euroderf

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by euroderf 2mo ago
> 2. Joins are an unnatural way to dereference pointers. There's gotta be a simple & clear alternative to this obstruction. Maybe it just hasn't been invented yet.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
You make it sound like the DNC.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
When did it become socially acceptable to throw things out rather than repair them ? When did it become economically rational ? Helsinki (for one) needs some real repair cafés.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
You suggest that the market segment for frontier models is necessarily shrinking. But what if it's just a failure of imagination on the part of users ?
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by euroderf 2mo ago
Shirt folding is piker stuff. The acid test (imho) will be to cleanse a bathroom & shower (or tub) top to bottom. Sparkling and provably sterile. Special treatment for mold on fixtures and walls, and for leftover body stuff (blood, mucu
66.
by euroderf 2mo ago
"We're living in an attention economy." "So's your mom."
67.
by euroderf 2mo ago
Just wait. An A.I. will devise a formula for a real grey goo.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
Not to mention having all this on your permanent record.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
Those Three Laws of Robotics have a definite order.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
If this supply of high-value jobs still needs to meet demand, that is a pretty severe constraint on the supply.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
I like the emphasis on the development of the individual as a mentally co-ordinated cognitive whole. Carbon-based lifeforms gotta give the silicon-based a run for their money.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
I suspect that the nervous system acts as a distributed antenna for "picking up" other antennas.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
I for one believe consciousness will not happen without qualia,
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by euroderf 2mo ago
Not jesting! And, point taken. But it made me wonder. It was intentional (within the limits of intentionality for an infant) and repeated.
75.
by euroderf 2mo ago
The state of American math skillz.
76.
by euroderf 2mo ago
I always liked his observation that Disneyland was created in order to make the rest of America seem real.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
I remember reading about the Belts in the early 60s (IIRC). It most definitely spooked me. How will men (erm humans) ever get thru the Belts safely ? But then they disappeared from any and all discussions of spaceflight.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
My boy when very young (just months) went thru a phase where in the middle of the night he would suddenly sit bolt upright, swivel his head to scan the room, and then conk out again. This was not caused by noises. I found this reassuring an
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by euroderf 2mo ago
Analysis, analyses. Basis, bases. Many more.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
> Endnotes maximize disruption, the reader has to turn to the back of the book to find the end note, then return to what they were originally reading. This is why Tufte-style margin notes are so nice. It is effortless to scan them and ch
81.
by euroderf 2mo ago
I remember mentions of mascons during the Apollo missions. They were at the time a bit mysterious but their existence and influence were known.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
The wordless instructions are generally great, except in the occasional instance where there's a confusing panel or two. Has anyone ever seen an academic analysis of the visual "language" used ? Or even any articles about it,
83.
by euroderf 2mo ago
USA: Hyperdetailed electronic information about you does not belong to you. EU: Well, it sorta does, altho we're still working out the kinks.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
> the Unix path separator. Using the backslash: one of those incredibly idiotic things that caused untold misery and time waste further down the road. Future generations cursed the day.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
OT but... This reminds me of a classic Esquire Dubious Achievements Awards headline from the 1980s, "Man Drills 22 Holes in Head and Lives". It went on to tell how a man had committed suicide by drilling 23 holes in his head.
86.
by euroderf 2mo ago
At the U Chicago squash court reactor there were also people with buckets of boron solution at the ready.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
I think that any mother will tell you that once you've had a child, you never sleep the same. Some part of your mind is always listening.
88.
by euroderf 2mo ago
Terraforming: 80% complete...
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by euroderf 2mo ago
Pharmacies / chemists / drug stores in Finland use these. Disgorging drugs from the bowels of the building. Burglar-proofing, I assume.
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by euroderf 2mo ago
In polyglot Europe, all this stuff should be in pictograms... but isn't.

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