kbelder

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by kbelder 5d ago
I wonder, if we could accurately resolve discrete neural signals in the human brain, if a similar process would work.
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by kbelder 7d ago
Understanding assembly coding makes you a vastly better C coder.
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by kbelder 8d ago
And the massive damage this did to children's education. I think people who didn't have a child in the school system at the time might not understand how poorly the schools functioned during that time. My child had two intelligen
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by kbelder 8d ago
That was deliberate, because a corporation makes no spending decisions, ever. All decisions are made by people inside the corporation with the proper responsibility. That is a major part of the reasoning for the Supreme Court rulings on th
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by kbelder 8d ago
Absolutely true. I used to think I was socially awkward... but man, even at my worst I would have known better than to send this link as a response to anybody.
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by kbelder 9d ago
Maybe they changed. The inability to change shouldn't be taken as gospel.
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by kbelder 10d ago
"post about it in a local artist community" is not exactly "talk about it with their friends." It's bullying.
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by kbelder 10d ago
Yes. Anybody can, including the person in charge of spending in a corporation.
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by kbelder 10d ago
I feel that attempts to replace customer service with AI have and will continue to fail. It's not able to do that for both technical reasons (the AI is still to dumb) and business reasons (the AI is usually deliberately scoped to be i
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by kbelder 10d ago
>The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich An amazing book. I'm not sure how it's particularly career-path-impacting, but it is fascinating being able to follow the cause and effect chain in Germany leading up to and all through th
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by kbelder 11d ago
I'm proud of our long and amazing climb upwards, from brutality to technological civilization. Thanks to all our forefathers that have passed their gifts onwards.
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by kbelder 11d ago
Similarly, when I was younger, I came across this test: Sit down on the floor (all the way, butt on the ground). Now stand without using your hands at all. I was told that inability to do that was a strong indicator of failing health. I
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by kbelder 12d ago
But no one (within a decimal point or two of zero) believes that about either CEO.
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by kbelder 15d ago
So do decent parents and friends.
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by kbelder 16d ago
>Y'all's kids need daycare till 15? Just the unlucky kids.
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by kbelder 17d ago
>Comments about “private property” show a lack of cultural awareness. and vice versa.
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by kbelder 17d ago
We also need to stop before the AI opens a portal to hell. There's no evidence of that happening... but by the time there's any indication it's possible, it's too late.
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by kbelder 18d ago
Honestly, breaking on some advanced/esoteric features is a price I'd eagerly pay to get a browser that's cleaner, more lightweight, and user-focused.
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by kbelder 22d ago
>...a milestone of diagnosing over 5,000 individuals with autism and Asperger’s syndrome Maybe he spent an afternoon browsing HN? Seriously, I agree, remote diagnosis of psychological conditions is wildly unprofessional, and in this case
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by kbelder 22d ago
Just loop through all values of a, b, c, and n?
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by kbelder 22d ago
But in this method you're technically not rerolling the tie; you're keeping it and extending the precision. Sure, it's pointless, and some may feel that's a drawback...
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by kbelder 22d ago
Roll dice as if you're rolling a fractional base six number of indefinite precision, stopping when one player wins. A roll of 5, 2, and 4 is treated like 5.24 So if Alex and Bob both roll a '3', they just keep extending the p
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by kbelder 22d ago
I just figured all land acknowledgments are parodies.
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by kbelder 22d ago
Mine too! A while back, I powered up an Atari 800, and she was fascinated. 10 Input "What's your name?", N$ 20 Print "Hi, ";N$ She was asking questions, trying out things. Something about that simple,
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by kbelder 22d ago
The person responsible at that point is the sucker who fell for the dream.
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by kbelder 22d ago
Of course. If you find a bunch shed by a protected species, there's a good chance they're ill-eagle feathers.
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by kbelder 22d ago
>P.S. A separate comment would be too much to respond to the false claim below - no, there's nothing about GPS in "the first 3 words of the article". He's talking about your first (incorrect) claim. The article begin
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by kbelder 22d ago
>it could just have a very small degree of interaction that we can't easily detect, which is what the OP experiment is counting on. It's an open question, right, whether dark matter has no interaction or just very little intera
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by kbelder 23d ago
Least of all, a browser publisher.
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by kbelder 24d ago
>I will no longer be helping writers/journalists with a clear anti-AI bias. Take out the 'anti-AI' qualification, and you've got a decent general principle.

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