shannifin

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by shannifin 3y ago
Probably a lot easier and cheaper to build his own collection. Not sure paying others to do the work makes him the archivist though.
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by shannifin 3y ago
Not sure I would call it "genius" or the emergence of latent "talent", terms which suggest a positive judgment of the work produced... Rather it seems like obsession. It is a very curious phenomenon, and I wonder if it c
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by shannifin 3y ago
Reminds me of the Mona Lisa heist. Pretend to steal the famous painting, then sell counterfeits. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/538216/art-heist-stolen-...
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by shannifin 3y ago
Parsing math notation has been a big weakness for me, especially with AI stuff. If I can see it in code, or at least pseudocode, stuff clicks much more intuitively. Wish there was a more efficient way to bridge that skill gap. Maybe condens
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by shannifin 3y ago
Around here, unfortunately yes. The general argument I've heard is that kids need to be able to contact parents in an emergency, or something.
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by shannifin 3y ago
It has always seemed intuitive to me that the "reverse" sprinkler won't rotate. It's understanding why that was the tricky part.
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by shannifin 3y ago
Yeah, no Android Chrome support for something in the code...
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by shannifin 3y ago
> Hanging that opening curly-quote into the space off to the start of the text and aligning the actual words is a better look. Eh... no it's not?
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by shannifin 3y ago
Assuming one succeeded, would it be more financially lucrative to claim the prize or form a startup with it?
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by shannifin 3y ago
Is there a way to self-evaluate whether or not your belief is the product of social status preservation? If not, what good is it to recognize the possibility, save for accusing others of it?
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by shannifin 3y ago
Something about that rolling marble is so satisfying. Haven't seen or even thought about this animation in decades, and yet it's completely familiar. It's amazing to think about memories just lying dormant in the brain for so
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by shannifin 3y ago
This happens to me a lot when writing fiction; I can see the action or feel the emotion I want, but finding the words to describe can sometimes be very difficult. (Also depends on what time it is, I'm particularly bad at it in the morn
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by shannifin 3y ago
Wonder if/how people could do this before sound recording devices existed that could prove you did it correctly. I can imagine intellectuals in wigs: "sdrawkcab gnikaeps ma I! Did I do it right?" "Hmmm, I suppose we&#x27
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by shannifin 3y ago
That might be his conscious experience when performing the skill, but doesn't really explain it. The real skill is in quickly reversing the appropriate phonemes. And then the question is why does that, controlling for practice time, co
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by shannifin 3y ago
Creative endeavors can be especially difficult because it can mean lots of work with very little chance of financial success. You really have to enjoy the process itself (or at least find a healthy balance between the creation and business
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by shannifin 3y ago
Short answer: it may certainly be the case that growing up in first-world countries more easily primes people for later midlife crises with their greater societal focus on wealth, status, fame, materialism, etc. Longer answer: I don't
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by shannifin 3y ago
Digression, story: Years ago I worked in a place that, if you attempted and failed 3 times to login to your account, your account would be locked and you had to see the help desk in person to prove your identity to get it back. And of cours
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by shannifin 3y ago
This is true, but I find it's also difficult to really judge the worth of what I've done in life. My mind's default for judging is: "Was my work popular? Did it make good money?" And all my endeavors have certainly
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by shannifin 3y ago
I'm not sure I understand what exactly the advice is. Is it just "don't be afraid to do something risky, as you might regret not going for it"? That doesn't seem helpful to me, I can easily regret doing something I
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by shannifin 3y ago
Wow! Even more interesting than I guessed, very cool!
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by shannifin 3y ago
It also worked with the TV show and recorded VHS's. I think the TV connection worked via the closed captioning somehow. Would be interesting to get more under-the-hood technical details. (Also, has anyone made a ChatGPT-powered talking
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by shannifin 3y ago
"What should I deprioritize?" I've known a couple supervisors who hate this response, effectively responding in turn "nothing!" (Fortunately I did not work for them myself, just heard them complain about it.)
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by shannifin 3y ago
When the other fills in the void of an awkward pause, it tends to be to try to further convince you to say yes, which can be really annoying. I usually just say sorry, no by default, then I can change mind after if necessary.
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by shannifin 4y ago
The availability of the chronological timeline is what's kept me on Twitter; hate the algorithmic. If they ever do away with the chronological, I'm gone.
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by shannifin 4y ago
very + creepy = creepy lol
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by shannifin 4y ago
This seems related to another issue I've been thinking about lately: how to effectively measure productivity. I've been working on an MVP for a startup for a lot longer than I'd like. I've done a lot of work, but have go
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by shannifin 4y ago
I found a book full of four-leaf clovers, five-leaf, six-leaf, even a few seven-leafs. Hundreds of them, a really impressive collection.
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by shannifin 4y ago
That's awesome :)
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by shannifin 4y ago
I put in that I was born in 1901, and it still told me that I still had "a long way to go"
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by shannifin 4y ago
I'm actively working on a startup focusing on this (while doing startup school this month). For now I'm focusing on the melody generation, as to me that seems to be the area most lacking in AI-generated music, yet what I find the

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