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by defrost 3mo ago
That rests upon the intended use of the model, for some "causes terror" is high praise indeed and enough to make it a first weapon of choice.
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by defrost 3mo ago
"that word" has multiple meanings. In context to a native English speaker, the intended meaning is clear. OED: A (adjective) 1. ... 2.a. ... 2.b. As an enthusiastic term of commendation: superlatively good, ‘marv
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Racy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of 'playful, funny, cheeky' side(theguardian.com)
8 points by defrost 3mo ago|0 comments
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by defrost 3mo ago
Seems like a batshit notion from a US right unable to hold ground on Black Twitter, TBH.
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by defrost 3mo ago
By Oxford English Dictionary literal definition, not all lubricants are fluids. Etiquette is a mere lubricant of the order of society. OED entry "lubricant" (B.noun) Fine music‥has a sensible effect in‥animating and as
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by defrost 3mo ago
Literally a video for lubricating acceptance of a project. Literally.
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by defrost 3mo ago
Gloss for potential investors / capital raisers wanting a bit more than the dry quarterlies and annual reports as they prep for raising 50 or a 100 million in more forward capital loans for processing expansion. It's literal lube
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by defrost 3mo ago
Signature and decades of signature databases and modelling to generate signatures via decay chains, etc. Signatures being patterns in gamma ray spectrums with 256 or more channels. You can boost signatures with long soak times and SVD stuff
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LEDs’ potential to save our night skies(spectrum.ieee.org)
249 points by defrost 3mo ago|192 comments
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by defrost 3mo ago
US and UK phrenologists encouraged a lot of grave descration, often not even waiting for a corpse to be interned before shipping the remains out. Yagan’s murder by colonial settlers was, even by the day’s standards, an act of hideous vi
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by defrost 3mo ago
What are things Ronald Erle Grainer demanded of Delia Derbyshire?
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by defrost 3mo ago
That comment could easily have been made by an orphan from the poorest part of the US who signed up for military service.
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by defrost 3mo ago
More accurately, reddit is the unasked for source of first resort. Just as problematic, no getting around that.
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by defrost 3mo ago
For the computing connection, Knuth reportedly built his house around his organ.
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by defrost 3mo ago
If it's purchased as an idle showpiece toy, then sure talent is optional. There will be a few old school Brian Eno adjacent types who'll want one to make noise with ... and some talent will be requisite to avoid sounding like a ba
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by defrost 3mo ago
<yawn> You seemed determined to get messy rather than legitimately discuss where we are not seeing eye to eye. Yes, definitions matter. Yes, I do see difficulties in two strangers discussing this. Yes, the behaviour of LEOs changes de
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by defrost 3mo ago
No, and Venn diagrams. How can you assume the LEOs with variable ethics are in the 80% and not the 20%? Also, Philippine Basketball Association membership carries no weight here.
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by defrost 3mo ago
> Don't think that's exactly "targeted". Legally, there's a debate to be had. A telescope on a hill that can see everything within a 12sq mi circle Vs a "google maps" type 360 panorama lens on the same
529.
by defrost 3mo ago
It's going to vary by country, state, and "culture". Here, in my locale, honest LEOs that that have strict ethics run at about 80%. Interestingly the things that LEOs are strictly ethical about varies by interaction and preco
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by defrost 3mo ago
> not the news for the last three months. I've already alluded to the US withdrawal from the Iran / P5+1 JCPOA in 2018. Should I go back as far as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909, or further back to the 5th millennium BC
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by defrost 3mo ago
Tearing up working agreements for petty reasons and later attacking during negotiations for a replacement agreement is certainly stupid but hardly terrorism.
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Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don't know something(theregister.com)
5 points by defrost 3mo ago|1 comments
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by defrost 3mo ago
> Canada's inability to do basic forest fire prevention. Australian here. What makes you think the "forest fire prevention" methods you outlined upthread are "basic"? Have they ever been performed at the scale re
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by defrost 3mo ago
It's also remarkably "old" in a digital sense: Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a set of interoperability standards for sharing home digital media among multimedia devices. Introduced 2004; 22 years ago. * ht
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China cracks down on AI companions, forcing millions to break up(abc.net.au)
8 points by defrost 3mo ago|1 comments
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by defrost 3mo ago
RSS feed title: China wants more babies, so it's breaking up AI relationships New regulations in China ban tech companies from offering AI or virtual partners for minors and ban all chatbots from encouraging emotional reliance.
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by defrost 3mo ago
It's certainly been doing better since the previous US administration put some cash in the infrastructure jar. 2025 Infrastructure Report Card | ASCE The 2025 grades range from a B in ports to a D in stormwater and transit. For the
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by defrost 3mo ago
A lot of things could happen, sure. One thing that I, personally, am not overly concerned about would be a long lasting critical shortage of ferromanganese production ability in Australia. If the demand / desire is there then we have t
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by defrost 3mo ago
> How do you get the very bespoke equipment For manganese ore concentration and binding with carbon?? Ball mills, acid washing, screening, anodes, et al. are 'bespoke' now? Look, there are big speciality bits which you can orde
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by defrost 3mo ago
I can reel off a list of plants being torn down for scrap also. The question is, does that actually mean there is no way to get a smelter up and running in the event of a critical need within a useful timeframe . Bear in mind, right now

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