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by ux-app 8y ago
>We give them a driving test, which takes all of 40 minutes 40 minutes + 16 years to prime the neural net for - object recognition and classification - developing a theory of mind so that the NN can anticipate how other NNs will behave -
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by ux-app 8y ago
I've never had a facebook account. I always found it daft that people posted their private information for everyone to see. I'm not really a people person though, so I guess I just can't relate to the value that others get fr
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by ux-app 9y ago
grids are great. nobody's arguing that a UI should be inconsistent, that is absurd. The vast majority of designers only attack the problem from a shallow aesthetic pov though. >Using the old/new Reddit is a horrible example, be
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by ux-app 9y ago
> They won't be able to tell you why they prefer the one with more time invested in the UX/UI, but they will almost always choose that one. do you really believe that or does your job depending on you and others, believing that
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by ux-app 9y ago
> See, this is what I meant, some people just don't see it! i'd say most people don't see it. maybe it's not very important then?
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by ux-app 9y ago
fuck ORMs. Here's the thing, the DB queries will make up less than 0.1% of your typical codebase. Spend a week and write a good fucking query instead of relying on your bullshit magic blackbox to do it for you. Even a shitty query is g
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by ux-app 9y ago
stop making excuses for Apple's dumb decisions. With physical buttons I can find a key by feel just by running my fingers across the top row. Good luck accurately hitting any button on that stupid little touch screen.
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by ux-app 9y ago
yes I agree. I don't know how hardware teams with such a stellar track record as Apple have can make such awful decisions. The first time I used the new keyboard I thought that it was broken in some way (how is a shorter key travel a b
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by ux-app 9y ago
is such widespread, systemic corruption an issue in the US? As a far away observer (AUS), the US system does not seem so pervasively corrupt.
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by ux-app 9y ago
why are these people acting like such pricks? What do they have to gain?
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by ux-app 9y ago
you're a lost cause pal.
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by ux-app 9y ago
>And it's not "whitewashing". Nobody denies that OT God is a mass killer. They just claim that - for a fictional character - being a mass killer (or a god for that matter) was very differently perceived 3000 years ago in a
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by ux-app 9y ago
>There are no grounds (rational or otherwise) for objective morality outside of God. hopefully we can do better than OT god, otherwise we're in for rough ride.
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by ux-app 9y ago
doesn't change the fact that OT God is a psycho that routinely sanctioned genocide against any fools he disagreed with. please go ahead and refute any of the following crimes against humanity which this psycho happily documented for al
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by ux-app 9y ago
this is a classic example of moving the goal posts. according to modern sensibilities Job's tale is one of a sociopathic, malevolent God, therefore it must be simple a "tale" not an actual historical account, otherwise our lo
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by ux-app 9y ago
> So it was his to take fuck off, that's gross. as humans if we ever create AI we'll (hopefully) do it in the context of a robust ethical framework, and yet all knowing Jehovah couldn't fucking do some due diligence? Jesus
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by ux-app 9y ago
>If you want to actually understand what the Bible was trying to communicate Why try to whitewash the bible? The old testament Jehovah was a vile sociopath. Jesus is a cool guy with a dad that has some screws loose. I grew up in a fundie
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by ux-app 9y ago
I find the whole Thomas package distasteful. The subtext always seems to be that Thomas would be fine if he just did what he was told to do by his betters. In that context, Thomas' servile desire to be useful carries sinister undertone
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by ux-app 9y ago
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Examples_of_God_personally_kil... seems pretty fked up to me :) I don't know anything about rationalwiki.org, it's the first site that showed up when I googled "old testamen
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by ux-app 9y ago
dude, c'mon get real. I've read the old testament. It's brutal. Yahwe loved him some genocide.
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by ux-app 9y ago
sure, that's a great characteristic for things. Not so sure about implying that people should be assessed the same way.
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by ux-app 9y ago
hehe I guess it is (speedy gonzalez, el gringo pussy cat-o, that short dad from the 3 bears that slaps his wife and kid around), but it's so damn charming at the same time. I guess now we have Rick & Morty so we've got a new w
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by ux-app 9y ago
> Not since Mr. Rogers has there been a better kids TV show. I'm too young to have watched this show. Just googled it and it really does look like a lovely, wholesome show. Personally my gold standard is the original Looney Toons (M
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by ux-app 9y ago
>I like "really useful engine" complement That's fine, but in Thomas it's presented as : be really useful or else... I find it mildly sinister, I have a visceral dislike for the show. The moralising does not sit well
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by ux-app 9y ago
>The show is dignified and wholesome. really? I always found it to be quite creepy. The constant obsession with being a "really useful" engine. The shaming of engines who don't toe the line. Victimisation of engines who mi
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by ux-app 9y ago
>But reading a few headlines and articles once a week isn't going break anyone. Mightn't this be a worst of both worlds scenario? If you totally ignore politics and abstain then you have a neutral impact. If you only "read
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by ux-app 9y ago
https://xkcd.com/936/
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by ux-app 9y ago
nothing out of the ordinary I think. 2 computers on for about 8 hours/day. Dishwasher, TV on for 2 hours/day. iPad, home lighting. I think some people in this thread are severely underestimating their energy usage. I wonder if peo
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by ux-app 9y ago
>Why is energy so damn expensive in Australia? 24 million people spread across a really big continent[1] might play a role. My state, South Australia, recently received the dubious honour of having the world's highest energy prices.
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by ux-app 9y ago
>Do you have electric heat? nope gas heating. and it's a modest 3 BR home. according to this[1] Australian Government website about energy usage, for 3 people in my postcode (5075), no pool + mains gas, average daily consumption is

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