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https://xkcd.com/2501/

Yep! There was an episode of 99 Percent Invisible focusing on the sound design fakery in nature documentaries: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sounds-natural/ Coincidentally…

Pretty sure you've stumbled onto a more roundabout way of triggering this phenomenon: https://twitter.com/nostalgebraist/status/168657604180309606... Lots of experimentation in the…

If the filter doesn't notice blood flow on a non-deepfaked subject, run.

Isn't the entire point of an NFT the fact that two users can't simultaneously possess it? I don't know if NFTs are the ideal approach but that seems like the one critique that does…

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're talking about, but I read something a while back about using AI to predict if certain metallic glass alloys will have useful properties:…

Depending on your situation, a set of locking adjustable dumbbells (such as these: https://powerblock.com/product/sport-series/ ) might be a decent middle ground between the ideal …

Interesting--I recognized that animation style immediately, because she's also the creator of a Unity asset library called Shapes[1], (a "...real-time vector graphics library with …

The first thing that comes to mind is this old episode of Radiolab I listened to years ago, "Wild Talk", about the inter-species crosstalk in the jungle, which dramatically culmina…

Did they, though? If I were to describe the finance industry, "trustworthy" and "well-regulated" would probably not be the first words I'd reach for. (EDIT: To be fair, I'm a prett…

I think that's a legitimate stance, but one way to put a silver lining on this writhing cesspool of dog-eat-dog bot-fuckery is to think of it as early-access alpha testing; ironing…

can't speak for gruez, but a couple off the top of my head: -set standards that all members abide by, potentially bypassing "tragedy of the commons'-style coordination problems -sh…

My solution: Download DroidCam, use your phone's camera as a webcam. Night and day difference versus awful built-in laptop cameras, only takes a few minutes to pair the first time.…

Highly recommend HealthyGamerGG's videos "How to Deal with Your ADHD ft. Mizkif" and "Solving Laziness with Asmongold". (Her's a Harvard psychology professor who has surprisingly-w…

Slate Star Codex is, in my opinion, one of the best blogs on the internet, and this post seems like exactly the kind of advice that you're asking for: https://slatestarcodex.com/20…

//I, too, tried to register and was rejected.

I cannot recommend the YouTube Channel "The Thought Emporium" highly enough, for this topic or many others. Self taught tinkerer/chemist/biohacker, his latest videos are primarily …

Agreed. I think the natural level will regress to something in the middle--the price was artificially high before from exorbitant taxi medallion prices and protectionist laws, and …

I don't fully dispute your point, but 42 million divided by 900,000 is 46 dollars per worker per year. And, last I paid attention, my impression was that Uber was already hemorrhag…

Was just listening to a podcast today that went over this, a different pre-fab house startup whose killer app sounds like basically the software you're describing, or at least the …