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Comment on "&udm=14" strips AI junk from Google results in ~tech
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Comment on Webcomics recommendations in ~comics
saturnV Linkrunway to the stars is new and so getting quite frequent updates. IMO very interesting premise of a hard-scifi-style world with non-human charactersrunway to the stars is new and so getting quite frequent updates. IMO very interesting premise of a hard-scifi-style world with non-human characters
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Comment on 5D Diplomacy With Multiversal Time Travel in ~games.tabletop
saturnV LinkThis feels like it could do with some cool lore, maybe theme it around Doctor Who or somethingThis feels like it could do with some cool lore, maybe theme it around Doctor Who or something
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Comment on The lonely work of moderating Hacker News in ~tech
saturnV Link ParentOne tip is that if you have uBlock Origin installed (you should), disabling Javascript often works to bypass paywalls. Entering reader mode acts similarly.One tip is that if you have uBlock Origin installed (you should), disabling Javascript often works to bypass paywalls. Entering reader mode acts similarly.
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Comment on Thoughts on the current state of discoverability and search in ~tech
saturnV Link ParentFor 1, I use google ngrams which is nice because you can see changes over time, look in how british and american english differ, and do stuff like fuzzy finding (e.g. "I am greatly *" lists i am...For 1, I use google ngrams which is nice because you can see changes over time, look in how british and american english differ, and do stuff like fuzzy finding (e.g. "I am greatly *" lists i am greatly indebted, I am greatly mistaken,... and their various popularities), also can do stuff like calculating ratios or differences with math operators
For 2, I definitely also find this to be true. The same happens on youtube, which will often give you maybe ten actual results and then start giving generic recommendations. -
Comment on Internet use statistically associated with higher wellbeing, finds new global Oxford study in ~tech
saturnV LinkPaper here wellbeing was measured by life satisfaction, negative and positive experiences, and social life satisfaction. they adjusted for income, educational, work and relationship statuses,...Paper here
wellbeing was measured by life satisfaction, negative and positive experiences, and social life satisfaction.
they adjusted for income, educational, work and relationship statuses, their ability to meet
basic needs for food and shelter, and whether or not they reported
having health problems. They tested this in many different combinations and consistently found a significant correlation with wellbeing. Obviously correlation!=causation, but still interesting+significant -
Internet use statistically associated with higher wellbeing, finds new global Oxford study
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Comment on How GPS warfare is playing havoc with civilian life in ~tech
saturnV Link Parentanother relevant video, from dylan beattie - "Why Does My Phone Think It's In Cairo?"another relevant video, from dylan beattie - "Why Does My Phone Think It's In Cairo?"
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Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes
saturnV LinkAs a self-admitted pedant, I don't think this is a necessarily a bad thing. Being more precise, especially around important issues, helps prevent misunderstandings and can even clarify points and...As a self-admitted pedant, I don't think this is a necessarily a bad thing. Being more precise, especially around important issues, helps prevent misunderstandings and can even clarify points and hidden assumptions in the original point.
Also, it's better to have disagreement than a fawning echo chamber where ideas are never challenged (not to imply those are the only two options) -
Comment on How GPS warfare is playing havoc with civilian life in ~tech
saturnV LinkRelevant scott manley video, titled "GPS Jamming & Spoofing - How Does It Work, And Who's Doing It?"Relevant scott manley video, titled "GPS Jamming & Spoofing - How Does It Work, And Who's Doing It?"
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Comment on A Study In Scarlet & Blue in ~comics
saturnV Link ParentMoved to this Ko-fi page it seems https://ko-fi.com/megsyv/shopMoved to this Ko-fi page it seems https://ko-fi.com/megsyv/shop
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How GPS warfare is playing havoc with civilian life
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Comment on Generative AI for Krita in ~tech
saturnV Link ParentFYI, you can add timestamps to youtube URLs by right clicking and hitting "Copy video URL at current time" e.g. demoFYI, you can add timestamps to youtube URLs by right clicking and hitting "Copy video URL at current time"
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Comment on Musi’s free music streaming app is a hit with thrifty teens. The app claims to tap content on YouTube, but some in the music industry question the legitimacy of that model. in ~music
saturnV Link ParentSee relevant xkcdSee relevant xkcd
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Comment on The youth need your help in ~life
saturnV Link Parenteven historically: women's suffrage, end of prohibition, lowering the voting age to 18, passing of ADA, establishment of EPA,FDA,OSHA. These definitely all created genuine long-lasting change, and...even historically: women's suffrage, end of prohibition, lowering the voting age to 18, passing of ADA, establishment of EPA,FDA,OSHA. These definitely all created genuine long-lasting change, and I would argue did so in a way that align with progressive values. The deaths that caused these to happen were not of a shocking kind but of a mundane one, so aren't really similar to BLM/Vietnam war/AIDS deaths
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Comment on The youth need your help in ~life
saturnV Link ParentI think assigning that strong of a causation to this is entirely unjustified. It may be helpful, but to say necessary is IMO too bold a claim to make. Also, there is only so much that Biden is...I think assigning that strong of a causation to this is entirely unjustified. It may be helpful, but to say necessary is IMO too bold a claim to make. Also, there is only so much that Biden is going to do in an election year given he doesn't want to alienate moderate voters, especially as he is already now pressing the Israeli government harder than past administrations have. About 50% of US money given to israel is either for defensive weaponry or for humanitarian aid, which the US gov would be unwilling to drop, and Israel is perfectly capable of continuing the war without US support given how advanced their military industry is, and willing due to high internal support for it.
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Comment on Telegram creator on Elon Musk, resisting FBI attacks, and getting mugged in California in ~tech
saturnV LinkFor a more balanced overview of Telegram I liked this article tl;dr: it's making “hundreds of millions of dollars” in revenues, with 900mn monthly active users, up from 500mn at the beginning of...For a more balanced overview of Telegram I liked this article
tl;dr: it's making “hundreds of millions of dollars” in revenues, with 900mn monthly active users, up from 500mn at the beginning of 2021, $30bn-plus valuations
Only 50 full-time employees, which is why so much dodgy content remains on it, alongside his "free speech advocate" attitude
According to Durov, he fled Russia a year later after refusing to share the data of certain Ukrainian users of VK with Russia’s security agency. Durov has said he sold his shares in VK to Kremlin-friendly oligarchs for $300mn under duress.
Critics have suggested that the Kremlin may have links to or leverage over Telegram, a claim that Durov dismissed as “inaccurate”. -
Comment on ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it in ~tech
saturnV (edited )Link ParentYes, in fact openAI have done something very similar to the first half of what you suggest (https://openai.com/research/language-models-can-explain-neurons-in-language-models). This whole field...Yes, in fact openAI have done something very similar to the first half of what you suggest (https://openai.com/research/language-models-can-explain-neurons-in-language-models). This whole field goes under the name of "mechanistic interpretability" if you're interested in further research. Currently the hardest part is that all labels are quite broad and vague, and it is hard to do precise "surgery" on models. Also, as models get larger, this approach gets more impractical, e.g. GPT-4 is rumoured to have 1.7 trillion parameters
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
saturnV (edited )Link ParentI did set 1 of cryptopals pretty quickly but then got distracted with other things and never got bothered enough to resume it. If you're looking for a comprehensive source of n-gram frequencies...I did set 1 of cryptopals pretty quickly but then got distracted with other things and never got bothered enough to resume it. If you're looking for a comprehensive source of n-gram frequencies without having to parse all the data I found peter norvig's blogpost helpful. Seeing how/if frequencies change over time would be interesting, because it's well known that different languages have different unigram frequencies, so you'd expect some sort of change over time as well. I think the issue with google books is that the data for older books are pretty low-quality, lots of OCR mistakes and low sample size, but better than nothing
edit: If you want a good source to start learning about how to approach the ciphers, practical cryptography is a good shout
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
saturnV Link ParentSounds interesting, I did something similar when I was at school with the cipher challenge which is mostly archaic ciphers, but I've been recommended cryptopals as something to learn "real" encryptionSounds interesting, I did something similar when I was at school with the cipher challenge which is mostly archaic ciphers, but I've been recommended cryptopals as something to learn "real" encryption
The linked article gives a good overview of how you can make it a default in a bunch of different browsers and explains what it actually does better. (I think this makes the biggest difference in the US removing the AI stuff, but it still removes the "People also ask" section, info boxes on top and the right-hand side, and all that kind of extra "value-added" stuff google puts on top, like answering "when is the superbowl?" for you)