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dswalter

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    Comment #47892653

    You're describing a Taravangian prompt situation (a character in a book series who wakes up with a different/random intelligence level each day and has a series of tests for himsel…

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    Comment #46826396

    I can't help but feel this is a useful analysis for humanity, but somehow saddening for a fan of the person being analyzed. Almost overly invasive. Would Sir Terry have appreciated…

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    Comment #46707829

    For many of us, even if drawing that line exactly is debatable, a prompt-generated image, where the "artist" didn't interact with any of the pixels is across the line for "too much…

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    Comment #46590167

    What I like about this piece is how it shows the technical prowess underpinning the visual outputs in a film like what Disney puts out. I only wish it went further! There are a ton…

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    Comment #46152528

    I see USD $36 on ebay, used. It's a smaller barrier to entry.

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    Comment #45734883

    Refreshing when technical writing has a sense of style. Read it and gain a gnawing sense of unease at how "good" things might really be at present!

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    Comment #45607180

    Instant Pot Garbanzo beans/chickpeas with a tiny bit of salt are a favorite in my home. Creamy, savory, and delicious! Cannellini beans are also lovely.

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    Comment #45438189

    The title is correct, but it obscures the fact that it's discussing life in Antarctica! Living in antarctica is one of our closest analogues to long-term space habitation.

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    Comment #44172787

    Your response is more textured and interesting than the OP's, even though we are all posting on the website from his company.

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    Comment #43863773

    Imperva, a Thales Company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Full-Time, Hybrid (Vancouver)| imperva.com for the company | Hiring two candidates. We are looking for talented, expe…

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    Comment #43654125

    There's a fundamental reality that shapes both Netflix and Spotify's trajectory: content licensing. 2012 Netflix had access to vastly more of everyone else's library, so it was clo…

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    Comment #42578807

    Imperva, a Thales Company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Full-Time, Hybrid (Vancouver)| imperva.com for the company | Hiring two candidates. We are looking for talented, expe…

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    Comment #41710592

    Imperva, a Thales company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Hiring 2 candidates | Vancouver, Canada | Hybrid We are looking for talented, experienced Data Scientists who are eve…

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    Comment #41436633

    Imperva, a Thales company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Hiring 2 candidates | Vancouver, Canada | Hybrid We are looking for talented, experienced Data Scientists who are eve…

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    Comment #40752733

    I'm largely in favor of SSO, but it's not without its downsides, going beyond capital costs: SSO can also be implemented in a way that introduces an onerous latency tax when using …

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    Comment #40689732

    Please write the post where you analyze R&D through these different lenses! I would love to hear more of your thoughts.

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    Comment #39525876

    Before they were acquired by Google, looker had a bunch of really engaged community support people, and the docs were great for what the product did. There were learning paths for …

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    Comment #37308002

    For those unaware, this is a long-form article by the renowned (late) neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks about his personal mental and emotional experiences of what it was like to…

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    Comment #36536442

    Nearly half of admitted white students at Harvard got in via a VIP lane, which is really high. But that doesn't necessarily tell the story for what it would be like to apply to Har…

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    Comment #36507111

    The idea is that Rails apps are such a large portion of the population that they elected a representative from within themselves. It's not intended to be taken literally (I assume)…

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    Comment #35628111

    You might have missed a key element from the article itself. There are three versions of the same argument: the first by the author, the second by ChatGPT as an argument in support…

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    Comment #35613009

    The simulations in this are great. It must have taken a ton of work to get this to such an apparently simple and almost self-explanatory state. Really effective as teaching materia…

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    Comment #35469568

    Something about not being young anymore is that I am much more comfortable leveraging small changes consistently over time. When I was 16, the idea of doing a little bit of practic…

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    Comment #32002626

    Python dot releases are significant releases. Perhaps you recall the last python integer version number change? As a result, it will be quite some time before we see a version 4.

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    Comment #31581500

    It's also an indicator that quality of maps isn't necessarily viewed as a differentiator by the TomTom organization. If I suddenly had a sufficiently-good automated product and hun…