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by timmb 27d ago
Reminds me of Francois Pachet’s Continuator (all the way back in 2003, using hierarchical markov models) https://www.francoispachet.fr/continuator/
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by timmb 2mo ago
This is exactly why something more advanced than copyright is needed to protect human creative endeavour against AI appropriation. Copyright is demonstrated here not to be up to the job but it doesn’t mean there isn’t regulation needed to g
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by timmb 4mo ago
They’ve been developing git and GitHub for over a decade. It really isn’t surprising they have made thousands of internally available repos. They probably have hundreds just for running automated tests alone.
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by timmb 5mo ago
Because writing is a process suited to some minds more than others. And if your bar to receiving an idea is that it came from a competent writer then you’ll be limited to ideas that reflect a certain way of thinking (and one many mistakenly
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by timmb 5mo ago
I don't understand why so many of these comments HN is getting are so fixated on writing style. I appreciate that stylistic traits associated with AI-written text are often indicative of contentless slop. But lots of people also write
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When you can't escape an interface, it institutionalises you(timmb.com)
2 points by timmb 7mo ago|0 comments
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The Perils of Gainful Employment(artcode.substack.com)
2 points by timmb 11mo ago|0 comments
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by timmb 1y ago
In Romania in the 80s, a number of churches were moved to make space for new building projects. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/dec/14/bucharest-mov...
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by timmb 1y ago
How did we end up with bitcoin before this?
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by timmb 2y ago
Post quantum - as in designed to resist quantum computer based attacks under which rsa would quickly crumble. Why do you associate this with snake oil?
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by timmb 2y ago
The parking lots mentioned are municipal not private.
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It's hard to make art with AI, but it's not impossible(timmb.com)
1 points by timmb 2y ago|0 comments
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Fable is winding down(fable.app)
38 points by timmb 2y ago|76 comments
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by timmb 2y ago
Something inspiring about this: "In dedicated Friday afternoon thinking sessions, he returned to the problem again and again over the past decade, to no avail."
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by timmb 2y ago
Title seems a little clickbaity. It's on-device scanning, which is off by default, and seems primarily designed to help you get content warnings on incoming content.
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What does Interactive Art have to teach us about AI?(artcode.substack.com)
1 points by timmb 2y ago|0 comments
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by timmb 2y ago
The UK’s road numbering system feels like it was designed for the convenience of the people in Whitehall filing their maps rather than those using the roads. Giving adjacent roads very similar numbers is the maximally confusing thing to do.
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Tougher rules for sellers of internet-enabled devices in the UK(bbc.co.uk)
43 points by timmb 2y ago|68 comments
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by timmb 3y ago
Because they would have obviously known it was their friend making a joke.
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by timmb 3y ago
I love how terrible the name is from a branding perspective. It actually makes it feel more legit like a new tech rather than yet another wannabe assistant. And from what I can see, few have heard of Gemini, Bard, Cortana, Copilot, or Jeeve
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by timmb 3y ago
I disagree, I think it means “my actions have demonstrated that I’m not trying to cover anything up”
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by timmb 3y ago
Not the constitutional protection like in the US. It just creeps in bit by bit.
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by timmb 3y ago
I’m guessing this wouldn’t have had the same response if the guy was white. Feels like the guy should be due compensation by the Spanish government. Is there really a law that prohibits private jokes that may alarm an unknown surveillance s
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Cadences, Resolutions and the Pleasure of Uncertainty(timmb.com)
1 points by timmb 3y ago|0 comments
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by timmb 3y ago
Looks great! Is there an e-ink e-reader it’s compatible with? Would love to abandon the Amazon castle but could not go back to reading on a screen.
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by timmb 3y ago
> Between direct public spending and compulsory, tax-driven insurance programs, Germany spent about $380 billion in health care in 2022; France spent around $300 billion, and so did the U.K.; Italy, $147 billion; Spain, $105 billion; and
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by timmb 3y ago
Looks great at first glance… but the page keeps wobbling up and down as the endlessly changing hero text at the top shifts between 3 and 4 lines, so a little hard to read the rest of the page. (On Firefox iOS)
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by timmb 3y ago
Sheesh just got its first one on the same day as posting this. Feels like someone's personally taken the time.
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by timmb 3y ago
For all the comments saying obfuscation is pointless. I have an email address listed publicly on a project website with basic obfuscation (something like x <at> y <dot> com), plus a bit of javascript to automatically deobfuscate
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by timmb 3y ago
The pointless comment is definitely going to get worse with copilot, where you write a comment to prompt the generation.

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