saturnV's recent activity
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Comment on Blue Origin sticks first New Glenn rocket landing and launches NASA spacecraft in ~space
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
saturnV Link ParentCool! I got a little bit into writing crafting interpreters in python before getting distracted (think I got lexer and parser working), it's cool to see that the underlying logic for a compiler...Cool! I got a little bit into writing crafting interpreters in python before getting distracted (think I got lexer and parser working), it's cool to see that the underlying logic for a compiler doesn't have to be that complicated
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Comment on The cognitive legion etrangere in ~society
saturnV LinkA proposal for how to get truly neutral parties running important bits of government - just appoint people from neighbouring countries with less of a horse in the race. I don't think this idea is...A proposal for how to get truly neutral parties running important bits of government - just appoint people from neighbouring countries with less of a horse in the race.
I don't think this idea is particularly sound as a general rule (and obviously many many people in the host country would hate it), but I feel like there must exist some places where this would be a cool viable solution, and also it's just a fun principle
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The cognitive legion etrangere
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Comment on Crossdressing Garbage in ~creative
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Comment on Crossdressing Garbage in ~creative
saturnV Linki really like the fuzzy style, works super well with the content and feeling of being inside your mind, sort of impressionistic-y. I can sympathise with the idea of not really knowing how to...i really like the fuzzy style, works super well with the content and feeling of being inside your mind, sort of impressionistic-y. I can sympathise with the idea of not really knowing how to confront and just wanting to walk away from idiotic gossip, just sucks. Hope stuff clarifies for you <3
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Usable Buildings
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Comment on Body time and daylight savings apologetics in ~life
saturnV Link Parentyou might want to read https://qntm.org/abolishyou might want to read https://qntm.org/abolish
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Comment on Body time and daylight savings apologetics in ~life
saturnV LinkAn argument for the beauty that should be appreciated of the fact that daylight savings exists, solving an awful co-ordination problemAn argument for the beauty that should be appreciated of the fact that daylight savings exists, solving an awful co-ordination problem
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Body time and daylight savings apologetics
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Comment on A 'death train' is haunting south Florida in ~transport
saturnV Linkblog post quantifying the death rate and comparing it to cars, also scaling it in how much harms are to dollar amounts https://www.jefftk.com/p/brightline-is-actually-pretty-dangerous tl;dr: 20x...blog post quantifying the death rate and comparing it to cars, also scaling it in how much harms are to dollar amounts
https://www.jefftk.com/p/brightline-is-actually-pretty-dangeroustl;dr: 20x more deadly per passenger-mile, $2.5B per year in deaths at DoT value of human life
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Comment on Anthropic aims to nearly triple annualized revenue in 2026, sources say in ~tech
saturnV Link Parentit'd probably be some sort of fraud if they were publicly traded (and didn't properly disclose it), but because they aren't they are under no obligation because their investors are assumed to be...it'd probably be some sort of fraud if they were publicly traded (and didn't properly disclose it), but because they aren't they are under no obligation because their investors are assumed to be smart enough to understand what's going on / handle the risk if they can't
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Comment on Who owns America? Bernie Sanders says the quiet part out loud. | What Now? With Trevor Noah in ~society
saturnV Linkwhen he claims that "Vanguard, State Street, Blackrock" being majority stockholders in almost all corps means the US is an oligarchy without addressing the fact that that's because they are index...when he claims that "Vanguard, State Street, Blackrock" being majority stockholders in almost all corps means the US is an oligarchy without addressing the fact that that's because they are index funds for the pensions of almost all americans, and that these funds in general give fairly little guidance to corps they control shares in (btw they were pro-ESG as an exception to this), made me feel that his arguments should not be treated seriously. Vanguard is literally owned by its customers, that's not very oligarchic! also, I think calling the US an oligarchy shows a serious lack of understanding at what real oligarchies look like, this article was quite instructive on that front
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Comment on Tech companies are finding out everything is political in ~tech
saturnV Link ParentDrew 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 positionsDrew 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
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
saturnV Link ParentI 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
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
saturnV Link ParentIf anybody else is interested in a small youtube channel about colorblindness, chromaphobe makes really good videosIf anybody else is interested in a small youtube channel about colorblindness, chromaphobe makes really good videos
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
saturnV Link Parentthis alphaville ft article covers how lots of the stories of his life are pretty heavily exaggerated as wellthis alphaville ft article covers how lots of the stories of his life are pretty heavily exaggerated as well
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
saturnV Link Parentfun 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
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
saturnV Link Parentalso 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)
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Comment on imgur.com geoblocks the UK in ~tech
saturnV Link ParentIs 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_2014See 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
eh, there's not that much there that's particularly useful for military purposes as far as I'm aware, so I'm not sure what that'd entail, do you have anything in mind when you say that?