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Comment on A 'death train' is haunting south Florida in ~transport
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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 -
Comment on imgur.com geoblocks the UK in ~tech
saturnV Link Parentnope, specifically age verification when polled after implementation rolled out, has ~70% support https://yougov.co.uk/technology/articles/52693-how-have-britons-reacted-to-age-verificationnope, specifically age verification when polled after implementation rolled out, has ~70% support https://yougov.co.uk/technology/articles/52693-how-have-britons-reacted-to-age-verification
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Comment on Drones seen over Danish military bases in latest air disruption in ~society
saturnV LinkI 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 thisI 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
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Comment on I tried to protect my kids from the internet. Here’s what happened. in ~tech
saturnV Link ParentSource? 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
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Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech
saturnV Link Parentargument 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 vacuousargument 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
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Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech
saturnV Link ParentGoogle Deepmind do have AI models which forecast the weather to a higher degree of accuracy than traditional models https://deepmind.google/science/weathernext/ + live storm prediction demo thing...Google Deepmind do have AI models which forecast the weather to a higher degree of accuracy than traditional models https://deepmind.google/science/weathernext/ + live storm prediction demo thing https://deepmind.google.com/science/weatherlab
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Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech
saturnV Link Parentthe 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.
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Comment on United Kingdom, Australia and Canada officially recognize a Palestinian state in ~society
saturnV Link Parentthe 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)
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Comment on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting in ~tech
saturnV Link Parentnitpick: with standard sampling and post training techniques this isn't truethe 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
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Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk
saturnV LinkI use necessary/sufficient a lot, they're nice for classifying relations between thingsI use necessary/sufficient a lot, they're nice for classifying relations between things
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Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk
saturnV Link ParentWhen 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 englishWhen 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
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-dangerous
tl;dr: 20x more deadly per passenger-mile, $2.5B per year in deaths at DoT value of human life