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by throwworhtthrow 11mo ago
The same week that WaPo announced their new editorial policy, I added a uBlock Origin rule to delete the opinion sidebar. It's basically ads run by Jeff Bezos now. There's no reason to expose oneself to it. Their news reporting is
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
LLMs don't have rights. LLMs are tools, and the state can regulate tools. Humans acting on behalf of these companies can still, if they felt the bizarre desire to, publish assembly instructions for bioweapons on the company blog.
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
LLM's still give subpar results with ffmpeg. For example when I asked Sonnet to trim a long video with ffmpeg, it put the input file parameter before the start time parameter, which triggers an unnecessary decode of the video file. [1]
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
You'll find worse quotes from the House interview [1] of Fauci's advisor David Morens. Ever since I watched a recording of his testimony I've been more willing to give incompetence "passes" to bad behavior in Republ
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
AI companies already need to navigate multiple regulatory regimes. Chinese companies are not exempt. If a few states adopt more stringent rules, US-based companies will likely have an easier time meeting them than foreign companies. Don&#x2
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
They'd have to scrap all the food currently in the production and distribution pipeline, plus there would be a gap in food delivery as producers switch over to a new process. It's less disruptive to transition gradually. Similar t
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
I think our discussion hinges on the definition of "program". I agree that Iran was attempting to reduce its breakout time. "doing the research and design required to build a nuclear weapon" ... "enriching uranium f
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
Gaining the knowledge to build a nuclear weapon is not the same thing as assembling one. Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, March 2025: "the IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
For most of the essay, the author pretends to care about Harvard's loss of funding. But at the end they awkwardly transition into their real argument, which is that every tax dollar spent on something they potentially don't 100% a
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
> Setting aside legitimate (thats a matter of judgement) By definition, a judge decides what's legitimate. If DOGE expects their access to be blocked by a court judgement, and bum-rushes agencies to exfiltrate data ahead of the judg
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by throwworhtthrow 1y ago
It's true that HN has shown itself _mostly_ incapable of having a useful discussion on topics that involve the current US president. (But sometimes a useful thread of conversation emerges!) Users that are frustrated by a flagged topic
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
I'm hesitant to even say this because it sounds so callous and naive, so with apologies in advance: how would one maintain a superior military if that military isn't involved in any aspect of combat for long stretches of time? To
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
The last paragraph of the article sums up why: > Piot is similarly gloomy. “If it were not so abrupt, countries could explore alternative funding, but not in a few weeks,” he says. As to UNAIDS, he adds, “I don’t see how it can survive.”
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
I can't tell if you're speaking about presidential administrations in general or the current one in particular. Trump already had four years as president, and during that time he did not fight pork spending at all. Rather he perso
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
After pondering this for a day I've come around, and agree with you now. My subconscious worry (now conscious) was that the "political flaggers" would discover the effectiveness of flagging, and expand its use to here-on-out
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
I looked at the source blog post and decided it was pretty shoddy. I kind of agree that a reasonable person would doubt the veracity of this post, not just for the reasons loeg mentioned, but because the presented "evidence" is a
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
I took a look at their data, then came back to HN to post a gentle debunk-of-sorts. But I couldn't submit my comment because the post had been flagged. I think it would have been better if you'd left your follow-up comment [1] whe
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
Here are drop-off counts and percentages by state and county: https://smartelections.us/dropoff#e0e8218a-4b28-4e0c-b854-7f... It's clear that drop-off varies a lot: ±30% by state, and even more by county. I'm sure
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
My daily interface with Hacker News for the last decade has been https://hckrnews.com/ , so I've seen every item that's made it to the front page. The number of dead posts in recent weeks is unprecedented. Some hav
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
This is getting aggressively flagged (last attempt to discuss this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42972899 ) However I'd like discuss an aspect of it that I haven't seen mentioned before: How unpleas
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The Government's Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified(theatlantic.com)
10 points by throwworhtthrow 2y ago|3 comments
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
Trump disavowed Project 2025 during the campaign and his voters believed him. If democracy worked, he would be held accountable for this enormous bait-and-switch. > root out corruption and waste, fraud, and abuse That is not what they ar
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
> Secondly, the electorate voted for this. No, that's ridiculous. Not every person who voted for Trump wants the crazy. Many of them (edit: many of his swing voters) just want better pay and cheaper consumer goods and thought Trump
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
I guess the reason you're fine with the ideological purge that's happening now is because you mistakenly believe the bureaucracies were always operating in ideological lockstep with the current administration. I suddenly pity you
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
FWIW I'm glad you're here politely making your case despite the downvotes. I'll keep trying to understand your perspective.
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
So far government doesn't seem to be shrinking at all, just being made less effective. If you believe the work state employees do is worse than useless then go ahead and cheer. I have trouble taking someone seriously when they look at
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
According to Wikipedia: > Passed the House on December 8, 2006 (voice vote) > Passed the Senate on December 9, 2006 (unanimous consent) Can't pin it all on Bush Jr.
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
I watched all the patient videos and found them helpful. There's no substitute for seeing examples with a real mouth. The interdental brush video is a bit more "intense" than the rest. Can't be helped: you need to show s
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
This is foolish. Anyone can have a bad day, including the clairvoyant HR. Don't build an interview panel around pleasing "that one gal"; that kind of situation happens enough by accident.
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
Eke, not eek.

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