mchusma

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   by mchusma 6y ago

   Thanks. I suspect there may be no actual cases of YT actually banning videos for anti-veteran speech, but it is on their list because it is on a list of protected classes.
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   This is not directly related, but I saw the policy: "videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on qualities like age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation o
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   If you are into this you may also like to see a similar model facebook used for foveated rendering (Nov 2019): https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deepfovea-using-deep-learning-f...
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   I've come to believe public sector unions in their current form just shouldn't exist, as they exacerbate these kinds of problems. It is the Union's job to protect members, and the only group who is by design trying to make th
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   I am very nervous that the main US political outcomes of 2020 will be a reduction in free speech and expansion of executive powers.
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   The sadder part is that this is very close to a great many lawsuits go. This did not read to me to be much different than all civil lawsuits I have seen. Baseless claims followed by threats that it will cost more to defend than just settle.
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   Special forces do this type of thing often too. It's part of winning hearts and minds.
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   Issac Arthur's podcast is the best resource on these matters. Amazing work, and makes this paper seem very week. He identifies many possible filters beyond the Drake equation. If you like this sort of discussion, you will almost certai
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   by mchusma 6y ago

   Unfortunately the US has an incarceration rate about 10X similar countries. A host of problems cause this, including large min and max sentences
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I actually think if there were a limit it should be limited to whatever the average payment processing fee is, so about 0.3%-3% depending on the country. They already charge for ads, and benefit from the size and scale of the platform, so i
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    For those wondering, the 120nm node started in about the Pentium III days, processors up to 2ghz or so. Blast from the past https://www.anandtech.com/show/690 (Only did a little research, someone more knowledgeable fee
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    The concept of paid leave has always puzzled me. This would be my choice of punishment if I am ever given a choice.
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Yes defaults matter, and people will campaign heavily for the default settings, but perfect can't be the enemy of good and I can't see how this is worse. I think its not only possible but relatively easy to have user settings that
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Yes thank you. My examples were explicitly things that they already do in production. They were not random examples.
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Thanks for the follow up. I agree that people want to adjust what other people can read, but this is where Facebook can really sidestep this by making things user preferences. Because it sounds strange to campaign to force Facebook to &quot
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    That is where it gets hard, but I think its doable. And just to play with the thought experiment you would probably weigh things. Like would you want to see any car accidents on your street within 50 feet of your house? Maybe yes. 2 miles a
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Hi, thanks for following up. So you say all these things are hard and not objectively measurable, and I agree. But Facebook is already making these decisions, so in some ways it can be described as lettings users opt out of Facebook's
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I'm not so convinced it would reduce engagement. I would think that me giving Facebook feedback on what I want would potentially increase engagement. But it feels more sustainable to me, and less prone to unwanted regulation. In fact,
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I don't understand why doesn't Facebook just: -Allow all posts -Allow users to customize what they want to see (e.g. "dont show me posts that glorify violence" or "only allow covid posts that match WHO guidelines&qu
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Came here to say something similar. A giant sun shade is vastly preferable to this article's approach. Issac Arthur's podcasts are great to listen to for this sort of thing. One reddit discussion on the concept: https:/&#x2F
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I think another simple one is simply that police officers cannot be formally afforded any due process differences than other citizens of their jurisdiction.
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Thanks! Ending cash bail is a good one. I'm not so well versed on private prisons, but I think I'm general the scale of incarceration is a larger issue than the quality of it. Still a good suggestion for discussion. We have 10x mo
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I have been trying to think of good, relatively simple policy decisions that can make a large impact. I have not heard too many proposed besides removing qualified immunity. I would be curious what ideas people have: Ideas include: -Banning
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    YouTube is getting disturbing. Heavy censorship of pro-democracy-anti -china posts. Censorship of COVID related discussions that may go against WHO guidance. Persistent false copyright takedowns. I hope a more open alternative arises that c
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I was surprised they slept on the trip. I assume they took turns.
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I've seen you post this before and you seem enthusiastic about it. Do you have a good summary of why you feel this paper so important?
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Thanks!
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    Do you have a source? I am genuinely curious as I can't find it and would like to see the context
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    The production quality of the SpaceX feed is amazing and emotional. Right now (9:40am or so) the bios on the astronauts are great. They have really invested over their launches in making space inspirational, and this feed is clearly somethi
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    by mchusma 6y ago

    I don't think many people are still in the "same as flu" camp, which is a bit of a straw man. For example this CDC guidance is estimating 5-8x worse fatality rate than the average flu (0.05% IFR). You can have a realistic opi