dswalter

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by dswalter 5mo ago
You're describing a Taravangian prompt situation (a character in a book series who wakes up with a different/random intelligence level each day and has a series of tests for himself to determine which kind of decisions he's c
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by dswalter 8mo ago
I can't help but feel this is a useful analysis for humanity, but somehow saddening for a fan of the person being analyzed. Almost overly invasive. Would Sir Terry have appreciated or approved of this?
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by dswalter 8mo ago
For many of us, even if drawing that line exactly is debatable, a prompt-generated image, where the "artist" didn't interact with any of the pixels is across the line for "too much AI". It can definitely take creati
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by dswalter 8mo ago
What I like about this piece is how it shows the technical prowess underpinning the visual outputs in a film like what Disney puts out. I only wish it went further! There are a ton of lessons those of us outside films/games could learn
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by dswalter 10mo ago
I see USD $36 on ebay, used. It's a smaller barrier to entry.
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by dswalter 11mo ago
Refreshing when technical writing has a sense of style. Read it and gain a gnawing sense of unease at how "good" things might really be at present!
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by dswalter 11mo ago
Instant Pot Garbanzo beans/chickpeas with a tiny bit of salt are a favorite in my home. Creamy, savory, and delicious! Cannellini beans are also lovely.
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by dswalter 1y ago
The title is correct, but it obscures the fact that it's discussing life in Antarctica! Living in antarctica is one of our closest analogues to long-term space habitation.
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by dswalter 1y ago
Your response is more textured and interesting than the OP's, even though we are all posting on the website from his company.
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by dswalter 1y ago
Imperva, a Thales Company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Full-Time, Hybrid (Vancouver)| imperva.com for the company | Hiring two candidates. We are looking for talented, experienced Data Scientists who are ever curious about data prob
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by dswalter 1y ago
There's a fundamental reality that shapes both Netflix and Spotify's trajectory: content licensing. 2012 Netflix had access to vastly more of everyone else's library, so it was closer to an indexed search of what was availabl
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by dswalter 2y ago
Imperva, a Thales Company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Full-Time, Hybrid (Vancouver)| imperva.com for the company | Hiring two candidates. We are looking for talented, experienced Data Scientists who are ever curious about data prob
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by dswalter 2y ago
Imperva, a Thales company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Hiring 2 candidates | Vancouver, Canada | Hybrid We are looking for talented, experienced Data Scientists who are ever curious about data problems and eager to write code to get
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by dswalter 2y ago
Imperva, a Thales company | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | Hiring 2 candidates | Vancouver, Canada | Hybrid We are looking for talented, experienced Data Scientists who are ever curious about data problems and eager to write code to get
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by dswalter 2y ago
I'm largely in favor of SSO, but it's not without its downsides, going beyond capital costs: SSO can also be implemented in a way that introduces an onerous latency tax when using services.
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by dswalter 2y ago
Please write the post where you analyze R&D through these different lenses! I would love to hear more of your thoughts.
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by dswalter 3y ago
Before they were acquired by Google, looker had a bunch of really engaged community support people, and the docs were great for what the product did. There were learning paths for different types of users and tutorials linked to references
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by dswalter 3y ago
For those unaware, this is a long-form article by the renowned (late) neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks about his personal mental and emotional experiences of what it was like to not feel his leg. The piece is much more of a New Yorker st
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by dswalter 3y ago
Nearly half of admitted white students at Harvard got in via a VIP lane, which is really high. But that doesn't necessarily tell the story for what it would be like to apply to Harvard as a white student. There is a subtle yet importan
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by dswalter 3y ago
The idea is that Rails apps are such a large portion of the population that they elected a representative from within themselves. It's not intended to be taken literally (I assume).
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by dswalter 3y ago
You might have missed a key element from the article itself. There are three versions of the same argument: the first by the author, the second by ChatGPT as an argument in support of the statement: "I’ve been reluctant to try ChatGPT.
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by dswalter 3y ago
The simulations in this are great. It must have taken a ton of work to get this to such an apparently simple and almost self-explanatory state. Really effective as teaching material; kudos to the author!
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by dswalter 3y ago
Something about not being young anymore is that I am much more comfortable leveraging small changes consistently over time. When I was 16, the idea of doing a little bit of practicing vocal exercises each day in order to improve over time w
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by dswalter 4y ago
Python dot releases are significant releases. Perhaps you recall the last python integer version number change? As a result, it will be quite some time before we see a version 4.
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by dswalter 4y ago
It's also an indicator that quality of maps isn't necessarily viewed as a differentiator by the TomTom organization. If I suddenly had a sufficiently-good automated product and hundreds of domain experts, I'd work to have the
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by dswalter 4y ago
That final one isn't especially upflifting, but it's from a meme. https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/187/84d...
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by dswalter 5y ago
Imperva | Data Scientist for Bot Detection | full-time | Raleigh-Durham or REMOTE | Imperva is an enterprise cybersecurity vendor. We're looking for another product-oriented Data Scientist-type person to work on the bot detection syst
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by dswalter 5y ago
But in many cases, there are ways to dispute and/or retrospectively fix or amend a transaction that is mis-classified. In the exceptionally rare case that something is exploited within a cryptocurrency, there is no recourse for the vic
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by dswalter 5y ago
It's maybe an ... interesting sign that someone with substantial liquidity from tesla shares at this point in history is apparently finding cryptocurrency an enjoyable diversion/investment vehicle?
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by dswalter 5y ago
Because very few other former FB employees (or Google for that matter) have come out from under NDA's to talk frankly about what they've seen in the mega-iest of megacorps. It's not that what she's saying is especially s

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