mathgeek

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by mathgeek 1mo ago
There’s solid humor in here, being that he once married Carrie Fisher - the sex symbol for a generation of nerds.
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
I’d venture that attractiveness does change after a haircut, with the degree of change being subjective. Does anyone truly think your hairstyle and length is not tied to your appearance?
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
I spent an entire summer playing Warcraft 2 on Kali (before the Battle.net edition). What a memory and you are the first person to mention Kali in all the years since!
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
I really enjoy the somewhat sarcastic retort. Those who can’t teach: don’t.
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
> There is but one human race. That’s also subjective. It’s taxonomically a subspecies. I find it best to keep that discussion simple rather than argue the pseudoscience argument.
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
Electric kettles have done this for decades. The tech is also in sous vide machines.
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
Still looking forward to the foodarackacycle.
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
A fun quip, but p(nuclear annihilation) is always less than 1 unless it actually happens, so we’re only one day closer to potential annihilation.
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
I assume it's a part of the "live to work" mindset, popular among folks who don't really buy into work-life balance as an idea worth pursuing. Not my mindset but I can imagine it and have certainly met folks who exude it
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
You're conflating three different eras. There was an era where backlot filming was the norm ("classic" movies before roughly the 70s), an era where on location was expected by audiences (pre-CGI), and the modern one we expect
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by mathgeek 1mo ago
Retyping calculus solutions is a great way to remember your LaTeX.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
There’s no need to put down others to raise up OP. We can praise merit in one pursuit without acting like we are objectively better than others for it. How folks choose to spend their time is a fundamental part of personal freedom.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
… but what good is a french press without a $200 gooseneck kettle? :)
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
AFAIK the profitable quarters your link refers to were after they made all the hardware changes that rolled back the decisions we’re talking about. Wikipedia has many source about it from the main article and highlights the one you linked.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
The great irony of seeing ads in an article about how there is some arbitrary line between “you tracked me for no cost” and “I paid tens of thousands of dollars for this car” when it comes to where ads are no longer acceptable.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
I dunno. At the end of the gen Sony had lost a billion dollars on the PS3 last I read about it.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
Regarding the PS3 specifically, that was the breaking point for subsidizing because it ended up being famously and heavily used for compute clusters. We see the same effects today where any chip useful for high end gaming is also useful for
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
> a typical example being the $20 coffee makers which you'll end up paying way more for than a decent one due to the fact they just constantly break. I chuckled a bit realizing that you probably meant a decent coffee maker to cost f
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on the barriers to entry as an example. An effective anti-monopoly strategy needs different tools at different times.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
It is, indeed, for some people. It's a core part of why GLP-1 drugs work wonders for some people. Shutting up the "little fat person constantly telling your brain it needs food" is liberating if you have those urges.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
Came here to see if anyone was discussing the infographics, but oddly enough because I found them incredibly distracting and in that zone of "pretty to look at but taking too long to comprehend well, if at all". To each their own!
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
You could probably even power a time machine without needing plutonium.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
Many batteries are sealed specifically for this reason.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
That's a lot of extrapolation that's incorrect. All I said was I've found some ads recently that were actually useful to me. I don't want to seek out ads, nor do I want to see them. Usefulness does not imply desirability
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
That's fair. My point was if you're trying to utilize a church for finding dates/marriage, you shouldn't go into it thinking you or they will change later despite not "having faith" now.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
Love the idea, but in practicality I'd want to see a reproducible example that end users can't just take a description of the skill and throw it at an LLM to get most of the way there for free. You'd also need to prove to a b
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
From a convenience factor, sure, but both effectively turn a death sentence into a solved problem. I believe GP was pointing out that we should prioritize funding for the existing solution until the more convenient one is available.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
> If you don't know where to start, a Church is a great place to start. Please only do this if you believe (or are willing to explore or at least quickly reject and leave) what the church is teaching.
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
> Nothing is enough. Words to live by!
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by mathgeek 2mo ago
I assume GP meant exactly this (the people designing and writing good code are expensive).

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