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- Comment on Emergent introspective awareness in large language models 2 days ago:
Check their account history. They may as well be on an AI company marketing team.
- Submitted 1 week ago to science_memes@mander.xyz | 8 comments
- Comment on How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue? 1 week ago:
There are different answers depending on the end goal.
Mere survival: Isolated human populations have been bottlenecked to as few as a few hundred individuals and survived, IIRC.
A quick search says biologists like to see 25+ breeding pairs to maintain an animal species (if I’m reading that correctly). So 50-100 seems like pretty close to the minimum.
Long-term colony building with full genetic diversity needs a lot more: At least one estimate is as high as 40,000 people. The high number is for Earth-like diversity in the population, and with no need for any overarching breeding program, so it’s really kind of an outlier scenario. That 40k figure can be pared down significantly if you have strict protocols, or accept some loss of diversity.
So anywhere from 50 people to 40,000 people, but the end result will look wildly different at the extremes.
- Comment on Do xenomorphs, if prepared correctly, taste like shrimp? 1 week ago:
They take on a number of characteristics of the host species where they gestate. Probably depends heavily on that?
Definitely acidic, though.
- Comment on xkcd #3157: Emperor Palpatine 1 week ago:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Palpatine
- Comment on Would spiderman hurt a fly? 1 week ago:
The Boys.
- Comment on Would spiderman hurt a fly? 1 week ago:
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is strictly catch and release.
- Comment on Someone should digitally remake the Bourne movies and make everyone in the films Jason Bourne 1 week ago:
While they’re at it, let’s include image stabilization. Shaky cam was the worst film fad of the era.
- Comment on They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve had games purchased for me, but I’m not really into first person shooters, especially competitive ones, and especially especially on a console where I’m stuck using a controller.
So Black Ops III and the Master Chief Collection may be awesome for lots of people, but that’s not my jam.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Seize all electronic devices and scan for logged-in accounts, cookies, browsing history, etc.
Depending on the severity of the crime (if NSA gets involved, for instance) there are ways to defeat Tor, anyway. They have historically maintained backdoors (technical and human) into most telecom networks, and can always “ask” ISPs for a ton of information on a suspect.
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 3 weeks ago:
I haven’t used revanced in a while, but Fennic + ubo + sponsor block should get you to basically the same place unless they’ve added new features since I used it last.
No separate app required.
- Comment on Whoa! Windows 7's market share surged, tripling in users last month 4 weeks ago:
- Windows 7 was used to browse web pages on a subset of sites that use the Statcounter plugin, and mostly in one area of the world.
But that doesn’t make a good headline.
- Comment on Should 21-23-year-olds be allowed to date older people? 4 weeks ago:
Who are you delegating to “disallow” such a thing? Like a law?
- Comment on On Jeopardy, does getting the Who/What/Where/When/Why part of the response necessary? 4 weeks ago:
I can’t speak for the official rules, but I swear I’ve heard “What is…” in times when that’s not the most appropriate response.
It sure feels like “in the form of a question” is more important than if the question itself makes grammatical sense.
- Comment on A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over? 1 month ago:
I graduated in 2001 in a tech-adjacent field, and my first job was as a security guard making barely over minimum wage. Things get bad. Things get better.
- Comment on But also, the correct answer is Devil's Due 1 month ago:
Someone had to protect Wesley from Picard.
- Comment on snek go beep beep 1 month ago:
If it looks like a cobra, it’s a cobra, and if it looks like a viper, it’s a viper.
- Comment on Why Shouldn't I Use A Small Gaming PC 1 month ago:
These types of machines certainly have their place, and if it meets your needs, go for it.
The big downside is going to be a lack of upgradability. Most of the core components will be soldered to the motherboard, so no CPU or GPU upgrades, and no replacements if something breaks. I know the one you linked was just an example, and not necessarily “the one,” but its on-board graphics are similar in power to a GTX 1650. Lots and lots of games available at that level, but you’ll be locked out of anything newer with no clear upgrade path later.
For reference, I own something similar, but even older, as a secondary machine. It’s fine for what it does. Just be aware of the limitations. There are ways to build a similar-powered full desktop for about the same price. At that point it’s a tradeoff: would you rather be able to upgrade later, or do you want the simplicity and small form factor (portability, aesthetics, etc)?
- Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users 1 month ago:
The security of their bank balance.
- Comment on What goes here? 1 month ago:
Turtle with a runny nose.
- Comment on MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline 1 month ago:
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 month ago:
Well they say all new tech is driven by the porn industry, so, um…
- Comment on Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company? 1 month ago:
ftc.gov/…/consumer-review-fairness-act-what-busin…
The Consumer Review Fairness Act makes it illegal for companies to include standardized provisions that threaten or penalize people for posting honest reviews. For example, in an online transaction, it would be illegal for a company to include a provision in its terms and conditions that prohibits or punishes negative reviews by customers.
- Comment on here there be lions 2 months ago:
“I’m a lone wolf.”
OK, so you’re too useless and/or immature to pull your own weight among your group and they kicked you out?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Odyssey counts, right?
- Comment on CUSTAAAAAAAARD 2 months ago:
Is that a research grant I hear calling?
- Comment on Is there a place online where I can apply for a bunch of free books? I was thinking of creating a library in my local county jail to help educate and pass the time in a healthy way? 2 months ago:
A local or regional library often (but not always) serves jails in their community already. If not, they may be open to extending operations there. If that fails, libraries often rotate out stock to make room for newer, or more popular books. Anything they dispose of would be older, but for this situation, that may not be as much of an issue.
- Comment on I can get a 430 hearing on any family member I want. Hell i can even testify if someone else needs one. So tell me why I can't go through the legal system to get an invasive one for Trump? 2 months ago:
The real answer is, it’s complicated. Involuntary commitment (and related acts) is a pretty extreme measure for when an individual is a danger to themselves or others. There’s no evidence that he’s trying to hurt himself, and the “other” usually has to be a specific person, not just a hypothetical class of others to have standing.
And it’s even more complicated by the idea that the president has been gifted broad immunity regarding anything remotely tangential to official powers. So you can’t even say you, specifically, are in danger due to things done by the government, so long as there is some whack job theory under which it’s being executed.
If he came alone to your house naked and covered in nacho cheese with a knife threatening to hurt you, you’d probably have a case. Depending on the state, it probably takes something similar even for a family member or acquaintance (but check your local laws).
- Comment on Black Holes 2 months ago:
Teachers: You can’t divide by zero.
Nature: Hey guys, check this shit out. - Comment on protein! 2 months ago:
In other news, sales of the caveman fad diet books have cratered.
