lambertsimnel

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by lambertsimnel 3mo ago
> Imagine we had a versioned database with all the laws from all countries where one could compare them side by side. We could begin to understand the mood or spirit of each effort. It would be good. There have been some attempts at sour
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by lambertsimnel 3mo ago
This is my understanding, too. Sorry if that wasn't clear in my earlier comment. However, I also believe that unenforceable parts of a contract have no effect, except in the minds of the parties to that contract. My suspicion is that c
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by lambertsimnel 3mo ago
You can withdraw consent later, but I don't see how that would affect data processed before the withdrawal (except that storage is processing and the data would have to be deleted). I don't imagine a reputable employer would have
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by lambertsimnel 3mo ago
But if laws can override contracts (which presumably they can), then contracts can appear to establish permissions/restrictions that are illegal. At least one contract I've signed includes something about the rest being enforceabl
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If prime numbers are rare, then why do they keep showing up in pairs? [video](youtube.com)
2 points by lambertsimnel 3mo ago|0 comments
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The .at domain registry is threatening to send debt collectors (2013)(old.reddit.com)
1 points by lambertsimnel 3mo ago|0 comments
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by lambertsimnel 3mo ago
> But electronic 'equivalents' of neural nets is one area where analog might make sense. That's an interesting idea, but could the weights be transferred to different hardware and still work? If not, that would be a signif
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Comparing Objective Caml and Standard ML(adam.chlipala.net)
14 points by lambertsimnel 4mo ago|2 comments
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Hyperpolyglot ML Dialects and Haskell: SML, OCaml, F#, Haskell(hyperpolyglot.org)
2 points by lambertsimnel 4mo ago|0 comments
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by lambertsimnel 5mo ago
GluconScript looks cool, but this sounds too good to be true: > as a bonus, since Rust takes care of all the ownership > and lifetimes, I don't need a garbage collector. I can imagine GluconScript's memory handling comes at
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by lambertsimnel 5mo ago
Or the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20260421123054/https://aphyr.com/...
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Computer Science Unplugged(csunplugged.org)
1 points by lambertsimnel 5mo ago|0 comments
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by lambertsimnel 6mo ago
It could have been that so much future growth was priced in that a reduction in the growth rate could have justified a reduction in the share price
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by lambertsimnel 7mo ago
It would be cool if you did make a torrent of it
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by lambertsimnel 7mo ago
The Anguilla summary has 2020 population data, but some of the data is indeed much older: https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/attachments...
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by lambertsimnel 7mo ago
Maybe some can be found in the Wayback Machine. This page says "view 71 photos" under "photos of France": https://web.archive.org/web/20260103000011/https://www.cia.g... Clicking the
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by lambertsimnel 7mo ago
There's also World Bank population data (but it seems only to go up to 2016): https://databank.worldbank.org/source/subnational-population...
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by lambertsimnel 8mo ago
I share your enthusiasm about heat pumps, but I wonder what the efficiency of using waste heat is. Couldn't it be competitive with heat pumps? As it's a waste product, isn't it reasonable to also expect it to be more than 100
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by lambertsimnel 9mo ago
> It is an overly broad definition of political to the point of uselessness and absurdity I don't think it's useless or absurd, just not usually applicable. After all, each action has a specific political significance. > It&
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by lambertsimnel 9mo ago
I see. I disagree with them if they think everything really is political propaganda, but I think in a sense everything is political (in the wider sense) in its causes and consequences, so perhaps it might as well be propaganda, even if thos
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by lambertsimnel 9mo ago
I wonder whether people who disagree about this are talking at crossed purposes. I think there's politics in a narrower sense (concerning partisanship and state intervention) and politics in a wider sense (concerning power relations an
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by lambertsimnel 10mo ago
Perhaps these options aren't mutually exclusive. POSSE (Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) could also be an option: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35636052
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In Defence of Digital ID(timharford.com)
9 points by lambertsimnel 11mo ago|5 comments
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by lambertsimnel 11mo ago
It's worrying. Assuming there's a risk of such fraud going undetected and harming a paying guest, I think a punishment more serious than a warning could easily be justified. Even if it isn't reasonable to prosecute, banning t
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Airbnb Host Accused of Using AI to Fake $16K in Damage(vice.com)
4 points by lambertsimnel 11mo ago|2 comments
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by lambertsimnel 11mo ago
Increasingly, browser-based online banking requires authentication with a proprietary smartphone app, where it used to accept other forms of 2FA
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Architecting Anti-Fragile Trust at EthKL(polykey.com)
2 points by lambertsimnel 11mo ago|0 comments
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by lambertsimnel 11mo ago
> For example, if I love Obscure Artist A, and 90% of my songs are Obscure Artist A, then Obscure Artist A should get 90% of my $15 or whatever subscription fee (minus Spotify's cut). But instead, Spotify says "Obscure Artist A
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by lambertsimnel 1y ago
I wonder whether the QNX 4.25 source code will ever be released under a FOSS license, or at least a non-commercial license that allows distribution of modified versions. If so, it might be worth running on less capable hardware for educatio
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by lambertsimnel 1y ago
Could LibreLingo be a useful step in this direction? Previously discussed in April (363 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43829035 And in 2022 (2 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id

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