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by hnfong 2y ago
The other comment (sibling of the one you replied to) already quoted the entire tweet. (Yes it's short and snarky.)
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by hnfong 2y ago
[party pooping] It would have been better delivery if you said " a Nobel prize" instead of " the ".
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by hnfong 2y ago
> Neural networks are used in tons of data pipelines for physics experiments With this argument you could even say Bill Gates should get an award for inventing Windows and popularized the desktop computer... Or at least Linus Torvalds si
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by hnfong 2y ago
I am a conscious thinking rock. (kinda)
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by hnfong 2y ago
Even plain ol' HTTP (no S) is slowly dying. And if you boot up a machine from 10+ years ago, many sites won't work because they require TLS1.2+. Nothing lasts forever :-/
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by hnfong 2y ago
But they are already delegating teaching (of undergrad level at least) to people who generally aren't interested in teaching...
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by hnfong 2y ago
It seems pilots are actually going to be great at meditation. Or maybe the other way round! Master meditators could be great at piloting as well..
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by hnfong 2y ago
Also relevant https://xkcd.com/1683/
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by hnfong 2y ago
I haven’t owned anything on blockchain in my life. But I’m not so sure the naysayers are right about blockchain though. The ecosystem is still growing and apparently replacing cash in countries that don’t have a functional currency system.
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by hnfong 2y ago
> But the weaker conclusion that you can't simply assume that two completely different systems that exhibit the same observable behavior must use the same mechanism to achieve that behavior does strike me as compelling. Functionalis
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by hnfong 2y ago
It's possible that wine is more "backwards compatible" than the latest version of Windows though. And while wine doesn't run everything, at least it doesn't circumvent security measures put in place by the OS...
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by hnfong 2y ago
While you're absolutely correct, I think it is interesting to note that your argument could also have applied to the HTTP protocol itself, given how widely HTTP is used. However , in reality, the people/forces pushing for HTTP2 a
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by hnfong 2y ago
I've always thought the myth came from the fact/rumor that Netflix paid above FAA(N?)G rates for engineers...
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by hnfong 2y ago
I'm not sure I get your point -- it looks like you're starting from the conclusion that people do have free will, which of course does not create problems I mentioned. What I was trying to say is that if one believes determinism i
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by hnfong 2y ago
Humans are probably the most unpredictable beings the crows have seen. How would they ever know you're not a threat for sure? Usually, it's hard for a human to kill another (unless with a lethal weapon and lots of intention), but
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by hnfong 2y ago
Law is one practical aspect of free will that people generally don't talk much about. For example, criminal law generally assumes people have free will, and thus should be responsible for their actions. If we take the stance that peopl
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by hnfong 2y ago
The scenario you described is what myth, tradition, fiction and science are all telling me these days. It's not even for SciFi movies now, with VR tech and assuming we have a couple order of magnitude more compute, it's actually
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by hnfong 2y ago
embrace, extend, experiment, exacerbate, exclude, enshittify, extinguish
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by hnfong 2y ago
I guess you have a point, but I think the specifics depend on jurisdiction. That said, the defense can say whatever they want about what they perceive as selective prosecution... but how do they know? It's not like they would have more
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by hnfong 2y ago
That's why startups need to get Silicon Valley VC investment so that the VCs can lobby Washington on their behalf with <del>protection money</del> political donations and avoid this crap.
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by hnfong 2y ago
> or from a country you plan to personally visit Until you wanted to visit a small country on vacation and forgot you ignored their court order 4 years ago. Or you visit some random country and didn't check the extradition treaties
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by hnfong 2y ago
The motivations for arresting/prosecuting a person does not usually come up in a trial. Trials usually just present evidence of why this person is supposed to be convicted/guilty, but seldom give insight to the broader picture o
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by hnfong 2y ago
Maybe because tech is responsive. In most cases the time required to compile, run and test code is a couple minutes. A couple hours at worst. The immediate gratification is really attractive for ADHD people. ^ This was what I intended to co
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by hnfong 2y ago
"Just effort" is a curious way to put it. Even for talented people, learning a skill to a high level takes years. Mere mortals don't really have that many years of free time. Choosing a path that one seems talented at is us
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by hnfong 2y ago
Right, and there is a well-known correlation between IQ and life expectancy/mortality rate....
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by hnfong 2y ago
That's just wrong, because if it's true I could do the exact reverse and earn money with probability of 1....
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by hnfong 2y ago
If We closely guard this secret instead of telling people on online forums, We could gaslight people into thinking they are at fault for not being good enough at math. Then We mathematize everything that can be mathematized in higher educat
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by hnfong 2y ago
I wonder how many of these "work ethic" stories are just undiagnosed ADHD stories in disguise... I mean, this is the second time I see ADHD mentioned in this thread, and the story of somebody who just can't keep focus study f
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by hnfong 2y ago
Which law enforcement? I've always been under the impression that as long as your country has your back, you can refuse law enforcement requests claiming their government or their laws are bad so you don't have to comply.
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by hnfong 2y ago
I can corroborate GP's claim. I've used AdBlock at home, but at work my Youtube main page has a persistent ad that's like what GP described. Location: Hong Kong with an office network that presumably VPNs to USA.

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