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by nkrisc 6mo ago
That is, by definition, genuine thought.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
Your home almost certainly has preventative measures, including proper humidity and temperature control, structural reinforcement, etc. I don't mean that you personally have taken those measures, but preventative measures have absolute
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
> It's akin to saying that every molecules behave randomly according to statistical physics, so you should expect your ceiling to spontaneously disintegrate any day, and if you find yourself under the rubble one day it's just a
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
It is merely a simulacrum of an intern or disgruntled employee or human. It might say things those people would say, and even do things they might do, but it has none of the same motivations. In fact, it does not have any motivation to call
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
It’s the emotional and physiological response to a prediction being wrong. At its most primal, it’s the fear and surge of adrenaline when a predator or threat steps out from where you thought there was no threat. That’s not something most p
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
Mimicry is how kids learn the expected reactions to particular emotions. A kid mimicking your surprise doesn’t mean they are surprised (as surprise requires an existing expectation of an outcome they may not have the experience for), but wh
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
Any time someone starts explaining a new game to me I stop them and tell them to just start the game and walk me through it as we play. If I’m teaching someone a card game we’ll play open hand until they get it then start over. It’s kind of
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
But if the QC’s contribution is indistinguishable from that of a random number generator, then what is being demonstrated?
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US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid(cnn.com)
692 points by nkrisc 6mo ago|751 comments
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
That’s my point, essentially, that they chose not to fire such a BS reason that doesn’t even suffice.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
If I don't trust my doctor, I can ignore them and find a new doctor. If I don't trust my therapist, I can ignore them and find a new therapist. If I don't trust my housekeeper, I can fire them and hire a new housekeeper. If I
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
I think engines like Unreal, Unity, and Godot will remain popular with people who are more interested in creating a game than creating a game engine. > if yes what are the things that raylib is missing that these engines have? Asset mana
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
> The expert, former cop turned criminal justice professor Michael Alcazar, said Giovansanti should face “serious discipline.” But that’s not happening — an NYPD spokesperson shrugged off the suggestion of punishment because Giovansanti’
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
> Naps are fine depending on the white collar work, how much is asynchronous, etc. Reasonable accommodations are usually possible as long as it’s not shift work. Yeah, and it’s The people who are on their feet for a 12 hour shift who pro
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
You’ve likely already got many critters living in an on you.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
You're right, maybe we should have the same counselors handling calls from 13 year olds girls and veterans, after all, what's the difference?
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
> There doesn't need to be a specialist for every group, or worse - some groups. Why? The struggles different groups generally face are not the same. For a hotline for veterans, wouldn't it make sense to have counselors who are
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
It is a cultural difference. > In my case headaches are usually caused by sleep deprivation causing high sensitivity to external stimuli, muscle tension, dehydration, or some combination of that. So I'll first try to take a nap and&
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
You won’t, but that’s not what was asked. Logging the requested resource is not a technical requirement of serving that resource.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
In principle, yes, I believe it is a form of spying. Not particularly invasive nor harmful, but spying nonetheless. Logging every page visited is not a technical requirement of serving the requested resource.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
> The difference between what people tell you when asked directly and how they actually use your software is actually shocking. And the difference between what they do and what they want is equally shocking. If what they want isn’t in yo
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
It’s a sub-system of Windows that is used for Linux. It can work either way though.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
The unfamiliar usually is, especially when you aren’t there to experience the less obvious negative aspects of a given culture. Outside of Japan, Japanese culture often gets put on a pedestal but it of course isn’t without its own issues th
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
Ask artists and designers what they think about that.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
Investors who bought an artificially inflated stock would be harmed.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
All I’ve been hearing is how AI will replace human workers with no mention of what those humans are supposed to do when they get replaced. I think people are rightfully concerned about that. We’re automating the interesting work with AI and
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
Drafts, and by extension wars, should be unpopular. War should be the last resort that no one wants to take. No one should be cheering for a war they won't have to participate in. War has become too remote and comfortable for most Am
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
The genus Homo dates back nearly 2 million years.
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
There is clearly something exceptional (in the true neutral sense of the word) about humans, or more broadly the Homo genus. If you believe that humans have in fact created artificial intelligence, then that alone makes us currently excep
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by nkrisc 6mo ago
I think those are likely the only useful or net-positive things for society AI will do, at least for some time until there’s a fundamental advancement beyond LLMs. It can obviously do more than that now, like impersonate people for scams,

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