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by nzmsv 5y ago
Compressed. The compressed stream isn't byte aligned. Normally this isn't a problem because an application will flush the output and pad it to end on a byte boundary before closing a file (see https://www.bolet.org&#x
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by nzmsv 5y ago
But only if the first file ends on a byte boundary of course. Just to save someone trying this some debugging :)
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by nzmsv 5y ago
It's easy to think that the most powerful entity is the one with the biggest stick. Consider this though: imagine a VIP and their bodyguard. The bodyguard is much stronger and carries a gun, but he is not the one with power. The VIP
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Someone did actually start a business doing exactly that: https://jaunty.org/
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Somebody didn't read the article
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by nzmsv 5y ago
That's exactly what I meant by my "preview of the future" comment. Imagine the same scenario, but in a higher-stakes environment than playing a game. Let's imagine there is a "leetcode aug" that lets one insta
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by nzmsv 5y ago
That's the point: the AI in my imaginary world doesn't need desires. The human brain is acting as a "desire coprocessor".
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Good luck finding a manager that doesn't want to just check in, get an ETA, or otherwise bother you when you are in a low energy state.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
One may wonder what exactly is the point in a human watching this auto-playing game system, and whether they'd be better off watching a movie... But another way to look at it is as a preview of the future. Just picture this: a world of
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by nzmsv 5y ago
She doesn't, but many people really really want to change this. See this discussion from a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27662701 The topic of borders and the Internet is a really weird one in general
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Interesting! I see communication as communication, and the medium as completely separate. Does it really matter that much if I communicate an idea to another mind using squiggles on paper, dots on a screen, or recordings of sound waves?
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by nzmsv 5y ago
And there are others who, when faced with the trade-off, would choose differently. It's amusing how on another thread the general consensus may be a celebration of Let's Encrypt while over here I seem to come off as crazy (and thu
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by nzmsv 5y ago
This is not, strictly speaking, an obvious forgone conclusion. Imagine that I call you over the phone, old school style, with voice. Would you or would you not want the governments on either end of the phone line to eavesdrop on our conver
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by nzmsv 5y ago
It's quite a bit more than "some weapons". Click a few of the links off that Wikipedia article, particularly about Lady Taliban. Another familiar name that will pop up is Osama.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Afghanistan? Really? You may want to look up who installed the Taliban in the first place.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
How can you be sure it's not a lie? What I meant by "lie" is this: let's say you ask someone how much they sleep. Currently society tells us that working as much as possible is a virtue. So they tell you they sleep 4
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Even without improvements to air bags and the like a newer car is safer because it's body has less structural fatigue. It would be stronger in a crash.
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Because this kind of reply gets posted every single time sleep deprivation is brought up. Needing this little sleep is usually a lie or a self-delusion. Perpetuating it has negative consequences for the rest of us. Do some of these unicor
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Some feedback: 1) "Feedback" is uncountable 2) The long sentence starting with "To do that" should be split into two after "correct". As written, the clause that follows is completely standalone and there is n
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Glad you enjoyed it :) I'm not into purebred dogs myself, just heard about this. One other thing that breeders must do is periodically "refresh" the gene pool. In order to do this they track down other breeders with dogs&#x
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by nzmsv 5y ago
That kind of money (and I'm approximating here) is for a dog with all the documents and one that can be used for breeding (not neutered/spayed). So in a way it's an investment. I'm very skeptical of the motivations in t
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Well, not a conspiracy exactly, but I seriously doubt that someone paying $2000 for a puppy would refuse to pay $100 for all the necessary shots and an international veterinarian pet passport. Why are they going abroad in the first place?
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by nzmsv 5y ago
It doesn't just phone home to China. The company actually refuses to comply with the GPL because of "anti-China sentiment" and closed down their support forum when people got angry ( https://www.reddit.com/r&#
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by nzmsv 5y ago
And the chicken tax is about chickens. Cute velociraptors that cluck and lay eggs. Even though it is actually about installing fake seats in trucks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax And condescension is abo
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by nzmsv 5y ago
This is actually a really good analogy that applies to some other argument, but not the one I was trying to make :) Git forks and merges still share a common ancestral history and are basically an evolution of the same idea. This is true o
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by nzmsv 5y ago
This is likely less about rabies and people moving with their beloved pet, and more about protecting US-based breeders. The price difference for purebred dogs (and cats) can be as much as 10x inside the US vs outside. I know people who sp
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by nzmsv 5y ago
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/M/MUD.html
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by nzmsv 5y ago
> Ethical systems are not the same as the kinds of religious beliefs I was talking about. Ethical systems have practical consequences that can be tested. Good luck testing one of the currently accepted "ethical system"-type rel
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by nzmsv 5y ago
That's what the "every single one" qualifier is for :)
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by nzmsv 5y ago
Every one of your interviewers says they have great work life balance while looking like an extra from a zombie movie. Dark circles around the eyes, bags underneath.

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