tomrod

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by tomrod 1y ago
We already have PEBKAC - problem exists between chair and keyboard. LLMs are basically automating PEBKAC
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by tomrod 1y ago
If you could see long term PM2.5 averages and how they vary, we'd approach as a national crisis. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266601722... (this groups methods can be substantially
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by tomrod 1y ago
Money represents a store of value. I work an hour and get money, that represents the value of my work. I then use that value to get a pig, a string, and two oranges, with the value of those items represented by what I paid. I could have bar
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by tomrod 1y ago
Simon, as always, I appreciate your succinct and dedicated writeup. This really helps to land the results.
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by tomrod 1y ago
Free codecs have been available a long time, surely, as we could install them in Linux distributions in 2005 or earlier? (I know nothing about the legal side of all this, just remembering the time period of Ubuntu circa 2005-2008).
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by tomrod 1y ago
> I'm not arguing whether fresh food tastes better or is healthier. Neither one of us pursued this.
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by tomrod 1y ago
Neat fact: statistical independence means that two factors are orthogonal. My prior, expressed in my earlier comment, is that cluelessness and gender are orthogonal.
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by tomrod 1y ago
And with no governance in place (like an engine governor) you get cascade failure.
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by tomrod 1y ago
> Expensive food is expensive, but I would bet quality food is cheaper here than anywhere else. Having lived in a few other countries with less industrialized distribution networks, no, this claim is dramatically incorrect. Fruits, veget
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by tomrod 1y ago
It needn't be idle dreaming? What fundamental law or societal agreement prevents solarpunk versus the current status quo of corporate anti-human cyberpunk?
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by tomrod 1y ago
The distribution in other categories is fascinating, and HN doesn't format tables well. Though "saving a click" typically refers to spammy clickbait news articles that bury the lede, which a statistical table directly relevan
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by tomrod 1y ago
> our bodies don't just produce more GLP-1 Dominant subgroups in a species are dominant because their parents survived that last set of pressures (external death inducements) at a higher rate than other subgroups -- but won't
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by tomrod 1y ago
The inverse of this is "AI Loopidity" where we burn cycles inflating then deflating information (in emails, say, or in AI code that blows up then gets reduced or summarized). This often also leads to weird comms outcomes, like sav
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by tomrod 1y ago
The OP should have left off "ladies" as that was unnecessary -- clueless is a sufficient descriptor for many people in many roles (whether genuine behavior, strategic fiefdoming, or learned helplessness). Here is the US BLS breako
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by tomrod 1y ago
Ah. I see your confusion. I was referencing the phrase in terms of financial markets and irrational exuberance, not technology phase shifts. We had books before and after the printing press adoption, just now we could produce more with lowe
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by tomrod 1y ago
Everyone just wants to solarpunk this up.
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by tomrod 1y ago
(1) It's not, currently, and isn't on the horizon despite current polish with LLM frameworks. (2) AI has already achieved superhuman performance in breadth and, with tuning, depth.
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by tomrod 1y ago
This legitimately made me chuckle.
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by tomrod 1y ago
> Why is this the top comment on so many threads about tech products? Because you overestimate the difference that the representative person understands. A more accurate analogy is that Nike sells green-blue shoes and Nike sells blue-gre
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by tomrod 1y ago
Branding and differentiation. People still value Amish furniture or woodworking despite Ikea existing. I love that if I want a cheap chair made of cardboard and glue that I can find something to satisfy that need; but I still buy nice furni
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by tomrod 1y ago
I don't follow.
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by tomrod 1y ago
Which?
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by tomrod 1y ago
Oh dang. They have really gone all in with "This time is different!"
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by tomrod 1y ago
Like the Beaver that sees and hears a river flowing free[0]: Oh, absolutely not. [0] https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F5...
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by tomrod 1y ago
Nothing. For the employers who are do debased that they would use this sort of tool, they deserve all the cheap low-parameter model outputs one can throw at them. AI Loopidity is when AI is used to manage AI, like ballooning bullet points t
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by tomrod 1y ago
Certainly not at $41k
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by tomrod 1y ago
*shrug* I gave him the argument baseline argument commonly known because it claims that costs become lower (and thus the merged entity claims to pass lower costs to the consumer) that normally flies at the FTC.
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by tomrod 1y ago
Economies of scope are the common claim.
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by tomrod 1y ago
I disagree. I think Neoliberalism has done a remarkable job bringing the majority of the world out of subsistence. I also think it is a target for hijack by neofeudalists as neoliberalism is realpolitick without self-reference.
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by tomrod 1y ago
Oh absolutely, but that ignores the political cost of doubling tax rates. Better to not get into that mess to begin with. Strongtowns is a great resource for cities looking to be prudent financially.

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