m-watson

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Believing misinformation is a "win" for some people, even when proven false(theconversation.com)
8 points by m-watson 11mo ago|0 comments
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Behold: The Lego Game Boy has been modded to play games for real(theverge.com)
3 points by m-watson 1y ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk trapped Tesla shareholders: give me $1 tril or I won't lie for you(electrek.co)
32 points by m-watson 1y ago|6 comments
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by m-watson 1y ago
Thanks for that I was mistaken about how the vouch process worked. I thought vouching could work for flagged as well since fagged can lead to removal.
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by m-watson 1y ago
Yea, I have re-read things for goals as well. I also re-read things for the mental approach it may instill for a period of time while and after reading it, to enjoy it (like you said), or to see how the perspective fits to my new mental mod
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by m-watson 1y ago
I would love to see dang weigh in here just out of curiosity AND see how many people or if people are using the vouch mechanism if they can. Because this post doesn't have an insignificant upvote count and has actual conversation happe
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by m-watson 1y ago
100% serious statement here, who are you looking at on Bluesky or how? Looking at the Discover (so a general feed) my follow which would be unique to me, and the trending ALL I see is people talking about this being bad OR posts showing how
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Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead(nytimes.com)
9 points by m-watson 1y ago|0 comments
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by m-watson 1y ago
Here is the actual RSL website [0] and announcement [1] "RSL is an open, decentralized protocol, based on the widely adopted RSS (Really Simple Syndication) standard, that scales to millions of websites and can be applied to any digita
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Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions(arstechnica.com)
9 points by m-watson 1y ago|3 comments
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by m-watson 1y ago
The very study you cited states in their initial summary of findings that "The study provides the first evidence to support a widely held belief: that racially mixed juries do not discriminate against defendants based on the defendant
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RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from being vaccine advisors, lawsuit says(arstechnica.com)
8 points by m-watson 1y ago|1 comments
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by m-watson 1y ago
It makes sense people are going to LLMs for this but part of the problem is that a therapist isn't just someone for you to talk to. A huge part of their job is the psychoeducation, support and connection to a human, and the responsibil
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by m-watson 1y ago
I'm not really sure if this is what you are getting at but it is using physical properties associated with QM to create the random numbers. Not just a mathematical model. "This is the first random number generator service to use q
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by m-watson 1y ago
Something that is nice with MoS2 and the others are transition metal dichalcogenides and have some beneficial physical properties like a natural electronic bandgap, unlike silicon.
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by m-watson 1y ago
From the way it is written it feels more like "Under Biden enough openings occurred that he selected the entire existing committee," where as under Trump they are being pushed out "“Without removing the current members, the c
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by m-watson 1y ago
You might want to post this as a Show HN. But interesting stuff!
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by m-watson 1y ago
Absolutely, I was agreeing with you even though my wording was a bit strange.I wanted to try and engage in good faith forum responding to the other commenter but see that might not be productive. There are so many issues with this case and
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by m-watson 1y ago
He wasn't a citizen, he was granted a work permit and it was directed that he should not be deported to El Salvador back in 2019. That arguably makes him a US resident, legally able to reside and work here. One source - https:/&#
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The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring(404media.co)
14 points by m-watson 2y ago|2 comments
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Be humble:Studies reveal how to increase perceived trustworthiness of scientists(phys.org)
1 points by m-watson 2y ago|0 comments
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by m-watson 2y ago
I would guess the key here is the "researchers reported that they had developed a drone they're calling the CoulombFly, which is capable of self-powered hovering for as long as the Sun is shining." It only seems to operate of
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Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonprofit foundation model(arstechnica.com)
187 points by m-watson 2y ago|79 comments
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Alternative browsers report uplift after EU's DMA choice screen mandate(techcrunch.com)
1 points by m-watson 2y ago|0 comments
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Quantum for Real-World Impact(xprize.org)
1 points by m-watson 3y ago|0 comments
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by m-watson 3y ago
From the article: "The facets distinguishing successful entrepreneurs include a preference for variety, novelty and starting new things (openness to adventure), like being the center of attention (lower levels of modesty) and being exu
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'Playable Documentary' About a 1984 Classic Is One of the Year's Best Games(kotaku.com)
3 points by m-watson 3y ago|0 comments
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by m-watson 3y ago
Yea, I agree. I similarly used it when I was moving I would take 360 photos of my old rooms or for seasonal decorations to see how the room changes over time. It looks like there are some decent 3rd party ones on the market but we'll s
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by m-watson 3y ago
Title changed due to length: New 'assembly theory' unifies physics and biology to explain evolution and complexity Nature article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9
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Assembly theory unifies physics and biology to explain evolution and complexity(phys.org)
2 points by m-watson 3y ago|1 comments

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