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by tejohnso 4y ago
> If I create a selection, then copy and paste, why isn't the result a new layer? Why is it something floating? I don't get that. Without having been exposed to other paint programs, this seems reasonable to me. You said it you
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by tejohnso 4y ago
"This issue creates an enormous risk for all model deployments in medical imaging: if an AI model relies on its ability to detect racial identity to make medical decisions, but in doing so produced race-specific errors, clinical radiol
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by tejohnso 4y ago
""" Musk tweeted during the early hours of Sunday that he is yet to see "any" analysis that shows that the social media company has fake accounts less than 5%. He later said that "There is some chance it might
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Elon Musk says Twitter legal team told him he violated an NDA(reuters.com)
2 points by tejohnso 4y ago|2 comments
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by tejohnso 4y ago
More questions than answers. How is this being so certainly attributed to packaging change? And why was the packaging changed? As it stands, this seems like a major change to a successful brand for no apparent reason. And why would you mo
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> But "Crypto" (specifically the energy intensive kind) has a different problem, and that's that it has /massive/ externalities that it simply ignores, forcing us, the people who want nothing to do with it, to no
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by tejohnso 4y ago
That Waymo CEO quote is about feasibility of fully autonomous driving in snow / rain. Seems unreasonable to even expect that. But I don't think it's as intractable as the halting problem. There's no formal proof against
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> most popular cryptocurrency in the world has plummeted more than 50% from its all-time highs Which it has done numerous times in its short life. Not a big surprise, and not the real source of the country's problems. What would def
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by tejohnso 4y ago
So more loss of stability. Decreased predictability. Typical for the climate emergency we're in, and typical precursor for a significant state change event in complex systems. I hadn't heard of the term ocean memory before. For so
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by tejohnso 4y ago
I don't see it either. When I read it it seems fine, and if I look at the distance between the foot of the A and the R compared the the distance between the foot of the A and the T it looks the same. If I look at the top, specifically
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by tejohnso 4y ago
A good church can be like group therapy. You see the same people. You have common issues. The core challenges are discussed. There is a guide book that everyone agrees is the best. There is a group counselor that helps everyone work throug
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> NVIDIA agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay a $5.5 million penalty. So roughly 0.02% of last year's revenue. Basically a warning, I guess.
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by tejohnso 4y ago
They could state, or imply, that their sales growth is due to an increased demand in their core business. Which may be considered much better than the increased demand coming from a secondary, highly volatile, and potentially highly regulat
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by tejohnso 4y ago
Pretty good as a visual and auditory reference. But it could use a bit more detail on the why / how. For example, it shows "C major scale" with notes CDEFGAB. But then when you click the Cmaj button it only plays CGE. Why onl
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> Production and distribution prices increase for every good/service consumed That sounds like a feature as consumption is one of the core problems. > Normal every day citizens end up footing the bill for corporations Corporation
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by tejohnso 4y ago
You get your account blocked for schoolyard level behavior like that? It's not even a serious threat, it's childish emoting. I'd expect people can say "I wish all [opposing football team] players would die in a fire!&quo
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by tejohnso 4y ago
I don't understand the tweet. "@A @B @C Die on the job..." Is that an incomplete news report that people have died? Is it some kind of ridiculous imperative statement? The ellipsis seems to indicate the former. Either way it
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> The solution is to work together as a tribe, not as individuals. Agreed. It's not about continuing our way of life and maintaining the same mentality, but with alternative tech. The fix for this requires leadership and cooperation
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> It is politically untenable to fix this I believe this statement is applicable to the climate crisis in general. Recent reviews of 2015 Paris agreement progress indicate abysmal performance. We've been using resources in such a wa
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by tejohnso 4y ago
You may be aware, but what you are describing depends on temperment[1]. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_temperament Be sure to check out the "See Also" section if interested.
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by tejohnso 4y ago
I think the climate emergency[1] compares and is only going to get worse. Also, it is already partially responsible for warfare[2] (though not global, yet). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_emergency_declarati
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> the CO2 produced by methane is not counted toward methane’s overall climate impact It definitely is in some contexts. It's often cited in CO2 equivalent over time. Methane start off to be something like 80 times more potent as a g
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by tejohnso 4y ago
> waste prime years of their life. I'm not sure that life is wasted, but I'd suggest financial opportunity is wasted. You just can't reach the level of financial security that the previous generation could if that previous
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Is everything falling apart?(nonzero.substack.com)
411 points by tejohnso 4y ago|912 comments
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Great video here talking about the name of one chord in the intro to Stairway To Heaven. Three different youtubers chime in to discuss it. Really shows how much nuance there can be and how ambiguous the naming can be. There was no real cons
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> In general, the conflation of "chords" and "harmony" can be just little sticky, because one implies something the instrument is doing, and the other what the composer/band does. Maybe not directly related or as
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> CPS gone wild is a direct result of that. I read somewhere that some states are passing laws now specifically to protect parents from prosecution for letting 9 year olds play in parks unsupervised. I guess people see kids playing witho
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Sorry to hear that. I wonder what a parent can do in this situation. And would they know if the kid is just suffering typical school harassment (which shouldn't be allowed, but happens all the time) or if the kid is experiencing someth
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> Why can't these people shrug it off It depends what it is. And it depends on the person's circumstances. A strong support system at home can be a big help. Friends as well. Some people just get a terrible hand in all areas
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I'm curious to know how these loans became such a political issue. It's unusual to take out a loan and then complain about having to repay it. That's how it is supposed to work. We don't typically reward people for dig

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