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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Nice. On the virtue of silence: "in conversation [knowledge is] obtain’d rather by the use of the ears than of the tongue, ..."
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
I don't understand why an otherwise reputable forum (HN) would be so tolerant of meaning-uninferrable clickbait link titles. Sentience, posters, sentience.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Overall we've seemed kind of quiet, about how to handle the hollowing-out of education.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Video did not strike me as convincing.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
and mr. young.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
If the young parents are women and you're a guy, the situation could fall into a different category to them.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
What would happen if you tried a meetup with nearby people to read&discuss what you found interesting?
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
What does Tesla have?
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Why are the panels vertical? If indeed they are.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
I wonder why they didn't just name it the Troll and be done with it. (Is the product designed to kill?)
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
What I don't know is how & what his approach does when it encounters gang stuff, how well it works there.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Which churches come closest to Pope Francis's teachings and worldview? Ones that have both in-person and online services.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
("He" here is Kirill not the Pope)
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
"Out of the Fog" is about the experience of "war babies" and other Asians adopted into the U.S., as they have grown to adulthood.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
(and over time, an indirect way of saying becomes direct in the communicators' minds)
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
One possibility would be a separate "instruct llms to ignore" (de)notation. So much (in the 'possible solution space') would require above-ordinary editorial attention for the writer to invoke though.
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Ask HN: For LLMs, Create a cultural, palatable norm of noting sarcasm?
2 points by thimkerbell 1y ago|6 comments
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Anecdote, I knew someone disciplined who cut fruit out of his regular diet, & it was like his face didn't age for the next 20 years.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
ArcInstitute should find a bunch of motivated people like you to enlist in dietary experiments. I wonder if a GLP-1 agonist would affect the craving.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Calcium in diet competes with lead for absorption.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
He seems pretty sane to me.
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
I liked this "everyone's invited" one, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33780725 (start a regular weekly meetup)
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Any particularly good ones?
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Should people wear buttons that indicate interests? Even "read a book in a coffeehouse" doesn't work if the other patrons have to scoot below the table to read the cover.
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by thimkerbell 2y ago
I wonder if RFK Jr. could improve food safety checks, especially when it seems something isn't right with a food that you bought. There's a discount store that I will no longer feel comfortable buying cheese or produce from.
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by thimkerbell 2y ago
"Slate Auto is tackling a big goal: an affordable two-seat electric pickup truck for around $25,000"(anon sources)
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by thimkerbell 2y ago
I have not read the article, but on the general theme, has anyone else noticed that sometimes the image in a tweet that you've liked, replied to or RTd will silently get replaced by a completely different image?
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by thimkerbell 2y ago
Posted with comments at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43589309 (that second try got more traction)
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by thimkerbell 2y ago
Where is the youtube channel for the "craftsmen who machine parts out of ebony wood or other tropical hardwoods - and use these to keep engines running"?
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by thimkerbell 2y ago
Dang, how do I delete my comment? My hope that it'd be informative to HN readers that weren't interested in going crude seems to have been in vain.

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