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by wetmore 3y ago
This is by Shreyans Bhansali, not Tom Jordell or whoever "John" is.
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by wetmore 3y ago
> My guess is they switched footwear from boots with crampons to rock climbing shoes based on the conditions of the wall. Just a nit, the grade is M7 AI5+ A0 and doesn't include a free climbing grade. I would assume they stayed in t
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by wetmore 3y ago
The prompts for the "AI girlfriends" are depressing. For example, one says "She is willing to do anything the guy wants to do. No questions asked." and also stipulates that she's 18 if not specified. Another says &q
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by wetmore 3y ago
Smaug is a dragon from The Hobbit who sits on a pile of gold and plunder, not smog.
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by wetmore 3y ago
I think they mean the space efficiency is optimal, since the battery is using all of the space available (as opposed to the counterfeit AirPod batteries which are a rectangular battery that leaves unused space in the round housing).
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by wetmore 3y ago
Counterpoint: the Unabomber
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by wetmore 3y ago
> What kind of runner can run as fast as they possibly can from the very start of a race? > [Audience reply: Sprinter] > Right, only somebody who runs really short races, okay? > [Audience laughter] > But of course, we are p
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by wetmore 3y ago
Teachers work (on and off the clock) >40 hours a week during those 8.5 months though, worth taking into account.
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by wetmore 3y ago
I also hadn't heard about this for what it's worth.
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by wetmore 3y ago
I don't think this is true. I've noticed myself phubbing in front of my friends and partner sometimes and it feels more like a compulsion. If I resist or put my phone somewhere else the compulsion passes and I enjoy the time witho
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by wetmore 3y ago
The runtime is bounded by K, where all numbers you sort are less than K.
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by wetmore 3y ago
It's actually really common in the outdoor recreation world to refer to an outing of some sort as a mission.
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by wetmore 3y ago
This is discussed in the posted article too.
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by wetmore 3y ago
Vermont banned roadside billboards 55 years ago, maybe that's the state?
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by wetmore 3y ago
I'm with you that these are major issues, and ones that impact my mental health as someone in my 30s, but I sort of doubt these problems are the main contributors to the mental health crises among young people. Social media and phones
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by wetmore 3y ago
Their point is that tourists can only do that for 1 or 2 weeks, not for the entire summer.
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by wetmore 3y ago
> Taking away their phones because others can't handle themselves is wrong. Why, if it's during the school day? What's the advantage of having a phone during class?
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by wetmore 3y ago
Wow this sounds like exactly what I need. How do I dm you?
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by wetmore 3y ago
Why, because there is some chance that your spouse gets dementia? If the alternative is to be alone for the rest of your life, I'd take that chance. To that point, from the article: > The danger of isolation is well established. It
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by wetmore 3y ago
That doesn't mean it's not evil though?
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by wetmore 3y ago
Enjoyed reading this, I came across your game engine when I found react-regl so I was psyched to see a retrospective.
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by wetmore 3y ago
Great place, but it has completely blown up and there's always a wait now. Can't even sit inside anymore I think.
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by wetmore 3y ago
This is absurd and patronizing.
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by wetmore 3y ago
NP is the class of problems for which it's hard to find the answer but easy to verify. The fact such a class even exists should hint to you that finding the answer and checking correctness can be two different things.
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by wetmore 4y ago
On the flip side, it's nice to see hand-drawn maps instead of computer generated ones.
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by wetmore 4y ago
In many contexts it's easy to verify what ChatGPT tells you. There are ways to use ChatGPT as a tool that do not require it to always be right for it to be useful. For example, the other day I asked it something about the Flask codebas
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by wetmore 4y ago
I'm with you, listening to his interview with Ezra Klein gave me the impression that he doesn't actually think that deeply about the possible impact of AI. He says it worries him, but then he seems to wave those worries away with
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by wetmore 4y ago
Sure, but the problem is that there is not enough of a young population to support the older population. So if the life expectancy drops because younger people are dying more, that just makes the inbalance even worse, with the population be
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by wetmore 4y ago
We climbers are lucky to have people like John who are both deeply interested in climbing history as well as experienced in pushing the leading edge themselves.
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by wetmore 4y ago
I went to McGill as an American and I think it was a great choice. I mostly applied on a lark since, as you said, it was very easy to apply. Also as you said, tuition was a lot cheaper than comparable schools in America. Living in Montreal

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