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interstice
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Comment #49194402
I know some scientists and there's barely enough demand for them as it is
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Comment #49143485
For a very long time now I've avoided anything other than 1 class per div with style overrides and written with modular rules and 1-2 degrees of separation between label and rules.…
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Comment #49111159
Some heavier elements have hilariously high energy densities and aren't bombs (on their own), but the catch is the energy release is a trickle. Point is it's not an automatic follo…
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Comment #48988631
Seems like we need to update that other saying - to err is human but to really f** things up you need an AI
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Comment #48975875
Slower than a horse even, why even bother
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Comment #48933497
I wonder what the income distribution is like
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Comment #48906254
I doubt it's polar if that's what you mean.
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Comment #48889961
It might have happened without him eventually, which wasn't really an option at the time. I visited Bletchley Park Museum a few months ago, it doesn't really mention much of what h…
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Comment #48889456
While I haven't been to Mississippi I have spent the last 6 months driving around the UK on a working holiday, and this sounds like a massive stretch. Free healthcare might be help…
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Comment #48873408
I was referring to Alan Turing
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Comment #48869978
This logic would have prevented the Enigma machine from existing
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Comment #48841785
This stuff is measurable
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Comment #48837703
I don't hate the idea of using ai for the sole purpose of navigating arbitrarily massive sets of menus in moments. That actually seems like a great use for it.
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Comment #48760999
Followed of course closely by someone asking a question and replying to themselves saying they figured it out. Though back then I was guilty of that one myself.
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Comment #48757813
My biggest problem with old forums was googling a question, clicking on a post of someone asking that question, and the first response being some gate keeper saying this has been a…
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Comment #48670782
Are you saying programmers aren't adaptable? I don't think I've ever seen this field pause to take a breath.
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Comment #48584755
That's the world being deliberately created though, one where a mediocre but completely believable song is a prompt away. The scope of the side effects are across the entirety of w…
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Comment #48570746
To me AI in marketing is a signal that whatever business I'm looking at will pivot when a fad comes along. That is not what I want in any service that I plan to use for a long time…
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Comment #48555117
I'm not sure if this means gold isn't powered by memes or whether it's just one of the most long lived memes of all time. Aside from other nice properties like lasting a long time,…
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Comment #48487635
>> So, don’t think “how can I do my layout in a given system”, think instead “what possible layouts are allowed by the system” Spoken like someone that hasn't been handed designs a…
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Comment #48346722
Until AI can take responsibility I don't see the accountability issue being solved, hopefully this doesn't just mean humans become responsibility machines.
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Comment #48346571
This only works if you believe in something unknown which we can't detect or measure, which is by its definition not provable.
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Comment #48335487
We already live in a world where supply would greatly outstrip demand if we weren't constantly being convinced (or convincing ourselves) to spend money on services we don't need. T…