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  1. Comment on Tech companies are finding out everything is political in ~tech

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    Drew DeVault has a blogpost about them, https://drewdevault.com/2023/09/17/Hyprland-toxicity.html tl;dr the community has many right-wing edgelords in important positions

    Drew DeVault has a blogpost about them, https://drewdevault.com/2023/09/17/Hyprland-toxicity.html tl;dr the community has many right-wing edgelords in important positions

    2 votes

  2. Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk

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    I guess you could say this because we don't have exact solutions to navier-stokes, only approximations? But we have a very good idea for almost all conditions. The weirder stuff is not knowing why...

    I guess you could say this because we don't have exact solutions to navier-stokes, only approximations? But we have a very good idea for almost all conditions. The weirder stuff is not knowing why ibuprofen works which we have much less knowledge about

    4 votes

  3. Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk

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    If anybody else is interested in a small youtube channel about colorblindness, chromaphobe makes really good videos

    If anybody else is interested in a small youtube channel about colorblindness, chromaphobe makes really good videos

    2 votes

  4. Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk

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    this alphaville ft article covers how lots of the stories of his life are pretty heavily exaggerated as well

    this alphaville ft article covers how lots of the stories of his life are pretty heavily exaggerated as well

    1 vote

  5. Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk

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    fun fact, some important quantum physcists did actually believe consciousness causes collapse (primarily Wigner), it's not on its face immediately absurd philosophically that a human has to be...

    fun fact, some important quantum physcists did actually believe consciousness causes collapse (primarily Wigner), it's not on its face immediately absurd philosophically that a human has to be somewhere in the causal chain

    1 vote

  6. Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk

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    also wiktionary is maybe slightly less trustworthy but a bit more expansive (also covers modern slang)

    also wiktionary is maybe slightly less trustworthy but a bit more expansive (also covers modern slang)

  7. Comment on imgur.com geoblocks the UK in ~tech

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    Is it? I think those are still fairly taboo in the UK, and were undoubtably taboo say 20 years ago. This is also not new, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiovisual_Media_Services_Regulations_2014

    See also the extremely wide-ranging definition of "production of extreme pornography" to include of all things fisting and face-sitting (though restricting the appearance of things like choking was a good thing). It's a very socially conservative view of the country, and not one that actually bears much relevance to society as a whole.

    Is it? I think those are still fairly taboo in the UK, and were undoubtably taboo say 20 years ago.
    This is also not new, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiovisual_Media_Services_Regulations_2014

    1 vote

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  9. Comment on Drones seen over Danish military bases in latest air disruption in ~society

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    I saw speculation that this could have been a misunderstanding ala new jersey drone sightings, just so people don't take it at 100% credence that drones actually did cause this

    I saw speculation that this could have been a misunderstanding ala new jersey drone sightings, just so people don't take it at 100% credence that drones actually did cause this

    3 votes

  10. Comment on I tried to protect my kids from the internet. Here’s what happened. in ~tech

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    Source? From what I can see it's more like tens of millions. Also what is "dark advocacy"? Just sounds like fearmongering to me rather than a meaningful term Also btw DNS over HTTPS has been a...

    hundreds of millions in lobbying and dark advocacy

    Source? From what I can see it's more like tens of millions. Also what is "dark advocacy"? Just sounds like fearmongering to me rather than a meaningful term

    Also btw DNS over HTTPS has been a default in chrome and firefox since 2020, "ISP knows what websites you're browsing" has not been true for at least 5 years for most people

    6 votes

  11. Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech

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    argument is that "most likely" implies deterministic in terms of only the text, saying deterministic as a function of the text and also a source of randomness is basically vacuous

    argument is that "most likely" implies deterministic in terms of only the text, saying deterministic as a function of the text and also a source of randomness is basically vacuous

  12. Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech

  13. Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech

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    the model outputs a probability distribution of tokens, and (when the temp isn't 0) the sampler will often pick a token which isn't the most likely one to prevent getting stuck in loops / enable...

    the model outputs a probability distribution of tokens, and (when the temp isn't 0) the sampler will often pick a token which isn't the most likely one to prevent getting stuck in loops / enable "creativity" (creativity is a very loose analogy, don't take it too literally). Even when the temp is 0 models often aren't deterministic for complicated reasons.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on United Kingdom, Australia and Canada officially recognize a Palestinian state in ~society

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    the metric should be civilian to non-civilian palestinians, no? I think that is also horrific at even the lowest credible estimates, even if the data aren't totally clear (to be expected, always...

    the metric should be civilian to non-civilian palestinians, no? I think that is also horrific at even the lowest credible estimates, even if the data aren't totally clear (to be expected, always difficult to get reliable info during war)

  15. Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech

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    nitpick: with standard sampling and post training techniques this isn't true

    the idea of these agents is to spit out the most likely next token given an input set,

    nitpick: with standard sampling and post training techniques this isn't true

    1 vote

  16. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

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    I use necessary/sufficient a lot, they're nice for classifying relations between things

    I use necessary/sufficient a lot, they're nice for classifying relations between things

    1 vote

  17. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

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    When people use literally to mean figuratively, all they're doing is using hyperbole, lots of words rely on context to distinguish between meaning, this isn't a weird thing for english

    When people use literally to mean figuratively, all they're doing is using hyperbole, lots of words rely on context to distinguish between meaning, this isn't a weird thing for english

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Seeking recommendations for a solo journey to London in ~travel

  19. Comment on Seeking recommendations for a solo journey to London in ~travel

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    Consider trying to use one of the rental bikes for getting around, london's bike infrastructure is really good (especially in The City i.e. nearer the centre), and they're a nice way for seeing...

    Consider trying to use one of the rental bikes for getting around, london's bike infrastructure is really good (especially in The City i.e. nearer the centre), and they're a nice way for seeing the sights at speed.
    London's green spaces are a big deal, would second hampstead heath or kew gardens for a nice walk, maybe richmond park if you want to see the deer.
    The olympic park is also pretty nice to walk around, though I don't know if there's enough to justify the journey for a tourist (don't think you can enter the stadium just to look round)
    London has an absurd amount of great places to eat, it's definitely worth researching places (booking is almost always necessary to get a place), I'd recommend dishoom if you like Indian food, brick lane has a food market that might be worth a look around if you're nearby

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Seeking recommendations for a solo journey to London in ~travel

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    As someone who lives in London: Weird hidden gem that I love: novelty automation, a sort of satirical arcade owned by a wonderful guy, made with old-style mechanical things and logic boxes. Best...

    As someone who lives in London:
    Weird hidden gem that I love: novelty automation, a sort of satirical arcade owned by a wonderful guy, made with old-style mechanical things and logic boxes. Best to go with somebody else (I think some of the things are designed to be done with another person, can't quite remember) but I think it'd still be a nice evening without.
    https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/ has a shit ton of info about stuff going on, also here's his opinion on what museums to visit, be aware it's slightly out of date, the museum of london shut down and will re-open in a different space in 2026
    Will second british museum, try to go without a bag because then you don't have to queue for security
    If you're interested in books there's a big waterstones nearby and a good secondhand store called skoob books.
    Borough market is always good for food but will always be absurdly busy and quite expensive
    Sir John Soane's Museum is awesome, an old house converted into a museum packed incredibly tightly full of cool artifacts (has a sarcophagus in the middle!)
    London Mithraeum, Guildhall Roman Amphitheatre might be interesting to you

    8 votes