque 4y ago
Yep, it's almost more accurate to describe using phone numbers for 2FA as being anti- secure, not just in secure. That's because it's effectively no better than having no 2FA and it's possibly even harder to detect
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by davesque 4y ago
I also love Rush :). And no, I'm not Canadian.
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by davesque 4y ago
My favorite thing about Kids in the Hall was how it was somehow impossible to describe one of their skits to a friend and have it seem funny. And, to be clear, I mean this as a compliment. By the way, a couple of my favorite sketches: * h
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by davesque 4y ago
There are some other dynamics that are worth mentioning here that can stand in the way of undertaking any of the steps the author recommends. I don't think they touched on any of these things so I'll list some of them out: * Tech
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by davesque 4y ago
There's a neat vibe to this movie. It's not high art but it's got its charms. I remember the film being peppered with little scenes that seemed irrelevant but served to set the carefree and sort of zany mood. I'm thin
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by davesque 4y ago
Doesn't seem like a very serious article on the topic. Seems to essentially say, "I had some difficulty getting along with certain people in my life whom I would call narcissists. Therefore, narcissism is rampant."
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by davesque 4y ago
I always get a kind of morbid kick out of watching everyone do the same hand wringing over and over again every few years.
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by davesque 4y ago
Yes, computation "costs" energy and increases entropy. The demon must compute its decisions before it can carry them out.
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Here's a vid I found that seems to show a simulation of the effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpVVGk2OfQQ
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I was thinking more about things like the weird, blurry, dream-like artifacts that you see in some GAN-generated content. Things that look like work done by someone who was both severely impaired yet somehow still extremely meticulous. Th
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by davesque 4y ago
Very good counter point :).
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There's an interesting meta phenomenon here I think. A lot of the language in this letter by Douglas Adams implies that it's Americans that are the problem. Whether or not he actually believes that is, I think, beside the point.
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by davesque 4y ago
I generally agree that AI continues to impress in very specific ways but, to be fair, some of the points you make are debatable. For example, I would argue that the development of GANs and other algos do no necessarily disprove the stateme
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by davesque 4y ago
These kinds of articles give me the creeps. As interesting as the science is, I imagine this also encourages a bunch of silicon valley millionaires and billionaires to essentially become vampires.
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Thanks for your additional thoughts on this. Appreciate the comments.
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There's a balance to be struck with anything. On the one hand, teaching meditation outside of the context of religion might increase the likelihood of the purpose of the practice being misunderstood. On the other hand, any religious pr
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by davesque 4y ago
I understand the sentiment, and I don't think you were probably being serious, but, for the sake of conversation, I think the issue with dictatorships is eventually with stability. The allure of that much power in a single position lea
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by davesque 4y ago
I think the phrase "eat shit" is still safe.
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I love how this very rough but very honest and relatable expression of despair over the loss of self control has won out over all the other tech news right now. That says a lot.
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by davesque 4y ago
Feels kinda pathetic to lay it out like this, but the one thing I wish I could do is call my mom. But she's gone.
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by davesque 4y ago
Well said. Internet is a very good coping mechanism.
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by davesque 4y ago
This comment sums up what I was trying to say in another comment quite nicely, except in a more direct and practical way. Sometimes, I feel like this boring dystopia you describe is found in so many places as to seem inescapable. It's
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by davesque 4y ago
I think we'd all be spending more time doing things that are "worthwhile" if we felt like they were worth the while. As it stands, I think the vacuousness of modern day life is hiding in plain view. Why put more effort in at
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by davesque 4y ago
From my armchair's perspective, Meta has started to look to me a lot like the IBM of social media so I don't find this very surprising if true.
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I hear this and can't help but think IBM ended up with a bunch of "yes" men and women that wouldn't react appropriately to a bad situation. Given the performance of the company, I would guess I'm right.
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by davesque 4y ago
I see a lot of people mentioning the poor working conditions of healthcare professionals. Things like low pay, long hours, mean patients, etc. These are undoubtedly all problems that largely fall on the shoulders of nurses. The issue with e
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by davesque 4y ago
This is a great reply actually and does help to make me feel better. A lot of history's imperfections become lost in the distance. Although I should say that my list of idols is short for this very reason. I don't think I ever ima
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by davesque 4y ago
I think you're taking some of my language too literally. I wasn't necessarily claiming that Twitter has some yet to be found soul mate in the form of a perfect owner. I was more suggesting that someone whose behavior has at times
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by davesque 4y ago
Here's the mental hurdle I have to get over with all this. And call me old fashioned, but I'm trying to figure out how a guy who has himself essentially proved to be a troll is supposed to be the right person to improve the qualit

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