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badRNG

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    Comment #47157612

    We shouldn't be the least bit surprised no human has complied so far. If they had, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. For all we know, there may be a vast multiverse of …

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    Comment #46210084

    > Speaking of vibe coding in archaic languages Well, I think we can say C is archaic when most developers write in something that for one isn't C, two isn't a language itself writt…

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    Comment #44570662

    The OG ChatGPT released less than three years ago. Prior to that, 20 lines of code would seem wild. Does anyone remember leetcode?

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    Comment #43832092

    I can't find anyone else reporting on this.

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    Comment #43253777

    To be very clear, the title refers to nuclear energy, which may not be immediately obvious given the current geopolitical climate.

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    Comment #42937888

    > Reading comprehension is shocking, not just in you but most people here. The post just said "can cause a grant to be pulled". That's entirely consistent with this list being a sc…

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    Comment #42921552

    > we expect, with Popper, that all our best theories of fundamental physics are going to be superseded eventually This inductive case against scientific knowledge should only serve…

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    Comment #42703171

    This doesn't seem possible to me. How can you correlate a Life360 or GasBuddy user with an Allstate subscriber with any level of certainty?

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    Comment #42687756

    I'd rather worry about eating too many Calories than too few.

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    Comment #41515975

    Couldn't they just patch out that check?

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    Comment #40776543

    Is dropping a hat really comparable to chugging a whole bottle of liquor?

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    Comment #39784342

    Looks like they are based out of Singapore

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    Comment #39747577

    It gives YouTube the justification to remove videos that may not be technically rule-breaking otherwise. Though, I do imagine proving that a video is AI generated will quickly beco…

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    Comment #39697358

    I think the average person can safely call "the use of neural networks in statistical work" AI.

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    Comment #39670359

    I'm fairly certain in the US you cannot legally consent to being killed.

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    Comment #39454091

    It seems like the most straightforward path here is to ban auto thefts all together.

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    Comment #39129516

    > I wonder if having some intrinsic randomness to the AI model would help to mitigate this problem? This would result in identical performances resulting in different scores with t…

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    Comment #38915426

    What I think you are interpreting as a thick pillar is actually a window. It looks like a pillar in the vehicles on the sides, but is transparent in the middle vehicle.

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    Comment #38648574

    Seems somewhat analogous to draw by repetition in Chess

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    Comment #38475588

    There's no grounds for a lawsuit, not in the states. They can legally fire you for nearly any reason or for no reason whatsoever. All PIPs do is help the company fend off claims th…

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    Comment #37826416

    Whitehurst went to Rice University for Computer Science

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    Comment #37620429

    Reddit, like Twitter, isn't going anywhere. It's just a worse value for the end user, and in Reddit's case the business is potentially better off for it, users be damned.

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    Comment #37569568

    Just a reference point, Genshin Impact is 21GB on Android, COD:Mobile is now 15GB, and even Hearthstone is 4GB,