jonathanlb

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by jonathanlb 2y ago
> Does preservation of a living culture take priority over the wellbeing of its members? Perhaps a culture is something that can be decommissioned humanely. This is problematic. Who, but the members of a living culture, can determine any
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by jonathanlb 2y ago
One use case could be improving navigation directions. Right now, map apps provide granular, step-by-step instructions that include unnecessary details, such as how to exit your own neighborhood. AI could provide more human-oriented directi
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by jonathanlb 2y ago
My holy grail would be Winamp on iPhone: one screen just for the classic player, another for the equalizer, one for the list of tracks, and one for the visualizer.
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by jonathanlb 2y ago
In the private sector, OKRs and KPIs are used to track performance and provide metrics on whether a company is meeting its goals. Boards review these metrics and decide on additional investments based on thorough cost/benefit analyses.
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by jonathanlb 2y ago
I'm more of a music person partly because my severe hearing loss makes me strain to focus on lyrics, akin to searching for Waldo on a busy page. Even though I've grown to appreciate and learn the lyrics of songs I enjoy, such as &
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by jonathanlb 2y ago
> based on current polls Citation needed. Current polls indicate that "[t]wo-thirds of the public, including majorities of Democrats (86%) and independents (67%), support a law guaranteeing a federal right to abortion." Source:
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by jonathanlb 2y ago
Regrettably, SMS campaigning appears to be the new norm, as both major political parties are utilizing it. The calculation seems to be that the advantages outweigh the drawbacks. Therefore, I don't believe a bad actor would utilize it
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
In that case, the onus here is on the private companies supplying these data.
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
If it's a data-labeling platform, then Scale AI's days may be numbered, and micro-taskers abroad might see themselves out of a job.
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
The restaurant downstairs, the Sala Gastronómica, is also worth visiting. It's considered another gallery where traditional regional dishes are served up. I tried sautéed escamoles (ant eggs) here for the first time. Tasty!
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
> but you're not going to be able to do it full time, so the quantity and quality is far lower. This is totally a market-driven perspective, expecting quantity and quality linked to full-time work. Not everyone aims to monetize or d
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
This may be an intentional decision given that there are several ways to say "what the fuck" in Spanish, such as "qué mierda" or "qué carajos". And that's not including regional expressions like "qué
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
It's my daily driver, but it's energy inefficient on my Macbook Pro compared to Safari.
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Hmm interesting. I'm curious what this means for accessibility and screen readers.
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
Your point is taken, but it's not quite apples-to-apples. Therapy can be a deep healing process or a superficial fix, just as psychedelics like shrooms, LSD, or MDMA can be used daily by some (suggesting a shamanic lifestyle, in my opi
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
I'd argue that the very reason Carlin's observations are so widely cited is that they tap into enduring aspects of human behavior and societal norms, which makes them applicable across time and political spectrums. The fact that p
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
I'm curious what statistics there are relating to deaths/injuries/imprisonment for protesting other causes as well.
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
Also, early web content was text-heavy due to bandwidth limits and lack of quality cameras. Now, video platforms like TikTok and Instagram dominate.
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
I watched the hearing and had a different takeaway: There are UAP interfering with military training exercises and in American airspace, and there doesn't exist a reliable mechanism to report these or to address them given the stigma a
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
Fleet/swarm/traffic management would be an amazing thing to see. Imagine seeing vehicles automatically moving to the side of the road to let an emergency vehicle through. Or the subtle nudges and lane shifts to ensure traffic does
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
It's true that enslaved people and their enslavers are no longer alive, but the legacy of slavery has left significant and enduring socio-economic disparities between descendants of enslaved people and those who are not. Inequalities i
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
If it's in your power to prevent people from dying tragically in a burning building- you wouldn't?
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
I could be misinformed, but couldn't a contractor or independent company just partner with government agencies (local, state, federal) and thus do away with the first amendment infringement issue? IIRC, this is how some tech is exempt
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
Considering that indigenous populations at large have been oppressed since Europeans made landfall to the Americas, a trend that interrogates their history and struggle, and celebrates their culture is a welcome change in the status quo. Af
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by jonathanlb 3y ago
I'm drawing a blank here, but what do you mean "state-sanctioned castration"? Do you have examples? The only thing I can think of is the chemical castration that is done to sex offenders or to treat cancer, but for the most p
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by jonathanlb 4y ago
> It has always been about the TikTok’s governance structure, which [...] enables espionage and/or psyops [...] The proposed solution to the TikTok problem is the RESTRICT Act, with language so broad and vague that it would make VPN
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by jonathanlb 4y ago
If so, then we're not that far off from it being spun as "cats cause anti-Patriotic" beliefs, followed by a witch hunt.
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by jonathanlb 4y ago
> Liberal enlightenment values [...] are distinctly "anti-woke". How so? Enlightenment values include the commitment to universal human dignity and the rejection of prejudice and discrimination. This is consistent with the goal
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Be poor. At least in California, Habitat for Humanity as well as several counties offer BMR (Below Market Rate) housing for people and families just scraping by. The way it works is you purchase the house a certain percentage below market r
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by jonathanlb 4y ago
I was curious which Presidents were CIA assets, and it's three (that we know of): - Adolfo López Mateos (1958-1964) - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970) - Luis Echeverría (1970-1976) > The declassified U.S. documents reveal CIA recruitm

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