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by smcin 3y ago
Smaller transistors are faster, but the relationship between clock frequency and 1/feature size isn't necessarily linear like you're assuming. https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/27875/moores-law-
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by smcin 3y ago
It's not apples-to-apples to compare raw clock rates between semiconductor processes; Intel's 386 was intially fabbed on 1.5μ then shrunk to 1.0μ process (Intel CHMOS III and IV), whereas MIPS R2000 was 2.0μ, fabless and relied on
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by smcin 3y ago
Not "license to quit", "quit to license"...
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by smcin 3y ago
For excellent ongoing coverage of Francesca Gino and other misconduct cases in academia, esp. behavioral science (such as Dan Ariely), see Pete Judo. Also covers replication failures, data hacking, and much more. [YouTube: https:/&#x2
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by smcin 3y ago
Honestly the only minor criticism I can see of the OP's writing is to remove things that make it seem more disjointed than it is - dashes, unqualified pronouns (what is "it"? AWS? UNIX file system API? a particular module?
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by smcin 3y ago
> You can't plan a city [LA] around interstates then bolt on public transit later. LA used to have a perfectly functioning public transport network, then in the 1900s-1950s it was systematically dismantled by holding companies fro
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by smcin 3y ago
A narrow interface handling a large number of concerns... makes the UNIX file API a "deep" module." Seems self-explanatory to me. "Deep module" [0][1] is a well-defined term. [0]: https://dev.to/go
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by smcin 3y ago
"Lords of Scam" (2021) Original title: "Les rois de l'arnaque" | 1h 45m | Documentary https://www.netflix.com/title/81092697# https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15711402/
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by smcin 3y ago
Their writing seems okay to me; which specific parts do you find atrocious?
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by smcin 3y ago
Sailing on the SS Sokal...
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by smcin 3y ago
GP is referring to the "Hague Invasion Act", aka "American Service-Members' Protection Act of 2002" passed under GW Bush to authorize a US invasion of The Hague, to protect American officials and military personnel
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by smcin 3y ago
Are you telling me those tickets I bought for Fyre #### Festival are bogus?
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by smcin 3y ago
Serious or joking?
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by smcin 3y ago
Wonder what a GenAI poster based on a description of Fyre Festival looks like...
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by smcin 3y ago
I don't see that they're blaming GenAI, rather saying that AI now allows fraudsters to easily generate impressive-looking but completely fictitious marketing which then persuades people to spend thousands on tickets. Without that,
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by smcin 3y ago
Useful to gives dates. Swichkow's prank ad mentioned above was back in 2014. I think you're referring to Facebook/Meta removing many detailed PII-specific targeting options, 1/2022.
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by smcin 3y ago
Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff has gone on a much larger — and previously unreported — shopping spree (via 6 anonymous LLCs and one nonprofit) for land around Waimea, Great Island HI since the pandemic in 2020. To undo the clickbait and
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by smcin 3y ago
For all us peasants who don't know what that is, a Steelcase Leap is an expensive office chair.
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by smcin 3y ago
I didn't say that and I don't think it's helpful to use language like that. The EU quoted ranges are also higher than the EPA ranges: > "The European Union + some other territories (Turkey, Israel) rely on WLTP (Worl
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by smcin 3y ago
Is Instacart's model still where the customer bid with tip is shown to shoppers before they accept a batch, but isn't binding, so customers can claw back their promised tip? (in which case arguably it wasn't a 'bid'
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by smcin 3y ago
Claimed CLTC (China light-duty vehicle test cycle) ranges: - with 48 kWh battery pack, up to 261 ml (420 km) - with 57.6 kWh battery pack 316 mi (510 km) - there is also apparently a 71.7 kWh battery pack option CLTC ranges are supposed to
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by smcin 3y ago
It could be side-splitting fun to write a 'no.c' and thus show that it's easier and shorter to do no than yes.
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by smcin 3y ago
Your site only says "words" or "complete words", it doesn't reference any dictionary. BRALL is a word, albeit an obscure one [0] that is not found in most dictionaries. [0]: https://www.wordnik.com/w
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by smcin 3y ago
It doesn't accept all valid solutions, only the one you've chosen (which I still can't figure out even after the lifelines, without bruteforcing). 2/19/2024: (spoiler) one alternative solution is 'BRA' [0]
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by smcin 3y ago
Ah I see your point now.
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by smcin 3y ago
Unlikely, the story clearly says "Elmore did not have insurance on that property".
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by smcin 3y ago
See my post above: this isn't an opinion piece and the data is from research by Jean Twenge, who is cited by Jonathan Haidt for her research on the correlation in socialization changes and heavy social-media use, esp since 2016. The At
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by smcin 3y ago
Turns out Haidt & Twenge [0] [see pdf] in 2022 said this: "PART 1: THE SPECIFIC, GIGANTIC, SUDDEN, AND INTERNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS: 1.6 The crisis has hit many countries, not just the USA. The patterns are nearly identical
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by smcin 3y ago
Yes sorry, the article and paper make it clear it's referring to the US. I usually add "in the US" myself to such HN titles, but I think HN doesn't want us to editorialize like that, even when it removes ambiguity. So ne
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by smcin 3y ago
That was just the headline CNN went with. I don't think it matters whether it was a human or program that entered the numbers in the quarterly report, what matters is that there weren't multiple other people proofreading it proper

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