dtho

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by dtho 6d ago
Censorship can be used to monopolize the spread of misinformation.
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by dtho 28d ago
If you do not "have it" and you are unable to reproduce the imagery you see in your mind's eye using a pencil on paper, then that is clarifying. Whatever you consider to be visualization is not even close to the same as actua
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by dtho 29d ago
You would be able to reproduce the object very accurately, given enough time. You can simply continuously refine the drawing by comparing the drawing to the object.
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by dtho 29d ago
The ultimate test is having them draw a picture. If they can visualize imagery then they should be an excellent artist. If they are bad at drawing, then they must have aphantasia.
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by dtho 10mo ago
Each token affects the probabilities of subsequent tokens. Let's say you want the model to produce Python code, and you are using a grammar to force JSON output. The model wasn't trained on JSON-serialized Python code. It was trai
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by dtho 3y ago
The defining characteristic of science is that one can independently arrive at a logical conclusion by observing cause and effect. There is no belief or indoctrination necessary. Having faith in science is an oxymoron (although it's
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by dtho 3y ago
The constructor of std::string is constexpr in C++20. A runtime call to 'strlen' (or equivalent) can be optimized out by computing the string's length at compile time and initializing the object accordingly.
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by dtho 3y ago
In the absence of IDE features, you can't differentiate between value arguments and reference arguments unless you view the callee's prototype. Pointers do not have this problem.
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by dtho 3y ago
Another biblical example is Psalm 90:10: "Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away."
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by dtho 4y ago
Member functions have an invisible argument: the pointer to the C++ object. You can access this argument using the 'this' keyword. John Carmack describes pure functions like so: > Pure functions have a lot of nice properties. T
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by dtho 4y ago
The title of the linked article has a question mark, while the HN title does not.
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by dtho 4y ago
Anyone can create a fake 'seized' page.
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by dtho 4y ago
Sure, at this point. Yishan resigned from Reddit in 2014.
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by dtho 4y ago
Seems like he had it under control, and was recording it in order to publicize the problem and possibly get it fixed.
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by dtho 6y ago
Yes.
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by dtho 6y ago
Is it fair to assassinate someone's character by suggesting to millions of people that this someone is a criminal when they have not been found guilty in the court of law?
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by dtho 6y ago
That's the problem he's pointing out. The media doesn't attempt to portray reality objectively or truthfully whatsoever. They have gotten quite good at influencing our opinions without rationalizing those opinions.
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by dtho 6y ago
How does that make them very different? The latest version of the software is still exploitable in either case. In my opinion, that is why it's useful to call them 0-days until they are patched.
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by dtho 6y ago
It started out as a 0-day in 2012, and since it has remained unpatched, it continues to be called a 0-day. That is how it is commonly used.
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by dtho 6y ago
It's not only the speed. All of the timestamps of the files are even numbers, which is indicative of a FAT file system. > "The directory entry for the FAT file system only has a 5-bit field for storing the number of seconds in
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by dtho 7y ago
Why would the legality make this test invalid or unfair? Illegal things still happen. I have seen countless street signs with graffiti on them. I could see rebellious teenagers doing this on purpose without fully understanding or caring abo
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by dtho 8y ago
Are you criticizing LuaJIT rather than Lua? LuaJIT is a third party implementation of an older version of Lua (with cherry picked features from newer versions). A lot of this criticism is no longer valid for Lua. > lack of a separate in