hugh-avherald

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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
I don't think this qualifies as a definition.
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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
I've experienced modest but significant improvements in speed using very basic pragma omp section style parallelizing of this sort of thing.
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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
Insurance is not gambling. It's the pooling of risk. Mistaking the two is a common error and leads people being confused about the word 'uninsurable'.
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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
It is possible that such a human wouldn't come up with anything new, even if they could.
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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
Isn't the entire purpose of Azure DevOps to be a sort of Jovian gravity well into which Microsoft marketing principles can be sucked into before they hit GitHub?
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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
Today, I asked a colleague to pass me a pen. Was that a egregiously simple task for such a powerful intelligence?
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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
In Australian English, this is known as "Section 10".
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by hugh-avherald 1y ago
(from the nearby toilet cubicle) "That's a right triangle, ya idiot!"
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Can you?
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Looks like mg was changed to a g, though I'd suggest even then the estimate is too high (but probably to the correct order of magnitude).
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
If "most people would understand the automation level to be 0%" then you can't represent that the automation level is something else, unless you're explicit about deviating from the commonly understood meaning of 'a
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Can we have one topic on hackernews that doesn't mention rust?
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
There are STAR and SID procedures that are 90% of what you're proposing. A pilot is at the top of descent and is told "Descend via the SID" which takes them to final approach. As a pilot, I am surprised by how important audio
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Setting a retention time out is playing with fire. If the police get ahold of the other party's device, and present an exhibit which they say contains the true conversation, you could be worse off than if you retained the conversation.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
The purpose of that engineering feature is to ensure the wings stay on.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
More they are trying to intimidate rival gangs, or extort protection money.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Electricity is basically how it was in the 19th century.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
The Korean Constitution says that once the legislature declares an end to martial law, the President "shall comply". The military has to obey the President's orders until that time though, and 'shall comply' has two
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Where is 'View'?
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
What do you mean by Hanlon's razor and Chesterton's fence ?
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
IANAL and jurisdictions differ but in general merely lying to the police is not illegal.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Hurdy gurdys with keyboards have been around long before then.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Why don't people just do this then? There's no overwhelming obligation on individuals to use the local timezone. I also think that your using the example of submarines -- notoriously an onerous lifestyle that very few are capable
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
What about legalizing losing money?
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
I like it. It's an excellent way to identify people who use the word 'learnings'.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Except that the insurance market is also flawed. For example, some payouts are capped by law. So it's likely that premiums are lower than they should be. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/01/18
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Power cables underwater are less controversial than power lines through e.g. farmland. https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/humelink-budget-trimmed... https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2024&#x2
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Your argument would apply to anything unlawful.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
Unfortunately, below average drivers do not always have the self-awareness or financial means to opt in to a state-of-the-art vehicle.
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by hugh-avherald 2y ago
While generally it's an advantage to keep information about your true military capability secret, for nuclear weapons it's the opposite.

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