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utunga

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About utunga

http://www.google.com/profiles/utunga#about [ my public key: https://keybase.io/utunga; my proof: https://keybase.io/utunga/sigs/IZzeRaLswGQWC2GMRze101Dy7NbX8XvJTr_cmLdmKUg ]

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48712816

    Just popping in to say that no you can't use the word "tokenomics" to mean that. Argh.

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    Comment #48203081

    Absolutely.

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    Comment #37398170

    I dunno.. if we just assume everyone around us is gonna be an asshole then we can never have nice things. In order to be able to take the subway I'm willing to assume that not ever…

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    Comment #35955611

    This would've been a lot less confusing if they'd used let radius = d * random(random(random())) instead of let radius = d * (1 - random(random(random()))) But, if so, probably so …

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    Comment #35954608

    Or check this video where he does just that https://youtu.be/sdrkvTPnuTw I am not so worried about smallish spikes in gamma radiation but I think we should all be concerned about l…

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    Comment #35259185

    This is how generative AI art should've been done the first time * get rights to the training data * keep artists and illustrators in the loop Could've saved a lot of pain.

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    Comment #35163398

    Sounds very human, lol.

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    Comment #35007989

    One of the most pernicious problems with submodules is way that anyone who finds them problematic thinks its their own fault, and people who have finally figured out how they work …

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    Comment #33256826

    "You have been a great employee... .. had to let you go". Textshop, in-paint the rest with something nice, will ya.. oh and add a friendly sign off.

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    Comment #32421731

    I'm with you also. But it is getting harder and harder. I'm convinced that Facebook are actively downgrading their in-browser mobile experience for this reason. They want to force …

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    Comment #31148994

    I have no idea who you are but the fact you're interested in debt and in NZ makes me wonder if you'd be interested in a project we're working on https://cashless.social

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    Comment #30217091

    Understandable given how dry - but you may want to tweak the settings on your sarcasm detector.

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    Comment #30069483

    I get why you are saying an interpreted language is slow but given that people use python to orchestrate most compute intense (AI) and data-heavy (data science) work, it obviously …

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    Comment #29302607

    A great example of Grays law: "Any online discussion that mentions the word 'octopi' - regardless how tangentially - will eventually turn into a discussion on linguistics"

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    Comment #28495063

    I've been censored in the exact same way for linking a friend to relevant government legislation. I think it's a combination of the tone / wording coupled with something about my p…

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    Comment #28260352

    You went to Cambridge how hard is it to understand that some people on the internet don't live in the US?? I clicked on "are you eligible?" in attempt to determine exactly this que…

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    Comment #27649434

    It's an important question that deserves a considered response. IMHO its more than just lack of designers (though that's important) it's actually a balance of power thing. Deliveri…

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    Comment #27469885

    I was lucky enough to get actual death threats due to stuff I posted online (it involved Saudi Sheiks and was almost 20 years ago you won't find it, it doesn't matter). They (not t…

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    Comment #24250138

    I work with Mozilla's DeepSpeech every day. Mozilla's STT is critical to the survival of important indigenous languages throughout the world. I sincerely hope we can help make this…

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    Comment #19917104

    What they mean is that it's loading from local storage much of the time - not from the server.

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    Comment #19917099

    They're not? What zeronet are you on?

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    Comment #19917095

    Thanks to this post I went from clicking around the site to watching Tamas Kocsis' Ted Talk streaming within zeronet, within about 2 minutes. What I find most impressive about this…

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    Comment #16491456

    > While bitcoin might continue, most citizens will stop bothering at that point because buying or selling bitcoin shows up in tax audits. But they'd only show up for a short period…

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    Comment #15138188

    I'm sorry that nobody else in this thread seems to understand the meaning of the words "largely ruled out". I also would like to know why that is. Not saying it's aliens just sayin…

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    Comment #13712757

    I love this idea, but it also needs to be discussed within the context of knowing that (since Snowden) the NSA already has all your social media data categorized and ready to go sh…