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by milchek 1y ago
Perhaps OP meant that the military industrial complex will always ensure wars happen? Incentives are there to make money from weaponry and defense contracts. Further incentives are there to take land or resources, or to simply destabilize c
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by milchek 1y ago
This is the way that I’ve been writing for years, mainly because I was too lazy to use the key or shortcut for em dash. But also because in school no one ever made a big deal about the length of the dash when writing - or I just wasn’t payi
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by milchek 1y ago
You could grab some sample or instrument packs that will help you approximate the sound you are after more quickly. Baby Audio has a pretty nice VST instrument and 90s preset pack that might have the sound you are looking for - have a liste
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by milchek 1y ago
First off, congrats on the funding and the progress so far! I’ve seen a a couple of start ups pitching similar ideas lately - platforms that use AI personas or agents to simulate focus groups, either for testing products or collecting user
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by milchek 1y ago
As it should, diamonds were made artificially scarce and controlled by monopoly: “The major investors in the diamond mines realized that they had no alternative but to merge their interests into a single entity that would be powerful enough
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by milchek 1y ago
I suppose different trials do it in various ways, for hers there was a placebo group that was given a strong antihistamine. Participants in the trial were allowed to opt in for the real dosing day once the trial concluded. I suppose this wa
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by milchek 1y ago
There was a placebo group that were given basically a very strong antihistamine which induced some drowsiness. This particular trial, however, allowed participants who were in the placebo group to later opt in for the real dosing - obviousl
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by milchek 1y ago
Correct, screening was pretty thorough and there were a lot of sessions with therapists, blood tests, etc before they made the decision to allow her into the trial.
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by milchek 1y ago
I haven’t yet. It’s not easy to find the place or time to do so. The trial was great because everything was meticulously organised, such as the dose and - I guess - quality? I’d be worried about sourcing myself and messing something up ther
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by milchek 1y ago
Yes, exactly - I should’ve added that she head a specific guided soundtrack as well, which the facilitators said was integral to optimal treatment, at least for this particular trial.
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by milchek 1y ago
Anecdotal, but about a year ago my wife participated in a psilocybin trial at a university here who were looking at patients with severe anxiety. It was her last hope after trying therapy, various supplements, as well as dietary and lifesty
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by milchek 1y ago
Anecdotally, my experience has been that the longer a conversation goes on in Cursor about a new feature or code change, the worse the output gets. The best results seem to be from clear, explicit instructions and plan up front for a discre
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by milchek 1y ago
I think the reason for that is maybe you’re comparing to traditional products that are deterministic or have specific features that add value? If my phone keeps crashing or if the browser is slow or clunky then yes, it’s not on me, it’s the
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by milchek 1y ago
Perifrantic makes an interesting point in anticipation of critics that will chime in to assert “this will never be the original Commodore.” In his defense, the retro tech enthusiast says “what if we got 47 trademarks from 1982, or original
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by milchek 1y ago
A colleague recently introduced this to me via https://x.com/bantg/status/1933967436459503662 and I was instantly blown away. After diving in and reading through the docs (the workshop intro is a great way to get
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by milchek 1y ago
Thanks for the share. I used to be part of a Polish folk dancing ensemble here in Australia and we would perform this dance. As a teen I have to admit I was sometimes embarrassed to dress up and perform since in Australia people didn’t real
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by milchek 2y ago
It’s an interesting idea. Reminds me a little of some parts of Christopher Langans CTMU theory in that everything serves to simply further develop intelligence in the universe.
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by milchek 2y ago
Ha! Thanks for reminding me of "real ultimate power" - for those unaware of the reference https://www.realultimatepower.net/ Classic.
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by milchek 2y ago
Not here to argue your point, just to note that McDonalds fries are not as natural as people think, ie. most people assume they’re just potatoes fried in some oil. “French Fries Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, So
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by milchek 2y ago
Your last quote also reminds me this may be true for everything else, especially our diets. Technology has leapfrogged nature and our consumption patterns have not caught up to modern abundance. Scott Galloway recently mentioned this in his
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by milchek 2y ago
> Observers of contemporary culture coined the term "McBoatfacing," defined as "making the critical mistake of letting the internet decide things." A good example of "The most entertaining outcome is the most lik
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by milchek 3y ago
“The computer is rumored to be one of the largest and most advanced data centers in the world. It could take up several hundred acres of land, and require up to 5 gigawatts of power” Multivac! I’m not that familiar with current supercompute
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by milchek 3y ago
Was it really that pronounced? On paper it’s 3.3s vs 2secs 0-100 right?
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by milchek 3y ago
> Regardless of the reason why you're giving up caffeine, you're best off gradually reducing your consumption vs. going cold turkey, according to the Cleveland Clinic. This method never worked for me. I've stopped drinking
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by milchek 3y ago
> Chord it in, air beated fenn. Aurous to the Pan, mimic and bold. As it steep, chunns at the bun. Keive the dells, the stars to run. No wane, all gleam, in big das brund. Sky high, stout in the hale. Woods to fetch, flied in the low. I
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by milchek 3y ago
I don’t think this is limited to software engineers. I feel like change is happening more rapidly, and there is more being created than ever before. That makes it difficult for anyone to go deep on anything. We are spread thin across vast l
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by milchek 3y ago
For those interested in learning more about DOOM, the book "Masters of Doom" is an entertaining recollection of how id Software started and how John Romero and John Carmack started their careers. https://en.wikipedia.or
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by milchek 3y ago
Damn, this is awesome work. Grew up with the C64, always wondered as a kid what these 'scene' intros to tapes my dad bought at swap meets were, of course later learning about the talented individuals in the demo scene. Nice to hav
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by milchek 3y ago
> But does it not make sense to stop doing that at some point? Depends who you ask and how much control you believe the Military Industrial Complex exerts. I don’t see an end to conflict in the current system. Also, the statement that pa
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by milchek 3y ago
Some great points, and this is where these discussion can get into the freewill vs determinism arena. If you’re more of a determinist, then human brains are basically like organic LLMs and we’re just unique models trained on our own life’s

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