psychomugs

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by psychomugs 3y ago
The statement isn't mine [1] and employs the literary device of hyperbole (noun - extravagant exaggeration) in the use of "most." Definitions of key words from the original statement from Merriam-Webster: - politics (noun) -
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by psychomugs 3y ago
I’m not sure that strife is something to “appreciate,” but, thanks(?) Peer-to-peer politics is vicious because of the incentive to compete for citations in a publish-or-perish milieu were big players block little players with few alternativ
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by psychomugs 3y ago
I have a PhD. Students are shackled to dead-end projects, uprooted from their communities by careerist mentors, and generally fucked over - in at least one case, literally - by their PIs. Scooping - having work similar to yours get publishe
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by psychomugs 3y ago
Of course national politics would be represented by the media as vicious and high-stakes: the media needs vicious and high-stakes messages to keep up viewership as its lifeline. Not even academics are interested in academic politics beyond
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by psychomugs 3y ago
Maybe because "the solution is so obvious, i can solve this in 5 minutes" is what HNers are asked to do on a professional basis?
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by psychomugs 3y ago
SEO, a precursor to social media influence as a metric, is itself precursed by the academic citation metric.
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by psychomugs 3y ago
Of the same vibe: "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
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by psychomugs 3y ago
This generation's recycling logo seems to be eco-friendly materials.
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by psychomugs 3y ago
The survivorship bias here reflects the positive-results bias in research itself. One neither wants to nor can publish negative results, despite their potential to be more valuable than massaged and hacked positive results. Not only is this
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by psychomugs 3y ago
My robotic graduation caps for my undergrad (2015) and PhD (2022) ceremonies: https://psychomugs.github.io/gradcap My wrist-mounted Spider-Man-inspired coilgun: https://psychomugs.github.io/webshooter
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by psychomugs 3y ago
> If he really wants to help people, getting them on e-bikes, if it's practical to do so, would be a huge money savings for them. On-brand HN technosolutionism. Henson already admitted the naivete and idealism that led him working f
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by psychomugs 3y ago
The article mentions repeatedly that the shop tries to keep politics and identity out of their practice. So I disagree and believe that it's placed exactly where it should be.
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by psychomugs 3y ago
"The highest compliment someone can say about me is that I'm a 'good man.' That’s all that matters to me."
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by psychomugs 4y ago
No
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by psychomugs 4y ago
This is Jevon's Paradox: increased efficiency increases usage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
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by psychomugs 4y ago
As the other poster said, I just buy them, but I’m in Japan and also pick up these cable organizers for the cost of an American candy bar (¥190): https://www.amazon.com/MUJI-Cable-Smart-Phone-Stand/dp/B097R...
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Among the neurotic optimizations I’ve made to my cable setup - retracting USB-C cables and normal cables of any length, adapters for any and all devices I own - I have avoided magnetic adapters for the above reasons.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
This accelerationist view is the one I’m rooting for. I’m recalling the final scenes in Akira when the tech-ravaged Tetsuo can’t stop expanding his body of computers and flesh and consuming everything.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Agreed on the first point. I let other people call me an artist or photographer or pianist or whatever I deserve - I don't even need to agree with it, and I've replied that holding a camera doesn't make me a photographer mo
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I don't disagree at all, but your arguments (and, frankly, all of HN, [and, even more frankly, all of the internet which we seem to love to hate]) would really benefit from sources, quotes, etc. Citations are signposts, acknowledgement
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by psychomugs 4y ago
“I will take tech futures for $800.” “What is AMD’s next challenge?” “Efficiency.” “Sorry, the answer we were looking for was ‘less.’”
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by psychomugs 4y ago
wrapped.nil is the master at this https://www.instagram.com/wrapped.nil/
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by psychomugs 4y ago
https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/20... "This study investigated the driving characteristics of drivers when the system changes from autonomous driving to manual driving in the ca
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by psychomugs 4y ago
That other drivers are beta testers for software controlling a large mass of metal and combustibles hurtling down asphalt at _ludicrous_ speeds is something you'd write into a dystopia story. The fact of the fiction is terrifying.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I'd overlook the reductive offensiveness of your comment if it wasn't an actual issue in my program. It was.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Their ’90s sedans were the pinnacle of cars, so perfect that The Onion wrote their first non-satire piece on why a ‘93 Camry will outlive you and your bloodline. 完璧な車で、誠にありがとございます。 https://www.theonion.com/toyota-recalls-199
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by psychomugs 4y ago
> The reality is that building systems is really hard. It requires a lot of resources, and a lot of engineering. I think the incentive structures in academia aren't very suited for this kind of costly, risky systems-building researc
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I’ve never seen the movie, but that excerpt reminded me of crying as I watched Kipchoge break the sub-2-hour marathon.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Per the sibling comment, the OP-Z's sequencer workflow is nothing like the OP-1's tape. It's literally comparing a multitrack MIDI sequencer to a 4-track audio tape recorder.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
There is a marked difference between curiosity and kvetching.

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