halgir

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by halgir 1mo ago
> Think of a problem that we saw coming in the future and we collectively solved. I can think of none. My favorite counterexample is the ozone layer. When I was a kid, that was the Big Bad environmental concern. But we actually worked to
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by halgir 7mo ago
> run-away climate change
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by halgir 10mo ago
We have one. But according to Down Detector's Down Detector's Down Detector's Down Detector, that's also down.
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by halgir 10mo ago
What's Updog?
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I made a downdetector for downdetector's downdetector's downdetector(downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com)
89 points by halgir 10mo ago|14 comments
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by halgir 1y ago
It does. I eat small portions, rarely. My son has fortunately not expressed any interest in eating it, and I won't encourage him to.
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by halgir 1y ago
I dislike Sea Shepherd as an organization, due to their distasteful methods (and personal bias, being a Faroese resident). But I spoke with several of their volunteers during one of their campaigns, and was pleased to realize that, as indiv
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by halgir 1y ago
I feel the same way. I've hiked a few times at one of the locations in these photos with my 8 year old son (under close supervision). I think it's a great way to build a sense of responsibility and humility. Unfortunately, that al
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by halgir 1y ago
But who will the align the aligner of aligners? :(
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by halgir 1y ago
Apropos mixing bitterants, it's quite common to apply a bitter nail varnish to help people stop biting their nails. Not an addictive substance, but an addictive behavior.
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by halgir 1y ago
> How can you ensure that the exercise actually teaches the students anything in this case? By participating in the exercise during class. Introducing the cases, facilitating group discussions, and providing academic input when bringing
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by halgir 1y ago
There is a middle ground between artisanal powerpoint craftsmanship and AI slop.
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by halgir 1y ago
I agree you shouldn't use LLMs to produce material wholesale, but I think it can be positively useful when used thoughtfully. I recently taught a high school equivalent philosophy class, and wanted to design an exercise for my students
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by halgir 1y ago
That sounds horrible. Thanks for the insight.
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by halgir 1y ago
> Some thesises had hallucinated sources, some had AI slop blogs as sources, the texts are robotic and boring. But should I fail them, out of principle on what the ideal University should be? No, you should fail them for turning in bad t
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by halgir 1y ago
Possibly. I have a Samsung TV with all of the associated bloatware. Did a hard reset, never connected to the internet, use it exclusively as a display for my Apple TV. Turns on and off using the Apple TV remote via HDMI-CEC, so I can stow a
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by halgir 1y ago
Thanks for explaining, I've never heard about this. In my social circle, nobody would seriously try to argue that it should still count as a "real" planet, but we still refer to Pluto-as-planet in an affectionate, nostalgic w
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by halgir 1y ago
I know it's not a planet, hence my sarcastic "sue me". I suppose the self-irony didn't work too well over text. My point was that many people still know about Pluto as a body that's at the edge of many people's
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by halgir 1y ago
Because more people know about Pluto than Eris or Sedna. And we know that Pluto is the furthest away planet (sue me). So 15x Pluto is much easier to visualize in context of the entire solar system than 700x Earth. My cosmological knowledge
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by halgir 1y ago
I use it in much the same way as you, and it's been extremely beneficial. But I also would not dream of signing my name on something that has been independently produced by AI, it's just too often blatantly wrong on specifics. I t
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by halgir 1y ago
We missed the boat for that a few million years ago. If we're engineering anyway, we might as well engineer for healthy old age directly.
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by halgir 1y ago
Someone has to be the first. Granted, us being first is extremely unlikely. But the same is true for whoever it ends up having been.
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by halgir 1y ago
Like how my biggest weakness is that I work too hard.
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by halgir 1y ago
> Should they feel any obligation to help my siblings once the time comes? Absolutely not, but hopefully your siblings will have been positive enough presences in your children's lives that they will want to of their own accord.
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by halgir 1y ago
> the definition is clear enough. It really isn't though. There's so many different forms that we can't reduce it to "I know it when I see it" territory and depend on case-by-case enforcement. Do we ban outdoor b
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by halgir 1y ago
English: https://dimma-fo.translate.goog/grein/starlink-vil-veita-int...
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Starlink sets up subsidiary in Faroe Islands(dimma.fo)
10 points by halgir 1y ago|8 comments
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by halgir 2y ago
Personally, I experienced a rude awakening when reading his book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!". I've read part of his lectures, and heard great things about him in general. So I was extremely surprised when his ow
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by halgir 2y ago
Reminds me of when lawyers successfully argued that X-Men are not human, so that their action figures would be classified as "toys" rather than "dolls" and thus charged a lower tariff. https://en.wikipedia.org
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by halgir 2y ago
Most quantitative recruitment criteria are arbitrary to some degree. Unless you rigorously examine every single applicant, you need some heuristics for initial filtering.

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