uncertainrhymes

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by uncertainrhymes 1mo ago
That event happened in 2022. It keeps being tagged as "AI" when it was nothing more than a dumb front end for a document search. Yes, it still screwed up. And yes, Air Canada tried to weasel out of it, but even though it was a cha
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by uncertainrhymes 4mo ago
In that case, you will probably also be happy to learn about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnecessary_Mountain
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Coyote vs. Acme Movie Trailer [video](youtube.com)
1 points by uncertainrhymes 5mo ago|0 comments
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by uncertainrhymes 11mo ago
It previously was on Teams and Enterprise. There's a little 'update' blob to say now (Oct 23) 'Expanding to Pro and Max plans' It is confusing though. Why not a separate post?
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by uncertainrhymes 1y ago
I was taken aback recently when a Gen-ish Z person told me AI was 'destroying all the water'. I've done data center work, and while I know it is used for cooling, I don't think I've ever personally destroyed any lar
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by uncertainrhymes 1y ago
From the article: People are also more likely to click into web content that helps them learn more — such as an in-depth review, an original post, a unique perspective or a thoughtful first-person analysis So... not the blog spam that was
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SentinelOne to Acquire Prompt Security(prompt.security)
2 points by uncertainrhymes 1y ago|0 comments
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by uncertainrhymes 1y ago
Even though Varnish may not be in fashion any more, there were many companies happily using it for free and still demanding security updates. I like their transparency about who actually supports them, and what the whole community gets for
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by uncertainrhymes 1y ago
Private equity would like a word...
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by uncertainrhymes 1y ago
Someone is probably already making the most brutal Factorio mod of all time.
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by uncertainrhymes 1y ago
My math may be off, but it seems like 2000 joules to cool the volume of air 1 degree C vs 6,000,000 for the same volume of water. It's the stuff in the fridge that takes the initial work, repeatedly exchanging the air is maybe a roundi
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by uncertainrhymes 1y ago
The Cochrane Library ( https://www.cochranelibrary.com/ ) generally has good meta-analysis on various topics. I often prefer that to any one paper.
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Google to buy Wiz for $32B(reuters.com)
608 points by uncertainrhymes 2y ago|845 comments
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
Given that Factorio has logic gates and people have built various programs (including Doom, iirc) how long will it take before someone runs an LLM inside the game?
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
I once had a (older) Russian colleague tell me about how he learned to program. He would write it out longhand, because access to compilers was limited to certain time slots in University. He know it had to work first time, otherwise he had
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
If you enjoy surreal movies then definitely Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. Just don't watch them with your kids. (Or parents...) They are not 'normal', which is something I always admired about David Lynch. He had a very pers
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
I've always wondered if there is an accounting benefit for them. Can the free tier be charged as 'marketing'? No idea how you would internally break up the costs, but it could make your margins look better.
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
The tone of this sounds like it was written by non-bureaucrats trying to score political points. I get that it's a press release, but it sounds like a stump speech. "Today’s plan mainlines AI into the veins of this enterprising na
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
Also worth listening to this excellent podcast about the two competing pizza-animatronic chains. The history is bizarre -- they were meant to make an 'arcade' feel less like a place for delinquents, and give the parents a chance t
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The Imitation Game (1950)(academic.oup.com)
1 points by uncertainrhymes 2y ago|1 comments
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
I like to reread this every year, and every year a different part seems especially prescient. e.g. We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with?
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Project Skydrop(wired.com)
1 points by uncertainrhymes 2y ago|0 comments
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
People make the argument that is a giant datacenter is consuming 50% of some local hydro installation, everyone else is town is buying something else that is less green. It opens up questions about grids and market efficiency, so your milea
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
Great, they identified differences in gut bacteria. Their control group was usually the spouses, so they were geographically similar. Wonderful. People with PD are on very different medications, controlled diets (you need to avoid protein a
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Why American tech companies need to help build AI weaponry(washingtonpost.com)
15 points by uncertainrhymes 2y ago|27 comments
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
I agree with very little of this, but good to know what Palantir thinks we should be spending our effort on.
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
The big chains that do this in Europe are very clear that prices never go up during the day, and generally everything bulk updates at night. Baked goods get cheaper towards the end of the day, for example. The linked Planet Money episode
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
CBC also had a wonderful show call ZeD -- early 2000s, it was user generated content before anyone knew what that was. Short films, music by unknown artists, oddball animation. They had an 'interactive website' years before YouTub
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The Monopoly Case Against Ticketmaster(404media.co)
20 points by uncertainrhymes 2y ago|0 comments
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by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
I'm curious if the link to the landing page was intentionally near the end. Only the people who actually read it would go to the site. (That's not a dig, I think it's a good idea.)

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