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721.
by mpalmer 2y ago
The system Ellison describes is one where we know we're under surveillance at all times, so we behave. At the very least, that belief has yet to pervade Western society
722.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Sounds pretty god-awful to me. But it's certainly worth considering that this capability will exist in the next 20-30 years, for better or worse. Technology this powerful is the bedrock of a successful hypothetical totalitarian state,
723.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Are you sure the author is expressing a negative opinion here? Consider his audience. He's explaining all this to people who would have similar preconceived notions about coding.
724.
by mpalmer 2y ago
I know several people working as software developers, myself included, who have a liberal arts education/background. And isn't the thrust of the column (or book excerpt) that there's no easily definable "view of the worl
725.
by mpalmer 2y ago
I'm curious what prompted you to write this. The quote you include from the piece does not say that ONLY Black developers have a hard time, but you seem to interpret it this way. The article itself expresses no position on Black game d
726.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Totally get why most examples are about video processing / motion tracking / point clouds; source-available 3D viz is underserved. But I'm curious if there's any non-trivial examples of using Rerun to produce animated da
727.
by mpalmer 2y ago
(not a lawyer!) Even if he is right (I firmly believe he is not) and police have a right not to incriminate themselves via body cam footage, this would only preclude courts from using footage as evidence of a cop's crimes. But what i
728.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Did you create Sonarr? Show HN is for things you've made yourself.
729.
by mpalmer 2y ago
> To forbid imperfect knowledge acquisition is to forbid knowledge, for it is a step on the way to knowledge. I hope you agree. I do not agree because the statement is silly and wrong. You've made no real argument that anything is b
730.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Who said anything about human intelligence? Not OP. What topics were "walled-off" before AI? What knowledge is "forbidden"? How will Joe Blow get better at discerning hallucinations unless he gains expertise from non-AI
731.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Yeah like I said I'm sure it's mostly true. I just don't necessarily buy that he had a comedian's delivery on the day in question
732.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Never let facts get in the way of a good story. The build-up is great (VP's car, elementary school, military base) and the punchline is funny, but it's just a bit too perfect ("and what's above us?", cue clouds). Ev
733.
by mpalmer 2y ago
> Everything will be lost eventually, and efforts should be withheld for the worthwhile If art was preserved solely on the basis of whether its contemporaries thought it was worthwhile, we'd be in real trouble.
734.
by mpalmer 2y ago
"There’s a quantity called “wall shear stress,” which is just a frictional force on the wall. We’ve shown that when doctors can visualize that wall shear stress at different parts of the artery, they may actually change the leng
735.
by mpalmer 2y ago
As ever, the market found a very promising boat, and they had a huge party celebrating the launch of the boat into open water, confident of the wind. What does it matter that they have no idea where to sail it? They know they are bound for
736.
by mpalmer 2y ago
"Those who spend their time flying through imaginary worlds do well to remember where the off switch is." And you didn't say anything about "real-worlders" having humility and respect for the other party. I think a
737.
by mpalmer 2y ago
You take a strange lesson from an anecdote about artificial super-intelligences. In the book, the AIs can spend time in a limitless virtual universe, better than reality. Time spent in "infinite fun" (as they call it) has no value
738.
by mpalmer 2y ago
I think you should give way more thought to why you don't like current entertainment. Why are you so convinced it's the racial composition of the cast that makes the content bad? There are plenty of reasons TV and movies are bad t
739.
by mpalmer 2y ago
I like the post, and I would upvote it if the title was more descriptive of the actual content instead of a clickbait-y "hook" that hints nothing about the topic. I thought I'd be reading about an interesting neuroscience cas
740.
by mpalmer 2y ago
First, I'm afraid you are very confused about your own link. My point was that the things I mentioned are sufficient on their own to qualify a movie for the Best Picture category. Pick any TWO of these four: - "Diverse" cas
741.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Literally all that happened was they gave a black woman the 007 designation. They didn't announce her as the new "Bond", and she is not confirmed to continue the character. She didn't even have that designation at the en
742.
by mpalmer 2y ago
Now I'm not sure you can tell apart bad writing from diverse casting. Both are having a moment right now, but that's not really an excuse to confuse them.
743.
by mpalmer 2y ago
You really thought that link was a smoking gun, didn't you. Have you read this thing? Do you understand how hard it is NOT to check two of these four boxes? Basically all of your film's department heads have to be white straight m
744.
by mpalmer 2y ago
I'll let your acknowledgment that conventions change over time speak for itself.
745.
by mpalmer 2y ago
"some approaches to modern adaptation are better than others", and I believe you went on to say that a race-blind period Macbeth is not an approach you like. Maybe I'm crazy, sounded like a preference to me.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Oh dear. Sorry. If you truly didn't mean to say: - Macbeth is old fiction, but some approaches to adapting it are BETTER than others - Don't do something "incongruent" and "brazen" like cast a black man and cal
747.
by mpalmer 2y ago
The first time a woman performed in one of Shakespeare's plays in England, he'd been dead for half a century. He wrote all his plays knowing the women would be played by men. How else do you explain the comic irony and theatrica
748.
by mpalmer 2y ago
I would say "boy it sure does suck to be proven right".
749.
by mpalmer 2y ago
You don't understand why I would point out that Gladiator is unapologetically fiction in my reply to your comment? I'm not sure why you're denying that you implied that diversity is fine in movies that don't do well. Wha
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Following your line of argument, it is arguably way more "brazen" (quite the word choice btw) to cast a woman as Lady Macbeth.

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