BeetleB

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by BeetleB 4d ago
LMGTFY was made for people like you.
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by BeetleB 4d ago
> So they are claiming that ACR is done entirely through audio processing, and no visual data from the screen itself is used? That...doesn't seem plausible. It apparently is. Do you know the Nielsen Ratings? That's exactly how
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by BeetleB 4d ago
Hard disagree. It was common for people to point out their flaws here on HN.
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by BeetleB 5d ago
Yes, but ... did it ever occur to you that similar sites in the pre-LLM days made as passion projects by one person likely contained a similar number of errors?
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by BeetleB 5d ago
Most of them are pretty good. He just has to hunt down the bad ones and fix them.
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by BeetleB 5d ago
Keep in mind that his critique is very recent, and likely applying to a specific use of AI, as opposed to AI as a whole. If you've been following his Mastodon account, he's been happily using LLMs for math purposes for well over a
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by BeetleB 5d ago
Lots of Fields medalists signing this. Interesting to see one not there: Timothy Gowers.
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by BeetleB 5d ago
> I know a lot of people could be watching this and thinking, "where were you when they disrespected me?" How much respect is given to the work of farmers or nurses or drivers or parents or carers or teachers or hospitality wor
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by BeetleB 5d ago
(Django won.)
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by BeetleB 6d ago
Did you respond to the wrong comment? This is not about being outside the US or using a VPN. This is about the pain of having to repeatedly log in.
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by BeetleB 6d ago
That's irrelevant to the point I'm making. Class action is, almost by definition, a case where there is unequal power.
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by BeetleB 6d ago
The counterargument is that if you don't have binding arbitration, you can be constantly worried that the other party will drive you bankrupt with frivolous legal proceedings, and that fear discourages collaboration. A binding arbitrat
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by BeetleB 6d ago
I'm terrified of not being able to find old USB cables. My D2A converter I use to route TV audio to a small amplifier died. It was cheap, but decent. I wanted another cheap one. I had trouble finding any. Finally, I snagged a pair on A
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by BeetleB 6d ago
> Anyone remotely familiar with CC over the years years?
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by BeetleB 6d ago
Binding arbitration when there is a significant power imbalance should be illegal. If it's between two similarly abled parties (e.g. two individuals), it should be fine. I studied a bit of this in a university course. Between a lot of
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by BeetleB 7d ago
> The donation is tax-deductible Is it? One of the requirements is "No goods or services were given for this donation."
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by BeetleB 7d ago
I've gotten it many years, but rarely watched it, because my login keeps "expiring" on Roku. If I don't watch it for, say, a month, I'll need to log in again. It's terribly inconvenient. Hope they fix(ed) it.
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by BeetleB 7d ago
I don't see how this is FUD. Both a sibling comment and my parent pointed out that there's more to the story than simply "claiming the word automatic." They provided extra context (which the article didn't ). I am
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by BeetleB 7d ago
The top companies do. Regulation when you're on top is how you get to remain on top.
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by BeetleB 7d ago
Nope. Science demands empirical verification. Math doesn't. No theorem is violated based on experiments and observations.
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by BeetleB 7d ago
What is truth if we are free to pick our axioms? The universe is either Euclidean or not. If it were, how can theorems on non-Euclidean geometry be true?
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by BeetleB 8d ago
What is it, if not an art?
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by BeetleB 8d ago
Mathematicians will be less likely to work on a problem if there is a solution - even an incomprehensible one.
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by BeetleB 8d ago
Indeed it would be nice that people not lump everything into "immigrants". There are different categories of immigrants. I think it is fair when someone makes a comment about immigrants that applies only to one category, to counte
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by BeetleB 8d ago
> The Plex rug-pull is just around the corner. I've been hearing that for as long as Jellyfin has existed :-) Until they handle OTA (along with its EPG), and DVR properly, it's the inferior option for me.
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by BeetleB 8d ago
My comment was about children of immigrants, and you show me a chart that excludes children of immigrants. I don't know what you're trying to say.
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by BeetleB 8d ago
> There is a big difference between different immigrant groups. In the U.S., children of immigrants are also often the lowest performers. My comment did not preclude either of these from being true. I didn't say "On average, ch
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by BeetleB 9d ago
Would love to see a more detailed breakdown. In the US, often the highest performers are children of immigrants.
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by BeetleB 9d ago
Yes, eventually, all of them will end up this way. But the attitude lacks nuance. I paid $120 for Plex 8 years ago, and if it becomes utter crap tomorrow, it's been totally worth it. Don't think of any such thing as "lifetime
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by BeetleB 9d ago
Generally mathematicians treat vacuous statements as true. I believe it doesn't make any difference to any meaningful result. It merely makes it easier to write theorems without specifying exceptions.

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