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by inaros 7mo ago
I know deGrasse is apparently in private, a bit of a ahole, but in this case he is completely correct: https://youtu.be/t0Yqy_-PCfY https://youtu.be/IdjtK54Lprw?t=266
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by inaros 7mo ago
Folks...The US is effectively bankrupt with a 40 Trillion dollars debt in case you did not notice. The US Treasury is just a few minutes away from an economic event, that will force the US government to spend more than 70% to 80% of tax rev
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Prediction Markets Scaled to USD 21B in Monthly Volume in 2026(trmlabs.com)
2 points by inaros 7mo ago|0 comments
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by inaros 7mo ago
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWWUmuFDgqP/
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'No innocent children in Jenin', says Israeli MP after family killed(thenational.scot)
21 points by inaros 7mo ago|2 comments
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by inaros 7mo ago
Its a whole industry with hundreds of employees and thousands of bots: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47520761
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by inaros 7mo ago
>>People submit things they find interesting, and things they believe others will find interesting. I can hear the sounds of Kumbaya, My Lord.... this is a more realistic take: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752
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by inaros 7mo ago
You say there is no objectivity, but then you immediately appeal to consensus, Rotten Tomatoes scores, and whether the film achieved its goal :-)) Those are all attempts at objective measurement. You are using objective frameworks to argue
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by inaros 7mo ago
>> What is the purpose of "art": in general and/or particular works of it? What makes (a work of) 'art' 'good'? So many things...But anybody at The Juilliard School or Berklee College of Music can te
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by inaros 7mo ago
So funny people are downvoting you... https://astrobackyard.com/starnet-astrophotography/ “StarNet is a neural network that can remove stars from images in one simple step leaving only the background. More technically,
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by inaros 7mo ago
https://astrobackyard.com/starnet-astrophotography/ “StarNet is a neural network that can remove stars from images in one simple step leaving only the background. More technically, it is a convolutional residual net wi
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by inaros 7mo ago
The studios behind Project Hail Mary have documented histories of fake online promotion and the industry to do it again is booming. I don't have proof that Amazon MGM Studios is astroturfing HN or Reddit about Project Hail Mary. What I
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by inaros 7mo ago
>> They're a lot more real than CG/AI. Fine, but is still art photography with heavy processing. Not to criticize the amazing work of Rod Prazeres, who has now commented on this thread.
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by inaros 7mo ago
The stars were stripped out with neural network tools (StarNet++/StarXTerminator) at the studio request so text credits would read cleanly over them. The underlying nebula data is real, but removing every star from the field puts this
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by inaros 7mo ago
They are not real ... https://astrobackyard.com/starnet-astrophotography/
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by inaros 7mo ago
>> I'm curious how the starless versions are created. Its done with using dedicated astrophotography software (StarXTerminator). Example: https://astrobackyard.com/starnet-astrophotography/ So these are more
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by inaros 7mo ago
Again...dont confuse taste and quality: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519704
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by inaros 7mo ago
Dont disagree :-)
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by inaros 7mo ago
>>When it comes to the concept of entertainment? No. You are confusing taste and quality.... If there is no objectivity....then you would have no basis to explain why a film is better or worse than another, A student first iPhone sh
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by inaros 7mo ago
This is supposed to be a smart community..but you and at least at 30% here dont seem to be able to grasp, the OP is not the Astrophotographer.
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by inaros 7mo ago
>> Under the assumption that amazon has decided to astroturf on this niche tech news site Even Microsoft astroturfs here... Satya Nadella, Microsoft FY2019 Q1 earnings call [1]: “In fact, this morning, I was reading a news article in
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by inaros 7mo ago
The number of reviews are irrelevant. The nature and content of the reviews are highly relevant. Plus film critics are overwhelmingly white and male... https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/11/film-cr
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by inaros 7mo ago
That is how every investigation starts....
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by inaros 7mo ago
This is why the bad reviews are important and support my argument: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518428
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by inaros 7mo ago
>> HN runs on user-submitted posts. Its about the timing.
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by inaros 7mo ago
IMDB has it at a 8.5/10 I am happy we can agree those metrics mean nothing...
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by inaros 7mo ago
I do not deny that people enjoy it. I am saying that the film humor, dialogue, and emotional treatment strike me as pitched at a comparatively childish level.... ;-)
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by inaros 7mo ago
That is the kind of metric that got Trump elected....
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by inaros 7mo ago
>> This is about the worst methodology you could possibly use here. By the contrary. It is the absolutely best methodology. I am surprised you cant see why. You should do the same for hotel reviews or amazon products. Its about the CO
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by inaros 7mo ago
Did you watch the movie? Those reviews are manipulated... Do you believe in the concept of objectivity? Meaning some movies are Objectively better than others, some Reviews are Objectively better than other? If I bring a bunch of kids and t

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