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by mbauman 3y ago
In my experience, it only really works if you do it within 5 minutes or so — but if you do it's absolutely magical. It's even better for bee stings.
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by mbauman 3y ago
Wow, thanks for the reference!
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by mbauman 3y ago
I would expect that to only get paid if solely one side were responsible for blowing up the deal. This is expressly saying both have mutually agreed.
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by mbauman 3y ago
There's both supply-chain and runtime security.
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by mbauman 3y ago
It feels a little different if — as it seems to be the case — the GitHub account is used as a static site generator. Heck, the guy could've been depending upon CNAMEing to `rbishop.github.io`.
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by mbauman 3y ago
So is the real story here that putting your email on the open web simply isn't a significant "vulnerability" anymore? Honestly, why would you spider and scrape sites when you can just grab a leaked dataset? It would be slight
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by mbauman 3y ago
In my experience, knowing why a health insurer denied a claim isn't useful; it just becomes a maze of medical billing codes and definitions that always ends at "insurer wins."
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by mbauman 3y ago
Oh I completely agree there's value in improving the accuracy of the cdf, especially for 32-bit float! There it can be quite a surprise that tests like `random() < x` can be off by as much as .6% for values of x on the order of 1
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by mbauman 3y ago
That article makes the same unstated assumption, attempting to treat `random()`'s output (and transformations thereof) as true random variables. But it just changes the rounding mode and bin size in a manner that _happens_ to work b
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by mbauman 3y ago
That's not a nitpick at all — it has huge ramifications for how `Math.random()` needs to be interpreted. Many folks want it (and transformations of it!) to behave as though it were a true random variable sampled from a theoretically i
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by mbauman 3y ago
That’s wildly incorrect. https://axleaddict.com/safety/Obscure-Driving-Regulations-Ig...
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by mbauman 3y ago
> Otherwise whatever gains you had on paper also apply to the nearby houses, so you can't afford them. Why are you so certain you couldn't you afford them? You were able to purchase a 200K house many years ago. Now you just n
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by mbauman 3y ago
Baloney. You have a house with relatively stable monthly payments. You will be able to purchase another hour if and when you need to move. You have a nest egg. It doesn’t matter when you sell because now you’re floating on the water. As the
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by mbauman 3y ago
We don’t know how many assumptions Megan made or even who was testifying and what they assumed or what evidence was presented in court. Yes, that’s problematic.
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by mbauman 3y ago
It is so extraordinarily valuable that folks like Megan Gray have been attending these trials. This story would be so much more compelling if we could also see that slide — but as a closed trial only those with the time and ability to actua
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by mbauman 3y ago
Unfortunately it can also matter if your boss knows. Or the company you’re interviewing with. It shouldn’t matter (and would be illegal if it could be proven), but it matters.
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by mbauman 3y ago
> from a practical perspective it is kinda true Folks don't realize all the things they are hiding — and can be extraordinarily important to hide — even when they're actively hiding them! My personal favorite anecdote here is
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by mbauman 3y ago
Does it matter? The "threads bit" isn't set until you click go. They could totally support zeroing that bit back out. Obviously you and I can imagine how that might be super difficult, but it needn't be. More to the poi
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by mbauman 3y ago
It would also vary by use-case. Some regulated industries have specific standards required for an electronic signature — and hitting those standards is typically an add-on cost for systems like Docusign.
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by mbauman 3y ago
That was my favorite part of the article: > We should have a Marxist version of Goodhart’s law, something like: >> When a measure becomes a target, the privileged always find a way to win.
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by mbauman 3y ago
I don't think it's too hard to imagine that other characteristics of the material could indeed get in the way of practical applications — perhaps brittle-ness or difficulty of manufacture or challenges in making it in the appropri
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by mbauman 3y ago
> They didn't perform tests above that temperature. Right, exactly, they're claiming that Tc is above 127°C. The claim is that it's a superconductor at (some) temperatures even higher than what was tested. It's also
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by mbauman 3y ago
I think the consensus response from the Julia community is that the author is spot-on with a key point: that Rust is exceptional when you need/want static analysis. And Julia isn't great there. This doesn't mean, however, tha
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by mbauman 3y ago
I see that anecdote as a sobering reminder of the state of our roads and drivers. That sounds like inappropriate infrastructure (a 4-lane residential stroad?) combined with a person who prioritizes their ability to drive as they wish over o
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by mbauman 3y ago
Given that pedestrian (and especially child) visibility is so low in these gargantuan vehicles, I don't see how you can make such a definitive statement absolving their fault in causing collisions without data.
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by mbauman 3y ago
E.g., The People's CDOT (Chicago Dept of Transportation): https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/the-peoples-cdot-road-p...
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by mbauman 3y ago
Perfect example here is that Indiana has just created a law that explicitly forbids a singular targeted city from adding _any_ new restrictions against turning right on red in _any_ intersection. https://legiscan.com/IN&#x2F
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by mbauman 4y ago
Yes, let's jump straight to other conclusions now.
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by mbauman 4y ago
> I’ll update this comment when I find the source So... you gonna update your beliefs in light of the changing landscape? We have the source; you probably heard it when it was true, but things have gotten worse. Or are you just going to
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by mbauman 4y ago
Going back in time isn't going to change the more recent figures. Nor are factually incorrect statements about motor vehicle deaths. From 2018-2021, firearm deaths went up from 2.5 to 3.3 to 3.7 per 100k 1-17 year olds. During the sam

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