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freilanzer commented on Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Have Switched to Bluesky academic.oup.com/icb/adva... · Posted by u/sebg

nreece · 2 days ago

I'm trying to like Bluesky. X has a large tech community and some deep thoughts/discussions on tech and philosophy matters, but I can't find similar people or groups on Bluesky yet.

freilanzer · 2 days ago

Same with Mastodon for me. It's good, and the app is well done, but there's just no reason for me to use it.

freilanzer commented on 'Ad Blocking Is Not Piracy' Decision Overturned by Top German Court torrentfreak.com/ad-block... · Posted by u/gslin

benoau · 5 days ago

If users are compelled to view ads than websites should be liable if those ads violate privacy laws or distribute malware.

freilanzer · 5 days ago

That's a very good point.

freilanzer commented on Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes divernet.com/scuba-news/f... · Posted by u/toomanyrichies

ksynwa · 5 days ago

How is it even possible to hold breath for 11 minutes? I tried it last week (to avoid inhaling insecticide fumes) and could manage about a minute after trying very hard.

freilanzer · 5 days ago

Training and genetics.

freilanzer commented on Leeches and the legitimizing of folk-medicine press.asimov.com/articles... · Posted by u/mailyk

agos · 6 days ago

placebo is not that effective

freilanzer · 6 days ago

Yes, it is. People have gotten better after having been told by someone in a labcoat that what they're taking is a placebo.

freilanzer commented on Why Nim? undefined.pyfy.ch/why-nim... · Posted by u/TheWiggles

rjh29 · 6 days ago

Somehow "gentle correction" sounds more aggressive (passive aggressive) than just saying correction.

freilanzer · 6 days ago

It's patronizing.

freilanzer commented on Lördagsgodis (Saturday Sweets) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C... · Posted by u/dmichulke

freilanzer · 11 days ago

> ... patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were unknowingly fed large amounts of sweets to see whether a high-sugar diet would cause tooth decay.

Nice.

freilanzer commented on Flock Now Using AI to Report to Police If Our Movement Patterns Are "Suspicious" aclu.org/news/national-se... · Posted by u/cyberphobe

dlachausse · 13 days ago

Minnesota implemented this during COVID…

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/coronavirus-in-minnes...

I’m sure there are also ways to anonymously report illegal immigrants to ICE as well. People are still free to criticize Trump all they want. The First Amendment is pretty clear on this.

freilanzer · 13 days ago

> People are still free to criticize Trump all they want. The First Amendment is pretty clear on this.

In theory.

freilanzer commented on Ask HN: With all the AI hype, how are software engineers feeling? · Posted by u/cpt100

roarcher · 13 days ago

I recently used Claude to help me understand a math-dense research paper. It was useful for answering general questions about the structure of the algorithm, where to find information in the paper, and gain a high level/intuitive understanding of how the algorithm worked. It was absolutely abysmal at implementing the code, and would regularly make things up when I probed it about subtleties in the math.

Overall, it sped up my learning greatly, but I had to verify everything it said and its code was a mess. It's a useful tool when used appropriately but it's not threatening my job anytime soon.

freilanzer · 13 days ago

> I had to verify everything it said

Letting it condense something like a paper and checking it afterwards might be a good learning exercise.

freilanzer commented on Teacher AI use is already out of control and it's not ok reddit.com/r/Teachers/com... · Posted by u/jruohonen

crinkly · 18 days ago

I caused enough stink for them to be looking over their shoulder.

freilanzer · 17 days ago

But now you seem to be checking all of the homework, so you should still do it. OT: what are your math credentials?

freilanzer commented on Build Your Own Lisp buildyourownlisp.com/... · Posted by u/lemonberry

cardanome · 19 days ago

Don’t Build Your Own Lisp: https://gist.github.com/no-defun-allowed/7e3e238c959e27d4919...

Just so people are aware of it. It is not a good source if you want to learn how to make a lisp that could scale beyond a toy.

You can still learn a bit of C and get a taster of how to make a language, just be aware that some stuff you learn will hold you back in the long term.

freilanzer · 19 days ago

That sounds horrible. What are better resources?

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