strofcon

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by strofcon 3y ago
Except that the word, "recall", doesn't have two different meanings. It literally means the same thing here as it does for a recall wherein a Jeep has to have its shifter replaced / tweaked / whatever. Just so happe
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by strofcon 3y ago
I too enjoy putting "quotes" around a word to make it seem like it means the thing I want to pretend it means, instead of engaging honestly with the actual situation. :-)
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by strofcon 3y ago
It should when it's required by the NHTSA and comes along with mandatory reporting, notification, and deadline obligations, along with optional free on-site execution of the fix. That's what makes it a recall. A software update
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by strofcon 3y ago
"your car has a defective part, * is unreliable* , and needs to be brought in to have that part replaced.". Precisely! NHTSA determined that these vehicles are unreliable in this specific case, and thus need fixing. Glad we'r
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by strofcon 3y ago
Oh, and I agree - it'll be useful for a number of reasons, but 'being generally intelligent' won't be one of them. :-)
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by strofcon 3y ago
I think you make a good point, benchmarks and metrics are indeed a better proxy for performance. Seems worth pointing out that, while "nowhere near half in [your] experience" are completely wrong, I don't take your word for i
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by strofcon 4y ago
Heh definitely an eyebrow-raising comment! On a second read of it though, I took it more as "because minimizing the code written is a pattern observed in the wild, AlphaCode mimics it as that's what it learned from." I might
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by strofcon 4y ago
I was tempted to just post "because f** you, that's why" to be funny, but then it just felt like a quick path to the banhammer. :-) Seriously though, I'm beginning to believe that this is the path of all general discussi
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by strofcon 4y ago
Tl;dr - "Profitable company makes reasonable decision to stay profitable." I don't really understand why the walled garden seems to still surprise so many people.
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by strofcon 4y ago
This is... A bizarre take. Impressive how wrong you can be in just two sentences. Kudos! :-)
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by strofcon 4y ago
Key difference - Uber didn't break the law while wiping out entire life savings volumes . I understand that's a much broader-scoped situation than mentioned in the article (who cares about one country getting certain regs enforce
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by strofcon 4y ago
"This is the value of cash. People can choose how much they want to trust 3rd parties and how much personal responsibility they want to take on. Some people may always choose a centralized mechanism for managing their assets, some will
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by strofcon 4y ago
"Just follow these 17 arcane steps and boom! Problem solved!" isn't a great flex. That goes waayyy beyond "not wrapped up in a convenient user experience". Talking of finances is not so trivial a proposition as... W
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by strofcon 4y ago
Just a nit - it was about pseudonymity, not anonymity. Still worthless tech, but in the interest of fairness. :-D
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by strofcon 4y ago
"As such, if I stand up a new email server and start sending email to Gmail addresses, I am at the whims of Google deciding what email from me gets delivered." This is the critical point. Adoption matters, and always ends up with
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by strofcon 4y ago
Wait did you actually say "all money falls into the greater fool category"? You... Really ought to look up what greater fool theory is. And maybe money, too, while you're at it.
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by strofcon 4y ago
I mean, sure, if you'd like to ignore the entire point of inherent or intrinsic value, then... go for it? Weird flex, but sure. And no, it's not circular - "negative sum game" is literally baked into the concept of a pur
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by strofcon 4y ago
This. In the event that the world falls apart, the Mac is at least usable as a weighted object, if all else fails. Bitcoins become purely thought in such a situation, and even in far less catastrophic ones.
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by strofcon 4y ago
Sure - today, as the situation stands, I'd sell it in a heartbeat, because there is still a vast supply of greater fools. That doesn't mean it has intrinsic value, nor that it would be an ethical / moral choice. Just means th
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by strofcon 4y ago
Value is subjective in many cases, yes, but there is still intrinsic value in the device itself, if we have to boil it down. You missed that bit - the intrinsic part is literally the metals of which the device is made. Even failing that, it
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by strofcon 4y ago
Anyone notice how the author goes to great lengths to 'bold' the claims in the original letter that talk about how worthless the technology is - and then fails entirely to address those points? Letter: "Crypo rests on tech th
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by strofcon 4y ago
No, the Mac is worth something in and of itself . It is a tool of productivity, entertainment, education, creation, etc. And, failing all of that, it's valuable for its parts. A bitcoin is an ID number pointing to pretend money. It ha
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by strofcon 4y ago
But what if - and just hear me out here - there are not ways around the fundamental problems of social media platforms as they exist today? I think we've had plenty of years to demonstrate a way to make it work without the toxicity a
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by strofcon 4y ago
If one woman can make a baby in 9 months, why can't 9 women do it in one?
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by strofcon 4y ago
Fortunately there are compounded racemic ketamine options in a lot of places, whether troches (lozenges) or nasal spray (that's the one I use). I pay out of pocket fully, and it's $60/month. Clearly YMMV, but worth looking in
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by strofcon 4y ago
Standard disclaimers - don't take my advice, I'm not a doctor, be smarter than "hey strofcon said...". :-) Ketamine's been working wonders for me, though it's only been a month. That said, the research on it ha
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by strofcon 4y ago
So... Erlang / OTP? Sweet.
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by strofcon 5y ago
Seems to me that banning encryption would thoroughly limit software freedoms. Ie:can't use anything secure, thus can't freely choose your toolset.
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by strofcon 5y ago
And weirdly (as tech tends to be), Spotify was terribad for me in terms of stability and playback continuity. :-D But yea, Apple Music is not great here either. Haven't had enough time with their suggestion engine, but Spotify's i
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by strofcon 5y ago
I'm very confused as to how you think the government is involved with this issue. Is Neil Young a government official? Or is it empirically false to claim that Joe Rogan is actively peddling false information that is directly impacting

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