forlorn_mammoth

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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
It is very interesting to compare tiktok in China to the US. > In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” a tech expert stated that the U.S. version of TikTok — a Chinese-owned social media platform — is different than the Chinese version o
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
question is _why_ are you bringing it on your run? the OP says they want their run to be time away from the phone. Not just because it is too difficult to carry physically. Ok, you don't want to fork out for another device just for run
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
What is also interesting is that the only sector thad added jobs was health care.
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
The two hang together. You campaign in your state to legalize something. Some other state, where you have very little influence, goes the other way. It isn't just cannabis. what if the law categorizes abortion as felony/murder? wh
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
> I don't think a few years is enough to erase all trace of human intervention Appreciate you stating your assumptions. you might be interested in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us > The Wor
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
> an interviewer can't confirm basic knowledge of data structures and algorithms agreed. However, as I read the parent's post, they did not immediately see that DFS was an acronym for a basic algorithm. Given their implied back
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
also the canonical example of a commodity. Basically the claim that all units are fully fungible.
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
wholesale destruction of almost every biome. Overfishing (where 'fish' means anything that swims) with methods that destroy both the fish and the ecosystem-- have you ever considered what a trawler net destroys as it is dragged ov
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
Didn't we also create a very large internal jobs program to 'enforce immigration law'? instead of creating a very large internal jobs program to build/repair fundamental infrastructure? Such a waste. The ROI from 'b
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
Wait, how about an infinite speedup? A friend of mine couldn't code, and now he can. So he is infinity-x better at coding thanks to LLMS! Take that, you mere 10x-ers! Your days are toast!
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
> how agents do the same (far less mathematically) to seek an acceptable solution to software problems, except that there is no gradient towards 'better' software, at least not in a mathematical sense.
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
hey, if you really are interested in the tower of babel story and what it is doing in there, I highly recommend this podcast: https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-001-the-tower-of-ba... Scholarly work, not preachy. by &
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
I read the metaphor differently. Doesn't invalidate your view, and I see that your view better captures the day to day experience. I read the author as saying that his mind is being fracked, with all the implicit destruction that opera
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
From the article > Graduates take an average of 5.6 months to land a job in the UK. This is almost 2 months longer than the national average also noting the average includes, at the fast end, > Job Average time to get a job (months) &
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by forlorn_mammoth 2mo ago
dopamine fracking. https://igerman.cc/blog/dopamine-fracking/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440792
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
> breed much more easily. Humans seem to be forgetting this step. Birthrates are down
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
sorry you experience it as demotivating. I think this is because your expectation of who has what responsibility is not aligned with workplace expectations. The thing is, your manager has to fill in some paperwork and other admin processes
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
wait, so the device has "good" blocks and "worn out" blocks... sounds like a binary format to me, maybe you could encrypt the data in that format... You can ship my genius award to me at X..x>X..X.
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
> You were physically tethered to them through invisible waves through the sky We've got a thing, and that's a-called radar love We've got a wave in the air... Radar love
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
> Don't forget this [emacs] is a text editor, not an IDE or some general purpose automation harness How familiar are you with Emacs?
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
> deterioration of international shipping routes like a closing of a certain straight that was essential for a large percentage of a necessary resource?
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
I press 1 on my microware. It starts to run for 1 minute. I press 99 on my microwave. It starts to run for 99 seconds. 1 minute < 99 seconds.
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
> Technology has advanced enough that analog clocks have joined polaroid cameras and vinyl records assumption digital 'more advanced' than analog. unclear. How digital more 'advanced'? Is regression, not advance. Anal
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
I appreciate you being upfront about the depth of your knowledge. Regenerative farming and/or permaculture offer ways to run industrial-scale agriculture without the monoculture. See i.e. https://peercommunityjournal.org&#x2
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
fortunately, there is a lot of evidence behind plant's feeling and thinking; enough so that if you were to expose yourself to it, and if you were willing to update your beliefs based on strong scientific evidence, I believe you'd
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
might depend how different the codes are. could be a really expensive retrofit. Residential and office put different stresses on infrastructure.
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
Wait, you seriously believe the point of all entertainment is addiction? As in, the only form of entertainment that society should (or does) offer should be specifically designed to trigger as much addictive behavior as possible? I can see
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
I respect your humility, and agree that you have an insight. what I am curious about is how you would think about valuing these companies? Let's take it for a given that they are data and capital flywheels, and that this flywheel drive
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
Alas, the teachers are typically pretty hampered by policies they cannot control. They are not the thing to blame. It's system thinking all the way down.
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by forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
"Your are a helpful/less assistant" Give it a try. 4 letter difference. Add a few 100 tokens describing the task, such that the change becomes a tiny fraction of the input. Discontinuities everywhere.

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