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by dqpb 5y ago
“123 years from now, these images will be transmitted on a vast world wide information network. These small windows into your life will make impressions on the minds of thousands of future strangers across the globe. And incredibly, the mag
902.
by dqpb 5y ago
I understand your sentiment. Back when Coursera first started I took a class where 10 minutes into the first lecture the teacher said something like “This is the basic 3rd year calculus you did in highschool”. This was discouraging because
903.
by dqpb 5y ago
Now do the other study - where on the Internet were these things first talked about.
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by dqpb 5y ago
> _statistically_ speaking, top tier STEM schools do have way more smarter students per my experience Which is it, statistical or anecdotal?
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by dqpb 5y ago
> Your idiosyncratic definition … is privileged and shitty So you’re not saying it’s wrong, you’re just saying it’s offensive? It’s not that idiosyncratic [0], though even if it were, appeal to the masses is a fallacy. > If anyone oth
906.
by dqpb 5y ago
Are you suggesting I don’t believe racism is real? I think you’re confused.
907.
by dqpb 5y ago
> Race as the body type exists in the same sense car models exist Really? How many body types are there?
908.
by dqpb 5y ago
I would argue that “Who gets to define what’s ‘racist’?” is a technical question.
909.
by dqpb 5y ago
Wikipedia has a reasonable summary: > Modern science regards race as a social construct, an identity which is assigned based on rules made by society. While partially based on physical similarities within groups, race does not have an in
910.
by dqpb 5y ago
That just reinforces how meaningless the concept is.
911.
by dqpb 5y ago
I’ll take a stab at it. A racist is somebody who believes in race.
912.
by dqpb 5y ago
No I didn’t.
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by dqpb 5y ago
Nope. Building a startup is almost completely opposite to playing the lottery.
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by dqpb 5y ago
Look at it from the point of view of the majority non-abusive parents: This can only increase the risk that their children will be taken away from them. This includes Apple employees.
915.
by dqpb 5y ago
Mocking inventors for the challenges they cross along the way tends to not age well.
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by dqpb 5y ago
> you can't really write software without bugs Formal verification
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by dqpb 5y ago
One of the things I like about my local install of vscode is that it doesn’t burn cash. If I have to hop into a meeting, or take a lunch break, or take a shower, I don’t have to ask myself “Oh, did I forget to turn off my IDE?”.
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by dqpb 5y ago
Much easier than shutting down misinformation. In other news, of you want to reduce the number of new Covid cases, all you have to do is stop counting!
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by dqpb 5y ago
If you train a transformer (ala GPT3) on narrative content specific to a niche community, I suspect you could generate manifesto-like narrative canons that strongly resonate with members of the community. A kind of “flag generator”.
920.
by dqpb 5y ago
Exactly!
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by dqpb 5y ago
I try to avoid commenting on downvotes, but I’m really curious to know. For those downvoting me, what is your job?
922.
by dqpb 5y ago
Do you think they should reduce salary for people who have paid off their mortgage? Those people also have lower cost of living.
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by dqpb 5y ago
If I take a picture of my adorable toddler playing naked in a sprinkler in the backyard and CPS calls that child porn and takes him away from me, that's a false positive. I don't know much about abusers, but my hunch is that they
924.
by dqpb 5y ago
> Of course, removing children from danger is often removing them from their parents / legal guardians, which comes with its own set of risks. What number of false positives would you tolerate?
925.
by dqpb 5y ago
Child protective services will have a field day with this. Take away all the children!
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by dqpb 5y ago
I think it’s interesting that they’re all going to New Zealand, recently found to be one of the best places to live during the impending collapse of human civilization.
927.
by dqpb 5y ago
You know who is interested in ants - other ants.
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by dqpb 5y ago
How embarrassing to work for a company that is trying to undermine progress because they are too incompetent to be part of the progress.
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by dqpb 5y ago
Don’t you need two decimals to disambiguate? Otherwise it might just be a float.
930.
by dqpb 5y ago
It’s important to diversify.

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