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It’s Grey’s law: any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws

I think you’re correct. There is a saying something like: in a crisis, all correlations go to 1. I believe it’s likely one of those things that’s okay most of the time and then, ev…

I mean, yes, my assumption is there exists an image / video normalization algorithm that can be followed by hashing the normalized value. There’s a CSAM scanning tool that exists t…

It has been documented that human image moderators exist and that some have been deeply traumatized by their work. I have zero doubts that the datasets of content and metadata crea…

I did this entire project on my phone, using the Replit app and the github web interface. This should be pretty close to the functionality of the J incunabulum: https://www.jsoftwa…

One major flaw in this approach is the one-way channel (keyboard input) prevents the password manager from knowing if it is supplying credentials to the correct recipient. Phishing…

Tests that you write in order to contribute to a robust test suite are good. Tests that are written to comply with a policy that requires that all components must have a unit test,…

No, I tried probably ten or fifteen of each type over a 35 year period. There are a bunch of factors, including tube thickness, alloy (I’m sure that when it comes to steel this mat…

So, this may be different in the UK, but in the US a large majority of travel occurs in private cars, so omnipresence of ALPRs is close to collecting data on everybody and knowing …

Steel bikes feel “better” and “springier” than aluminum bikes. Objectively, they last longer than aluminum bikes. What exact differences in physical properties or construction lead…

This isn't 1861, sectionalism isn't strong enough. One part of what's going on here is cities at odds with the countryside, another part is the internet, smartphones, ubiquitous co…

I will guarantee that you came from a rich family, I have plenty of evidence. Your attitude is strongly correlated with the arrogance of generational wealth. Please don’t ask me to…

Paragraph 4: That’s the equivalent of an entire standard plastic spoon, Campen said.

I remember reading somewhere that, in times long past, if a company name was of the form “Johnson and Sons” (for example), it would be considered fraud to sell that company outside…

Tree Style Tabs? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

I feel like Bluetooth earbuds are almost in the phase where they will, at the low end of the market, completely displace wired earbuds. At my local Dollar Tree, wired earbuds (and …

An interesting twist on the “swing states are against the NPVIC” narrative is currently playing out in Nevada. My read of this narrative goes as follows: swing states, including Ne…

The website [0] is a pretty good resource if you want to learn more. My understanding is that the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact was modeled on previous interstate compac…

I think some of the stars for your complex conjugates fell foul of HN formatting: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

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You’re right. I can’t edit that comment anymore, but this link should be fixed: https://archive.is/7kHer

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