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   by graypegg 3y ago

   Why would I use duolingo if it has about the same product as opening google translate, moving the target language side off the screen, typing in some inane sentence, guessing what it says, and revealing. You take a product that had the USP
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   Thanks for that, made my morning coffee reading routine a little less anxiety inducing. /genuine It’s nice to read about serious problems with a sense of optimism that don’t downplay the problem.
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   I don’t use the hide button much on this site but I think I’ll make better use of it this year. Things like this ruin my day if I read thru them. Yes, things are bad. I don’t think that painting the bleakest, most depressing mental image po
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   This article is definitely hamming it up to fill an article about a single line in a change log. I don’t know if anyone is emotional about this. At worst maybe someone is vaguely annoyed that they will have to change their workflow that inv
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   Yeah to be fair, any bacterium has us beat on fecundity and energy waste!
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   I didn’t think of that point! That’s worth mentioning. I wish we knew more about the video training method they mention.
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   Humans are a pretty good design for a multi-cellular organism that uses energy as efficiently as possible to breed as much as possible. Definitely not the most profitable venture for a robotics company though, unless they’re in the robot po
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   Do keep in mind that a comparison like that doesn’t suppose the null case, where someone dusts their own home for free, loads the dishwasher, and trains the kid AI to clean up their own messes with thoughtfully deployed apple-sauce-snack-ba
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   by graypegg 3y ago

   You’re conflating what I’m saying about human-styled robots, and the reality of humanoid robots. We’ve been making bipedal, two armed, dexterous robots for a while now, to varying levels of success. They don’t tend to obsess over the slick
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Efficiency wins out over sci fi coolness, every time. You’re totally right IMO. When it comes to most tasks, I normally care about the task being done, and done to some acceptable level of quality. Hiring someone gives me that for a fractio
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    I understand where you’re coming from, but I’m more so pushing back on the added cost and complexity of human elements NOT required by the built environment, or are even detrimental to it even acting like a human. There are not many tasks t
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    But doesn’t that make the value in these human-y robots, simply impressing humans? I’m fine with theatrics and awe being the main purpose, but it’s really just the front end to get humans speaking to a hunk of metal without feeling weird. W
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Why does every hype-funded general purpose robot (Tesla bot, this robot) NEED to be shaped like a human. I get that our built environment is designed for humans, and some sci-fi loving part of me loves it. But it feels like theatrics. Bosto
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    I think the thing they want to communicate here is the training method. Rather than a pick and place tool path, this is just trained on videos of someone using a coffee machine, and imitating that. Which… now that I think about it… is proba
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    “Riddled” has a tinge of negativity to it. I would say it’s actually a useful thing, “level” is a count of abstraction layers relative to the abstraction you’re familiar with. It’s more just a way to communicate some personal responsibility
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    I quite like the licensing trick Nintendo used on the gameboy as an example of this. [0] Essentially, the gameboy expected a bitmap of the Nintendo logo to be present on the cartridge rom, and was shown on screen at boot. It had to match a
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    I am still so amazed by how well some songs can stitch together! https://jukebox.davi.gq/api/site/expand/bnXJFjQIAA/redirect
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Yeah, I was disappointed there wasn't example pairings with the result on another page or something just so I could give it a try! Every example is paired with info about how it was perturbed right next to it.
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    I would love to see some different concepts for RSS reader UI. The left pane with a big list of feeds, and a vertical list of articles does work but I think there's room to expand there. A more passive newspaper-grid layout would be co
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Compression possibly? I'm seeing .webps on the paper. Putting them into webpinfo gives me: File: /.../41467_2023_40499_Fig3_HTML.png.webp RIFF HEADER: File size: 671810 Chunk VP8 at offset 12, length
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    One thing I'd be curious about is how many of these perturbations can you stack up? A picture of a cat still retains an obvious cat-ness to humans, even when it's been tainted by "truck-ness", but they're slightly m
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Laura Kampf is new to me, and right up my alley! Subscribed! Mattias Wandel for the woodworking channels list as well!
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    He's not dead! His other projects are worth a look. Different kinds of content, but same creative spark.
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Posy!! I can't believe I forgot him on my list! +1 Same with casual navigation! Have I ever worked on or piloted a boat? No. But will I watch little 10min explainer videos about bilge pumps and anchor chains? Definitely.
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=r_LG8FDt51U&t=59 And I already have a subscription, right here!
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    I would love a monthly “Where cool things are” post on here. Kind of like the Who’s Hiring post, but simply for listing channels, blogs, people etc. No specific works that would be better served by a regular post, but a comment with [name]
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    YouTube has been trying to constantly recommend me BobbyBroccoli for a while! I’ll give it a go on your recommendation, thanks!
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Part of me misses watching Daily Planet after school. Mythbusters on weekends. How It’s Made too! There’s some gems from that channel in the 00s that got me excited about engineering. I definitely wouldn’t sell them short either.
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Answer in Progress - a bit of everything, personal favourite right now! Simone Giertz - engineering EEVBlog - engineering ElectroBoom - engineering Technology Connections - stories about technology Cathode Ray Dude - stories about technolog
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    by graypegg 3y ago

    Dr. Brady Haran really hit this perfect balance with his channels. Each one has a perfect niche.