gyuserbti

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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I agree with the OP a little. Central repository models have advantages but they've always seemed like short term benefits in exchange for long term costs. Things like the app store, in for profit scenarios, seem like ways to slip in m
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Editor and former professor here. Pay to publish imho always seemed to have a perverse incentive structure to me. Reminds me of the "advertisement" journals you used to see. The way I see this headed is academic nonprofit orgs sel
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I agree but there are many varieties that could meet and have met the criteria for public sales, except for current trends in appearance or taste. It's really remarkable how canalized apple markets have become, when you're exposed
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
So sad to hear it's gone. There might have been some interest in propagating it, if for no other reason than cross breeding. Curious about the taste. Wolf River apples can be very large, but they're not dark, at least not the ones
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Speaking from personal experience, it's impossible to find anyone who wouldn't be labeled as unbiased in this area. There are too many turf wars, government sanctioned monopolies, and rent seekers for anything but that to be the c
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
This standard sentiment seems to me to be a machiavellian justification for the status quo and for not trying to improve anything. The costs of the problems are the problem, not whether they are eventually resolved extremely ineffiently.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Interesting read that loops full circle to classic AI debates. I was frustrated a bit by the dismissal of probability theory, though, as if Bayes theory solved it, and by extension, and probability as a whole could be dismissed. A lot of th
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Isn't this basically what syncthing is (same functionality as wormhole, with gui)? I also thought I've used a gui dat protocol client to transfer files but maybe it was only in the terminal.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I came here to say something similar. You're right to point out baking powder, because it's a mess. Think it's all the same chemically? Nope. Different brands use very different chemicals that can affect lift, and it can vary
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Plausible deniability must be assumed with morally controversial actions on the part of institutions, especially government security institutions. One way to deal with this is context. In this case the pattern of Russia with regard to elect
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
As a native English speaker with Dutch colleagues, I've always thought Dutch was remarkably close. Once you kinda figure out pronunciation patterns a lot of it is very similar. Written Dutch is the only language I intuitively perceive
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
The untold story in these things is the role of forced EMR regulations. I've worked in healthcare for some time, as does my spouse and my family. These record systems used to all be developed in-house systems, fully self supporting, wi
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Are you suggesting dd is about local minima sort of? Like if you extended the risk: parametrization curve out you'd start to see overfitting again?
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
My initial intuition is there's limitations in test samples that are used, in the sense they only have so much information. At some point overfitting is likely to manifest not in test risk per se, but in random variations over alternat
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
The vaccination debate makes me sad and pessimistic. I am an avid proponent of vaccination in general but also of people's right to refuse them. It's remarkable that things like Tuskegee are so quickly forgotten, and upsetting to
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
But why phone? Why not something more specifically set up for the purpose, like Google authenticator or 2fa keys?
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Another one in a similar situation. My wife is also very practical and socially conscious. We looked into moissanite really seriously and almost bought a custom ring with it made by a local artist/metalsmith we were working with, and m
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
This has been on my mind a lot lately. It's not just risk changes, it's also variety changes which are also important. Near us there's nice, challenging playgrounds, but their designs have become homogeneous. The older playgr
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Or Briar or Ricochet, or something developed in house. Honestly, the thing that's so perplexing to me is why so many people in these roles would be using Whatsapp at all for these things. It's like SoS mentality (to use an imperfe
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
This extends everywhere, including licensing laws and so forth.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
The title should read "Somehow, the messaging mess is about to get even worse." The mess isn't about Android. It's always mystified me why an open, cross platform messaging protocol hasn't become as widespread as SM
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
So, I'm with you. But I'm also the person leaving the brand-new items at the thrift store. The thing is, I'm not the one buying the items usually. They're gifts. And it doesn't matter how many times I tell family no
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Somewhere I saw a version of Inconsolata with the slashed zero. There was a site at one time that collected all the Inconsolata permutations in one place, but I don't have it offhand.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
To experiment, find some chanterelles, lobster or porcini, and shitake mushrooms. These should be available fresh or dried in many large groceries in bigger cities. Make some dishes with each or try a taste. Huge huge differences in mushroo
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Eh as a college professor something has changed, not just the population. My experiences parallel the GP. I noticed it first with filename conventions; it rapidly changed from there. This is in the same population of students. I noticed bas
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
Yeah this is a minor part of his work. I know people who specialize in personality-health relationships and have never heard them base anything on Eysencks work in that area. Conversely, I'm very familiar with Eysencks work in general
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
And so you would leave prediction of human behavior to paranormalists, or to reductionists? Even neuroscience requires a science of behavior to have something to predict.
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I think they're referencing the mob-like mentality that built up around #metoo, trial by social media etc. See the Al Franken fiasco, for example. To me women's rights needs to be distinguished from #metoo for this reason, but in
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
...you can organize and likely prevent him from getting reelected if you don't have to deal with gerrymandering, can get votes enough to overcome the vote weighting of the electoral college, and if there's no foreign sabotage of t
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by gyuserbti 7y ago
I think the purpose of the "do" disciplines is maybe getting lost somehow; it's supposed to deemphasize violence as a matter of ethics. This essay reflects my understanding well: https://iainabernethy.co.uk/ar

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