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jadenpeterson

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    Comment #47069770

    There's a bilingual relationship between the responsibilities of the state and the rights of the consumer. That point you describe - where they'll tackle the root problem - isn't c…

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    Comment #46687133

    Yeah it's not the... best. I bought it kind of on a lark, and the sunk cost made me reluctant to let go it. Any brand recommendations? I'm really not one for 'smart' features, thou…

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    Comment #46686997

    Oh this is awesome. I think I remember using this guy's stuff for remedial biology (or chemistry?) in HS. Thanks for the link.

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    Comment #46686991

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    Comment #46685397

    This is tricky. Anecdotally, social media has made my cousin much stupider - seriously, he’s begging me for help with stuff as basic as calculus (admittedly, I can’t help him here …

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    Comment #46672598

    How did they accomplish this without a PM reminding them to get alignment?

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    Comment #46672524

    No LOL. Zyns are nicotine pouches you insert into your gums for a gradual release of nicotine. They're powerful. Unfortunately, I went from using 3mg Zyns to 6mg Zyns, and had to s…

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    Comment #46672499

    Why are they comfortable saying this? > Generally, Boyd said his office uses the software to find “avenues for obtaining probable cause” or “to verify reasonable suspicion that you…

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    Comment #46668694

    I can't be the only person completely unconcerned about this state of affairs. They're ads. This is the most straightforward incentive structure in the world - they are paid to sup…

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    Comment #46664991

    There's some nuance. IQ tests measure pattern matching and, in an underlying way, other facets of intelligence - memory, for example. How well can an LLM 'remember' a thing? Someti…

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    Comment #46664982

    Not to be a luddite, but large language models are fundamentally not meant for tasks of this nature. And listen to this: > Most notably, it provides confidence levels in its findin…

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    Comment #46654345

    For my 11th or 12th birthday, I got a pet porcupine and I was ecstatic. It was my first pet, and I spent hours researching what they eat, what habitats they like, etc. I carefully …

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    Comment #46652870

    I mean sure, this is trivially true, but there's some nuance here. For example, I could find slop in the above threads. Ultimately, while slop, we have to focus on outcomes. If the…