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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
>Are you able to "sign up once" and be able to log into every instance of Mastodon? In short, no. But this isn't a question that makes sense in context, it's like asking if you can sign into Yahoo with your Gmail acco
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
I recently started a job building wearable VR haptic feedback systems. This isn't a field I've ever even thought of before, but it's been really interesting so far. I'm pushing the limits of what the current technology c
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
Why support one OS indefinitely when you can support five concurrently for a decade each!
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
If activists were "manufacturing" doubt, that implies the doubt is false. Which means Twitter could resolve the doubt when the advertisers ask questions. Advertisers are asking questions, and Twitter isn't providing answers o
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
My understanding is that physics allows you to create a bubble of spacetime without negative energy, but that bubble doesn't accelerate through space. The ship drags the bubble along with it at sublight speed using normal thrusters.
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
I've been looking for something like this for a long time. I have a powerful desktop PC in an inconvenient place, and a much weaker laptop which can be anywhere I am. All I want in life is to pause work on my desktop, pick up my laptop
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
Generally, the math works, and it looks like it should be possible. We've even got some ideas for how to physically build the thing. The main problem is that it requires exotic matter with negative mass or negative energy. I don't
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
Consider each repo on github to be a movie. What copilot does is to search for sequences of frames from any movie which line up to create a new coherent movie. Individually, each frame is protected by the copyright of the movie it belongs t
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
Interesting analogy. Consider every repo on github to be a movie. Copilot is taking individual frames out of every movie on github and composting them into a new film. I think most of us would agree that individually, each frame is copyrigh
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
I agree, but I also think we need a fundamentally new paradigm. It's very important that we as programmers have a good mental model for how the machine works. Abstractions are cool, but it is important to be aware of how your data live
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by rolenthedeep 4y ago
You do realize that they were trying to have a rational discussion here, right? They're pretty unambiguously asking for information and trying to understand your viewpoint. If AGI is the wrong term to use then either get over it, or ex