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by nikkwong 11mo ago
He says a lot of things. Just because some of them end up being true by happenstance doesn't make him a prophet.
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by nikkwong 11mo ago
I feel like the idea here is cute; but does it realistically work at scale? Of course, a messaging app like this—if it's going to work anywhere, is going to work in Gaza, one of the (at least formerly) most densely populated areas in t
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by nikkwong 11mo ago
The point the OP is making is that LLMs are not reliably able to provide safe and effective emotional support as has been outlined by recent cases. We're in uncharted territory and before LLMs become emotional companions for people, we
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by nikkwong 11mo ago
Who ever claimed there was a therapist shortage?
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by nikkwong 1y ago
This is neat! Any notes on the algo for controlling the output of the ws2812s?
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Again, the wikipedia article that you linked points to a preposterous insufficiency in our ability to maintain infrastructure: "[...] On February 26, 2014, in the wake of another suicide from the bridge, independent Rep. Joe Brooks of
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by nikkwong 1y ago
I'm not saying America can't build at all, I'm just saying it can't build in the modern era . Apparently the i90 bridge you are referring to was built in 1940. I realize that Seattle has the only floating bridge with ra
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by nikkwong 1y ago
It's hilariously depressing to imagine how impossible it would be to build something like that in the US. It's not only the fact that it's an engineering feat—it's also the fact that it was built in such a human-centric
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Yes, I'm certainly speculating. It certainly seems that this could be a path to extending lifespan. I think the claim is less than "extraordinary" though. Many teams are working to figure out how to extend lifespan in many sp
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by nikkwong 1y ago
That might not be true, if you look at the paper: "The super stem cells prevent age-related bone loss while rejuvenating over 50% of the 61 tissues analyzed." (including the brain). What do people die of when they die of 'old
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Harvard’s health blog sort of always gets it wrong which diminishes their brand IMO. This is also the publication that said something to the effect of “[…] other than reducing stress, there are no health benefits of using the sauna.” Nobody
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Sorta yes and sorta no? You're factually correct; but practically missing the point a little bit. At my relative's place, which has many tall buildings around a hub, package delivery people leave all of the resident's package
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Was referring to tobacco, alcohol, soft drinks etc
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Exactly. Econ 101: why do consumption taxes work at all? By increasing the amount of pain associated with purchasing a particular indulgent product, you decrease the consumption of that product on the margin . When you increase the price o
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by nikkwong 1y ago
I don’t know if it’s complete fearmongering to imagine a scenario in the future where chemical or biological weapons are easier to manufacture and therefore execute attacks. Hundreds of people died in Europe last year due to terrorist attac
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Yeah, totally. Again not saying I'm advocating for it in that form or manner. I'm just saying, tradeoffs could occur, that reasonable people may start to weigh differently based on the level of threat they feel to their lives pers
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by nikkwong 1y ago
> a black market for such devices will surface Probably, but I think you are giving most bad actors too much credence. Tyler Robinson took several precautions to cover his trail in his assassination of Charlie Kirk—but he also told many
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by nikkwong 1y ago
No I did not use chatgpt. I've always written with a lot of em dashes, Chatgpt probably got it from me :-) > it's very easy to build a bomb [...] Yeah, what I'm saying though is that these attacks are not happening at a sc
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Imagine a future where it becomes easier to commit terrorism because of some technological advancements—like smaller, less traceable bombs, or chemical weapons that are easily accessible and lead to higher casualties—like in the 1,000s or m
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by nikkwong 1y ago
And not to belabor this point, but he’s doing such one-dimensional math here by thinking of the immigration scenario as zero sum. Trump has clearly lost the plot. What he is failing to consider is that the US is in a long term ideological w
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by nikkwong 1y ago
I think one important distinction that I haven’t seen mentioned here much is that there is a big difference between handing out h1bs to cognizant employees vs students who did masters programs in the US and are working as direct hires in fa
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by nikkwong 1y ago
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by nikkwong 1y ago
What world are you living in? Many Chinese come in on student visas, get jobs at FAANG and then have to move back to their country after losing the H1-B. These are the people we want, doing the jobs that we want them to do, and we’re too ne
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Good. I’m sure you and the 10 other individuals who choose to boycott all of FAANG will ensure that this all balances out in the end.
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by nikkwong 1y ago
> but a culturally dominant app being leveraged by an authoritarian state goes in the not good colunm. I think political scholars will debate on what the net effect of this is actually going to be. As in, are we better off with the GOP o
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by nikkwong 1y ago
Sacks has always been absolutely disingenuous and interested in pedaling his own interests over the interests of the common good. As a total Trump shill he talks out of both sides of his mouth at the same time & accuses the left of thin
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by nikkwong 1y ago
8x8 for Chinese is difficult, but I think it’s a bit less guesswork than 2px high for English. I wonder what simplified Chinese would look like 6px tall.
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by nikkwong 1y ago
I wonder what the minimum resolution of Chinese characters is. It’s definitely more than 2px tall.
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by nikkwong 1y ago
I've only tried mindfulness meditation, but as others have chimed in in the thread, other types may be easier depending on your circumstance. As I started, even being able to focus for 5-10s uninterrupted by thought was a huge win. It
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by nikkwong 1y ago
I'm sort of inclined to agree with your premise that ADHD may describe how a patient presents without describing the underlying faulty physiology; but, at the same time—it's all about attention. It doesn't matter how you get

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