thomastjeffery

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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
That's a feature that could be implemented by a subjective framework. Traditionally, we use definition as the core primitive for programming. The programming language grammar defines the meaning of every possible expression, precis
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
That's always been a fun idea. Even a thousand years ago, when most people couldn't read or write, we yearned for more. Even without a description of the problem and its domain, it's immediately obvious that perfect communica
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
Meaning is abstract. We can't express meaning: we can only signify it. An expression (sign) may contain the latent structure of meaning (the writer's intention), but that structure can only be felt through a relevant interpretatio
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
Why would I want to write better? This is a comment on a website. You replied to a subset of the topic, and that's the point I was making. I felt the conversation needed relevant details from outside that subset, so I provided them. I
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
No, because that's a public store. The government can go to the store. They can't go to my cupboards without a warrant. The same goes for my computer, and its connection to another computer.
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
Cases of what? Beer in an unlocked cupboard? Porn on an unverified computer?
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
That's a great description of the boundary between logical deduction NLP and bullshitting NLP. I still have hope for the former. In fact, I think I might have figured out how to make it happen. Of course, if it works, the result won&#x
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
The first premise you are avoiding is that a child can misuse a phone. The second premise you are avoiding is that the government can define , for every child, what constitutes misuse. You are advocating thought crime. You do not have my s
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
The surrounding context is that. Why else would you participate with a government in an age verification system? Maybe your argument is that it's not a surveillance state because it is implemented with a 0 knowledge proof. Sure, the ag
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
There is no barrier, only a moat. The moat is enforced by copyright.
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
Misalignment of trust is a category of bug in my book; right next to logic error.
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by thomastjeffery 6mo ago
You are giving those people the benefit of the doubt. It's been proven many many times that police will use "more information" to excuse their own decision to use violence. A decision that they already made well before the in
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Yes, I was being a bit terse with my language, which is why I clarified a bit in my last comment. Here's how I might have written it better: > FGM reconstruction actually seems to have negative outcomes post-surgery. I'm surpri
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Title is missing the number 13, which makes it much harder to parse. Should be "Fedware: 13 Government Apps That Spy Harder Than the Apps They Ban"
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
The information for where nerve endings are likely to be will probably help surgeons give their patients a better outcome.
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Surgery is essentially mutilation, just with a lot of effort to get the patient a positive outcome. Hopefully, this information will help.
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
The whole premise of "correct" typing on a traditional keyboard is absurd. It's trying to force good ergonomics into a system that is simply incompatible with it. You're better off either making yourself compatible with
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Sycophancy is not just a problem when you are asking for advice. Try to soundboard any new idea whatsoever, and it will just roll with everything you say, no matter how fallacious or absurd. If you ever manage to get an LLM to generate crit
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
You are the only one arguing here. Not every conversation is an invitation to argument.
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Maybe "teamwork" is bullshit, but that's only one way to do collaboration. Specifically, it's the hierarchical way. Usually, this is referred to as "participation" or "corporation", while "coll
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
They won't be restricting the age group from the internet. They will be restricting the internet. That's not fine. There is no feasible way to restrict the internet for an exclusive group, it's the internet!
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Enough of what distortion? Could you be more specific? Is it conservatives' success that liberals fail to represent your interests? Probably. Is that success a result of conservatives actually succeeding to represent your interests?
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Engagement is not discourse. This is the core strategy of the alt-right playbook. By replacing discourse with engagement, the logical structure of politics becomes meaningless, and victory becomes automatic. The playbook worked. The alt-r
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
Some of those are definitely not legal, by any reasonable reading of the Constitution. The 4th Amendment in particular is predicated on a reasonable reading. The problem is that our courts have utterly failed to stand up for civil rights.
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
While I personally agree with you, Richard Stallman (the creator of the GPL) does not. He has always advocated in favor of strong copyright protection, because the foundation of the GPL is the monopoly power granted by copyright. The proble
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by thomastjeffery 7mo ago
> that contract was made under existing T&C That's a very roundabout way of saying it. The T&C is a contract. They should not be able to pretend you agreed to a new contract.
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by thomastjeffery 8mo ago
Zohran Mamdani (NYC mayor) would, but that's a very recent development somewhat exclusive to NYC. Unfortunately, the brazen public crimes our president has been committing lately are much more high level. Thousands of innocent lives ha
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by thomastjeffery 8mo ago
Right, but for a fixed schedule...
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by thomastjeffery 8mo ago
That optimizes speed, not latency. I don't care how long it takes to get off the bus nearly as much as I care how long it takes to get on .
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by thomastjeffery 8mo ago
The buses in SLC are clean and friendly. The only buses I have experienced hostility with are Greyhound, and that hostility came exclusively from the workers. What's the difference between my city and yours? Budget? Population? Probabl

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