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But will the SN model keep out the bots posting gratuitous violence currently infesting that other town square led by a well known South African fellow with a messias complex?
Also, @remindme in 5 years~~
Just watched this, gave me some extra background information. Funny he also makes mention of gain of function research~~
Still no expert, but I now better remember the potential risk that people see with this kind of research.
I'm in the camp of potential benefits outweighing unknown risks.
EDIT: Best comment award under the YT video goes to @CaptainSauce with
"That's great and all but have we considered shareholder value?"
It probably has been said many times already, but damn, do I like the live comments.
I wonder if this has led to better (quantified?) engagement in certain posts, through recurring visits by a same stacker.
We could draw a Venn diagram and argue about how big the overlap is...
For now, I'll just note that this confirms a pet peeve i have about online polls, one never adds sufficient options or clearly states the question to cover all outcomes.
And this probably also extends to offline polls and highlights the weaknesses of polling in general to probe people's (political) mindset.
Yeah, i noticed a lot of Chinese visitors (in addition to koreans, ofc). One scolded the worker when he felt that, as a priority pass holder, he was not given sufficient priority. Didn't want to add it initially as it confirmed a negative stereotype about Chinese tourists pervasive in the Korean mindset. And it was the odd exception.
Good point about it being easier to implement now.
Didn't think of it in terms of taxing the rich. Having some socialist background, this will maybe help me feel more comfortable about paying up next time. I'm doing it to help the people who can't afford it. I like this framing~~
Yeah, same as these days, lots of restaurants in Korea will make you queue even if there is available seating. Gotta create that FOMO.
Yeah, from an utilitarian perspective, it makes sense. I just grew up in an environment where having money is not necessarily a virtue and showing privilege is against my core values. I've only started to question those and slightly change them after meeting my wife~~
I agree that from an economic point of view it makes sense. We could have done at least twice as many rides. I was thinking more philosophically/morally.
By the way, did you wear the hat in Japan?~~
I miss the days of Stack Exchange when people were putting in real effort to ask and answer questions.
Now, it's just LLMs that blindly regurgitate what they've been trained on (most likely, a lot of Stack Exchange).
If it can be done, humans are going to do it.
True that. As proven by gain of function research on viruses. Funded by the US, carried out in Wuhan~~
Yeah, I'm also pretty ignorant in this field. But if even researchers say it's dangerous (and not only some flat earthing YouTube), there may be an ounce of truth to it:
Still, researchers are making progress on technologies that could underpin that work; and in 2019, before the potential risks were realized, the US National Science Foundation awarded research grants to ‘boot up’ a mirror cell. Adamala, one of the grant recipients, says her growing concerns convinced her and her colleagues to drop the work.
Although Nobel’s main aim was industrial application, the medicinal link remained crucial: nitroglycerin is still used today in medicine to treat heart diseases, a testament to its vascular effects discovered long ago. The very headaches that marked the risks of nitroglycerin simultaneously highlighted its potency as a blood vessel dilator—an early example of how medicines and explosives share chemical origins.
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Interesting Trivia:
The word “dynamite” is derived from the Greek word dynamis, meaning power. Nobel considered calling his invention “Nobel’s Safety Powder” but opted for dynamite instead. Nitroglycerin-induced headaches were among the first clues to its physiological effects. Nobel’s factories were prone to explosions due to nitroglycerin’s instability before his innovation. The molecular basis for nitroglycerin’s medicinal effect via nitric oxide generation was discovered over a century later. Nitroglycerin is still essential in modern medicine for heart patients. Nobel’s dual legacy reminds us how science can both create and destroy.
wait what? TIL
@DarthCoin visits my ~science territory :)
I have some expectations as to how the poll will go, being on a forum with many free market maximalists, but I am still curious to what extent this applies when social factors come into play, as you appropriately highlight.
EDIT: the block space analogy is spot on. Missed it on the first reading.
But that's not the interesting part. The interesting part is watching how my teammates work. One of them hasn't looked at actual code in weeks. Instead, he writes design documents in plain English and trusts AI to handle the implementation. When something needs fixing, he edits the document, not the code.
Wow, this is so different from my experience with AI this week. I'll write a longer post on it, but damn was this a messy experience. Useful in the long run, maybe, but my frustration level has been much higher than my satisfaction level.