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RockCoach commented on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free   nbcnews.com/politics/just... · Posted by u/amima
pie420 · a year ago
If I murder 2 people and reveal that john murdered 22 people and Bob murdered 36 people, does that mean I get to skip trial because I revealed bigger crimes? Sometimes, if I can get a plea deal, but this was not the case, so what is the problem here?
RockCoach · a year ago
The problem here is that Assange didn't kill any people, while Uncle Sam has killed hundreds of thousands for oil, revenge, and preserving the hegemony.
RockCoach commented on Asian American women are getting lung cancer despite never smoking   nbcnews.com/news/us-news/... · Posted by u/panabee
QuercusMax · a year ago
They use caiziyou, AKA roasted rapeseed oil, which has a high level of erucic acid, similar to mustard oil. (Rapeseed is a member of the mustard family. Canola is low-erucic acid rapeseed oil.)
RockCoach · a year ago
Rapeseed oil for cooking is a staple in Germany. If erucic acid or its thermal products are the cause, there would also be many cases of lung cancer in Germany.
RockCoach commented on Lifelong Disadvantage: How Socioeconomics Affect Brain Function   jneurosci.org/content/ear... · Posted by u/gnabgib
RockCoach · a year ago
So, how does one unlearn "poverty mentality"?

Having grown up lower middle class with parents from a former Eastern bloc country, I feel that my mentality has very often held me back from taking risks in career, education and personal life, because there was no safety net to fall back on if the risky move wouldn't pay off.

I'm good at surviving with very little money or food, but at the age of 42, I feel now like I had let life pass me by, having never developed ambitions or passions, and living like a "rat", is also very unappealing to potential love interests.

RockCoach commented on Tesla Berlin gigafactory goes dark after alleged eco-sabotage   theregister.com/2024/03/0... · Posted by u/mikece
RockCoach · 2 years ago
I'm not sure about the "eco-sabotage" angle.

In the past, the same group that claims responsibility for this attack, conducted arson attacks on the public transport infrastructure accusing the train company of collaborating with the military-industrial complex or some similar farfetched excuse.

It seems to me like they just like to start fires and destroy things to cause chaos (under the pretense that there is a political justification for it).

RockCoach commented on Ask HN: Why hasn't anyone tried building an AI wearable wristband?    · Posted by u/slymersonn
slymersonn · 2 years ago
not a fan of the pin form factor, and i think ear buds are cool but i personally would rather have another form factor
RockCoach · 2 years ago
How about a choker then (like a throat microphone)? Or perhaps bone conduction headphones?
RockCoach commented on 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech   space.com/alien-technosig... · Posted by u/pixelesque
aqme28 · 2 years ago
Are we more likely to find alien tech in a "mathematically perfect" star system? Why?

The article doesn't mention it.

RockCoach · 2 years ago
The implication is that is the star system had potentially been artificially modified or even designed. Any entity capable of performing such a feat that must logically possess advanced technology. That's all.
RockCoach commented on Ask HN: Do you get worst answers from OpenAI API compared to ChatGPT?    · Posted by u/saga81
mikerg87 · 2 years ago
Yes. Attempts to match api with the chat interface have proved futile. The api never seems to behave in the same way as the chat interface.
RockCoach · 2 years ago
Have you tried tweaking parameters like temperature, top_p, or seed value when sending the API request?

Beyond that and due to the probabilistic nature of the LLM response I'm not sure how a reproducible "matching" between chat interface and API could be achieved.

I'm working primarily with the API through my own wrapper and I noticed that I tend to give less detailed instructions than when I'm using the OpenAI chat interface often resulting in a less accurate response.

RockCoach commented on ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage, research suggests   theguardian.com/science/2... · Posted by u/cromulent
corobo · 2 years ago
Sleep is a wobbly one aye.

Some nights no bother at all - I've been getting way more of these nights on meds than off, others it'll be a 3am one (2-3am has been my norm for as long as I can remember so it's not made it worse as such), and on the odd occasion I'll keep myself busy with something all night and do a double day.

Unfortunately no solid answer there, I take the meds first thing in the morning and hope I'll be able get to sleep later. Fortunately (for me) this has been my norm for as long as I can remember either way so at least nothing is worse!

RockCoach · 2 years ago
> I take the meds first thing in the morning and hope I'll be able get to sleep later.

This has been my crutch as well, basically setting an alarm for an hour earlier than I need to get up at, taking the pill from the nighstand and then trying to get back to sleep before having to get up for real at 7am.

RockCoach commented on ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage, research suggests   theguardian.com/science/2... · Posted by u/cromulent
gtroja · 2 years ago
If you find it please post, I'm interested
RockCoach · 2 years ago
Perhaps it was this comment (or from the discussion):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24388204

RockCoach commented on ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage, research suggests   theguardian.com/science/2... · Posted by u/cromulent
corobo · 2 years ago
Outside of the dosage, seconding this! Also inattentive flavoured ADHD. 70mg Elvanse usually allows me to be a productive day to day person, skipping the dose on Saturdays is where I let myself freely roam the internet and tinker with new software, languages, systems, coming up with fiction, coming up with sketches for a TV show that will probably never see the light of day, etc. Sundays get a dose as normal but I use that for housework and the likes. I've been brushing up on Kubernetes most recently, I don't need it anywhere right now but who knows where it (or the concepts in and around it) will come up. Also it's kinda cool honestly :)

It's the best of both worlds.. as best as I have got it so far in 35 years anyway, not perfect, but it mostly works - I can earn enough to survive without having to actually forage in bushes, and I get to learn stuff that's interesting but not immediately useful for that all-natural dopamine fix.

The not immediately useful stuff often combines with future problems and becomes a "genius" solution, haha. If you ever want to be called a genius all you have to do is plug two seemingly separate things you know into each other.

RockCoach · 2 years ago
How do you handle falling asleep in the evening?

While my Elvanse dose is merely half of yours it always seems to affect my nervous system for much too long, keeping me unable to sleep before 3am on weekdays on the average.

u/RockCoach

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