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by sandspar 1y ago
Neat, we finally know the answer! What is the sound of one hand clapping? Translation by Nancy Qunqar.
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There's crappy meat. Have you ever had cheap salmon sashimi? It's completely flavorless, with a rubbery, watery mouthfeel. Conversely have you had expensive salmon sashimi? A delicate umami flavor with a mouthfeel of liquified but
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by sandspar 1y ago
Yeah. He just settled the Cambridge Analytica suit a couple days ago, he basically won the Canadian online news thing, he's blown billions of dollars on his AI angle. He's jacked up and wants to fight someone.
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Meta on the warpath, Europe falls further behind. Unless you're ready for a fight, don't get in the way of a barbarian when he's got his battle paint on.
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Sounds like a couple of guys following their "guy" to his new pastures. A personal loyalty thing ("plus we'll all get rich while we do it").
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I guess people generally try to maximize reward per lifetime. Some people try to increase their lifetime, albeit with smaller reward per unit time (eating their spinach). A few rare people try to maximize reward per unit time, even at the c
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by sandspar 1y ago
I like that Brian Eno quote. If I recall correctly, he was also referring to nostalgia. Like, once the technology improves, you begin to miss the old rough edges. I know that I love seeing old images of Google DeepDream, for example.* It&#x
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You could easily find information about Roman burial practices. It would help you decide whether knitting accessories fit the pattern.
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B.F. Skinner’s former graduate students Keller Breland & Marian Breland turned behaviorism's lab ideas into a step‑by‑step training recipe at Animal Behavior Enterprises in the 1940s–50s. They used it on thousands of animals - from
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Animal Trainers Breland-Bailey and Bailey's "Patient Like the Chipmunks" [video](youtube.com)
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The objects were found in graves and coin hoards. Why would people ask to be buried with a knitting accessory?
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by sandspar 1y ago
This is really neat. The videos give me an instant headache. It's quite exciting to feel such a palpable and unusual effect from a video. Until now I wasn't aware that a video could give me a headache. I wonder what other physical
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by sandspar 1y ago
I'm looking forward to meeting my ChatGPT. I believe that one day I will perceive it looking back at me. I expect that by then it may have read this very comment. If so, hello!
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Have you kept in touch with your friend who showed you the internet? If so, what does he think about AI?
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Maybe it's less about the money and more about signalling to foreign adversaries. "We're prepared to weaponize AI, so you should tread lightly." Everyone knows that in case of war those millions could turn into billions
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Curtis is fun to watch when you're 20 years old. (Maybe that's a bit harsh.) I find that his documentaries only SEEM to make a lot of sense. Watching his stuff feels like watching a magic show. His argument is dazzling, but you ge
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by sandspar 1y ago
Thanks for the caution! That's good advice. Although I do think that AI fits the pattern of "real big thing". In general, cultural diffusion progresses in three stages: from insiders to money people to the public. For example
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by sandspar 1y ago
One thing I learned from COVID is that warnings never stick + once the wave hits it's MUCH larger than even the most dire warnings predicted. CEOs can warn about AI replacing jobs until they're blue in the face, but people won&#x2
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by sandspar 1y ago
Sounds like a form of social proof combined with low friction following? Authors say it creates a "rich get richer" dynamic. Also I wonder if there's a long-term risk that it creates a "everyone follows the same people&q
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by sandspar 1y ago
115 million active users yet I can't recall ever seeing a Threads screenshot. Even on Elon-hostile places like Imgur and Reddit, the overwhelming majority of screenshotted memes are from X.
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by sandspar 1y ago
All evidence suggests that the plane was fully functional. The switches were moved by one of the pilots.
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The switches are spring-loaded, notched in place, and have a rubber knob on the top. A pilot must squeeze the knob, remove the switch from its ON notch, press the switch, click it into the OFF notch, then release the knob. Doing it accident
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by sandspar 1y ago
High fantasy novels often deal with long-lived people: immortal elves. Fantasy authors have come up with different ways for elves to occupy their time. Off the top of my head: - master crafts (e.g. build guitars for 100 years) - reminisce (
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by sandspar 1y ago
From talking to people who invigilate these tests, you'd be surprised by how people answer. For example, someone answers Yes to "It is ok to steal from my employer." I think these tests optimize for multiple things. Part of t
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I'm not an expert. I believe it's because Delaware nurtured a reputation for being predictable and safe, but its recent behavior has caused worries that it is becoming erratic and activist. A good writeup here: https://
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Sorry, I would have more accurately said "if you're willing to piggyback on a larger creator's channel", which typically but not necessarily involves near-anonymity, and where one doesn't need to have a famous name.
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For me it's just more fun to see the original. My museum hobby is pointless, basically, so I feel free to set myself little rules. Perhaps it makes sense to think of going to museums as a type of collection hobby. Collectors typically
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Huh? It's trivially easy to write a Reddit post that gets thousands of readers. A mid tier YouTube scriptwriter can reach tens of millions of readers/listeners every week. A well-written Instagram comment can receive millions of v
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One striking thing about Gen Alpha and young Zoomers is how RAPIDLY they learn. Being young is like being on learning-focused anabolic steroid #1 + online programs and AI are like learning-focused anabolic steroid #2. It's really impre
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I think we still have rituals. Rituals are often invisible to the participants, so it wouldn't surprise me if ours were invisible to us. I can't think of strong ones off the top of my head. Perhaps social media rituals, like posti

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