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dskloet··on Show HN: This AI Does Not Exist
I got exactly that one as well so the possibility space is not that big?
dskloet··on How to Build Your Own Quantum Entanglement Experiment (2013)
The article mentions a photo of the setup ("see photo below"), but I don't see it.
dskloet··on We lost 54k GitHub stars
That's why a level crossing has a barrier that's only there when a train is approaching. Imagine the barrier was always there; that would be asking for people to ignore it.
dskloet··on U+237C ⍼ Right Angle with Downwards Zigzag Arrow
From the title I thought this was about some Uranium isotope.
dskloet··on But life had other plans
I thought the contraceptive doesn't prevent the pregnancy but just causes the body to menstruate regardless. So she might have been pregnant many times but this time it wasn't terminated by mensuration? (I'm certainly not very confident in my understanding.)
dskloet··on Vitalik Buterin is worried about crypto's future
There is no picking. The rich always get richer.
dskloet··on Earn-IT threatens encryption and therefore user freedom
You can't have security without privacy.
dskloet··on A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters
Lighting doesn't work for large transactions, and isn't trustless for very small transactions. And lightning relies and being able to close channels so lighting security breaks when Bitcoin is congested.
dskloet··on Vim – Minimal Setup Explained
Please learn dot ".". It repeats the last edit action. It's so powerful.
dskloet··on Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem in Bash
Your program is very close to the above commenter's program. You could have picked the identical program which is exactly what the proof does.
dskloet··on Intel unveils BonanzaMine, a Bitcoin accelerator ASIC
Yes it does.
dskloet··on Passwordle
It's Wordle but it hashes your guess before applying hints.
dskloet··on Mozilla Foundation places two-page advocacy ad in The New York Times (2004)
I guess I missed the second "as".
dskloet··on I cut the bite of the Apple logo out of my iPhone
Swiping worked for me on Android.
dskloet··on Mozilla Foundation places two-page advocacy ad in The New York Times (2004)
> doesn't work as well as in Chrome

Did you mean Firefox there?

dskloet··on A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people
If you care about these people then presumably it does make you happier in the long term to let them know that you care about them. Especially if it's not that pleasant in the moment I imagine having a system to remind you could be helpful.
dskloet··on A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people
Why? Happiness and valuable shared experiences are also gains.
dskloet··on A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people
Why is it wrong to see a good friendship as very valuable?
dskloet··on The Rule of 72 (2007)
72 = 2*2*2*3*3 so if the divisor is a multiple of those factors, the result is too. This makes the division quite easy in many cases. It's also why I immediately realized your typo in 72/4=19.
dskloet··on App store bill sails out of Senate Judiciary Committee
There is no difference between the customer paying extra and the seller paying extra. There is an amount the customer pays and an amount the seller receives, and the difference is what is paid extra.
dskloet··on App store bill sails out of Senate Judiciary Committee
Thanks for your answer. I agree making it difficult to unsubscribe is bad, but I honestly cannot imagine myself paying extra recurringly for saving myself 10 minutes once at the end. So it's interesting to see people making different trade-offs.
dskloet··on App store bill sails out of Senate Judiciary Committee
Just curious, would you pay 40% more for the convenience of being able to cancel in one place?
dskloet··on Competitive Programming with AlphaCode
What requires mathematical reasoning? Getting or setting the nth bit? Or swapping two variables? What am I missing?
dskloet··on Competitive Programming with AlphaCode
There's really no need for an 11 in the code. I'd say that makes the code worse, not better.
dskloet··on Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Sudoku solver (2018)
Is that a bad thing?
dskloet··on Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online
When did you listen? They used to be OK but then went completely down the conspiracy rabbit hole.
dskloet··on Why Quantum Mechanics?
Then I don't think I understood your question. I agree the Copenhagen interpretation doesn't make sense, mostly because I listen to Sean Carroll's podcast.
dskloet··on Why Quantum Mechanics?
You'll be convinced once you understand the EPR paradox and Bell's inequality. So look those up if you want to be convinced.
dskloet··on Everything must be paid for twice
The assumption is that if you wouldn't be reading, you could do something else that you would want to do. But if you are reading you can't. If you have more time than you know what to do with, then the argument doesn't hold.
dskloet··on Device wraps around hot surfaces, turns wasted heat to electricity
Aircon needs to get rid of its heat to work well. Trying to capture the energy from the temperature difference makes it cool less well.
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