ecocentrik

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by ecocentrik 1y ago
Why not just start a new notebook/vault? Notetaking systems are all imperfect and it's best not to throw a fit every time you run into those imperfections.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
> but it is probable that the high IQ individual has a better model of the predators, spiders, snakes and environment in general. In a hostile environment a lack of prior experience or a lack of guidance with prior experience can mean de
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
It's probably too late now. Tbag's financial philosophy has been that everything in his pocket is his. This has historically included all unpaid contracts, all campaign contributions and large segments of the US budget. I don&#x27
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
For the same reason that nonprofit consumer advocacy and safety organizations like Consumer Reports and the Center for Auto Safety exist. Lobbyists and wealthy private individuals exert a lot of influence over the operations of publicly fun
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
I doubt this technique could be used with heavy impasto paintings. Wouldn't the film have to sit on a mostly flat image to work correctly? Otherwise it would cast shadows between the painting and the film. 3d printing impasto does soun
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
It changes the medium. Even if it works perfectly, doesn't alter luminosity and perfectly preserves the art under the wrap, it's still shrink wrapped art and alters the experience of viewing the work.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
My point was to make that distinction between an masterpiece and an epic while still showing that Andor holds up against some of the most celebrated epics ever created. Comparing it to My Cousin Vinny is ridiculous. You should be comparing
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
Your pedantry probably requires a rewatch. I also think "masterpiece" is a heavy term to throw around but the emotional impact of the this series and the complexity of its narrative as it catalogs a hero's journey from reluct
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
Protest = statement of objection. Visual artists are protesting by exploring legal solutions for economic recompense for the use of their work in training and inference. It's clear they see neural nets a mechanism for copying and modif
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
The Feynman voice would be great. I've been using it for non-fiction audio books and it works so well.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
Is that religion or that just a popular social sentiment held by religious individuals and communities? I understand how it might be hard to tell the difference with heavily fractured Christian sects. Are pastors writing theological treatis
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
It's not just communism that celebrates the heroism of work. Providing for your family is viewed as a heroic act across civilizations. People speak of the sacrifices they make for their families. For most children, parents are their fi
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
This is not a new product. This is new marketing targeting the segment of graphic designers that continue to work without the use of generative AI and are concerned about their intellectual property rights being violated. They're just
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
You also can't really stop the protests. People will be displaced from highly specialized skills that some spent a lifetime developing. Jobs that gave their lives meaning, financial security and a sense of community and accomplishment.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
"Last Train Home" was used in a popular supermarket chain (Publix) commercial in the 1990s. I'm pretty sure it was one of Pat's most commercially successful songs. The album, "Still Life", is great.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
A willingness to die for his claim would be a meaningful addition to the resolution criteria.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
Fair resolution is the single biggest issue with prediction markets. I don't see how a market resolution based on the occurrence of a supernatural event isn't a problem.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
- The world is getting worse, not better. There is limited use in improving society. That sounds like 19th century fire and brimstone revivalism. Most Christians are not that nihilistic. The sects that survive and flourish tend to be those
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
The discussion in Polymarket revolves around the trustworthiness of the market creator and their resolution criteria. Any discussion here that doesn't consider those things is missing the forest for the trees. The market isn't rea
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
That doesn't explain why doctors that see themselves as top earners didn't have a problem banding together. Social organization doesn't require unions in socialist/communist sense. It can also be accomplished through oth
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
HN is obviously not the right forum for the skill value dilution discussion but not seeing deep discussion about responsible LLM usage from developers or major software companies is really troubling. If Microsoft is stupid enough to dogfood
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
It's hard to find anything wrong with your conclusions except that you're leaving out the part where they're trying to automate our contributions to devalue our skills. I'm surprised there isn't a movement to halt t
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
They had to transfer gold, US dollars or other physical assets to finance their operations before which made them significantly more vulnerable and restricted. Sending crypto to your family is a temporary solution to the problem of the klep
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
- repatriating and distributing cartel drug money - paying/receiving bribes - bypassing international sanctions to finance wars There's a lot of uses for cryptocurrency and only a very small fraction are good for individuals.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
Cryptocurrency also empowers kleptocrats, dictators and warmongers to bypass sanctions and international banking controls, making it more likely that politically and economically oppressive states will thrive and persist for longer. The ben
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
And it will very likely lead to issues with financing films. Many films these days are shot in multiple locations and use foreign financing, tax breaks and subsidies, sometimes accepting funds from multiple countries.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
To be fair, Americans have the same problem. The US justice system does not perfectly mirror the Hollywood justice system and jurors are constantly reminded of this when they're called to serve on US juries.
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
Hollywood made a few anti-fascist, anti-Nazi exploitation movies last year with big name actors and directors. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Freaky Tales are two that stand out. Hollywood is pro queer, pro minority and pro free
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
> It's pretty clear at this point that it's others behind the curtain running this show. It doesn't matter who else is running the show in his name in the same way that it didn't matter who else was running the Biden
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by ecocentrik 1y ago
I'm surprised it wasn't the government sanctioned haircut.

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