Octoplicity
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I love you but I am not paying $10 a month for your substack
It's not necessary to rethink and micromanage the hell out of every word. Don't let the trolls get you down. This is a disease from that other site that we are free to leave behind now.
January 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's not necessary to rethink and micromanage the hell out of every word. Don't let the trolls get you down. This is a disease from that other site that we are free to leave behind now.
Just hurling an invoice over the fence at you doesn't count as communication either way! This one is totally on them.
What you did differently that anyone else, I bet, is that you did not call them to nag them!
What you did differently that anyone else, I bet, is that you did not call them to nag them!
January 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just hurling an invoice over the fence at you doesn't count as communication either way! This one is totally on them.
What you did differently that anyone else, I bet, is that you did not call them to nag them!
What you did differently that anyone else, I bet, is that you did not call them to nag them!
Yep exactly www.avsforum.com/threads/vide...
The downside is that your display will probably nag you to run the wear-leveling process occasionally to keep the image uniform.
The downside is that your display will probably nag you to run the wear-leveling process occasionally to keep the image uniform.
December 29, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Yep exactly www.avsforum.com/threads/vide...
The downside is that your display will probably nag you to run the wear-leveling process occasionally to keep the image uniform.
The downside is that your display will probably nag you to run the wear-leveling process occasionally to keep the image uniform.
If it helps, newer OLEDs are expected to last a lot longer by the simple expedient of being more light-efficient (they are driving the OLEDs much more gently for the same amount of brightness), and because they have a lot more spare dynamic range set aside for wear-leveling.
December 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
If it helps, newer OLEDs are expected to last a lot longer by the simple expedient of being more light-efficient (they are driving the OLEDs much more gently for the same amount of brightness), and because they have a lot more spare dynamic range set aside for wear-leveling.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/m...
How will we recognize human-equivalence? As a profitability threshold of course!
How will we recognize human-equivalence? As a profitability threshold of course!
Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: report | TechCrunch
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup's profits, according to a new
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December 26, 2024 at 5:48 PM
techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/m...
How will we recognize human-equivalence? As a profitability threshold of course!
How will we recognize human-equivalence? As a profitability threshold of course!
From Google search suggestions: "Is IHOP a cult?"
December 22, 2024 at 7:36 PM
From Google search suggestions: "Is IHOP a cult?"
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I have to take an annual fire safety training for work, and I am reminded that I asked some of the folks who manage these things how they evacuate the NICU and apparently they have vests you can load up with babies
December 19, 2024 at 11:59 PM
I have to take an annual fire safety training for work, and I am reminded that I asked some of the folks who manage these things how they evacuate the NICU and apparently they have vests you can load up with babies
www.universetoday.com/169993/advan...
I like it. There is no great filter - the elder races are just so damn solarpunk you can't see them
I like it. There is no great filter - the elder races are just so damn solarpunk you can't see them
Advanced Civilizations Could be Indistinguishable from Nature
Can civilizations really expand technologically until they build Dyson Spheres? Or do they need to conform to biospheres to survive?
www.universetoday.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:15 AM
www.universetoday.com/169993/advan...
I like it. There is no great filter - the elder races are just so damn solarpunk you can't see them
I like it. There is no great filter - the elder races are just so damn solarpunk you can't see them
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whoever finds all 9 wins nothing except the knowledge that they’re old
December 16, 2024 at 1:53 AM
whoever finds all 9 wins nothing except the knowledge that they’re old
That may be Puddle of Mudd instead of Hole
December 16, 2024 at 2:01 AM
That may be Puddle of Mudd instead of Hole
I seriously had to do a Poe's-law doubletake on this ragepost.
Always seems like no matter how hard people try, you'll always find a fundamentalist to demand perfection yesterday.
Always seems like no matter how hard people try, you'll always find a fundamentalist to demand perfection yesterday.
December 11, 2024 at 9:39 PM
I seriously had to do a Poe's-law doubletake on this ragepost.
Always seems like no matter how hard people try, you'll always find a fundamentalist to demand perfection yesterday.
Always seems like no matter how hard people try, you'll always find a fundamentalist to demand perfection yesterday.
because it's a goddam cognitohazard [affectionate], that's why
December 10, 2024 at 3:39 PM
because it's a goddam cognitohazard [affectionate], that's why
if they have a 23-page menu, you should check to see if the hotel is secretly a Cheesecake Factory
December 9, 2024 at 11:09 PM
if they have a 23-page menu, you should check to see if the hotel is secretly a Cheesecake Factory
"if you haven't read this and can cite where this is recommended, don't tell me how to run my domain"
December 9, 2024 at 11:05 PM
"if you haven't read this and can cite where this is recommended, don't tell me how to run my domain"
One time I asked the IT lead to give me a separate non-admin account for my daily use, and he responded by printing out the entire 300-page Microsoft AD best practices PDF, dropping it on my desk, and saying >
December 9, 2024 at 11:05 PM
One time I asked the IT lead to give me a separate non-admin account for my daily use, and he responded by printing out the entire 300-page Microsoft AD best practices PDF, dropping it on my desk, and saying >
Author page plus bonus material: qntm.org/scp
There Is No Antimemetics Division
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.
Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information ...
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December 7, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Author page plus bonus material: qntm.org/scp
"There Is No Antimemetics Division" is a rock-solid psychological/SCP-type horror story. It's several cuts above most stuff in the genre.
Read here for free or there's an actual print novel you can get: scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics...
Read here for free or there's an actual print novel you can get: scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics...
Antimemetics Division Hub - SCP Foundation
The SCP Foundation's 'top-secret' archives, declassified for your enjoyment.
scp-wiki.wikidot.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:08 PM
"There Is No Antimemetics Division" is a rock-solid psychological/SCP-type horror story. It's several cuts above most stuff in the genre.
Read here for free or there's an actual print novel you can get: scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics...
Read here for free or there's an actual print novel you can get: scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics...
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