AndreasChris's recent activity
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Comment on Jet Lag Season 15 | Official trailer in ~hobbies
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Comment on Jet Lag played 'Magic: The Gathering' in the real world in ~hobbies
AndreasChris Link ParentMy guess is they had pre-release NDAs in place with WotC.My guess is they had pre-release NDAs in place with WotC.
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Comment on Jet Lag played 'Magic: The Gathering' in the real world in ~hobbies
AndreasChris LinkJust noticed this has been posted to Nebula without any prior announcements a few moments ago. I suppose this may be the surprise they recently referred to in the layover podcast. After a quick...Just noticed this has been posted to Nebula without any prior announcements a few moments ago. I suppose this may be the surprise they recently referred to in the layover podcast. After a quick google search it appears that the episode has also been posted to the Magic: The Gathering YouTube channel, so it's probably a sponsored thing. A pleasant surprise nonetheless.
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Jet Lag played 'Magic: The Gathering' in the real world
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Comment on Jet Lag Season 15 | Official trailer in ~hobbies
AndreasChris LinkEpisode 2 reference So any teens around here got a theory beyond busy airports why the plane from Charles de Gaule is a bad idea? :D On another note, episode 1 is on youtube now.Episode 2 reference
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Comment on Are touchscreens in cars dangerous? in ~transport
AndreasChris Link ParentHmm, while I agree that modal controls have a greater potential to be distracting than single purpose inputs once you've gotten used to a car's layout, the medium very much does matter. If you've......it doesn't matter whether you're looking at a screen or listening to a spoken UI, if you have to construct, sustain, and manipulate a mental model to use it, your attention is not focused where it should be
Hmm, while I agree that modal controls have a greater potential to be distracting than single purpose inputs once you've gotten used to a car's layout, the medium very much does matter. If you've got a physical knob you can identify it's function with a quick look but perform the action of pressing/turning/sliding it via haptic feedback. This is not at all the case with touchscreens. You basically have to look at the screen until the full action has been performed. I've recently tried to blindly hit a static button on a navigation system (i.e. phone affixed to windshield) after quickly glancing at it while driving and failed repeatedly. Meanwhile blindly hitting a button of the airconditioning (in a car I usually do not drive) after identifying its position with a quick glance was no problem whatsoever despite me not knowing where it was before looking at it for a moment.
As for a spoken UI - I'd also argue that it makes a huge difference wether you look at or listen to something in the context of driving. Diverting my gaze from the road ahead can get very disorienting very quickly, and in my experience it takes a moment to reestablish my spatial awareness once I look back. Visual inputs are absolutely essential while driving and looking at something else directly interferes with this. Listening to spoken words occupies a different sense that is much less important in that context.
Also while it's certainly important to keep your attention on the road, I'd argue that mental overload is usually not the main problem when driving. An interruption of visual inputs of one's surroundings can become a lot more dangerous much more quickly.
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Comment on I really wish news and talk shows would change the way they discussed polls on their show in ~society
AndreasChris LinkA good political survey corrects for that though. They usually ask you for your age, education, job and other social factors as well, so that they can extrapolate data based on the overall...Really wish they would change their wording to "40% of Canadians|American who responded to the poll say ____" every time they bring up a poll result
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So I get the feeling these pollsters just are not capturing a major part of the population
A good political survey corrects for that though. They usually ask you for your age, education, job and other social factors as well, so that they can extrapolate data based on the overall distributions of these factors across society as well as known trends from exit-polls of past elections (i.e. which way data of poll-responses vs actual voting behavious is usually skewed towards).
I'm not from the US or Canada, so maybe it works different around here, but what we are presented in the media with regards to projected elction outcomes over here are usually not plain percentages of poll responses from ramdomly selected people without any refined methodology behind it. At the very least the random sample group is corrected for factors such as age, etc. Usually you'll apply some sort of linear regression model (or some other more complex mathatical data analysis method) to correct for various factors and create more robust results. At that point the more specific wording you suggested would make the statement inaccurate at best and plain wrong at worst.
Of course understanding the methodology is useful and can provide insights into what the results actually mean and how reliable they are. People are notoriously bad at intuitively understanding statistics while looking at data they think they obviously understand. But good luck explaining how linear regression works to the average joe each time you present some sort of survey result in the news.
There are whole institutes with figurative armies of mathematicians to extrapolate robust results from survey data. The detailed methodology is usually not something you explain in a minute to someone without some assumed prior knowledge of statistics. If anything I'd rather think of the situation as a failure of our education system to properly teach statistics and the pitfalls of interpreting data early on in school. Proper education can make a lot of difference here. I don't think that's something a news report can solve.
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Comment on My guess and opinion on the common blockers to Linux adoption in ~tech
AndreasChris (edited )Link ParentI mean in the business sector that's basically what redhat linux is. They pay developers to develop their distro and provide premium support for a smoothed out experience. But the pricing is...I mean in the business sector that's basically what redhat linux is. They pay developers to develop their distro and provide premium support for a smoothed out experience. But the pricing is rather business oriented. It's in the lower three digits (€/$) per year for the workstation variant. To be fair that's also in the ballpark of what Microsoft charges for their one-time windows licenses (per product iteration, so effectively every few years), but most people don't notice since they usually charge hardware vendors and the cost is simply passed on to the enduser when they buy their decice. What average user seriously compares their hardware's price with and without windows preinstalled and thus notices it can make a three digit difference? So I'm not really sure what an average consumer would be willing to pay for an operating system, given how microsoft obscures their pricing to make windows appear free to the enduser.
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Comment on Data centers don't raise people's water bills in ~tech
AndreasChris Link ParentYeah, water-based systems would be rather unusual in settings like these and generally not a good idea if the thing you're trying to extinguish is mostly electronics. The datacenter at my...Yeah, water-based systems would be rather unusual in settings like these and generally not a good idea if the thing you're trying to extinguish is mostly electronics. The datacenter at my University uses an argon-based system for example. Basically if the alarm goes off you've got a set amount of time to leave the critical areas and then the whole thing is flooded with argon gas.
Either way - if a water-based fire extinguishing system significantly contributes to your water consumption, you've usually got bigger problems than that.
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Comment on California parents find grim ChatGPT logs after son's suicide in ~tech
AndreasChris LinkI am literally unable to pass the 'are you a human' check of that website and read the article. :/I am literally unable to pass the 'are you a human' check of that website and read the article. :/
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Comment on Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit with a vulgar name that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear? in ~humanities.history
AndreasChris Link ParentInteresting approach. I suppose that's due to the warmth in Australia. Where I live they actually ripen on the tree (if the weather is right) once the first frost hits. Obviously that part doen't...when it falls off the tree (it will still be too hard and astringent to eat at that point), then setting it on your counter until it's ripe
Interesting approach. I suppose that's due to the warmth in Australia. Where I live they actually ripen on the tree (if the weather is right) once the first frost hits. Obviously that part doen't happen in Australia. I wonder wether that affects the taste much.
spoon it out like jam to add to scones, tarts, or whatever
Never thought of using a spoon for that before. I usually eat them pure and choose the sucking approch: remove the tip, suck out the content (including the seeds) in one swift motion, enjoy the squishy part, and take some time to get the rest of tasty material off its large seeds with your teeth. Although my grandma has also made jam out of them in the past.
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Comment on Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit with a vulgar name that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear? in ~humanities.history
AndreasChris LinkOMG, that is my favourite fruit ever and I have not been able to find it anywhere except in my grandparents garden. I crave it so much and can't get enough of it when december comes and the fruits...OMG, that is my favourite fruit ever and I have not been able to find it anywhere except in my grandparents garden. I crave it so much and can't get enough of it when december comes and the fruits ripen. I wish they'd sell it around here and always thought they simply don't due to the difficulty of storing the fruits. I actually had no idea about its history and how popular it was in the medieval ages.
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Comment on Germany legal case alleging adblockers violate copyright in ~tech
AndreasChris LinkArguing that the way you locally display otherwise legally obtained data (e.g. a website you receive from a webserver) may constitute copyright infringement is absolutely insane... One can only...Arguing that the way you locally display otherwise legally obtained data (e.g. a website you receive from a webserver) may constitute copyright infringement is absolutely insane... One can only hope the lawsuit gets dismissed once again. Otherwise we'll have to deal with some grim implications for all kinds of development activities, usage of all sorts of visualization tools, and so many other usecases. :S
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Comment on Question - how would you best explain how an LLM functions to someone who has never taken a statistics class? in ~tech
AndreasChris Link ParentThis. 3blue1brown is awesome at conveying the intuition behind complex mathematical concepts. On a related note there's also this amazing guest video by Welch Labs on the 3blue1brown channel...This. 3blue1brown is awesome at conveying the intuition behind complex mathematical concepts.
On a related note there's also this amazing guest video by Welch Labs on the 3blue1brown channel explaining how AI image generation works.
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Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech
AndreasChris LinkNot sure wether that means you've already ordered it, but if that is not the case you may also wanna look into companies such as Murena. They basically sell phones that already have a de-bloated...I'm getting a new phone (OnePlus 13, not that it really matters)
Not sure wether that means you've already ordered it, but if that is not the case you may also wanna look into companies such as Murena. They basically sell phones that already have a de-bloated custom ROM (in their case /e/os, a LineageOS fork) pre-installed and give you full warranty with their OS image installed. So if there's any issue with your phone you won't have to flash the original OS before sending it in, and you've got reliable support of the ROM since there's a company behind it fixing bugs that affect the phones they sell. The downsinde is, that you'll usually pay a bit more than at the original manufacturer, so that they can fund their support and software development. Murena also offers more privacy friendly services that replace some google cloud features, but it's your choice wether you wanna use those or not.
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Comment on Avatar: Fire and Ash | Official trailer in ~movies
AndreasChris Link ParentYeah, in the positive and the negative sense. The second film kinda felt like one big tech show to me. Amazing visuals, cinematography and graphical effects, but the story felt a bit stale and...I think that's where they really excel -- simply feats of film production.
Yeah, in the positive and the negative sense. The second film kinda felt like one big tech show to me. Amazing visuals, cinematography and graphical effects, but the story felt a bit stale and there was to much forced nostalgia. It was a movie I watched for seeing Na'Vi underwater, not for its storyline.
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Comment on European VPN recommendations in ~tech
AndreasChris Link ParentCould you elaborate on the issues you experienced with Proton VPN that lead you to that decision?I wouldn’t use proton again
Could you elaborate on the issues you experienced with Proton VPN that lead you to that decision?
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Comment on Jet Lag: Snake across South Korea | Trailer in ~hobbies
AndreasChris LinkBoth the season 14 trailer as well as the first episode are available on nebula now.Both the season 14 trailer as well as the first episode are available on nebula now.
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Jet Lag: Snake across South Korea | Trailer
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Comment on Are there more chairs than tables? in ~life
AndreasChris Link ParentI mean most cars usually have the a similar number of doors and wheels. So we can basically disregard those. Then there are loads of doors in buildings and other structures, but I think not every...I mean most cars usually have the a similar number of doors and wheels. So we can basically disregard those. Then there are loads of doors in buildings and other structures, but I think not every building can be matched with enough vehicles with wheels excluding cars to compensate for all of its doors. Other types of doors/wheels are most likely peanuts compared to the number of vehicles and buildings on this planet. So my bet is more doors.
Having watched Episode 3...
...it's really become clear now how much they've tweaked the balancing of tag to acommodate a second team. Really looks like we're gonna see the first team ever reach their end location. Judging by an offhand comment Sam made during the episode, it appears the season won't end if that happens though, but a run for second place is gonna start from the winner team's end location once they've all arrived there. I wonder if the team that managed to reach their location is simply out of the game (in terms of being the runners) afterwards, or if they could theoertically make a second go for their location in case they're the ones to catch the next runners.