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shrubhub··on DraftKings is using AI to behaviorally target chronic gamblers
you absolutely can get banned for making hundreds in profits! Has happened to several people I know (maybe the flag for them was having a v obvious pattern).
shrubhub··on How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents
it must have made a big impression on you!
shrubhub··on UK minister ducks cost questions on nationwide digital ID scheme
You don't need a passport to have a job. A digital ID could be handy in loads of places - like showing you're eligible for hospital care, voting, stuff employment... Even buying a drink! (not everyone drives).

Most countries have them and it's not for no reason.

Whether we can trust our government, though, is a different matter.

shrubhub··on The story behind Caesar salad
That's an incredibly American take IMO. Pizza is loved worldwide... Caesar salad?! Where are the famous Caesar salad global chains? I don't think it's much of a thing in Europe, at least.
shrubhub··on Strengths and limitations of diffusion language models
The diffusion models are (or can be) transformer models! They're just not autoregressive.
shrubhub··on How “The Great Gatsby” took over high school
https://pca.st/episode/48e89a05-2812-4f81-99dd-ff18f7819df0

There has been a huge decline in American reading since this focus started.

shrubhub··on Judge said Meta illegally used books to build its AI
What's the point of being proud of one system of government if you're willing to relinquish it in the face of adversary?

Shouldn't they have to follow the law?

shrubhub··on The Headlight Brightness Wars
Wow... Fuck cyclists and other road users, I guess!
shrubhub··on Microsoft acquires twice as many Nvidia AI chips as tech rivals
Strange to see no mention of TPUs...
shrubhub··on Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking
It's bad because there's a strong whiff of being entitled to someone else's body.
shrubhub··on Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking
But also, some people are stupid, right?
shrubhub··on Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking
Most people don't try hard at the gym. Most people don't try hard at music. Most people aren't comedians.

This reads like the foreword to the incel handbook.

shrubhub··on Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking
So you're saying success at maths isn't an inbuilt ability. Instead, it depends on an (inbuilt) ability to hyper focus... Which you are just born with?
shrubhub··on Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover
This is an April fools, right?
shrubhub··on Things software developers should learn about learning
How do you decide who gets to study a subject full time at a famous institution?
shrubhub··on WGA and the studios reach tentative deal to end writers' strike
Woosh!
shrubhub··on Understanding British Money: What's a Quid? A Shilling? (2020)
Born and bred Londoner, never heard nugget in my life. TIL!
shrubhub··on The relativistic discriminator: a key element missing from standard GAN
It's not a him, right?
shrubhub··on The relativistic discriminator: a key element missing from standard GAN
Same guy? Try... Not a guy!