profsummergig

I forgot to mention another reason earlier: Rape. European colonial powers were also all over the world so that their men could have easy access to rape without consequences. (Read up, e.g., Columbus' diaries.)

However:

The European colonial powers were not all over the world to enforce "European cultural values". They were there to extract minerals, lumber, labor, and agricultural produce for as little a price they could pay.

Why's there a pricing page?

https://rsync.net/pricing.html

So is the challenge, now, getting the right sort of data?

That sounds like an enormously expensive exercise.

Could someone please share how such open source micro-LLMs might have been created?

Do the creators take something like DeepSeek, and then delete most of the neurons to whittle down the size?

Have read about 50-100 Psychology paper abstracts. This is the first time I've understood a Psychology paper abstract in the first read. Kudos for that.

Obama forced something similar on schools:

https://www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-laws/race-co...

The policy warned schools that racial disparities in punishments could trigger federal civil rights investigations under a "disparate impact" standard.

Ergo, presumably, if a school had a single purple student. And that purple student was punished for something. Then the entire school had to also be punished for the thing. To not fall afoul of the law. (Or maybe I'm just too autistic to have a nuanced take.)

(Trump rescinded it.)

The heat is driving me crazy too.

Seems like the divide between the voters who vote in the Primaries and the voters who vote in the actual Election. Vocal minority vs. Silent majority.

In case the author is here:

What's the difference between "win probability of win" and "odds", please? The seem the same thing to me.

And also, what are "decimal" vs. "american" odds, please?

Thanks.

I thought Bard was an acceptable name. But I think Gemini is better. The "G" associates better with Google.

What red flags would the name "Bard" have raised for you if you were on that team?

The U.S. Government can only slow-down some AI in some parts of the world... unless it decides to instigate a world war.

Maybe the snakes have been eating the fish eggs / baby fish?

a contrarian take that's been eating away at my mind lately:

- if every autonomous self-driving car is going to need some sort of edge AI data center nearby (for instantaneous exceptional incident handling)

- if every household robot is going to need some sort of edge AI data center nearby (for instantaneous exceptional incident handling)

- if there are going to be millions of self-driving cars and autonomous robots joining us in the next decade

...then we will need lots more semi-conductor chips, and data centers in lots more places, in the next decade.

Eggplant, after being charred on an open flame, is an incredibly versatile and flavorful ingredient to put into other vegetable dishes. Shout out to the Indian baingan bharta of course. Ratatouille made with charred eggplant is simply amazing.

The word "non" used throughout the article is the origin of the term "naan bread" from Indian culture (the Central Asian Turks/Mughals who ruled most of India for centuries developed "naan bread").

> Every stick of DDR5 should come with a share, so future dividends go back to the people who financed this insanity.

This will only lead to hyperscalers getting wealthier.

Can you see your other body? Or is it just that you feel yourself in 2 bodies?

Thank you. I was curious about what the experience is like.

Now, can you share what an OBE feels like?

I want to start working with arduino/raspberry pi/esp32/sensors.

What would be a good source to buy these in bulk (along with accessory components. e.g. wires etc.)?

Sunlight apps will always have the problem of anonymity.

1) Preventing malicious fake reports by anons.

2) Preserving the source anonymity of real reports.

Finding a working way out will be very consequential.

I'm generally a fan of laissez-faire.

But it's refreshing to see common-sense policies being implemented.

Like another comment posted: platform failures need higher-level (govt. in this case) intervention.

Taleb says that some languages are only meant for ritual.

IMHO, Sanskrit quotes sound cool to those who know Prakrit languages just like Latin and Greek quotations sound cool to those who know Romance languages (and even to those who know English, like myself).

Yes, there is a revival, and an interest. But Sanskrit has always been known to the "priestly" class even though they never conversed in it. This new revival is not going to lead to actual communication, just a lot of visual art based on the script and quotations. IMHO.

There are no consequences for bad behavior in India if you are powerful enough (e.g. a police constable is a very very powerful person who can be filmed taking a bribe or filmed thrashing some innocent person and nothing happens to them.)

When they are able/willing to enforce consequences for bad behavior, most of India's civic problems will evaporate.

The body makes its own creatine.

How do we know that's not enough and needs to be supplemented?

If you don't mind sharing... what's your preferred vendor for Deepseek

He told people to sell their kidneys for BTC.

Wonder why he didn't do that instead of selling BTC to raise dovidend payments?

I recently tried to get customer service. I think it was from the DMV for my state. The website asked me to use the AI bot first. Completely useless. It took a phone call with a human to somewhat resolve the issue.

Godspeed.