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  1. Comment on Nanoparticle vaccine shows cancer prevention and immunity in mice in ~health

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    I’ve learned not to get too excited about medical breakthroughs when the headline ends “in mice”. There’s all kinds of amazing stuff that works in mice, including literal rejuvenation, that just...

    I’ve learned not to get too excited about medical breakthroughs when the headline ends “in mice”. There’s all kinds of amazing stuff that works in mice, including literal rejuvenation, that just doesn’t translate to humans.

    My favorite reaction to one of these stories was, “This is truly an amazing time to be a mouse”.

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  2. Comment on The hardest working font in Manhattan in ~design

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    I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it. Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese...

    I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it.

    Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese websites when they need to render the Latin alphabet. That’s where I first became consciously aware of it. It seemed so wonderfully functional and no-nonsense.

    6 votes

  3. Comment on Predictions of AI doom are too much like Hollywood movie plots in ~tech

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    I think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I...

    I think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I assumed it was a misunderstanding of the issue, but when I tried to explain I was accused of being condescending. Fortunately these haven’t been terribly important disputes, but something like the “scissor statements” the story posits do seem to exist.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on Language is a poor heuristic for intelligence in ~comp

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    Also, as with other activities such as playing chess, we know for a fact that the software isn’t completing the task in the same way that humans are. They aren’t doing what we do better or more...

    Also, as with other activities such as playing chess, we know for a fact that the software isn’t completing the task in the same way that humans are. They aren’t doing what we do better or more efficiently than we can, they are doing something else that produces a similar result.

    11 votes