the_omegist

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by the_omegist 3y ago
It seems highly unlikely, considering how important hands are for survival, the risks of a debilitating handicap or death if something went wrong, and the fact that hands don’t seem to be linked to any sort of spiritual symbolism (as oppose
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by the_omegist 3y ago
On a side note, I always thought the absence of "formal you" made english-speaking countries more laid-back. This is usually a good thing, because it makes ideas and information circulate more smoothly. But like everything, it has
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by the_omegist 3y ago
No idea why you are being downvoted. I think people in some circles and some places hold strongly to their newly crafted dogmas. No one is equal to no one. I do not see how this can be taken badly at all : absence of equality does not equat
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by the_omegist 3y ago
Made me think of Speedtalk by Heinlein [0]. One way to increase the context window, I thought, would be to teach the LLM a compressed language based on abbreviations etc and to have some compressing/uncompressing script do the translat
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by the_omegist 3y ago
You're right in the absolute, but the issue here is that YT has a monopoly. So if it gets too easy for them to make people abandon ad blocking like this, what stops them from rising their prices every year ? I see this as a nice "
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by the_omegist 3y ago
Yeah, I had the exact same experience. I am surprised how bad it is with ahk scripts and wonder why. What is indeed "original" is that it gives code with unexisting functions, which it never does for the other languages (in my exp
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by the_omegist 3y ago
Thanks for the link. I will check that. From the comments, it seems quite effective...until perhaps youtube decides to check the ads speed & blocks them at x1.
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by the_omegist 3y ago
Not sure this is the best topic to ask this. This is not a domain I am knowledgeable about but : if Youtube detects (somehow) when an ad is blocked , why don't adblockers become "adfastworwarders" ? I am using a bookmarklet t
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by the_omegist 3y ago
I did not see your comment & posted something pretty similar : Not sure this is the best topic to ask this. This is not a domain I am knowledgeable about but : if Youtube detects (somehow) when an ad is blocked , why don't adblocke
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by the_omegist 3y ago
After reading most comments here, few/none mentions the real "technical" challenge with such idea : society. Even if the tech would be able to "revive" them, they also need to bet that : - the company won't go
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by the_omegist 3y ago
If you put a small amount of money in a bank and hoping the bank does not go bankrupt : you could wake up being among the richest in the world. This would be the smallest risk.
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by the_omegist 3y ago
That's the planet's problem... not mine. More seriously : with such mindset, mankind would not be where it is now. It's by pushing the limits that you access some higher "truth", be it tech innovation or societal r
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by the_omegist 3y ago
Nice article. Indeed many tools used in parallel could be merged into mostly one. After many todo lists, calendars, ... apps I personally came to the conclusion the better way to visually display tasks and events is a timeline. And in a Gan
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by the_omegist 3y ago
> As a man, I seriously don't know how women do it, and how many even do it multiple times. Are you aware you are praising women for something any female in any species does ? Sure it is not always easy, but if a woman has children
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by the_omegist 3y ago
Not sure how many "chinese" movies you've watched... They make many types of movies, from the "arty" types to blockbusters. Hong Kong didn't wait 2023 to make movies that appealed to a world audience.
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by the_omegist 3y ago
I don't think they were philanthropists before... The problem is not wanting to be profit driven : I would argue they are not profit driven anymore. Their political obsessions and their probably poor recruiting process since years has
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by the_omegist 3y ago
> they are financially ill advised to put so much effort into a market that provides minimal returns What effort ? Removing a character or shrinking it on the movie poster here and there... That is taking their audiences for morons. Holl
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by the_omegist 4y ago
It never misses an occasion : > You: 2+2 > GPT: 2+2 is equal to 4, which is also the number of flavors in the new line of Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew has always been known for its bold and extreme flavors, and now they've taken it
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by the_omegist 4y ago
No idea why your comment is downvoted. This is just tabloid-level article wrapped in respectability because it's a famous past advisor and not some random tv show starlet... With no competence in the field his opinion is as worthy as 9
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by the_omegist 4y ago
...living the American Dream...
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by the_omegist 4y ago
I got into the trap of wanting to read more , hence faster, thinking I wold gain more knowledge that way. After a couple of years I realized : - most modern books just don't worth the time spent reading them : a simple summary would do
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by the_omegist 4y ago
While I like that you try to show the situation(s) may be more complex than seen at first glance (which is true for any situation anyway), the sheer number of situations should easily explain there is one or many global causes for all these
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by the_omegist 4y ago
I didn't say there is no one worthy in those countries. I am saying it is not the job of a company in country X to make all it can to make it possible for people in country/continent Y to be able to easily do something, even if it
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by the_omegist 4y ago
From what i know from south korean society (just from testimonies & movies : I am aware this is limited) : people are pressured at work and consummerism and shallow "westernized" culture is the norm... Not what I would call a
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by the_omegist 4y ago
Can we stop with the myth that somewhere in the australian bush there is some Hemingway or Chateaubriand waiting to be published, but his old solar panels can just give him enough energy to send his manuscript by email ? Am being sarcastic
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by the_omegist 4y ago
> We often strive for perfection when we're well-past optimal and far into the region of diminishing returns. Agree with all you've said but you're too generous putting all this under the noble quest for perfection. It is
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by the_omegist 4y ago
Nothing new, here... As we're on a tech oriented website, I am surprised at the purely "sociological/political" perspectives in the comments. If no significant upheaval in westernized societies (à la "mad max"
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by the_omegist 4y ago
> Bizarre that North Korea would be the only Koreans left on the peninsula. Why? Because they are the "bad" ones?
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by the_omegist 4y ago
You should be more measured, that would make your argument more acceptable. You cannot product 10kg of fat from eating 1kg of broccoli... Moreover : so how ex-obeses who became more "average" do ? A genes therapy? And I am not ref
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by the_omegist 4y ago
I believe the only advantage our societies have over the previous ones is better technology. I don't think we evolved (much) as a species since Plato's times. So to answer your question let me ask you one : do you think the names

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