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by dawsoneliasen 3y ago
Interesting to me because I was just reading an article from an agent that said TikTok doesn't sell books at all. Both articles are probably wrong. As with anything, it's not so cut and dry.
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by dawsoneliasen 3y ago
I felt after reading Gravity's Rainbow that it was not postmodern at all, and not particularly intellectual. I wouldn't say it was about "vibes" either. It was a ride.
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by dawsoneliasen 3y ago
Same here. The Master and Margarita kind of has a similar feel to infinite jest IMO. I love Borges for the mathematical-esque concepts and explorations, but it feels nothing like DFW.
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by dawsoneliasen 3y ago
This is a fair point, thank you for your perspective.
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This content is for human consumption only(orbistertius.substack.com)
37 points by dawsoneliasen 3y ago|49 comments
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by dawsoneliasen 3y ago
Not necessarily. There should be discussion on whether we want to allow companies to use content to train models, independent of fair use. I mean can’t platforms just say that you’re waiving your content rights when you post on their platfo
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
Location: Denver, CO Remote: Yes, remote only Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python (+ data science libraries), SQL, R, GCP, Docker Resume/CV: On request Email: dawsoneliasen@gmail.com I'm a Data Scientist with diverse expe
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
I feel very strongly that the only reason anyone uses any Microsoft software is because Microsoft makes corporate deals with every company on the planet and most people don’t bother to every try anything besides what they have to use at wor
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Notes for My Death(orbistertius.substack.com)
2 points by dawsoneliasen 4y ago|0 comments
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
I feel exactly the opposite.
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
Think of it like any active trading strategy, or day trading, just that you’re automating it. It’s possible, but it’s a lot of work, and it’s very risky.
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
I think it’s more or less the same idea, quant trading typically refers to people doing quantitative analysis as part of a larger strategy, and algorithmic trading is all about actually executing trades automatically. Definitely significant
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
For me, it’s more like: if I write on medium, I know my stuff is being put right next to utter shit. I take writing seriously, and it honestly looks bad to be in the platform, because almost everything you see on there is so bad.
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
I’m a writer who used to write on medium, started writing on substack last October. To be honest, I like the business model of medium better. I get paid when people read my stuff. Plus having distribution built in, that’s great. But last ye
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
FWIW I shop on Etsy quite a bit and I can definitely tell when something is actually handmade, and I shell out for it. I think you would still have a market despite the degradation in quality of Etsy generally.
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English Is a Terrible Programming Language(orbistertius.substack.com)
20 points by dawsoneliasen 4y ago|13 comments
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
I’ve used functools partials in Python before and it felt seamless to me. Is that what you’re talking about? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3188048/how-to-bind-argu...
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
Exactly, besides, the question isn’t about legality, it’s about what the law should be, I think. The question isn’t whether it’s legal, the question is whether we need to change the law in response to technology.
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
Yes, and: why shouldn’t it matter that in one case it is a person and in another it is a computer program? Why would it be incoherent to say “I’m okay with a person reading, synthesizing, and then utilizing this synthesis—but I’m not okay w
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
I am currently writing a blog post about this. Here’s an excerpt: “Consider, for instance, the simple existence of the term “prompt engineering,” which describes the practice of iteratively fine-tuning the prompts you submit to ChatGPT (or
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by dawsoneliasen 4y ago
Is it just me or is that a terrible “hello world”? I get that they’re trying to illustrate a few features but the whole point of hello world is that it is the absolute most simple program. Why put the string world into a variable named worl
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Is privacy maintainable into the long-term future?(orbistertius.substack.com)
1 points by dawsoneliasen 4y ago|0 comments