SquibblesRedux

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by SquibblesRedux 10d ago
I am still waiting for a cure to cancer. For a guaranteed prophylactic against Alzheimer's and dementia. For flying cars for everyone. For space bases throughout the solar system. For weather control. For all trains to be self-driving.
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by SquibblesRedux 11d ago
Perhaps a walkabout across a manifold.
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by SquibblesRedux 27d ago
You are absolutely right.
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by SquibblesRedux 2mo ago
In a sense, Aldous Huxley explored these ideas in his novel "Brave New World." [0] The novel describes a world were there is a rational order to human society, which has been engineered to be "optimal." A very good read
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by SquibblesRedux 2mo ago
Crypto: The only way to win is not to play.
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by SquibblesRedux 5mo ago
I was not making an argument that the economy is zero-sum, or that Musk or Bezos did not build wealth. I merely pointed out methods they used to build their empires. For example, Musk did take advantage of government incentives, sidestepped
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by SquibblesRedux 5mo ago
Musk got a huge leg up through the government, whether it be tax credits, incentives, side-stepping regulations, etc. Bezos ran at a loss for so long it drove out actual and potential competitors. Most (or all?) of the recent titans seem li
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by SquibblesRedux 5mo ago
And don't forget: "hi" and "hello" are not the same.
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by SquibblesRedux 6mo ago
Sam explains the situation on Mike Peace's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrFgOMfsmM (Mike is another wood turner.)
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Please Help Sam Angelo (Wyomingwoodturner)
2 points by SquibblesRedux 6mo ago|1 comments
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by SquibblesRedux 6mo ago
Can fully AI‑generated code be copyrightable? Is there evidence that the leaked code was AI-generated?
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by SquibblesRedux 6mo ago
I would argue that no app/website should be selling itself to kids. No corporation should be trying to tether its ARR to children's attention.
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by SquibblesRedux 6mo ago
> For me, AI tools act like supercharged ... search and auto complete. I think that is a fairly good definition of what an LLM is. I'd say the third leg of the definition is adjustable randomness.
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by SquibblesRedux 7mo ago
Just like in "I, Robot?"
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by SquibblesRedux 8mo ago
I tend to see humans as just another animal species, subject to pressures similar to those of other mammals. Whenever disease comes up it seems like vaccinations are the only factor discussed. Can anyone here speak to other factors (at a ma
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by SquibblesRedux 9mo ago
Well, Palantir was taken.
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The Iceberg Index: Measuring Skills-Centered Exposure in the AI Economy [pdf](iceberg.mit.edu)
1 points by SquibblesRedux 10mo ago|1 comments
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by SquibblesRedux 10mo ago
As an official greybeard who has written much in C, C++, Perl, Python, and now Rust, I can say Rust is a wonderful systems programming language. Nothing at all like Perl, and as others have mentioned, a great relief from C++ while providing
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
It looks nice. The movement is smooth and elegant. However, I really don't understand what the essential play loop is supposed to be. Is this about graphs? Calculus? Physics? Am I solving puzzles? Taking quizzes?
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
The challenge with long form texts is that they are so often picked apart, each piece quoted and analyzed on its own, without regard for how that small piece fits into the whole, often veering from a far more nuanced argument or portrait of
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
I just asked ChatGPT-5 to "give me a 16x16 PNG icon of an apple" and it did exactly that. It looks good, too. Not that I don't recognize the inherent limits of LLMs, but there are as many edge cases covered as are found in th
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
Has the XDG Base Directory Specification been adopted by an official standards committee? In my previous life, calling something a standard carried a great deal of weight. For example, contracts could mandate compliance with standards. Havi
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
At the risk of sounding dismissive -- this is all drama that amounts to nothing more than Internet entertainment. Legitimate claims of harm should be heard in court. Legitimate scientific debate should be hashed out at conferences or in pee
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
Another way to think about it is how interesting it is that humans can be so easily influenced by strings of words. (Or images, or sounds.) I suppose I would characterize it as so many people being earnestly vulnerable. It all makes me thin
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
This is another great example of how LLMs are not really any sort of AI, or even proper knowledge representation. Not saying they don't have their uses (like souped up search and permutation generators), but definitely not something th
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
Fun game! In the old days, code reuse was an aspirational goal. We had collections of functions, libraries, etc., but the overhead of reusing specific lines of code, or patterns of lines of code, was too burdensome to be practical. Many tut
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
Indeed, it's nothing but function fitting.
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
But always remember, "Do not use a propane torch indoors." https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/resources/raccoo...
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by SquibblesRedux 1y ago
I can say what not to do -- Do not ever work to strip others of their free will.
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by SquibblesRedux 2y ago
I have been around quite a while. I remember rotary phones and party lines. I have seen a lot and done a lot. I have lived through many “the sky is falling” events. I offer my unvarnished insight, take it or leave it. This is not me “thinki

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