kylebyproxy

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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
I'm asking if there's a proof for determinism itself. I was under the impression that we've only ever been inferring consistency is a property of reality. If you can QED me to a conclusion that yes, in fact, the sun will rise
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> Chaotic systems are still deterministic. Is there some definitive proof for this, or are we just taking it as a useful assumption?
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
From the perspective of someone on the front desk side of things, I always got a sinking feeling whenever I saw a reservation come through Booking.com. They must do 0 CC validation, because their customers were the only ones I ever had paym
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Spanking specifically means open-palm slaps on the ass, though. It's done in such a way as to inflict pain without injury (as opposed to beating).
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> the SNES translation is pretty rough Sounds like something a spoony bard would say.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
I tried to file for unemployment insurance benefits for the first time back in July, and I'm still in limbo thanks to Id.me. My state won't let me into their online portal without verifying with Id.me, but their website fails to r
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Oh good, it's not just me. Started getting ~3 PayPal phishing attempts a week, all formatted the same, for the past month or so.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
We could have put NIST or another entity in charge of developing a federally-approved *nix distro decades ago and we'd have none of this friction today.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> as soon as you end up having an institution with the power to do something for a large number of people, you'll have power and corruption Honest question: What would lead you to this conclusion? I hear this sentiment often, but I&
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> To those who endorse such an approach, we can only ask: How is it going? Is it working yet? What argument is the writer trying to make here? It's not functioning well. Neither is complete lack of censorship. All that says is we ha
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Yours seems like a particularly uncharitable interpretation compared to my reading; I didn't hear them saying D == R so much as both are susceptible to the same flaw of human nature: impulsive overreaction to stimuli we find threatenin
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Depends. Is it a worker cooperative that employs everyone?
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Huh. I always thought it was for the conductors. This changes everything.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Obnoxious is being far too nice. MS has done more than any other single organization to derail & suppress the pace of technological development, and by extension the progress of the species. I genuinely see them as an enemy of humanity.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
The issue is we don't have anything useful to compare those results against. Any other system in place over the same period in history could have just as easily yielded the same net result.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Magic: the Gathering is basically writing software and teaches how to optimize randomness ― high barrier to entry, unfortunately
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Just guessing by "cheque", are you outside the US? The checking system & ACH might be more of a US-centric phenomenon. It's been busted forever, but it's just how we do things around here.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Build usage profiles on each client you encounter, calculate reputation scores, and weight the reports accordingly?
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
To my ear, this all sounds like you're saying participation in NFT is performance art, which I hadn't really considered before, but I can kinda make sense of the appeal in that light. It just seems in bad taste to me that a person
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> at least for children to be too young to be left without supervision Maybe school openings should just focus on that age group instead of being all-or-nothing? They could give extra focus to preschool & kindergarten, reallocate tea
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> petty Says the guy hung up on terms of service > assuming Says the guy accusing OP of malice > irritable Says the guy lashing-out A+ projection all around. No notes.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Only really comes up when you commingle stock, but it's not like the customer can ask for a return, so does it even matter?
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
It has competitors, sure. But what the competitors don't have is user base and mind share. Maybe _de facto_ or _effective_ monopoly is more accurate?
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
I can't say how common this is, but many (most?) online accounts I personally interact with are disposable, represent no sensitive information, and I couldn't care less if they're compromised. They're one-time sign-ups,
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Right, surveillance needs to go both ways. The watchers need to be watched.
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> nearly every company offers some raises I've worked at least a dozen jobs. Received exactly 2 raises: one for $0.25, the other $0.33. > In order to be stuck at minimum you have to additionally have stability issues Or just not
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
I threw together a crude implementation of a pure CSS lighting system if you're interested: https://github.com/kinseywk/zShadows/blob/gh-pages/index.md
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
> This disease just isn't that deadly Vs. 4.6M dead worldwide, discounting 2nd order excess deaths. How can you be so blithe?
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Agreed on all points. Parent's assertion that "Voting at all in an unegaged populace is bad." still rubs me the wrong way. Why discount the votes of engaged individuals just because the masses aren't? Baby, bath water, e
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by kylebyproxy 5y ago
Ooo that's interesting! I stand educated; thanks for sharing that.

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