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by jraph 9mo ago
Anecdotes is already a plural, of anecdote. Data is not a plural of anecdotes, or anecdote, it is plural of datum (kinda, data is often used as a mass/uncountable noun, in which case it's not a plural). Under which hypothesis (for
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by jraph 9mo ago
> Both are evidence-backed simplifications Which evidences do we have for this asker-guesser thing? Naive intuition doesn't count. That's not how robust knowledge works. There's a freaking meta analysis finding we don&#x2
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> Having to use circumlocution like that—and thus making the meaning unclear—seems like an aspect of a Guess, or high-context, culture, doesn't it? ^_^ Ah ah :-) Well, not really. Scientifically stating something doesn't exist
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by jraph 9mo ago
Ok, it's not just because I'm trying this from my Linux computer with fake phone numbers to jailbreak the stupid iPad 3 I found in a drawer (and on which the registration form of course doesn't work anymore). Thanks.
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— john asked to himself.
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See also rubberducking [1] I've seen people solve their own issues by asking me / telling me about something and finding the solution without me having the time to reply numerous times. Just articulating your thoughts (and using m
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by jraph 9mo ago
It feels true indeed, which is why this is a trap. Later in that Wikipedia article: > A 2008 meta-analysis concluded that the model was "unsubstantiated and underdeveloped". Difficult to beat a meta analysis (assuming it was we
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by jraph 9mo ago
Of course we could say that all models are "wrong" because they are simplifications of the reality. But there's wrong and wrong. We don't usually say a model like the Newtonian motion is wrong, it's not a very usefu
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by jraph 9mo ago
You are presupposing that the internet forum comment on which all this is based has correctly modelled the world and that this asker-guesser thing is indeed real. Usually it takes one or ideally several studies, with large groups of people,
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If these behavioral models are indeed good and close enough to the reality. But that whole stuff comes from some internet comment! I agree it's better to label behaviors or situations than people.
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Indeed! I didn't remember this (yes, I had already read that article a long time ago, I only scanned it quickly this time). At least the article is honest with its source. Thanks for emphasizing this.
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> The model of high-context and low-context cultures offers a popular framework in intercultural communication studies but has been criticized as lacking empirical validation. Damnit, that seemed interesting! Thanks for sharing though, I
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Labelling can be a shortcut around empathy. Empathy is the real deal.
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Humanity / humanism and science aren't opposed. Wrong social models can have bad human implications. It seems to me that being careful with these models and requiring rigor is the humanist thing to do. Go ahead and present hypothe
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Edit: this whole theory seems to come from some internet forum comment! I know a lot of people here are seduced (I was a bit too) but basing your social interactions and how you see others and yourself on this stuff might not be the best th
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by jraph 9mo ago
> the problem at hand is one of high asymmetry between the low effort to submit vs the high effort to review Hence the threat to shame publicly I suppose. Actually, Daniel Stenberg previously responded to this proposal the same way as me
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by jraph 9mo ago
I've read this idea that we could make people pay for security reports a few times here on HN (and you get back the money if the report is deemed good). That feels very wrong. If I find a security issue, I'm willing to responsibly
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by jraph 9mo ago
Context: [1, 2] > Open source code library cURL is removing the possibility to earn money by reporting bugs, hoping that this will reduce the volume of AI slop reports. > cURL has been flooded with AI-generated error reports. Now one
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> hopefully that's a good reference It is! > what with Atlassian's price increases And the end of their self hosting offerings (Server, Data Center), which is currently driving a lot of people towards XWiki, for other reason
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> Consequently, there's some ~20 pages even in large companies. As someone working on Confluence to XWiki migration tools, I wish this was remotely true, my life would be way easier (and probably more boring :-)).
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What things are being revealed about our cognition by language models?
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You could create a poll :-) https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll
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You shouldn't, really. I don't think there's shortage in the second hand market. We probably need more people reusing stuff.
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That's right, and buying new and taking very good care of your stuff + using to the point of being unusable probably beats serial-buying second hand devices you mistreat. There has to be second hand users tough, otherwise the second ha
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I agree with the dig, although it's worth mentioning that this AI Cleanup page's first version was written on the 4th of December 2023.
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Environmentally speaking, (re)using existing hardware / buying second hand probably beats everything.
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I'm discussing the "adding a prototype method" case and I'm explaining in my comment why this can be, in fact, an issue.
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If you are an app or website developer, at least you won't break other's systems. But you might still break stuff in your own projects. Imagine you extend a native prototype with a method, and later the native prototype starts hav
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I don't know about you, but for ethical reasons, I only allow libre rootkits to run on my systems.
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> If one did wish to use Singularity for nefarious purposes, however, the code is MIT licensed and freely available — using it in that way would only be a crime, not an instance of copyright infringement. Too bad the author picked the MI

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