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by nkrisc 2mo ago
From the user’s perspective, there’s not much difference between good code and bad code if the gameplay is the same. The bad code might be a nightmare for the developer adding new features and updates, but it doesn’t directly affect the use
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
I think there are good use cases for AI, I never said otherwise. Creating simulacra of real people is not one of them, I believe. > yet adoption and the gamut of use cases keep ever expanding. I don't see how that's evidence in
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
1. Neither of my screen is to the side of the other. 2. The demo doesn't even work, the div stays centered in the viewport, not the program window when I open a side bar (Firefox). 3. Rarely does my browser even cover the center of my
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
I’m not surprised, that’s exactly the kind of person who would want this kind of technology. Remember, society as a whole will decide what's acceptable, there are no objective, natural laws that decide that. My gut feeling is that this
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
Joke’s on you: my browser window isn’t centered.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
> Imagine an LLM which actually sounded like you, and to an extent, thought like you. How much would you pay to have access to a smarter version of yourself? I find the idea dehumanizing and revolting. The notion of then selling it is
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
Whatever country you live in, I guarantee you have homegrown criminals from your culture too.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
Then just stop playing games if that happens. They’re not necessary, it’s not worth getting fucked over by the corpos. Or make your own games or play ones made by indies that you can actually own.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
If someone asks you a question at work, you answer them, or explain why you won’t/can’t. If they wanted an AI answer they could have asked it themself.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
AI or no AI, it’s incredible that this design won. Either the judges have questionable judgement or the other entries must not have been very good.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
It immediately looks like AI slop because nearly every square inch is filled with with something, however meaningless and useless it might be to the overall composition. AI is good at filling an image with shit, and bad at knowing when to l
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
I think we should be doing less conquering of the planet we live on.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
That wasn’t clear to me. Yes, they share similar roots because they have a common ancestor language. Just like any pair of extinct or extant languages descended from PIE.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
That still does not make Sanskrit an ancestor language of English, though both English and Sanskrit do share a common ancestry several thousand years ago. English has borrowed words from many languages, as all but the most isolated language
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
That’s what I meant, but worded poorly: that for anyone to legally be living there it wouldn’t currently meet the standards. Renting any part of that building out is likely not worth the hassle compared to the ad revenue, as you noted.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
Not every technology needs to exist simply because it’s possible.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
Based on the pictures I can’t imagine anyone legally living there. I don’t know for sure, but I imagine usable windows are required for living spaces.
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by nkrisc 2mo ago
I did read the article. It mentions HIV/AIDS. The comment I replied to said only HIV, and as they noted, HIV alone doesn’t necessarily imply any ill health effects at all. However some people with HIV who then develop AIDS may in fact
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
> Are we supposed to accept the idea that an IV drug user sharing needles contracts HIV and they never have to work again even though they'll be getting medication which completely suppresses the virus and will leave a largely norma
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
I used to live just about across the road from a large cemetery in the middle of Chicago. It was one of the quietest places around to take a walk and be surrounded by trees. Cemeteries are great places for quiet walks.
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
I think you could make a scientific theory of harmony (and perhaps music or even sound more generally) through the physiological lens of human perception. Straying a bit from music, but some sounds are fairly universally unpleasant, so ther
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
I see what you mean, I misunderstood initially.
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
Imagine a sheet of paper folded in such a way that if you looked at it perfectly edge-on it would appear as a 2D Hilbert curve.
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
Couldn't you just take any 2D space filling curve and extend it infinitely on the Z axis to make a space filling 3D surface?
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
It reads as if "an anonymous researcher" is describing Mathis Mansière, which is quite humorous.
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
How on Earth was he convicted? They couldn’t find any evidence (because it didn’t exist) and yet he was still found guilty? Is there a similar presumption of innocence in Canadian legal doctrine?
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
Handling platform-specific details like isn't really the fun part of writing a CPU renderer, IMO.
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
True, all mosquitoes drink nectar, and only females of some species drink blood.
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
That’s good advice to not talk, but it won’t necessarily save you.
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by nkrisc 3mo ago
Unfortunately I think they have pretty wide latitude to perform searches at border crossings.

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