somnic

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by somnic 5mo ago
I can understand the frustration with giving away this tool to companies with poorer security practices than their importance warrants, same as frustrations with bailouts. It means they don't really face the full consequences of underi
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by somnic 10mo ago
YouTube is not hosting and serving uncompressed video so the apt comparison is not "compression" to "no compression" rather than "fancy experimental compression" to "tried and true compression."
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by somnic 10mo ago
I think I heard it was a bit more than that - you'd buy them online direct, blind, and be informed immediately after purchase what it was you'd actually bought, so bringing in the immediacy and "convenience" of online ga
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by somnic 1y ago
Someone getting forced out of their home in exchange for a few million dollars isn't exactly the most tragic story out there, and increasing tax revenue to pay for better amenities is hardly a bad thing by my reckoning. The aforementio
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by somnic 2y ago
Yeah, USB-C is a bit of a nightmare when it comes to knowing what a given cable can actually do.
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by somnic 2y ago
Or just any normal proctored exam?
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by somnic 2y ago
I've seen a few people use a soft inflatable or plush collar that's more flat, and doesn't go up around the face, instead of an actual cone. That way the cat's the whiskers aren't disturbed while still preventing th
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by somnic 2y ago
If you say "no, we're not pursuing this feature because it's impossible" and users have used other software that implements the feature to a reasonable degree of functionality, you're not doing yourself any favours
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by somnic 2y ago
The choice not to implement it for architectural reasons is entirely up to the devs, is likely justified, and in most cases users acting entitled to support and feature additions from OSS developers who are volunteering their time is someth
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by somnic 2y ago
Okay, how do moral hazard (as defined here), information asymmetry, and monopoly not apply to public health systems as well? Point 5 here is a little under-explained, how exactly does demand for healthcare reduce supply and why can public s
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by somnic 2y ago
Prik nam pla is great. Thin garlic slices are a good addition.
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by somnic 2y ago
For the vast majority of files, whether those are executables, config files, or libraries, nix doesn't just put them in standard locations for Linux systems, but instead puts them in /nix/store/ with a directory derived
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by somnic 2y ago
For managing your configuration.nix file itself you can just use whichever VCS you want, it's a text file that describes one system configuration and managing multiple versions and snapshots within that configuration file is out of sco
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by somnic 2y ago
As I understand it, large studies of couples where one partner has HIV with an undetectable viral load and the other does not have HIV have not recorded any cases of transmission through sexual activity. The question of whether it's &q
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by somnic 2y ago
I'm curious how you're using the word "eusocial" here, because I've only heard it used to describe the structure of bee or ant (or naked mole rat) colonies.
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by somnic 2y ago
If I recall correctly, what's happening here is that a property is valued at a particular level based on the rent, and the owner can borrow against that to make other investments. Demand drops, and lower rents would affect the valuatio
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by somnic 2y ago
I think coordinating the norms of a foraging troupe all with a similar understanding of their environment and society through individual action is a little more tractable than coordinating the norms of an economy consisting of millions of p
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by somnic 2y ago
I admit I'm a bit confused by the reward function, as given it seems to provide the same score independent of correctness due to the squaring? And I think even if that's a mistake and it's supposed to be negative for incorrec
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by somnic 2y ago
I have to assume that someone has run a trial on training these models to output answers to factual questions along with numerical probabilities, using a loss function based on a proper scoring rule of the output probabilities, and it didn&
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by somnic 2y ago
My duckduckgo results are starting to have summaries that do not reflect the content of the associated site and contain plausible falsehoods, courtesy of bing, and the content-farming keyword-spamming AI generated SEO slop goes without sayi
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by somnic 2y ago
It might be sort of habitual. If I'm reaching out to support for a piece of software or hardware I've paid money for then it's actually fair to be pissed off if they're not providing what you paid for. The same doesn&#x2
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by somnic 2y ago
One thing about the nature of open source software development is that the positive feedback channels are kind of limited. Sure, if someone opens an issue or a pull request on your project that's potentially a positive signal, but it&#
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by somnic 2y ago
It's a bit hard to imagine Apple of 10 or 20 years ago releasing a product like this without a clearer idea of how people would actually fit it into their daily lives. A lot of their successes have been about reducing friction, and whi
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by somnic 2y ago
Okay, to put it differently, hyper-local community decision-making, in isolation, might make decisions that are good for that particular community at the cost of the rest of a city. People don't want bike lanes on their street becaus
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by somnic 2y ago
>Instead of more gratuitous parametric modeling, we need to think about urban epistemologies that embrace memory and history; that recognize spatial intelligence as sensory and experiential; that consider other species’ ways of knowing;
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by somnic 2y ago
Hubris with regards to urban planning is hardly unique to programmers. Planning boards and transit authorities and city councils and everyone who's got opinions on those things is intervening, and sometimes messing things up. Cities ar
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by somnic 2y ago
If you're on a work visa and need a employer to sponsor you to stay in the country, it's pretty hard to quit if you're being taken advantage of. Being ineligible for unemployment payments or other support doesn't exactly
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by somnic 2y ago
It would've been courteous to offer it back to the donor, if they weren't equipped or willing to archive or distribute it. I'm guessing that's probably not standard practice, but surely it's common for people donate
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by somnic 3y ago
If it's not going to give you what it's promising, which is generating images based on the prompts you provide it, it's a poor service. I think it might make more sense to try determine whether it's appropriate or not to
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by somnic 3y ago
This isn't really what you're posting about I do find curation and reviews to be valuable, if you avoid reifying them too much. I often see a bit of an anti-critic sentiment, mostly from people who disagree with a review for somet

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