knodi123

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by knodi123 6y ago
So why wouldn't a chamber like this just be delivered, and then watched? It feels like the dutch cops arrested somebody for the crime of transporting a torture chamber, and the people who were actually planning to use it get off with
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by knodi123 6y ago
> If your jurisdiction does not have "adverse possession" or "prescriptive easement" laws, you can probably tear that fence down or do whatever else you want with it. My jurisdiction does, of course, which is why I me
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by knodi123 6y ago
this particular law varies wildly by jurisdiction
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by knodi123 6y ago
> Unlawful acts, performed long enough and with sufficient vigor, are never enough to amend the law And yet "adverse possession" allows my neighbor to keep a slice of my yard, because he build the fence shortly before I bought
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by knodi123 6y ago
Such conceptually dense language! Isn't the average amplitude of every wave just zero?
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by knodi123 6y ago
Because what you're describing is a method for violating the rights of one person, and they know it's happening. What's described in the article is a method for violating the rights of anyone, and they won't even know.
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by knodi123 6y ago
What's really weird is that I don't know anyone who's ever bought one. It must be really confined to specific cultures or economic classes.
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by knodi123 6y ago
I was wondering why a simple youtube video was making my CPU fans kick into overdrive, then I realized the same thing.
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by knodi123 6y ago
> Perhaps it's a reflection of the kind of person that I am Probably. Lots of companies just want the shortest path from here to profitability. If the cost/benefit equations justify it, then eventually they can justify the ou
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by knodi123 6y ago
I think RSS is a better fit.
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by knodi123 6y ago
> since that title for the idea really divides people before they even open their minds. Hence the brilliant onion headline, "‘So, It Means Making The Police Lose Their Homes And Forcing Them To Get A Divorce?’ Says Nation Still St
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by knodi123 6y ago
Funny anecdote, from an article about the novel Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson: > One of the noteworthy features of the novel CRYPTONOMICON is that it contains a new cryptosystem invented by Bruce Schneier, called Solitaire. [...]
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by knodi123 6y ago
I think it was an intentional bit of playful language.
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by knodi123 6y ago
On an android, I assume you're not using any video sources that exceed the capabilities of a stereo jack. It's not like it's HDMI pass-through from a home cinema.
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by knodi123 6y ago
For fun, keep count of how many times Matt does something that you wouldn't have thought to do on your own, which would torpedo the whole project or be way too hard to self-diagnose. I hit about 20 before I said "this project is w
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by knodi123 6y ago
stick to safer topics, like "What's your mother's maiden name?" or "How many 9-digit numbers do you have memorized, and what are they?"
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by knodi123 6y ago
> If the companies are responsible, then they will want to sue the users for violations and personally identify them I think you're drastically overestimating the profitability of a single twitter user. They have hundreds of millio
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by knodi123 6y ago
Yes. He is throwing this particular tantrum specifically in order to influence the 2020 election. As with most of Trump's dumber scandals, he has already literally confessed to his impure motives. https://www.chicagotribune
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by knodi123 6y ago
pfft. whoever heard of sending light over a fiber?
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by knodi123 6y ago
Cloud-based lighting? All you need is a hole in your roof. I can't figure out a pricing structure, though.
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by knodi123 6y ago
> Siri is already a bit too chatty, and I never feel like having an extended conversation with her. Tell me about it. I have to unpair my bluetooth headphones every day, for stupid reasons that aren't Siri's fault. But when
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by knodi123 6y ago
The people who cut my grass are in my phonebook, under, let's say "Lawn Cutting Corp". If I say "Siri, call lawn cutting corp", she'll say "I'm sorry, I can only call a single person at a time."
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by knodi123 6y ago
Brain simulation in a computer, for instance. Like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWorm The meaningful distinction is "not a biological organism".
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by knodi123 6y ago
you're describing how consciousness can come from a mindless evolutionary process. but artificial consciousness is not the same at all. we aren't trying to make artificial consciousness evolve - we're racing to be the firs
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by knodi123 6y ago
> I don't think AI will ever become conscious in the same way that humans are, rather, it'll be conscious on its own terms. I think that people who are attempting to simulate a human brain using an utterly biomimetic design sta
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by knodi123 6y ago
> which would include answering any questions you asked about their experience in exactly the same way That's pretty much the entire definition, yeah. > means that their "synthetic" qualia are indistinguishable from &qu
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by knodi123 6y ago
> There are plenty of digits in pi. Yes, but "These fears can be allayed by using numbers created in a way that leaves little room for adjustment. An example would be the use of initial digits from the number π as the constants. Usi
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by knodi123 7y ago
whoa, slick.
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by knodi123 7y ago
I wonder how old the greek graffiti in there is?
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by knodi123 7y ago
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