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by runamuck 2y ago
Executive Summary of Article: "new data now reveal what many of us suspected for at least ten years: stereotype threat does not replicate, and it does not undermine academic performance in the ways we thought." The Stereotype Thr
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by runamuck 2y ago
I think so. Along those lines, did the underworld learn the lesson from Bernardo Provenzano (who got caught due to reliance on a Cesar Cipher) and step up their encryption?
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by runamuck 2y ago
Interesting! Now that you mention it, I did buy a .luxury domain for this purpose - a Gemini server. I also bought a .ski to have a domain with my (polish) last name.
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by runamuck 2y ago
To be honest (not a troll comment) I loved the idea of Juicero - easy pressed juice service. Before, I had to source, buy, clean, peel and chop veggies and then clean up the mess. They just gave bags of veggies ready to press. I tried to
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by runamuck 2y ago
Add "Greeble" to your vocabulary. This can help describe the detail, for example, in AI Generated artwork.
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Greebles made Star Wars (1977) look cool (2005)(web.archive.org)
6 points by runamuck 2y ago|2 comments
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Escape the Surveillance Web with Gemini(john.soban.ski)
19 points by runamuck 2y ago|24 comments
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by runamuck 2y ago
Any chance scientists can make a drug for humans to have this benefit? This could help in tense relationship building/ repair. You get the social bonding of pounding alcohol w/o the negative effects of drunkeness.
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by runamuck 2y ago
> Hardy, a mathematical giant in his own right, is said to have quipped that his greatest contribution to mathematics was the discovery of Ramanujan. I love the Humility and Kindness in Hardy's statement.
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Quick and Easy Capacity Planning with Pandas(john.soban.ski)
2 points by runamuck 2y ago|0 comments
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by runamuck 2y ago
I consider this a victory for creativity, freedom and technological progress. Let the entrepreneurs innovate and execute without fear of legal suffocation!
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by runamuck 2y ago
I post it to LinkedIn and X, but my logs show very little traffic from those sources.
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by runamuck 2y ago
Anecdotal: My hobby tech blog went from 4k hits/ day (all cold Google search traffic) w/ top Google searches in 2019 to about 60 a day today. I still publish at the same tempo and I believe I improved the quality of the blog, bu
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I developed a simple checklist to detect Gen AI use(john.soban.ski)
2 points by runamuck 2y ago|0 comments
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by runamuck 2y ago
I recommend contacting the local retro computer or cinephile (or generic "geek') scene and see if you can recruit volunteers to digitize them for you. I would volunteer for this, take a crate home and pop in tapes while I go abou
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by runamuck 2y ago
I've heard Sr. Architects call Agile "formalized micromanagement."
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Why Did Emperor Severus Spare an Engineer(john.soban.ski)
2 points by runamuck 2y ago|1 comments
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by runamuck 2y ago
The emperor Severus followed standard protocol and ordered the death of tens of thousands of people under his reign. Despite this, he spared the life of an enemy combatant, the Engineer Priscus.
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by runamuck 2y ago
Wow! Thank you for that comprehensive and considerate answer.
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by runamuck 2y ago
I feared a simple, pontificating thought piece from the title. The author, in fact, provides a technical deep dive onto how the engineers fabricated a battery bomb and discusses easy supply chain attacks. A fascinating and well researched
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by runamuck 2y ago
Would an Ethernet cable plugged into your ISP router defend against the above mentioned surveillance (i.e., no WiFi snooping)? Or did the FBI PCAP at the ISP?
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by runamuck 2y ago
"When a teammate asks for help find creative ways to make them look bad." Thanks for this gem, this captures the culture in a nutshell.
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by runamuck 2y ago
I agree! I can't find the level of depth that Retro Gamer delivers anywhere online.
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by runamuck 2y ago
Agreed! About 20 years ago, my sister held DND (D&D?) games in her basement, and I saw the weirdest lot of misanthropes in my young life. They made Comic Book guy look like Don Draper. Later she tells me that at least two of them wou
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by runamuck 2y ago
I collect silver age comic books, and this reminds me of several ads I read peddling "Pet Raccoons." I love it! https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/16uwxh...
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by runamuck 2y ago
If you live in a totalitarian country, they can use it for social credit or to identify "troublemakers."
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by runamuck 2y ago
Wow that's huge in 2024 dollars!
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by runamuck 2y ago
A Raytheon like company.
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by runamuck 2y ago
I still get a lot of LLM "memes", for example "In today's digital landscape" or "is crucial." Also, Liang Et al noted a 10x increase in certain words like "meticulous" or "intricate" s
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by runamuck 2y ago
Oh wow! I got $37k in 1999 (~$69k 2024 according to BLS) in the DC area, for a Software Engineering job. I love to hear that grads now get rewarded w/ $125k fresh out.

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