ta20211004_1

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by ta20211004_1 7mo ago
Can't agree more on 5. I've repeatedly found that any really tricky programming problem is (eventually) solved by iterative refinement of the data structures (and the APIs they expose / are associated with). When you get it r
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by ta20211004_1 2y ago
Congratulations! You have nothing to apologize for.
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by ta20211004_1 2y ago
Thank you for clarifying!
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by ta20211004_1 3y ago
ouch.
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by ta20211004_1 3y ago
I see how it’s easy to agree with this article since everyone has experienced being annoyed by excessive noise, but I do question whether or not the jury is really out on excessive noise causing heart disease, anxiety, etc. As the article a
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by ta20211004_1 3y ago
I would guess this already happens all the time (soldiers being told to do terrible tactical moves due to lack of information)
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by ta20211004_1 3y ago
Thanks for your perspective and insights. I'll take a more charitable view on this topic in the future. :)
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by ta20211004_1 3y ago
I find the “super computer slime” stories that pop up every once and a while (including in academic contexts, occasionally), pretty annoying. Usually they have fun examples of problems these things can solve, but we don’t actually think the
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by ta20211004_1 3y ago
> My best guess is that the embedding represents the meaning of the natural language string it was generated from, such that strings with "similar" embeddings have similar meaning. But that's just speculation. Yeah, you&#x
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by ta20211004_1 4y ago
Ok that passage from Blood Meridian is obviously great, but posting it out of context like this makes my skin crawl! It's almost a spoiler. Without knowing the preceding events, and the general way in which the story is grounded in rea
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by ta20211004_1 4y ago
Messenger already has opt-in end to end encryption and it's the default on WhatsApp.
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
Google "Netflix Kids".
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
Thanks for the information!
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
Yes. I felt I was swimming against the currents and wanted this opinion to exist in separate space from the rest of the opinions I express on this site.
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
@ggrrhh_ta It's not showing me the 'reply' button on your comment. That seems like fair criticism. It's not my area of expertise. I'm just here to post the source document because in light of what the study actually
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
Did you have a look at the slide deck? I don't design survey's for a living, but the questions seem carefully chosen (often included as a footnote on slides with graphs).
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
You're right and Facebook should be taking action to reduce the negative effects their products are having on teens. I have no idea if any of the recommendations at the end of the study were actually put into action. To me a charitable
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
That's a fair question! Is there a better way to independently measure the mental health effect of a single variable on a person's life than just asking them?
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
I encourage people to have a look at the leaked document that is being referenced here. https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/teen-mental-hea... p24. Teens are about twice as likely to state that Insta
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
> To be clear, I don't believe Facebook is solely to blame here. What we're seeing is an amplification of human behavior and tribalism that predates the existence of social media. What makes the current climate interesting and
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by ta20211004_1 5y ago
> And if some of the allegations and concerns are correct, the current trajectory companies like Facebook are taking us on are poised to cause far worse. We've already seen Facebook used to facilitate genocide, and there are very co