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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
Interesting perspective. Enjoyed the discussion.
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
> Rego emphasized the need to lean into life “with your hands, senses and via others.” To allow the prefrontal cortex to rest, he suggested doing hands-on activities, such as arts and cooking, and indulging the senses — especially in nat
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
It sounds like you're working with a base assumption that increasing usage of cars is bad. My base assumption is that moving people around is good. Freedom of movement and time-efficient movement. The car reigns supreme over trains, pl
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
See the Solomon Curve - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_curve We absolutely should consider the entirety of drivers and their existing behaviors when we design roads, instead of wishing they would behave differen
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
Google maps was putting my speed in red today because it still had a road marked as 35 MPH, that had been re-rated to 50 MPH after construction ended. Honestly it seems dystopian. Like requiring a breathalyzer before you can turn the key in
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
I think a better solution would be to re-evaluate how we set speed limits. Clearly, the design of the road has an incredible influence over what speeds drivers feel comfortable - and uncomfortable - going. There is a road near me (SWFL) whe
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
I’ve noticed that my ads get far more specific when I have mic and camera access enabled for Instagram (which is required in order to post stories with certain features). In fact, I’ve often (correctly) realized I accidentally left access o
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
I did a 12.61 mile hike in Algonquin with ~1520 feet of elevation gain back in July. The total time was 4 hours and 36 minutes - and my hiking partner and I were both exhausted afterwards. My heart rate ranged from 93 to 195 BPM, with an av
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by LeftHandPath 2y ago
It looks neat. Reminds me of a lot of ideas I had of making a way to tightly couple classes/logic between PHP (server side) and JS (client side) when making websites and web apps. It came up a lot when making HTML-based forms. I’d defi
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I wondered why this sort of thing didn’t already exist. I had to develop for IBM Db2 (for i Series) on a Linux environment (using MariaDB) due to the licensing that stopped us from having a test env. I wound up writing a very ad-hoc C++ pro
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I remember reading about how the TSA was very unsuccessful in catching errors, because they faced a large number of true negatives day in and day out. The alarms barely ever went off, and when they did, it was usually a false positive. The
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
We're cursed by our own creativity. The tech has a handful of positive use-cases, and a seemingly infinite number of nightmarish abuses that even its inventors are terrified of. But they will continue to develop the tech, or someone el
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
That sounds a lot more livable than my solution of throwing pajama pants or socks over every LED before I go to bed. My dell laptop power connector and google router are the worst offenders.
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
This is incredibly similar to a paper one of my professors was working on a year or two ago: [0] > Neural Trojans embedded in pre-trained neural networks are a harmful attack against the DNN model supply chain. They generate false output
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
See the nirvana fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy It happens a lot. I think it's one of the big reasons that hyped-up video games and movies always disappoint.
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I saw someone on reddit insisting they were doomed because the hatch didn't open from the inside. Opening the hatch? At 13,000 feet below sea level?!
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I think streaming services have had a bigger impact on how we consume media in general than we appreciate. For one, very few people buy physical media anymore - but streaming isn't licensed like physical media is, so while you can buy
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I have worked with these extensively - my employer uses one for work, and I have written software both in the greenscreen / ILE languages and in the PASE environment / IFS to accomplish certain tasks (e.g. setting up an intranet s
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I played RuneScape daily from 2005 - 2009 (I started playing with a friend after school every day when I was in 2nd grade). Definitely gave me a leg up on things like spelling, social interaction, learning not to trust strangers who promise
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
They have many options for the veneer - carbon fiber, aluminum, and a number of gorgeous wood options. If I find the dough I really hope to buy one before they're forced to go all EV.
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
Reminds me of some of the discussion in Charles Mann's "1491", regarding the agricultural techniques of the Indians (honoring his use of that over Native Americans) before the Colombian Exchange [0]. The natives in South Amer
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The Joy of Losing Your Phone (2023)(thenewatlantis.com)
1 points by LeftHandPath 3y ago|0 comments
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
Honestly why not just make a database like GIFCT [0], for classified documents? You could make it possible to both preserve the current status quo (e.g. most social medias already run a check against some databases to prevent you from uploa
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I recently got a rhodia notebook to go with my Pelikan Souveran FP and recently acquired MB LeGrand rollerball. I've been using the RB more and more because it's just a lot easier to keep inked and ready to go (and the size is per
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I can certainly understand the sentiment - most parts of most towns are like this. But if you look, virtually every town of reasonable age has a walkable "downtown" area. Even in small Kansas towns - look at downtown Ottawa, Senec
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I’ve found that complaining is productive but has a social cost. But I and others absolutely do work this way. I started opening GitHub issues I never expect anyone else to read to help myself explore and verbalize a problem without having
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
The title is based on the numbers from a recent analysis by Goldman Sachs. Given all the speculation we've had on HN, it's nice to finally see some numbers that are a little more concrete regarding the possible economic impacts of
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Generative AI set to affect 300M jobs across major economies – Financial Times(ft.com)
3 points by LeftHandPath 3y ago|2 comments
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
The Wargame series (European Escalation, Red Dragon) is plagued by a bad AI system that relies almost entirely on cheating. Had always wondered how much better it would be if it were an "expert system" type AI instead of the devs
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by LeftHandPath 3y ago
I agree - it’s hard to enter a flow state while reviewing someone else’s - or some AI’s - code. That’s a major reason why I haven’t started using LLMs for code, personally. I am glad someone else feels this way. Maybe it’s not going to be a

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