jadenpeterson

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by jadenpeterson 7mo ago
There's a bilingual relationship between the responsibilities of the state and the rights of the consumer. That point you describe - where they'll tackle the root problem - isn't coming. In truth, these are feel good measures
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
Yeah it's not the... best. I bought it kind of on a lark, and the sunk cost made me reluctant to let go it. Any brand recommendations? I'm really not one for 'smart' features, though I know they're kind of intrinsic
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
Oh this is awesome. I think I remember using this guy's stuff for remedial biology (or chemistry?) in HS. Thanks for the link.
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
This is tricky. Anecdotally, social media has made my cousin much stupider - seriously, he’s begging me for help with stuff as basic as calculus (admittedly, I can’t help him here since I’m not good at math, but still…) I wish there were fr
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
How did they accomplish this without a PM reminding them to get alignment?
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
No LOL. Zyns are nicotine pouches you insert into your gums for a gradual release of nicotine. They're powerful. Unfortunately, I went from using 3mg Zyns to 6mg Zyns, and had to sit in front of my bathroom sink, fighting the urge to r
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
Why are they comfortable saying this? > Generally, Boyd said his office uses the software to find “avenues for obtaining probable cause” or “to verify reasonable suspicion that you already have”—not as a basis by itself to make arrests.
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
I can't be the only person completely unconcerned about this state of affairs. They're ads. This is the most straightforward incentive structure in the world - they are paid to supply ads on behalf of other companies, and we consu
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
There's some nuance. IQ tests measure pattern matching and, in an underlying way, other facets of intelligence - memory, for example. How well can an LLM 'remember' a thing? Sometimes Claude will perform compaction when its c
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
Not to be a luddite, but large language models are fundamentally not meant for tasks of this nature. And listen to this: > Most notably, it provides confidence levels in its findings, which Cheeseman emphasizes is crucial. These 'co
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
For my 11th or 12th birthday, I got a pet porcupine and I was ecstatic. It was my first pet, and I spent hours researching what they eat, what habitats they like, etc. I carefully curated my room to accommodate him (him being 'Sonic&#x
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by jadenpeterson 8mo ago
I mean sure, this is trivially true, but there's some nuance here. For example, I could find slop in the above threads. Ultimately, while slop, we have to focus on outcomes. If they produce content with some truth in them, they're