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by gryfft 1y ago
I can think of a few regimes that would have a few reasons to be enthusiastic about these possibilities
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by gryfft 1y ago
They skip straight past steno typers to go deep on voice writing, but that's its own rabbit hole. Plover has been linked here a few times. Before health issues stalled her career, my wife got licensed to be a court reporter. It's
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by gryfft 1y ago
To wit, the three laws are actually a formulation of three laws of tool design : a tool must not harm its user; a tool must be fit for purpose and do what the user wishes, as long as that doesn't harm the user; and a tool should be st
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by gryfft 1y ago
https://archive.ph/S3GOj
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by gryfft 1y ago
An exemplary instance of hypertext fiction [1]. I adore this. There's so much going on here. Tragedy was an excellent choice for this experiment; horror using this technique would be really fun too. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia
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Weave Me Another Cocoon - a hypertext tragedy(serpentsquiggles.neocities.org)
3 points by gryfft 1y ago|1 comments
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by gryfft 1y ago
I haven't read the article yet, and I'm pre registering my feeling that this is flag-worthy for the same reason I would find credulous discussion of perpetual motion or ESP flag-worthy. Extraordinary claims, etc. I don't reca
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by gryfft 1y ago
(2023)
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by gryfft 1y ago
I don't think there's going to be any better time to start a company than right now. Focusing on building control and passive income will serve you better than trying to navigate the nightmares modern firms have turned into.
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by gryfft 1y ago
To avoid vexation, heed this exhortation: defecation and mastication at separate locations!
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by gryfft 1y ago
Your submission title is your chance to grab attention. Don't self-deprecate. Sell, or be prepared to get no clicks.
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by gryfft 1y ago
> [T]he precise alteration: a small piece of missing DNA responsible for the orange mutation, Barsh said, near the gene known as ARHGAP36. The mutation activates that gene, which gets specifically turned on in pigment cells where it is n
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by gryfft 1y ago
Previously submitted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44065944
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by gryfft 1y ago
Nominally at least partially AI generated, goes on for a long, long time, seems to devolve into stuff about aliens and gods.
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by gryfft 1y ago
I know it's 10^78 but I'm reminded of the old joke > Patient: "Give it to me straight, doc. How long do I have?" > Doctor: "Ten." > Patient: "Ten? Ten what? Years? Months? Weeks?" > Doctor
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by gryfft 1y ago
This article appears to be written by someone with no understanding of the value of soft skills. It encourages engineers to think derisively about their coworkers and the value of their work, especially if that work doesn't consist of
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by gryfft 1y ago
The data I can find doesn't support the assertion. > In the period between 2019 and 2022, 1,199 cyclists were killed in traffic accidents, with 42 percent of these accidents being caused by collisions with a passenger car or van. h
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by gryfft 1y ago
If we create dedicated tracks for these buses we could make them go even faster, and automating them would be so much simpler: you wouldn't even need steering! Someone should look into this.
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by gryfft 1y ago
It doesn't have to be AGI to have a major economic impact. It just has to beat enough extant CAPTCHA implementations.
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by gryfft 1y ago
Seems like another step change. The first time I ran a local LLM on my phone and carried on a fairly coherent conversation, I imagined edge inference would take off really quickly at least with e.g. personal assistant/"digital wai
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by gryfft 1y ago
I wonder how sharply this will roll back as anti-DEI initiatives pick up steam.
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by gryfft 1y ago
Oh, to be Madagascar.
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by gryfft 1y ago
I was actually looking for another piece of writing from Thompson, Khernigan, or Ritchie which I recalled had a marvelously simple description of the power of command language as a computer interface. I found this instead and didn't se
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The Unix Command Language (1976) [pdf](9lab.org)
2 points by gryfft 1y ago|1 comments
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by gryfft 1y ago
> Using fossilized T-Rex collagen as a blueprint, the production process will involve engineering cells with synthetic DNA, designed by The Organoid Company, which are then integrated into Lab-Grown Leather's Elemental-X™ product st
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by gryfft 1y ago
> something should be done about it Ah, but this is something, and therefore, it must be done [1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician's_syllogism
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by gryfft 1y ago
It's bad enough to make me wonder if the reason really does come down to Church politics. Sort of a way for the institution itself to clear its throat dryly before a return to traditional values.
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by gryfft 1y ago
> cheering on the Biden administration for doing similar things from the opposite angle What is the #1 thing you consider "a similar thing from an opposite angle?"
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by gryfft 1y ago
A stopped clock is right twice a day, but a running clock set to the wrong time is always wrong.
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by gryfft 1y ago
Close. Believing that truth exists is the greatest offense. Loyalty is the only meaningful virtue to this administration.

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