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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
smores Link ParentIn the northeast US, winters have actually been getting harsher. One of the weird things about climate change is that it tends to make local weather more extreme, but not exclusively warmer.In the northeast US, winters have actually been getting harsher. One of the weird things about climate change is that it tends to make local weather more extreme, but not exclusively warmer.
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Comment on If AI is sentient then so is ‘Age of Empires II’ in ~tech
smores Link ParentIt seems that there are a pretty wide number of definitions of sapience! I just pulled up the sapience framework from UW professor George Mobus, which says that the four components of sapience...It seems that there are a pretty wide number of definitions of sapience! I just pulled up the sapience framework from UW professor George Mobus, which says that the four components of sapience are: judgment, strategic perspective, systems perspective, and moral sentiment. I think it's... probably challenging? to evaluate exactly to what extent another species (especially one that we can't communicate with via language) expresses those components, but I also think we probably don't know enough about cognition to categorically state that dogs do not express them in a way that is sufficient to define as sapience? Admittedly I am not a consciousness researcher, so I'm probably wrong. But even your definition leaves a lot up to interpretation, I think. How deeply? There are plenty of things that many Border Collies seem to understand fairly deeply, including their relationships to other dogs and people.
Also I should say that I genuinely might have just misunderstood the definition of sapience. It does seem like it was basically coined to describe human-level intelligence, such that it almost definitionally could not refer to any animals that are less (or, even maybe differently?) intelligent than humans. I was under the impression that that wasn't how it was still used in modern consciousness research, but it seems not unlikely that I was wrong on that front!
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Comment on If AI is sentient then so is ‘Age of Empires II’ in ~tech
smores Link ParentI thought you were going to say flies!! I think it is rather controversial to contend that dogs are not sapient. I don't.. I don't know what qualification you could have for sapience that doesn't...I thought you were going to say flies!! I think it is rather controversial to contend that dogs are not sapient. I don't.. I don't know what qualification you could have for sapience that doesn't include dogs, actually, unless your requirement is a very specific human-oriented definition of language. Dogs absolutely have a sense of self, form complex social relationships, learn from their experiences (rapidly!), develop intuitions and biases, and experience emotions.
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Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society
smores Link ParentSo I'm from New Jersey. When Booker was running for president, I knew a large number of Jerseyans who refused to vote for him on the basis that he was a New Jersey politician. Their justification...So I'm from New Jersey. When Booker was running for president, I knew a large number of Jerseyans who refused to vote for him on the basis that he was a New Jersey politician. Their justification was that New Jersey politics are so fundamentally corrupt that anyone involved at them above the municipal level is almost certainly in the pocket of either organized criminals or pharmaceutical/healthcare companies that run the New Jersey economy.
I always thought this was vaguely silly (though I will say that my dad is a healthcare administrator in New Jersey and also claims that he has direct experience with a small group of wealthy elites having clear and direct impact on New Jersey politics via direct conversation with decision-makers, not lobbying). I have always liked Booker as much as I like any American politician. But uhhhh this is a pretty bad look.
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Comment on Commodore Callback flip phone in ~tech
smores Link ParentOh, I missed that! Deep in the FAQ haha Eliding the hard part a bit, I suppose but :shrug:. OpenBubbles is really impressive software, though!Oh, I missed that! Deep in the FAQ haha
Install an app like OpenBubbles‡. Full setup instructions are available at their site.
Eliding the hard part a bit, I suppose but :shrug:. OpenBubbles is really impressive software, though!
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Comment on Commodore Callback flip phone in ~tech
smores LinkThe page says that it supports "even iMessage". I wonder how?? I use OpenBubbles on my Fairphone, but that required access to a physical Mac to set up initially (and in order to be able to send...The page says that it supports "even iMessage". I wonder how?? I use OpenBubbles on my Fairphone, but that required access to a physical Mac to set up initially (and in order to be able to send numbers to/from my phone number on iMessage, I needed to do a crazy SIM swap dance with my old, physical iPhone, which has to stay powered on, online, and on airplane mode).
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Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
smores Link ParentI have so much trouble seeing "dropping fertility rates" as an actual problem. It's just so easily explained by "people getting to have agency over their family planning for the first time in...I have so much trouble seeing "dropping fertility rates" as an actual problem. It's just so easily explained by "people getting to have agency over their family planning for the first time in human history." Yes, we have set up much of our societies to be fundamentally dependent on the idea that the number of humans will always increase (exponentionally, even). And... That was bad, right? We all agree that's an untenable situation that we have to do something about? So what's the big concern here exactly..?
My wife and I are about to start trying for a second child. All of my cousins are planning on having three or four kids (as are we). Many of my friends are planning on having one or two kids. But, crucially, many of my other friends are not planning on having any children at all, because they don't want children. Who exactly is losing in this situation? Seems like all wins to me!
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Comment on You can now use your Gmail account in Proton Mail in ~tech
smores Link ParentI think it's actually performance! They have to download and index your entire inbox in order to search the body of the emails, which can take a long time for large inboxes. Since the index and...I think it's actually performance! They have to download and index your entire inbox in order to search the body of the emails, which can take a long time for large inboxes. Since the index and search happens locally, I don't think there's much of a security risk.
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Comment on You can now use your Gmail account in Proton Mail in ~tech
smores Link ParentYou can tell the Proton client to index all of your emails client side and use that for search, yes!You can tell the Proton client to index all of your emails client side and use that for search, yes!
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Comment on You can now use your Gmail account in Proton Mail in ~tech
smores LinkI think this is fascinating. The biggest argument against encrypted email providers like Proton is that it's barely a half measure — sure, Proton can't read the email contents in your inbox, but...When your friends and family use Proton Mail too, messages exchanged between Gmail addresses connected to Proton become end-to-end encrypted, so Google will not be able to read your data anymore. That’s why it’s worth inviting the people you email most to join Proton and connect their Gmail accounts.
I think this is fascinating. The biggest argument against encrypted email providers like Proton is that it's barely a half measure — sure, Proton can't read the email contents in your inbox, but literally everyone you send an email to is using Gmail, so Google is still reading all of your emails.
But if Proton is able to detect when the recipient is using Proton as their mail client and automatically encrypt emails sent to them, then even without switching email providers, suddenly it's a lot more feasible to get some of the people you email the most to be using encryption when you email them.
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You can now use your Gmail account in Proton Mail
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Comment on Audible mandating authors transition to new royalty system or lose payments in ~books
smores Link ParentI get it though. I am barely able to hold back from adding my own "try Libro.fm" comment every time a conversation about Audible comes up. It just feels like such a relief and joy that a company...I get it though. I am barely able to hold back from adding my own "try Libro.fm" comment every time a conversation about Audible comes up. It just feels like such a relief and joy that a company like Libro (an employee owned social purpose corp!!) could compete with an evil behemoth like Amazon. It practically forces itself out of my fingers. The world has to know!
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Comment on The unreasonable effectiveness of ProseMirror model in rich text transformation in ~comp
smores Link ParentThanks! And thanks for that Bluesky link, that is interesting. I think that's similar to how Swift represents rich text, as well. Oh, yup, you're right. That should be 2 -> 1, not 2 -> 3! Thanks...Thanks! And thanks for that Bluesky link, that is interesting. I think that's similar to how Swift represents rich text, as well.
Oh, yup, you're right. That should be
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Comment on The unreasonable effectiveness of ProseMirror model in rich text transformation in ~comp
smores LinkThis one is a bit niche, even by my usual standards, but if you're interested in strategies for DOM transformations, rich text editing, or EPUBs, maybe this is for you!This one is a bit niche, even by my usual standards, but if you're interested in strategies for DOM transformations, rich text editing, or EPUBs, maybe this is for you!
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The unreasonable effectiveness of ProseMirror model in rich text transformation
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Comment on What are your go-to meals that you cook? in ~food
smores (edited )LinkToasted gnocchi! I like to do toasted gnocchi with some lemon garlic butter sauce. Good with all sorts of veggies, recently we did asparagus and arugula, which was pretty good. The actual recipe...Toasted gnocchi! I like to do toasted gnocchi with some lemon garlic butter sauce. Good with all sorts of veggies, recently we did asparagus and arugula, which was pretty good.
The actual recipe is pretty simple:
- Melt a decent amount of butter in a pan
- Toss in some minced garlic for 30 seconds or so
- Toss in some lemon juice and take off heat
- Cook some gnocchi in boiling water, as you would normally
- When it starts floating, strain it and put in it a pan in a single layer over medium high heat
- Let it toast for a minute or two, until it starts to brown, then flip and toast the other side
Combine (optionally with some sauteed veggies) and eat!
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Comment on Single, solo, poor, woman gets $500k pre-tax, how to make the most of it? in ~finance
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
smores Link ParentHa, I also have a Framework! I recently upgraded to the new AMD motherboard and I'm really enjoying it. I have also been eyeing Silverblue. I'm sure at some point I'll end up switching to it, it...Ha, I also have a Framework! I recently upgraded to the new AMD motherboard and I'm really enjoying it.
I have also been eyeing Silverblue. I'm sure at some point I'll end up switching to it, it just seems like a really neat system. But I have the same problem — everything just works now! It's hard to imagine tearing it all down and starting fresh haha
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Comment on Which covers did it better than (or put a fresh twist on) the original? in ~music
smores Link ParentI love Newton Faulkner's Teardrops. He does a fantastic Send Me On My Way, as well as a good bit about it. The man is just a preposterously good guitar player. To The Light just sort of melts my...I love Newton Faulkner's Teardrops. He does a fantastic Send Me On My Way, as well as a good bit about it.
The man is just a preposterously good guitar player. To The Light just sort of melts my brain. He has such outrageously clear tone and picking.
Fair enough, I technically meant "Mid-Atlantic". New Jersey this year had several consecutive weeks of below-freezing weather, such that over a foot of snow remained on the ground for over two weeks. Nothing like that has ever happened here since I was born, that I can remember (and we were wholly unprepared for it)