jordanb

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by jordanb 1mo ago
But can I pay in dogecoin?
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by jordanb 1mo ago
They invented a Forbes 30 under 30 bot.
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by jordanb 1mo ago
Depending on the density of debris in LEO it might be very difficult to launch through to the higher orbits.
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by jordanb 1mo ago
I think there would be a Kessler Syndrome within a few weeks of an anti-satellite campaign at which point trying to launch replacements wouldn't make any sense.
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by jordanb 1mo ago
> Google (and its defenders) initially tried to pretend that they were just helplessly and clinically adhering to US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) data. Something journalists later found out was a lie, because Google adopted
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by jordanb 1mo ago
That "Lake America" is doing a hell of a lot of work for Google
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by jordanb 1mo ago
The thing is this was the pitch for buying clothes online: worried it won't fit? Just return it. No questions asked! We'll even pay return shipping! It's interesting how companies are now redefining things they explicitly enc
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by jordanb 1mo ago
My mind was blown when I realized that the way tftp works is that as the machine is booting it asks the network if anyone has some software for it to run.
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by jordanb 1mo ago
The data canters are using gas turbines and diesel generators.
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by jordanb 1mo ago
I'm trying to build a torment nexus and these negative ninnies complained that it used up all the electricity, so I made a machine that turns breathable air into toxic smoke to power the nexus and they don't like that ether!
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by jordanb 1mo ago
The first key feature of the Panopticon is that the guards can observe the inmate at all times and he can't hide. The second key feature is that the inmate can't observe the guards. He can't know who they are and can't e
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by jordanb 1mo ago
The guy gives me unhinged stalker vibes whenever he does an interview.
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by jordanb 1mo ago
The point of the video is that intermediary companies like Driscolls or Taylor Farms focus their efforts on building "accountability sinks." They give farmers a 500 page document describing in detail how the produce must be grown,
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by jordanb 2mo ago
Yep if a hiring manager wants to open a req for a junior, before AI he'd get praise for being tight with budget and hiring someone cheap and trainable. Now he gets asked: if a junior can do the work why aren't you using AI? So ins
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by jordanb 2mo ago
I'm glad HN can be counted on to defend Blackstone's good name.
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by jordanb 2mo ago
"Good enough for Australia" is a phrase I frequently heard from Aussies. There seems to be this attitude there that they're a frontier country where one improvises (half asses?) everything.
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by jordanb 2mo ago
Anyone who designs such a system should know to use an exponential backoff to avoid the thundering herd. Maybe copilot missed that while it was reviewing its own PR
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by jordanb 2mo ago
You'd have to ask the guys putting flock cameras in playgrounds. Flock apparently know how to sell this stuff to cops because not only did they film children's gymnastics they used the footage as part of their sales pitch to polic
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by jordanb 2mo ago
Louis Rossmann likes to point out that the "CC" in "CCTV" means "closed circuit." Traditional security cameras are displayed maybe in a security booth in real time somewhere, and then recorded onto an on-prem h
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by jordanb 2mo ago
"De-identified" data is trivially easy to re-identify, especially by google. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/a-face-is-expo...
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by jordanb 2mo ago
As if the AI industry is only shredding "crappy" books. I recently bought a rare book. It was a boat design book written by a famous yacht designer in the 1940s, but it's been out of print for decades and I had to pay $150 fo
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by jordanb 2mo ago
Easy: the CFTC is not credible. The online gambling industry put their guy in charge of the CFTC (Michael Selig). Their main goal is to preempt all state regulation of their gambling platforms. To that end Selig is promoting the novel the
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by jordanb 2mo ago
Was New Orleans "investing infinite resources" before? It seems like as always the pitch here is you fire a bunch of existing 911 operators and split the projected cost savings with an AI company. It's also highly likely that
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by jordanb 2mo ago
I don't think many of the BBB healthcare cuts have hit yet.
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by jordanb 2mo ago
Maybe. But I think the government could just lie about both quarters and then restate after the election.
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by jordanb 2mo ago
You never said the Treasury has to borrow this money. I'm saying the Treasury has to borrow this money. The Treasury does not have the ability to "create money out of thin air." That is not how any of this works. The trea
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by jordanb 2mo ago
That makes sense yes.
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by jordanb 2mo ago
> The bail jumping charge was dismissed; Abrams-Phillips was found guilty only of weed possession in the case, according to the court records. Apparently the bail jumping charge was weak? That seems like a black-and-white situation to me
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by jordanb 2mo ago
By the way the final thing you appear to not be understanding is that the Treasury had to borrow money to buy those yen. What do you think gets issued when the US Treasury borrows money?
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by jordanb 2mo ago
> The yield is determined by what the buyers demand Your mistake is misunderstanding the power central banks have in managing these assets. The Fed can make the yield whatever it wants. The Fed potentially has reasons to let the yield be

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