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Comment · 22 days ago
It's great! As far as I can tell, the toggle for Let ring is not working: when i disable it, notes still ring out after letting go of the key (in solo mode on electric guitar currently)
Comment · 4 months ago
Google Earth pro is still available for download with the flight simulator, which is much better than the new web version. I played around with it last night after being disappointed with the web version.
Comment · 8 months ago
I'm not fundamentally opposed to the use of AI to generate accompanying imagery, but in this case I think it detracts significantly from the article. The interior of Rama is misrepresented: the scale is completely off and the geometry is nonsensical. The clustered "cities" London, Paris, and Rome are not represented correctly. Too many more issues to name. Disappointing.

One should cherish one's own internal visualizations formed from reading the text; one should be cautious in viewing other artists' conceptions of the same material, lest your own model of the book's setting be tainted by unfaithful representations. When the imagery is this bad, it's a disservice to the book's legacy.

Comment · 9 months ago
In your opinion as an AV safety expert, has Waymo already demonstrated a far higher standard of driving than human drivers in collision avoidance scenarios?
Comment · 10 months ago
Very simply, meditation is an attempt at single-pointed concentration. It involves cultivating awareness of the mind's contents and the ability to let thoughts pass without fixation. "Zoning out in the shower" probably means something more like daydreaming, where any and all thoughts are permitted to exist without active control. Focusing intently on a difficult cognitive task ("flow state") is more akin to meditation than zoning out.

A lot of beginners are so bad at this that some amount of guiding back to the goal is helpful. Many can only go a few seconds without getting fixated on passing thoughts.

Practicing one's ability to focus on a single thing and reducing mind-wandering will improve one's capability for concentration.

Comment · 2 years ago
Ah, to be young and clueless about coinage mailing.
Comment · 2 years ago
You're saying this as if the result is unsurprising, however it is significant that the performance jumps so dramatically and it is not a fundamental issue of capability, just a bias in the model to be hesitant towards providing false information. That's a good insight, as it can allow further fine-tuning towards getting that balance right, so that careful prompt engineering is no longer necessary to achieve high P/R on this task.
Comment · 3 years ago
Yes, it is complex. I agree that providing personal data to trustworthy research programs is beneficial to the public. Do you agree that providing detailed health data to untrustworthy corporations can easily become problematic? Because so far, you've made it sound like you don't see a reason for an individual to not provide their data to 23andme.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
This is not an objective argument, if you were expecting one based on the title. The author is making this claim as "an antisocial autistic person".

> I can't bring myself to understand the importance for such things (if it even exists.) Communication is about the exchange of information, not superfluous nonsense that contains hardly any relevance to it.

Comment · 3 years ago
I've played 3000+ games of competitive Halo Infinite over the last year while climbing to top 1% and only had 1-5 games with noticeable cheating. It's nowhere near "ubiquitous and rampant". In the singular game with blatant aimbotters, it was actually a really close and exciting game because while their aim was perfect, their strategy and game sense was atrocious. So with good communication and coordination on our side, we were able to outsmart them and win.
Comment · 4 years ago
Is a startup founder looking for a big payout succumbing to greed?

These people are just following incentives.

Comment · 4 years ago
Overcooked 2
Comment · 4 years ago
> There are dozens of us!
Comment · 4 years ago
The Gervais Principle is literally a joke

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