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by starmftronajoll 5y ago
Yes, that is explicitly part of the point Doctorow is making. It’s why the essay mentions the fact that humans see faces in clouds, etc. Humans typically know when they are “hallucinating” a face, and ML algorithms don’t. When humans see a
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by starmftronajoll 5y ago
Wow! Thank you for sharing this. The simplicity (yet versatility) of your 8 rules appeals to me.
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Dads Just Want to Help(theatlantic.com)
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by starmftronajoll 5y ago
I appreciated the rules as you wrote them. The important thing is to get started and see how it works. Thank you for keeping it simple.
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by starmftronajoll 5y ago
Heh, it might also be hard to swallow because this rebuke puts words in the parent commenter’s mouth — they are not the “Chinese nationals” commenter. Your original point remains, of course, and thank you for saying it.
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Resource Curse(en.wikipedia.org)
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by starmftronajoll 6y ago
I thought so too, but then I re-read the article and the original report linked from the article, and they both seem to use “video” and “photo” interchangeably. Whenever specifics are given, though, it’s always a photo. Despite the headline
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by starmftronajoll 6y ago
They seem to be suggesting that the L1 cache is obviously a different story. Source: sentence immediately after the one you quoted
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Boeing 777 Makes an Emergency Landing in Moscow After Engine Warning(nytimes.com)
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Integrating my Neptune water meter with HomeAssistant(medium.com)
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Bitemporal Charts(observablehq.com)
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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums 2003 vs. 2012 vs. 2020(docs.google.com)
93 points by starmftronajoll 6y ago|171 comments
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The Republic of Kugelmugel(en.wikipedia.org)
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by starmftronajoll 6y ago
The writer purports to make a case about the profit motives of the New York Times, but the graphs are presented without broader context. A more convincing graphic might be to put these graphs side-by-side with Google Books Ngram Viewer grap
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Etak’s 1985 car navigation system (2015)(fastcompany.com)
1 points by starmftronajoll 6y ago|0 comments
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It's time to take alternatives to dark matter seriously(aeon.co)
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by starmftronajoll 6y ago
There is a name for this phenomenon, “bike-shedding.”
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A Surprise Discovery Points to the Source of Fast Radio Bursts(quantamagazine.org)
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Honda Needs a Tune-Up (2008)(davidsd.org)
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by starmftronajoll 6y ago
Thank you for sharing this. Your step-by-step worked perfectly for me (on Mac), and now I've got the OBS -> Hangouts setup I was looking for.
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by starmftronajoll 6y ago
Okay, turn the hypothetical around. Let’s say you (generic “you”) had an insurance policy that covered you for loss caused by insect and vermin infestations, and the insurance company refused to pay after a spider infestation. Would you sto
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by starmftronajoll 6y ago
Yes. This is a charming story of kindness, community, and cultural heritage. It is not a business story.
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by starmftronajoll 7y ago
This is the new article from Motherboard. Motherboard = Vice
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by starmftronajoll 7y ago
I was also frustrated by the article's lack of elucidation on that matter. I think this is about as close as we come to an explanation: >[T]here is a discrepancy between your biological clock and social clock, which researchers refe
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by starmftronajoll 7y ago
From the linked article: “With mounting debts, the company was absorbed into a bigger construction conglomerate in 2006 – but continues to pair traditional temple building techniques with the latest technology.”
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by starmftronajoll 7y ago
The brilliance of the cheese process struck me as well – we see a mess and then, the reveal of the amusingly simple cleanup. (This is an effectively edited promotional film, too. The story of the equipment is beautifully told.) Your insight
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Patreon can’t solve its porn pirate problem(arstechnica.com)
2 points by starmftronajoll 7y ago|1 comments
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A virtual version of da Vinci’s glass orb helps explain its weirdness(technologyreview.com)
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The fusion energy dream is inching toward planet-saving reality(washingtonpost.com)
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Amazon’s Creepy Twitter PR Army Is Growing(vice.com)
24 points by starmftronajoll 7y ago|2 comments

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