spicymaki

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by spicymaki 10mo ago
A simple Google search would provide the answer you (aren't) seeking: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/state-laws-on-book-b...
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by spicymaki 10mo ago
Librarians actually read the books and are experts in the curation of the books. It is not actually about moral authority it is about expertise. Special accommodations are made for students. Parents can ask for their child not to participat
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by spicymaki 10mo ago
> Will be a rough awakening I used to believe that people would wake up, but that does not seem to be what happens. They are just herded around by the next dog that comes along.
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by spicymaki 11mo ago
My hypothesis is that when Siri does processing on the phone its abilities are severely diminished. Perhaps there is some heuristic it uses to pick if it processes voice to text on the phone vs on the server (e.g. possibly based on server l
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by spicymaki 11mo ago
Stallman was right. When will the developer community learn not to contribute to these projects with awful CLAs. The rug has been pulled.
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by spicymaki 11mo ago
I hate to say it, but I moved from a small car to an SUV recently and I love it. Just about everything about it is better for me subjectively. I understand the perspective of city dwellers and mass transit advocates, I grew up in a city wit
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by spicymaki 1y ago
I feel that for long time people coming into the industry did not really care about code as a craft, but more of code as easy money. This was first salient to me when I saw posts about opensource developers who make critical infrastructure
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by spicymaki 1y ago
Agreed, I do understand the sentiment of when someone of your tribe does something great you feel great sentiment, but it can lead to zero sum thinking which is counterproductive. I am pleased that every year we celebrate the achievements o
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by spicymaki 1y ago
Almost all of the comments have someone’s pet theory about the cause of the decline in achievement. The truth is we don’t actually know why there is a decline or how to stop it.
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by spicymaki 1y ago
Ideological alignment with the party in control of the US executive, legislative, and judicial branches gives groups like these quite a bit of leverage.
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by spicymaki 1y ago
You are incorrect. ADHD is not caused by isolation or addictive tech. ADHD is passed down genetically and is caused by a difference dopamine regulation. People with ADHD have low baseline dopamine (A neurotransmitter that plays a role in re
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by spicymaki 2y ago
I would have agreed with the caretakers proposal a year ago. However you can see how it could be abused. Even jail as a remedy is precarious these days.
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by spicymaki 2y ago
Me too, somehow Siri got worse with the addition of Apple Intelligence. It now just drops audio commands that old Siri could handle reliably. The new Siri voice sounds much colder and much more robotic. Siri’s response time is slower too.
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by spicymaki 2y ago
Reading these arguments are funny to me. By now there should be decades worth of research on this topic, all we seem to do is give anecdote after anecdote with no conclusion. Either no is doing this research or no one trusts the conclusions
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by spicymaki 2y ago
I think that performance optimization is not a one size fits all thing. Much of performance has to do with if you are the right fit for a specific environment. Some low performers can become high performers if they are in the right place an
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by spicymaki 2y ago
This is classic technological disruption. I can ask ChatGPT the most mundane questions, while it is very high effort to ask questions on Stack Overflow. Nobody really wants to RTFM. ChatGPT hallucinates, but many Stack Overflow results are
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by spicymaki 2y ago
Just an aside, electricians are thriving in this economy.
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by spicymaki 2y ago
> I think we are at the point where Patreon & podcasts can keep the best researchers self-funded... What I believe you are saying is that the "popular" researchers will get ad-spend to fund their "research" that w
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by spicymaki 2y ago
I know this sounds judgmental, but this reminds me of the idiom “touch grass”. Children should be outdoors observing real life and not be consuming AI slop. You are not overthinking this, this will most likely be bad for children and everyo
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by spicymaki 2y ago
This is the classic innovator's dilemma. Any interesting new innovation from Intel gets snuffed out due to the fact it takes time to get to market. The success of x86 was blinding. Intel was impatient, so it killed products in their in
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by spicymaki 2y ago
I did not state a dichotomy. I did not even assert an opinion. I am asking clarifying questions based the points the previous poster made.
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by spicymaki 2y ago
> The management want return to office and that's it. I believe this is the truth. I worked for a startup 20 years ago and the founder told us all to come in early in the morning and look as busy as possible, because key investors w
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by spicymaki 2y ago
Is your argument that organizations should not have a work place anti-discrimination policy and enforcement, because proponents of such policies are all bad people and we should just trust in inherent human kindness? Are you advocating that
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by spicymaki 2y ago
This article was very educational. I did not know that Martin Luther King Sr. was such a prominent person, and the connection of the King family with Berlin. Thank you for posting it.
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by spicymaki 2y ago
They would if they could. Optical physics is one factor that prevents the lenses from being flush with the back. If you want to support advanced optical features the lenses need depth.
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by spicymaki 2y ago
No, it is still in print. Buy a copy! https://www.amazon.com/Lao-Tzu-Ching-about-Power/dp/16118072...
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by spicymaki 2y ago
And Dōgen is quoting a Zen (Chan) Buddhist Qingyuan Weixin [Seigen Ishin].
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by spicymaki 3y ago
Debugging, Emulation and Compiler development comes to mind.
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by spicymaki 3y ago
Here is another story: https://saskatoonsymphony.org/the-nearly-lost-brandenburg-co... The Brandenburg Concerti were ignored until around 1849 and nearly lost again during WWII. How ridiculous is that?
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by spicymaki 3y ago
I am hoping to live long enough to see his 300th year celebration.

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