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by ketzo 2y ago
The article seems to suggest that “liveness checks” are an effective counter to stolen selfies. But aren’t all those checks just running against videos? Why can’t those videos also be stolen/mocked? All in all: yikes.
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by ketzo 2y ago
I totally get it, I have that same contrarian instinct. I have to reframe someone telling me "you should do X healthy thing" as "you should look into X healthy thing and see if it interests you/if there's really a g
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by ketzo 2y ago
Are we really comparing a userland, unencrypted-at-rest SQLite database with Apple's app sandbox + secure enclave?
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by ketzo 2y ago
Corrupt government officers are one thing. But there is a ton of completely well-meaning bureaucracy in the U.S. (and everywhere!) that could benefit from a huge, huge step change in "ability to comprehend". Bad actors will always
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by ketzo 2y ago
And by "problem solved", of course, you mean "very large cost of living increases for the poorest 50% of the country" Not even saying that you're wrong. But tariffs/onshoring don't exist in a vacuum. It&#x
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by ketzo 2y ago
Yeah, and the writing of the post is very ChatGPT. Paragraph after paragraph of right-sounding words that offer absolutely zero insight once you get to the end.
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by ketzo 3y ago
It’s extremely beneficial to the people who are already doctors (dramatically increases salary, prestige, power), and that is a powerful group in most societies.
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by ketzo 3y ago
Okay, but how do you put that up as a writer? Is it harder than the <5 minute Substack signup process? Because if so, I think you’ve got your answer
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by ketzo 3y ago
You know, that’s actually a great way to look at it. I think I feel like I can’t let myself excuse any slack, because I’m worried I’ll just start excusing everything — one day off at the gym becomes a week off, becomes a month off. But I
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by ketzo 3y ago
Literally all of his posts are like this. It’s crazy. These two are more life-advice-y, but he also does some fairly deep dives on various problems he sees with scientific research (and psychology in particular), and his writing is no less
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by ketzo 3y ago
I frequently do this in Notion, especially in more brainstorm-y meetings. Also good for notetaking; I might be writing most of the notes, but then start talking more, and see someone jump in to take my place in the notes.
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by ketzo 3y ago
I really, really hate how many of my problems are toothbrushing problems. I know I just need to get over it and start brushing, but... ugh. Anyway, can't recommend Adam's writing enough. Subscribed after his second post and have n
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by ketzo 3y ago
The thing that’s maybe most grim about this article is how much of a non-story this is. “New-media outlet can’t raise more VC funding, goes bust with no warning, leaves nothing but ashes” — yeah, it’s a Wednesday alright. It’s obviously cli
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by ketzo 3y ago
Oh my god the Barney thing has come up with every single group I've ever played that game with. Blew my mind the first time, then proceeded to blow everyone's minds every game after :D (y'know, as much as one's mind can
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by ketzo 3y ago
Fun (?) fact — because of this, some hospitals have prescription beer.
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by ketzo 3y ago
People always say this like a gotcha, but aren’t politicians supposed to do stuff that they think people will vote for?
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by ketzo 3y ago
Free market seems disastrous here. Most people hire an attorney… once? twice? in their entire lives, and the consequences of that person being incompetent could be life-altering. There’s not a quick enough feedback loop here, I think. The v
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by ketzo 3y ago
The degree to which Apple has kinda just “won” laptops is nuts to me. $999 for an 13-inch M2 Air is just bonkers. You can easily pay $1500, even $2000 for Windows laptops that are hotter, heavier, AND slower.
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by ketzo 3y ago
Object permanence (just from images/video) seems like a particularly hard problem for a super-smart prediction engine. Is it the old thing, or a new thing?
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by ketzo 3y ago
I think this is a good insight. But if the kid gets sufficiently good at guessing, does it matter anymore..? I mean, at this point the question is so vague… maybe it’s kinda silly. But I do think that there’s some point of “good-at-guessing
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by ketzo 3y ago
I think he’s simultaneously acknowledging the wild unlikelihood of creationism, while also poking a little fun at himself with the irony of “of course I’m not wrong about this .”
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by ketzo 3y ago
I mean this is objectively the “best” way to get jobs. If it’s worked for you so far, I also imagine it’s probably gonna keep working. Good to have a perspective that yeah, this is definitely very far on one end of the “fortunate/lucky
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by ketzo 3y ago
I think it’s a scale thing, honestly. Yes, most reasonable adults remain reasonable even after fired But once you hire a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand people… statistically there are gonna be some wackos you didn’t filter out!
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by ketzo 3y ago
Wow. Fascinating (and extremely important) edge case. Out of curiosity, what led you to knowing this?
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by ketzo 3y ago
I think AirPods were post-Steve? And they were both widely mocked at launch and wildly successful.
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by ketzo 3y ago
Hey no kidding, some pretty insightful stuff in their more newsletter/blog-y posts. Their medical research is way over my head but also seems extremely cool. Thanks for the rec!
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by ketzo 3y ago
I was gonna say "then why did China add so much coal last year", because I remembered reading that they added something like 50GW of coal, even as they added more than 150GW renewable. But as of Jan 1 2024, they also had to intr
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by ketzo 3y ago
Yep, it definitely would. It doesn't mean we shouldn't still do it -- especially because richer folks tend to use more electricity and pollute more in general.
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by ketzo 3y ago
the CAISO website is super rad in general -- so many real-time charts!! demand trend is really cool to watch during heat waves; things get spiky on both the demand side (for obvious reason) and the supply side (peaker plants & "vir
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by ketzo 3y ago
Honestly I think the whole "we are a startup search engine company who decided to spend the time to set up a production chain for t-shirts" is a worse use of resources than the actual money spent.

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