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by findalex 4y ago
> Like bro, you want to do stuff with “diffusion models”? You don’t even know how to add two normal distributions together! You ain’t diffusing shit! This is funny. Great article with lots of truth.
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by findalex 4y ago
- Everyone wants affordable housing (lets find ways to bet on it) - NINJA loans, swaps, CDOs, etc. - housing markets collapses
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by findalex 4y ago
What does science have to do with truth? I thought it was a process of supporting hypotheses with observations?
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by findalex 4y ago
What is Congress.
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by findalex 4y ago
Capitalism has nothing to say about massive government contracts and subsidies following to these people from tax payer pockets.
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by findalex 4y ago
Pure luck is everyone in London believing you when you tell them the battle of Waterloo is going the other way. Or is this the lack of any virtue?
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by findalex 4y ago
LARP for billionaires.
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by findalex 4y ago
I'm probably a cynic, but it feels intellectually dishonest.
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by findalex 4y ago
Haven't read but I'm gonna guess they don't consider federal law enforcement "police".
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by findalex 4y ago
Thanks for the correction - I was in fact talking about those two versions. I’m glad no one was putting the most recent Ben Hur dumpster fire over the classic.
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by findalex 4y ago
The prequel back-flipping Yoda version. This all sounds horrible but at least it will give RLM something to tear apart.
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by findalex 4y ago
> Some remakes are better (Wizard of Oz, Ben Hur) I'll have to disagree :). The only remake that was better to the original is John Carpenter's "The Thing".
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by findalex 4y ago
This is why I think nudging must work on some level. What are trends, advertising, fads, etc. if not nudges? Is the existence of an intelligent nudger required or can the hive nudge itself?
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by findalex 4y ago
This is how general research works. For better or worse.
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by findalex 4y ago
> For a reality check, consider that 1/8th of respondents said they would be willing to commit political violence themselves and 7.1% of respondents said they'd be willing to kill someone over politics. God help us. It's
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by findalex 4y ago
Seems like Capital One was punished by the feds. Now they are punishing the hacker.
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by findalex 4y ago
It's a mental health / crime crisis on which we have long since punted. Also, by only talking about "assault weapons" and rifles, are we able to totally ignore Battlefield Chicago and the pistol related deaths/injur
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by findalex 4y ago
Are these devices even technically legal to operate in the USA? I thought 433mhz was reserved for exactly what you say - tags for shipping containers. If you use a LoRa devices in the USA I think you are supposed to be >~850mhz.
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by findalex 4y ago
Pro tip: A+B will detonate a remote-mine (no need to switch to the watch).
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by findalex 4y ago
The natural diffusion of propaganda is one thing, can't escape that really - but now broadcasting it from a source "Americans trust" is the really damaging part.
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by findalex 4y ago
Exactly. The justification being the enemy is everywhere, so we need to propagandize EVERYONE. To be fair to Obama, the act was slid into a NDAA. What's he gonna do, not sign it? A great read on the topic: "Apple Pie Propaganda
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by findalex 4y ago
League of Nations all over again.
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by findalex 5y ago
amazing!
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by findalex 5y ago
magit alone is almost worth the price of admission.
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by findalex 5y ago
Only takes a few generations to forget this.
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by findalex 5y ago
I get the living day lights scared out of me at least twice a day (by my gf) while working with headphones on. Light is perfect.
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by findalex 5y ago
> caused a vibration throughout the observatory. I hope there won't be vibrations during the launch of the rocket.
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by findalex 5y ago
Imagine having the replacement gold reflector dish in storage somewhere.
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by findalex 5y ago
> It certainly could happen more often.... We would then be constantly facing a new pathogen. If? Isn't this how contagious respiratory diseases always work?
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by findalex 5y ago
This is what makes me think the warp drive is a no go here. The interactions between these surfaces are already described by QM without needing to appeal to negative energy.

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