mcphage

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by mcphage 1y ago
Why no Aleph?!
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by mcphage 1y ago
> partially on the back of a tough on homeless(ness) stance And that’s a much easier message than using California to say Democrats are bad for the economy.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> The Democrats make empty promises that they will make "society" better, whatever that means. Don't we, in fact, live in a society? I'm pretty sure someone told me that once.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> But you can ask if it happened because of California's political environment, or despite it. You can ask that, and it's a good question, but it's a much harder case to make in a political ad. "Sure, the Californian
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by mcphage 1y ago
It's not the politicians' jobs to start the companies, it's their job to create an environment that companies can start and thrive in. I don't think you could argue that it didn't happen in California.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> Right, but how will the Dems "make the economy good"? Look at California The fourth largest economy in the world—is that what you want us to look at and then ask how the Democrats will make the economy good? Gee, I wonder wh
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by mcphage 1y ago
> The Democrats refusing to admit the economy was terrible for working people was enough. That's a fine topic for a real conversation, but it was 100% not what the person I replied to was talking about. > Of course it will be wor
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by mcphage 1y ago
> If the Democrats only messaging is DEI, inclusivity and girl/woman power If you didn't pay any attention to the last campaign, just say so . It was not the Democrats who spent a billion dollars running a campaign on identity
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by mcphage 1y ago
> The actual letter explains they can regain status by ratting out their students. Trump's history has shown that if you cave into his demands, he doesn't leave you alone—instead he starts demanding even more, since he knows yo
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by mcphage 1y ago
I noticed that you didn't share any possible positive aspects, either.
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by mcphage 1y ago
I mean fair, but then why did it cause wage stagnation back in the 70s and early 80s, and not since?
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by mcphage 1y ago
> "A dolphin is using its fluke to discipline a mermaid by paddling it across the backside." Hmm.
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by mcphage 1y ago
It's listed in Purple to the right of the model name.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> point being, mathematics is not a team game. but everything else is?? Sorry, it’s early, and I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic. I hope you are? Mathematics is very much a team game.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> People may copy Miyazaki's style... why shouldn't an AI farm be allowed to? People may take a penny from the tray at the 7-11, so why can't an AI farm take pennies from all the trays? Or take them from a much bigger tra
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by mcphage 1y ago
> I'm really starting to think that maybe national economics and it's relationship to global trade is, you know, complex, and not somehow magically "fixed" with simple stupid tarrif formulas.... Clean out your desk, y
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by mcphage 1y ago
The article pushes against that kind of solution: > But we should always be suspicious of complex, multi-factorial explanations for trend breaks on a chart. That wage stagnation started and ended suddenly enough that it cries out for a s
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by mcphage 1y ago
That doesn't match what the article is talking about, though. According to the article, the 20 years of wage stagnation was '73-'94— not the last 20 years.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> combinatorial data structures What do you mean by "combinatorial data structures"?
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by mcphage 1y ago
This is really funny, I love it :-)
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by mcphage 1y ago
Interesting—my reaction is the opposite. Organized crime sucks, but it doesn't strike me as a social problem, but rather an enforcement problem. Organized crime finds a technique that works because they're constantly looking for
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by mcphage 1y ago
> where someone loads up a cart with merchandise and rolls it out the door There's 2 different things here, though. There's casual shoplifting, and there are organized gangs of shoplifters. What you're describing is orga
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by mcphage 1y ago
> and yet nobody here made nearly as much fuss about Google forced biases and discrimination. Maybe you weren't here for that, but... it was kinda a big deal .
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by mcphage 1y ago
> the opacity of the model itself. The code (if provided) can be audited for issues, but the model, even if examined, is an opaque statistical amalgamation of everything it was trained on This seems to be someone messing with the prompt,
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by mcphage 1y ago
> No one here wants to admit that personal safety is a major factor in avoiding some forms of public transit in many cities in America. Is there any data backing this up? Is it from the same people who think nobody rides the NYC subway
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by mcphage 1y ago
> I can't recall anything referencing the Great Gatsby The recent book about Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook was titled "Careless People", from a Great Gatsby quote.
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by mcphage 1y ago
The new Jelly Car game (Jelly Car Worlds) is a ton of fun.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> It’s not a difficult concept, reading comprehension. Maybe don’t be so quick to say that.
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by mcphage 1y ago
Do you always assume that someone who disagrees with you must have been angry about it?
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by mcphage 1y ago
> In a sane world it would be illegal now. Illegal to Regulate, you mean! ( https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/gop-sneaks-decade-long-ai... )

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