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stronglikedan··on LinkedIn Larpmaxxing
hey now, that pothole detection could come in handy for self driving cars, so let's not poo poo it right out of the gate!
stronglikedan··on LinkedIn Larpmaxxing
open, scroll to bottom, scroll back up, read everything without waiting for it to load. easy-peasy
stronglikedan··on I could've accessed 17T Microsoft records
> dating Angelina Jolie is not the draw it was 20 years ago....

not not either. where do I sign up?

stronglikedan··on Mathematical Origami
Sure it is - just a bunch of origamis stuck together.
stronglikedan··on Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use
> Because the law says they have to.

That isn't a good reason for them to do so. Laws need to be enforced to be effective. If no one is going to make them disclose the info, then the smart move it to just not do it, as they are.

stronglikedan··on Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use
Smart move. Why would they? Maybe there's laws that say they have to, but if no one is going to enforce said laws, then they maintain a competitive advantage by "refusing" to say.
stronglikedan··on NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart
There's obviously valid answers to your questions, but good luck getting the clearance to know the answers.
stronglikedan··on Built Dental Scope
You'll likely feel left behind within a few months if you continue with that attitute.
stronglikedan··on Dots: Always-on agents
Holy crap that is some expensive food in the demo video. These people are truly disconnected from reality.
stronglikedan··on DraftKings is using AI to behaviorally target chronic gamblers
Many people enjoy gambling, and relatively few have a "problem", so "negative public good" is doing a lot of work there. DraftKings may indeed by unethical, but that doesn't mean that all or even most others are.
stronglikedan··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
> Zyn and vapes

Those don't contain tobacco, nor nicotine derived from tobacco. I'd be surprised if tobacco farming was still lucrative, except maybe the fine stuff for cigars, but that was always a relatively small market compared to cheap cig tobacco.

stronglikedan··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
> but it surely doesn't help that people are simply boycotting US goods.

Seems like that would be such a negligible number that, while it doesn't help, it doesn't hurt either. It's just statistically irrelevant when it comes to a global market like wine.

stronglikedan··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
No, of course not, because life isn't black and white. Just those with licensing agreements that conflict with the militaries mission, where the product could be manipulated to hinder the mission. Most manufacturers would jump at the chance to rewrite their licensing agreements specifically for the military just to get a government contract.
stronglikedan··on Jevmem – automatic project memory for Claude Code, built on Jev
> Its an avenue already visited, tried and abandoned

I suppose if you could guarantee that the nondeterministic model can not only know all of those disparate pieces of information, but connect them together in that order, and arrive at a decision that it was abandoned because it was already visited and tried, every time.

stronglikedan··on Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality?
Wouldn't time be one of the two resulting dimensions - the other being space?
stronglikedan··on Allow babywearing carriers on planes
Oh no, you have to take your baby out and hold it during all the times when you have to have everything stowed and can't do much of anything else anyway, whatever shall we do, won't someone think of the children? This is a non-issue, and not worthy of a blog post.
stronglikedan··on Special Projects (2016)
> The next big thing is Robots

IMHO, robots won't become a thing until they're running local AI, at which point they will become the thing that crushes humanity.

stronglikedan··on Nobody Asked for a Crab Chair
One step closer to Wall-E.
stronglikedan··on Geothermal heat map of US hot springs
> It was the first and only moonrise I've ever seen.

I went camping in the middle of nowhere to watch a meteor shower, and while the shower was very active, the moonrise was the "star" of the show. Incredible experience.

stronglikedan··on Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived
> And there are industry that is extremely conservative in anything software

Honestly, that's at least 90% of non-tech industry, and there's a good living to be made as a consultant that can support legacy software.

stronglikedan··on Women Who Sold Books Door to Door
> On the one hand it is controversial to restrict commerce in a free society

The UK is far from a free society, so, problem solved!

stronglikedan··on The mystery animal on an ancient god's head
it's clearly an anteater ::shrug::
stronglikedan··on Fixing the Portobello Police Station Clock
I came here via unslop.news, so I have no idea what you're talking about.
stronglikedan··on Newborn girls and boys show different attention patterns within hours of birth
You'd think it would be obvious, but we're in a post-truth society at the moment, so it just depends on who you ask.
stronglikedan··on How do traffic signals work? (2019)
I highly recommend Traffic Light Doctor on YT, if you're into this sort of thing.
stronglikedan··on Whirlpool Washer Transmission Repair (2007)
and leaks, since there's no door seals to wear out
stronglikedan··on Whirlpool Washer Transmission Repair (2007)
> It's satisfying although likely not money-saving unless you don't put a value on your time.

Being able to repair my Sears Kenmore 80 Series washing machine from the late 90s has definitely saved me money. I've made exactly two repairs in the last 15 years, each costing me less than $50 dollars in parts, neither taking more than two hours to complete, and both saving me from having to buy a new machine. If that's not money-saving, then I don't know what is!

stronglikedan··on Attention is all you have
Nah, it's just a news aggregator and discussion forum. I'm not here putting my life on display for everyone, and there isn't even a way for me to do that, so it's not social media. Not only do I not have a non-anonymous presence on this site, but there's not even info to link me to one, so it's still not social media... and not even close.
stronglikedan··on Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds
I suspect because some folks don't think this is topical for this audience. I tend to agree, since the conversation always devolves, but I'm not a flagger.
stronglikedan··on Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds
Typically, it's because one or more users have selected the "flag" link just under the title.
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