wackycat

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by wackycat 3y ago
For some reason another copy of this was flagged ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37121000 ) and I wanted to respond to a thread there >> An entire hugely important potentially world changing field not having repr
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by wackycat 3y ago
An entire hugely important potentially world changing field not having representation from a huge swath of the population certainly seems problematic. That lack of representation combined with the bias present in the training data is a univ
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by wackycat 3y ago
You can purchase elemental mineral drops and add that back in to RO water. Given the importance of water and minerals, I find it to be worth it but that's definitely an individual choice, as well as a privileged one (meaning I can affo
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by wackycat 3y ago
Harassing women who "rebuked [your] affections" by getting their accounts revoked is not the funny story you think it is.
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by wackycat 3y ago
The Moka Pot is the best imho. (Bialetti is the brand I use and I've never had issues with it)
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by wackycat 3y ago
This is a predictable consequence of federal regulators being beholden to industry.
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by wackycat 3y ago
Yes; but it's not a clear line of good and bad. I ended up in the defense industry for a bit despite my distaste for it. However, some of the stuff I saw from the countries you'd expect us to be looking at was concerning; and ther
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by wackycat 3y ago
As a software engineer with an eating disorder who believes in the right to organized labor; this is awful. The software engineers that built the chatbot should have had QA testing specifically around eating disorder sentiments. The chatbot
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by wackycat 3y ago
I had an amazing first boss who shared it with me near when I started and said "Ya know, for when you have some downtime". Not only did that introduce me to this awesome news and community, but also, he normalized the idea of some
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by wackycat 3y ago
I understand that people expect a lot from platforms that claim a lot like Etsy, but enforcing policy at scale is difficult. At some point, the consumer has some responsibility to be an intelligent consumer. I use Etsy a lot and it's n
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by wackycat 3y ago
I keep seeing articles and blurbs about this but I have not see the actual possible repercussions clearly articulated. Debt is a societal creation and debt at this scale is barely comprehensible so my question is what actually happens if we
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by wackycat 3y ago
This headline (and Palantir and our country) ignores the large swath of the population who doesn't find war ethical in the first place.
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by wackycat 3y ago
You especially hate touchscreens if you have a Mazda with the "ghost touch" issue where the touchscreen will be randomly activated. Fun examples of things ghost touch has done for me - call a random spam number back, turn navigati
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by wackycat 3y ago
The U.S. used to have strong trade programs but eventually college degrees were seen as the only way and as a class gateway. Unfortunately, this was short sighted and leaves us with the current situation where many folks have college educat
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by wackycat 4y ago
Nice! Of course my skepticism of the media immediately made me assume a quiet takedown haha. Thanks for linking!
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by wackycat 4y ago
Good thing you dropped the archive link as now it's not just a paywall but a 404. I find that quite strange for something like WSJ; either leave it up, or issue a retraction or editor's note in it's place or at the top. Major
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by wackycat 4y ago
I feel like I often see breakthroughs in natural material computing like this but they never seem to make it to market that I've noticed. What am I missing? It seems like everyone would want to move in the direction of sustainable comp
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by wackycat 4y ago
Honestly, I might recommend looking for an entry level job in an industry outside of software that has somewhat struggled to keep up with the changing times. Find a company where people are manually transferring data from one spreadsheet to
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by wackycat 4y ago
In my opinion, the point of a coach, whether it is a life coach or a personal trainer or another type, is providing accountability. If you think a life coach would help you with accountability it would probably help but before spending that
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by wackycat 4y ago
I hope this isn't presumptive but I have struggled with mental health for years and one thing I have noticed is my tendency to withdraw and focus on the differences between myself and others. Yes, it seems you have some opinions that a
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by wackycat 4y ago
Our crow friends love walnuts and come by every morning after we walk the dog. Goji berries were a no go; they left them completely untouched.
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by wackycat 4y ago
This is vaguely reminiscent of Theranos. It doesn't seem like it was an adequate defense for them - 'Our failure to make single prick blood tests is not fraud'. The court disagreed. Will be interesting to see how this plays o
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by wackycat 4y ago
This question is too broad as is. A good place to start is looking at your cost breakdown which is available in the console. For example, if it shows your highest spending is on EC2 then you should assess your instance types and use case. I
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by wackycat 4y ago
I am getting the same error in the browser but mobile app is working fine (also US). I wonder if this has anything to do with the release of Spotify Wrapped today for this year.
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by wackycat 4y ago
Delivery apps often have a rating where it will list the dishes with the option to thumbs or thumbs down. My instinct is always to click each item going down the list down the list but after clicking the first thumbs up a text box asking wh
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by wackycat 4y ago
>Meanwhile the audio and video assets also have to fit on there, and they can only be compressed so far before they degrade. This was addressed later in the article
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by wackycat 4y ago
I agree the answer is likely both. However, one important thing to note is that the 'people who genuinely care about stoping child exploitation' really want to ensure that it is only used for preventing child exploitation and not
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by wackycat 4y ago
Yes, I was a burnt out software engineer in the defense industry and I found really meaningful work with a non profit that got me so excited. And I started my new job after a two week break and I was still burnt out. That sucked because I t
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by wackycat 4y ago
This is an interesting association and I am glad the authors took care to mention that more studies are needed to understand the cause of association. It feels like one where many people may want to infer causality - that the lack of meat
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by wackycat 4y ago
Your local pet store likely has a fountain made for cats with an interest in running water. Not too expensive and rarely needs refilling as it just recycles the water. You sound like a wonderful parent and your autistic child is lucky to ha

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