diogenes_atx

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AI Is Powerful Enough to Crack Our Hardest Math Problems–and Kill Us All(wsj.com)
23 points by diogenes_atx 24d ago|41 comments
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by diogenes_atx 28d ago
There are a number of good books to explain the main concepts of statistics without getting bogged down in the technical details. As a grad student at a public university in the USA, I worked as a teaching assistant for the undergraduate co
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by diogenes_atx 1mo ago
As a grad student at a public university in the USA, I worked as a teaching assistant for the sociology class "Introduction to Statistics." The course used SPSS software to enable the students to perform statistical analysis on da
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by diogenes_atx 2mo ago
In addition to the book written by the author of this article, there is another fascinating study about the discovery of the Assyrian archives and the recovery of the Epic of Gilgamesh: David Damrosch (2007) Buried Book: The Loss and Redis
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by diogenes_atx 2mo ago
> Few people doubt that this technology is going to change everything. What’s less clear is when the profits are going to start rolling in and how big they are going to be... "We are making trillions of dollars in investments on the
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AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress(theguardian.com)
8 points by diogenes_atx 3mo ago|0 comments
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by diogenes_atx 4mo ago
There are automated scripts to check if the infected AUR packages are installed on your system: https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/malicious-aur-checkup-script... https://github.com/lenucksi/aur-malwa
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by diogenes_atx 4mo ago
> you can't rely on "watch for anomalies" with your human eyes Yes, I agree, that's a good call. I would not try to check for anomalies manually with meatware. I would parse the data with python regex tools to establi
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by diogenes_atx 4mo ago
> you'd mostly care about exfiltration of data, so watching/actively managing exactly what network connections your computer/network can do, would give you upfront notification when it happens If you have a list of good CL
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by diogenes_atx 4mo ago
According to an academic study, US law enforcement agencies at every level - federal, state and local - no longer need warrants in order to get access to most data on American citizens. It is easier for law enforcement to purchase data from
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by diogenes_atx 5mo ago
Are you saying that Israel intentionally targets civilians? As a signatory to the Geneva Conventions, Israel is obligated to protect civilians and civilian populations from all dangers arising from military operations, and Israel is prohibi
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FCC Proposes Requiring Government-Issued ID for Phone Service [pdf](docs.fcc.gov)
1 points by diogenes_atx 5mo ago|1 comments
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by diogenes_atx 5mo ago
According to Google AI, this proposal is virtually certain to pass in 2026. The only remaining question is exactly how it will be implemented.
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by diogenes_atx 5mo ago
All the great Western hegemonic powers have used public debt to finance the requirements and ambitions of the state. This was true of Spain in the sixteenth century, Holland in the seventeenth century, England at the height of its power dur
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by diogenes_atx 5mo ago
Seems like it would be better and easier to just take a walk instead. Whenever you feel information overload, it's time for a break: step outside, get some fresh air, stretch your legs, etc. Not a panacea, obviously, just common sense.
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by diogenes_atx 6mo ago
Scattered throughout this discussion are a number of comments concerning the potential damage to the stomach lining from ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin. This is an important consideration when choosing a painkiller. According to a recent
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by diogenes_atx 6mo ago
If this legislation becomes law, it will be interesting to see how the Linux hacker community reacts. Laws are virtually meaningless if there is no practical way to enforce them and if there are enough people who oppose them. Just take a lo
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by diogenes_atx 6mo ago
To the list of references provided by this post in the section "Further Reading," I would add the following book: Sarah Brayne (2020) Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing , Oxford University Press ht
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by diogenes_atx 6mo ago
> A little-known technology firm that has quietly grown into a surveillance powerhouse in Latin America. Over the past three decades, Grupo Seguritech has evolved from a small company selling home alarms into a sprawling network of firms
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by diogenes_atx 6mo ago
From the perspective of systems administration for large enterprise networks, it seems unlikely that Linux desktops could replace Windows PC's without a domain controller like Microsoft Active Directory. Am I missing something here? Ho
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by diogenes_atx 6mo ago
It seems like this article buried the best lede of the story on paragraph ten, which explains Flock's new business of surveillance drones launched in response to 911 calls (and also presumably triggered by other alerts configured by po
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by diogenes_atx 6mo ago
Just a copy editor would suffice.
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by diogenes_atx 7mo ago
It's interesting that the author does not even consider the impact of incentives on performance. As Charlie Munger famously said, "Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcomes." It is true that collaboration be
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by diogenes_atx 7mo ago
Yeah, you're right. It is astonishing that Quicken's web app does not offer the same features and functionality as the desktop version. Having worked for many years as an SRE, I would have imagined that the opposite would be true
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by diogenes_atx 7mo ago
Do you need to run Quicken locally on your PC? Can you just use the cloud version of Quicken?
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by diogenes_atx 7mo ago
It's truly astonishing that the cops in the video were not disciplined for deliberately attacking the victim with a vicious police dog. Apparently the standard of conduct for American police has sunk so low that it is considered accept
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by diogenes_atx 7mo ago
There is a plausible explanation for the reluctance of the US government to admit the authenticity of Havana Syndrome: the US military may have developed its own energy weapon that causes similar injuries and symptoms. What is the evidence
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U.S. military tested device that may be tied to Havana Syndrome on rats, sheep(cbsnews.com)
26 points by diogenes_atx 7mo ago|12 comments
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
UT Austin graduate here. Nowhere in this article does the word "censorship" appear. But that is the only way to describe this new policy. In recent years, UT Austin has suppressed peaceful protests and demonstrations on campus con
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
Something else you might try is changing your diet. After I became a vegetarian and eliminated refined sugar and excess sodium from my food, my health improved, as well as my sleep. I am no longer pre-diabetic. And the food that I eat is wo

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