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by eric_h 8y ago
here's video of the agent actually playing (linked in the paper): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msy82sIfprI
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by eric_h 8y ago
Yes. Brain fart.
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by eric_h 8y ago
I was once invited by (and paid for by) a billionaire investor in the company I worked for to a resort in the Bahamas patroned exclusively by the rich and famous. The extent of the service offered by the (mostly black, Bahamian staff) — app
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by eric_h 8y ago
Hunting helps fix a problem that, one could argue, was caused by hunting in the first place (the hunting of predators - wolves, mountain lions, etc.)
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by eric_h 8y ago
My problem with the motion activated office lights (at least the ones at the wework my company is located) is that you can't turn them off. The button appears to turn the lights off and disable the motion sensor for some (short) perio
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by eric_h 8y ago
LOL. The GP's first sentence really does read like a jeopardy clue.
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by eric_h 8y ago
VR games that allow you to physically move around are immersive in a way that is unprecedented, IMO, even with very simplistic graphics.
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by eric_h 8y ago
Ah, a sour :) I haven't tried that one, but I certainly approve.
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by eric_h 8y ago
I mean I'd put all of the beers you listed under the drinkable category - with Miller High Life marginally more flavorful than its compatriots in that list. Nevertheless I wouldn't call any of them good beer. Impressively consiste
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by eric_h 8y ago
I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that ;)
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by eric_h 8y ago
Just a guess, but I think s/he means it's got more than barley, hops and water in it, given their stated preference for pilsners and lagers. Perhaps they're a proponent of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re
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by eric_h 8y ago
I certainly didn’t wait til I turned 21. Going to bars was a big part of the social scene at my university, and fake ids were quite common.
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by eric_h 8y ago
Maintenance-only usually means deprecated. There are some areas in the software world where maintenance-only can last a long time and can be de facto LTS. The Kubernetes ecosystem is not one of them.
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by eric_h 8y ago
I agree that the keyboard doesn't have quite the same "snap" that it did when it was new, but I still honestly prefer it to the older MacBook keyboards. Whenever I type on one they feel so squishy in comparison.
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by eric_h 8y ago
I suppose. On the other hand if you type on every keyboard like it's an IBM Model M, any keyboard that isn't a high travel mechanical keyboard is going to be uncomfortable. I adjusted my typing style to fit the new MacBook keyboar
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by eric_h 8y ago
I'm sure a foreign intelligence service will be stopped by identification requirements...
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by eric_h 8y ago
> I found it quite painful to type on for more than about 20 minutes I keep hearing this. I've been using the new keyboard for > 1 yr and I literally have no complaints. I have adjusted my typing style to a bit lighter of a touch
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by eric_h 8y ago
My point was, in part, that education is an inadequate patch.
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by eric_h 8y ago
> The internet was not quite so bad before content recommendation engines. It was very much a "pull" experience, other than banner ads for porn and malware. Very true, and because of that the depth of the internet was not avail
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by eric_h 8y ago
> how are these any different than the standard appeal to emotion arguments that groups make in good faith? That's what's so fascinating about this. I don't see a reasonable way to prevent it from happening. The tools opti
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by eric_h 8y ago
> Or will it just be Facebook blocking them by way of policy? How do you even formulate the policy? Sure, you can ban/annotate the ads that are specifically about Clinton or Trump, but where do you draw the line? The fascinating thi
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by eric_h 8y ago
This is really a pretty fascinating example of psyops in the wild. Propaganda for both "tribes" assembled in opposition over various issues in order to sow more division between them. Imagery clearly designed to influence with emo
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by eric_h 8y ago
> Reminds me casinos with the help numbers for gambling addicts posted At least one of the problem gambling hotlines has an IVR option to redirect you to a hotel reservation system.
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by eric_h 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
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by eric_h 8y ago
Eh? The vast majority of bodegas in NYC take credit cards. Many have minimums, or charge a fee if you don't hit the minimum. But I've not been to a bodega in the last ~5 years that didn't accept credit cards in one form or an
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by eric_h 8y ago
> The problem is w2 employees (i.e. most of the workforce) get their taxes taken out of their paychecks automatically That's not a requirement, though. You can opt to have no taxes withheld and just pay what you owe in April. Of cou
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by eric_h 8y ago
> If I don't see your eyes I think you really mean if you don't make eye contact. Eye contact is a two-person activity. How does an autonomous car make eye contact with a person?
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by eric_h 8y ago
If the internet has taught us anything, it's that anything that facilitates conversation facilitates all types and styles of conversation. I'd posit that a more sophisticated inter-car communication system would add at least one
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by eric_h 8y ago
> back in college a friend of mine tuned his dorm piano - which are much harder to tune - using that technique I feel as though "much harder" to tune understates the difference between tuning a piano and a guitar considerably :
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by eric_h 8y ago
I didn't realize that most of the braking on landing was handled by the landing gear. I'd always assumed that the obvious sound of the engines reversing when we landed did most of the work, but some casual googling suggests that i

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