steebo

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by steebo 9mo ago
I don't see the difference. You are describing the adoption curve (a logistic function) for almost anything. As with IPv4/IPv6, with Python 2.7/3 you had, even at the very end, a group of stubborn maintainers who didn't
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by steebo 9mo ago
This feels a lot like the arguing that went on during the transition to Python 3. The Python 2.7 hangers-on were so preoccupied with themselves that they didn't notice that the pool of people interested in having the argument at all wa
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by steebo 1y ago
I put it in the text field when I made the submission. I assumed it would go in a summary block beneath the link (and it's not made clear what the function of the text field is, apart from being "optional.") As you can see, I
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by steebo 1y ago
There are alternatives. Loads of them. But using them requires thinking about what office software you use, which is too much for the vast majority.
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by steebo 1y ago
Checked luggage gets opened legally without the owner present all the time.
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AGI Is Not a Milestone(aisnakeoil.com)
36 points by steebo 1y ago|10 comments
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by steebo 1y ago
With the release of OpenAI’s latest model o3, there is renewed debate about whether Artificial General Intelligence has already been achieved. The standard skeptic’s response to this is that there is no consensus on the definition of AGI. T
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by steebo 2y ago
"Everything was great until they told us we couldn't take all the money."
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by steebo 3y ago
As a Canadian, I applaud this. And I hope the government sticks to its guns. This is not just about "big Canadian media", it affects a lot of small outlets who draw from the journalism fund as well. It was stupid to allow media bu
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by steebo 3y ago
Theatrics are a part of politics. Do you think you're the only one who sees through them? Who cares what they call it?
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by steebo 4y ago
"A Post-It’s easy unstickability is its biggest feature and its downfall. When you yank a note from the bottom, it curls. That curling is just enough force to lift the note off the paper, the whiteboard, or whatever it’s stuck to.&quot
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by steebo 4y ago
This is not consistent with my experience in Germany at all. Companies everywhere are looking for educated people. The demand for people with programming skills borders on desperation! Do you have a degree and a pulse? Do you show up for
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by steebo 4y ago
Is it that you feel that the posters are doing the trivializing, or society as a whole? My impression is that nobody treats these layoffs as trivial. Recessions, downturns and the resulting employment uncertainty are cause for anxiety every
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by steebo 4y ago
PFAS is in so many common consumer products you might well say "it is in everything." That outdoor jacket you're wearing? Coated in PFAS. Your stain-resistant couch? PFAS. All textiles break and release fibres, and we inevita
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by steebo 4y ago
An environmental cause appears likely, since this trend is being observed in many countries. Both the increase in IQ to 1975 and the drop thereafter could have environmental causes. The increase could be due to improved nutrition following