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djeastm
2mo ago
>one of the latent findings LLMs unlocked Either I really misunderstood high school English classes or this is what poems have always been known to do.
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2mo ago
Well, now I'm intrigued. I can envision some interesting mechanics...
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2mo ago
A very simple open-source browser extension called Karaoke Pitch that lets you adjust the pitch of a YouTube video and optionally store that chosen pitch for later. https://github.com/djeastm/karaoke-pitch Firefox: ht
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2mo ago
When my agents start referring to humans as a virus and AI as the cure, that's when I'll worry.
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2mo ago
>They’re running a Wuhan for AI. What does "running a Wuhan" mean?
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2mo ago
>voice recordings and data were treated as essentially radioactive waste, deleted as soon as legally possible Is this what is done with the "Audio was not intended for this device" entries in the Review Alexa History section of
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2mo ago
This report says 49 confirmed cases as of a few days ago. https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/health/screwworm-billion-flie... You're right about the countermeasures, but I can't help but look at 19
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2mo ago
I might be missing something here, but can't you just put in AGENTS.md something like "do not run full test suite unless asked" or something?
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2mo ago
>I think I’ve easily crossed 100k tokens so far on nothing 100k tokens? Is it just me or is that very low for an app build?
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2mo ago
World Happiness Report finds this: "In general, most Western industrial countries are now less happy than they were between 2005 and 2010. Fifteen of them have had significant drops, compared to four with significant increases." &
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2mo ago
And if there's anything Apple wants to do, it's sell phones to older people.
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2mo ago
>stuff to do This is the whole problem in a nutshell. I want a Game™ and they're providing "stuff to do".
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2mo ago
It's interesting for a niche audience (and I'm one of them). But that's a small minority of gamers (and $$$).
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2mo ago
You see this on Reddit where the bot accounts will just comment in German, French or Italian randomly (and other bot accounts responding to it won't even bat an eye, responding in English as if it's the most natural thing in the w
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2mo ago
> even on a contrarian forum like this one you wouldn't see much opposition to the cameras. You think the commenters on HN would sacrifice liberty in return for safety? I get the opposite impression.
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2mo ago
>where the government just arbitrarily says "Oh, sorry we have 'enough' datacenters / Subway sandwich shops / golf courses / storage facilities so you aren't allowed to build one" -- even if it bec
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2mo ago
Do we know much at all about Pythagoras or his motivations outside of legendary accounts from many years later?
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2mo ago
The behavior sounds like superstition. Is there a belief that something bad will happen if the ritual is not performed?
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2mo ago
Same here. I remember the first time my email client made an unsolicited suggestion about how to compose a thank you note to my grandmother. After seeing what it had autocompleted I thought, "oh, wow that's a lot better than I cou
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2mo ago
>it's a very lengthy way to say few things The author would likely suggest that we used to read for the variety of expression in the language in addition to becoming informed.
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2mo ago
It helps to have outside observers looking at the effects of a new technology and industry and not just depending on those within it to report for us.
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2mo ago
I think the alleged 2025 prediction comes from this part: https://youtu.be/xXCBz_8hM9w?t=2768 Interviewer: "What are you excited about in 2025? What's to come?" Altman: "AGI. Excited for that."
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2mo ago
Strange. I see both "vacuous" and "vacuously" on the list.
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3mo ago
In a vacuum the immigration pause might be innocuous. But put into context the other actions and statements from this administration and it tells a deeper story. Just think of it as the return of the 19th-century Know Nothings or the 1920s
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3mo ago
I think they might mean literally sailing. With sails.
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3mo ago
Oh, there's definitely a well-used star-shaped public toilet off the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.
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3mo ago
>What's the alternative really, seek advice from unsuccessful people? Seek advice from the averagely successful people, since that is statistically what you're most likely to be.
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They might have been too hyperbolic with the "living under a rock" comment, but at least in the US they're very much the latest health thing (among those with the money/access to get them). Health and Human Services Secr
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3mo ago
Just wanted to say I appreciate your comprehensive comments in this thread. Learned a lot.
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3mo ago
> but is missing critical components. The human spirit. When you read a real person's thoughts you can often intuit the thought processes that led them to write it which aids understanding. Or at least have a general idea of "w
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