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by throwaway2474 3y ago
See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldcoin
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by throwaway2474 3y ago
There is an enormous amount of skepticism towards the US TSMC deal in Taiwan, in the sense that Tsai Ing-wen “sold out” Taiwanese IP and top engineers due to political pressure. And in fairness, the US does not have a strong track record wr
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by throwaway2474 3y ago
Exactly this. I recently wanted to gift my sick mother something to let her watch the shows she likes while she gets better. I check all the major streaming sites, genuinely wanting to buy a subscription because it would be way easier. I co
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by throwaway2474 3y ago
Ok come on, this has gotta be a regulatory capture stunt. None of this is surprising or particularly dangerous. You can do this for literally any topic. Choose something lawmakers are scared of, write a scary paper showing how GPT (“r
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Pederasty in Ancient Greece(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by throwaway2474 3y ago|0 comments
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
Controversial take: why not teach your daughters to embrace and win at the social media game? It’s not going away, and being able to successfully navigate that world is going to be a tangible advantage to them later in life. Self worth and
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
So here’s a conundrum. The longevity literature consistently reports that caloric restriction and in particular minimising protein intake, including eg the BCAAs found in protein powders, leads to a longer lifespan. Other things like mTOR t
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
Amazing stuff. It’s unfortunate that you have to be a famous blogger to get access to this. It’s been said enough at this point but it really goes against the spirit of OpenAI and what they ostensibly stand for.
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
This is unsurprising. Every tech company does this. Pretty much all maps apps redraw boundaries of places like Taiwan and Crimea to suit local sensitivities. Search engines selectively censor content, etc.
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
When I was at university, all the physicists loved to humblebrag about the “crackpots” that came to them, and how much dumber they were than real physicists. They had a similar but less pronounced snobbish dislike for students from other fa
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
I wonder who these well-spoken, educated scammers are and how they’re recruited. Pet theory: voice recordings will be the next fingerprints/DNA, at some point it will be trivial to identify the person based on old recordings. At which
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
Serious question, for those with more experience than me “in the game” running big successful companies: are dirty tactics like this (and worse) par for the course and generally expected, and it’s sort of understood that the outsiders/
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
For a laugh, I tried the query from the other trending GPT thread: Is it safe to walk downstairs backwards if I close my eyes? Thanks for your question. Let me research that for you. Give me a minute please I found this deep answer on cdotr
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by throwaway2474 4y ago
It’s the author, and I also find it tiring. There seems to be a slightly sarcastic undertone of superiority and entitlement in every post. I would not choose to employ such a person.
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
On the topic of Jekyll, can anyone recommend a reliable GUI that a non-technical content team can use that integrates nicely with Jekyll? I’ve tried a few “headless CMS” options but the editing experience isn’t great, and integration is har
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Ask HN: Similar communities to HN that are less cynical?
41 points by throwaway2474 5y ago|20 comments
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What’s the hottest the Earth’s ever been?(climate.gov)
58 points by throwaway2474 5y ago|64 comments
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
I would be interested if anyone else with lingering myo/pericarditis could offer advice on what treatment has worked. I still have pain and am unable to exercise 6 months after the shot. I’ve tried long term ibuprofen and colchicine bu
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
Delta and previous strains saw horrendous, mass casualties in many countries. I don’t think that’s really happening anywhere with omicron. It may be that enough of the world is vaccinated at this point (or had covid) that there’s no way to
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
As a disclaimer, I have ongoing cardiac side effects. Several doctors from general practice and in cardiology have separately told me that they all generally accept the published numbers much lower than what they see first hand. In a previo
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
I think that’s largely because omicron is less serious. I think the vaccine helped against past strains, and maybe a bit against omicron, but it was vastly oversold.
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
I hope that at some point we get to see an in-depth business case study of Pfizer and how they’ve been so successful out of the pandemic. They seem to have an unbelievable grasp of the science-marketing game and how to navigate it successfu
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
I have always been fascinated by ideas that are heretical but also likely to be true. Unfortunately, like you say, they’re hard to find and therefore a lot of them I feel like I’ve “discovered” myself. Can anyone recommend places to discove
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
In my (quite extensive) experience with the company, one should only ever use PayPal as an extremely temporary means to accept payment for clients who can’t pay any other way, and then immediately withdraw the funds to a real bank account
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Coronavirus and Credibility (2020)(paulgraham.com)
4 points by throwaway2474 5y ago|1 comments
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
Australian with pericarditis here. Both my cardiologist and GP told me they’ve seen a flood of patients (mostly 30-something men) and both told me separately that the published numbers are obviously wrong. What I think is occurring, at leas
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Ask HN: Have you had Covid? How bad was it?
50 points by throwaway2474 5y ago|81 comments
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
> Nice Foxconn supplier you got there, would be a shame if something happened to your contracts More like “nice market you got there, would be a shame if a PR disaster turned the whole country against you”
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
Writing a piece called “Beyond Smart” where you literally equate yourself with Einstein in the first paragraph is a special level of arrogance. His essays used to quirky, interesting and surprising. They have increasingly become predictable
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by throwaway2474 5y ago
Can someone explain how we know these “announcements” are real? What’s to stop me setting up a company and announcing random dormant address ranges that I don’t own?

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