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by jakear 3y ago
In fact, we’ve defaulted many times in the past, but nobody seems to care about that. The treasury secretary indeed lied through her teeth about it, as did the WH press secretary. But of course, the media talking point is to blame Republica
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by jakear 3y ago
This is most assuredly false: while (state !== STOP): read = TAPE[index] [state, write, dir] = TABLE[read, state] TAPE[index] = write index = index + dir
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by jakear 3y ago
> there is absolutely no chance If you hold Faith in the axiom "the universe was initialized homogeneously and propagated untampered thereafter", perhaps. Plenty of axioms for which "there is absolutely no chance we are n
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by jakear 3y ago
Any reference for that? Based on the wiki it has 128 bits of security against length extension. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2
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by jakear 3y ago
Ya, SHA384 is the way to go. By discarding some bits, the internal state isn’t public and length extension becomes impossible.
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by jakear 3y ago
I’m an inhabitant and it’s meaningless to me. What about it holds meaning to you?
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by jakear 3y ago
Still haven’t seen a mechanism by which we can export entropy at hypernatural rates. Which is all I’ve been asking for, in multiple sub threads. But sure, pop off on the metaphors. They truly showcase your heightened intellect. We should al
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by jakear 3y ago
What is the mechanism by which excess energy is used to permanently sequester/export entropy?
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by jakear 3y ago
The earth has a certain amount of energy sequestered. The sun provides a certain (constant) amount additional per year. Black body radiation emits a certain (variable, proportionate to temperature, perhaps) amount per year. Everything else
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by jakear 3y ago
“I know the answer but I’m so smart that I won’t explain it” is equally useless.
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by jakear 3y ago
I’m asking for a mechanism by which we might export entropy. Understanding, of course, that it’s only kicking the can down the road.
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by jakear 3y ago
I may have missed your point, was it praying to the almighty god “black body radiation”?
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by jakear 3y ago
So you’re saying we’re doomed to an increasingly unpredictable and disorderly existence, regardless of our actions? I agree.
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by jakear 3y ago
And does our specific position on that gradient matter, at all? Again, I’d love to hear your explanation of how we’re exporting this entropy. Black body radiation? I don’t think that’ll be enough.
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by jakear 3y ago
Explain what about thermodynamics allows for a closed system to progress forward in time without increasing disorder please. Or are you proposing we export the disorder to outer-space? If so that’s a plan I’d love to hear.
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by jakear 3y ago
Looks interesting, I used to work on the vscode team, lmk if there’s anything I might help with.
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by jakear 3y ago
It should be possible to allow access to all files, or allow picking a single file. The weird intermediary where I need to first select that I don’t want to allow access to all files, then select the files I do want (the single file I’m pos
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by jakear 3y ago
Would be a lot more interesting if they got rid of the awful “select which photos the app can access” flow and just forced apps to use the system picker.
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by jakear 3y ago
This is true. Easy verification: hold your phone still and take a photo of a tree at some distance. Go to “key photo” selection scrubber. Zoom in on leaves. Scrub. Observe the quality significantly decreases when not on the preselected posi
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by jakear 3y ago
No, you think I know I’m right. That’s you projecting your biases onto my argument. Don’t do that, it makes for uninteresting discussions.
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by jakear 3y ago
Such as Australia, where they are a “native” species ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicum_effusum )? You’re proving the point you don’t want to be.
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by jakear 3y ago
> a toxic weed That’s two very loaded terms to apply to an organism which has done nothing more than find a niche in which it excels. Do you have any justification at all to support the slander, aside from the juvenile mantra “native=goo
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by jakear 3y ago
Ah. The non-sequitur approach to debate. Charming. If you can’t see the difference between allowing a plant to naturally spread and mass murder, I pray for those around you.
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by jakear 3y ago
It is important, when ironically agreeing with someone, that the pseudo-agreement expresses your supposed shortcomings. Otherwise you’re just legitimately agreeing, but snarkily (and weakly).
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by jakear 3y ago
Indeed it is. Every biological renaissance in known history was preceded by a mass extinction event.
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by jakear 3y ago
I brought up the Juniper as an example of a species that, while native, is handled like a “weed”, and subject to expensive taxpayer funded burn-based removal efforts. This was to rebuke the claim the undereducated love to make of “native=go
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by jakear 3y ago
> ask google maps for directions and then drive somewhere else Alright that was pretty funny. For the rest of it, if all you’re going to do is be mad about making the same (unsupported) “the only correct action is that which minimizes dE
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by jakear 3y ago
The cultural river is turbulent and swift.
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by jakear 3y ago
Ah yes, the American “if you have hobbies, eat, separate work life from home, and don’t stay in the office all night — you must be unhappy” mindset.
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by jakear 3y ago
Every organism alive today out-competed some “native” organism to get there, that isn’t an issue. The 2nd point is the only relevant point, and it’s weak as can be.

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