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monstertank commented on The forgotten meaning of "jerk"   languagehat.com/the-forgo... · Posted by u/aspenmayer
andy99 · 6 days ago
I always thought it was the third derivative of position
monstertank · 6 days ago
Its one of my favourite nerd jokes.

You are a 3rd derivative of position!

monstertank commented on LLMs tell bad jokes because they avoid surprises   danfabulich.medium.com/ll... · Posted by u/dfabulich
monstertank · 9 days ago
This post got me wondering, so I asked chatgpt for jokes about hackernews as if made by various comedians...I laughed at one or two /shrug

Bill Hicks (angry truth-telling prophet)

"Hacker News is where ideas go to die. Not because they’re bad — but because 400 anonymous software prophets decided they’re God. And God doesn’t code, man."

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Bill Burr (ranty everyman, annoyed at everything)

"I went on Hacker News once. Jesus. It’s like walking into a bar where everyone’s smarter than you, but still somehow an idiot. ‘Actually, you should’ve used Rust.’ Actually, you should shut the hell up, Todd."

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Louis C.K. (brutal honesty, self-deprecation)

"I asked Hacker News if my startup idea was good. And they said, ‘No, because you’re an idiot.’ And I was like… yeah, that’s fair. My idea was basically Tinder but for people who hate me. Which is… everyone."

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George Carlin (sharp language, hypocrisy calling)

"Hacker News. Don’t you love that name? Hacker. News. Two lies in two words. Nobody’s hacking, and it sure as hell ain’t news. It’s just nerds arguing over tabs and spaces like it’s the f*ing Middle East."

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Tom Segura (laid-back storyteller, dry punch)

"So my buddy posts his app on Hacker News, right? He’s all excited, like, ‘Dude, we’re gonna blow up.’ By comment three: ‘This is trash, here’s a 40-page essay why you should quit.’ He calls me crying. I’m like, yeah man, that’s the feature, not the bug."

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Jimmy Carr (short, brutal, wicked flip)

"I posted on Hacker News for feedback. They gave it to me. Turns out suicide is an option."

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monstertank commented on I basically announced Minecraft 2   twitter.com/notch/status/... · Posted by u/haunter
monstertank · 8 months ago
If Notch loves making games, I'm all for it. If it gave his life meaning and he is good at it and he loves it...bro can do whatever. Being rich, being famous or being the minecraft dude...none of that should matter. He is just a guy and everyone should treat him like any other guy. Life is life, do what you love and enjoy the short time we all have. Notch gave me lots of joy, why would I ever want anything less for him.
monstertank commented on IBM Quantum delivers on 2022 100x100 performance challenge   ibm.com/quantum/blog/qdc-... · Posted by u/EvgeniyZh
monstertank · 9 months ago
I know this is cool technology...but can someone give me some use cases? Like I'm not super sure how speed or more qbits factor into whatever these computers are supposed to do.

I could research it, but someone here probably has a nice simple explanation that will be good enough.

monstertank commented on Trump wins presidency for second time   thehill.com/homenews/camp... · Posted by u/koolba
monstertank · 10 months ago
Trump voters think the conviction was excessive, the rapist claim is untrue, and that he is not a bad person.

They believe he will improve the economy and thus their lives.

They did not vote spitefully against Harris, however, due to the pressure from left wing controlled law makers, media, talking heads and general vitriol from the left of their opinions... they might have voted spitefully against progressives in opposition.

monstertank commented on Trump wins presidency for second time   thehill.com/homenews/camp... · Posted by u/koolba
leptons · 10 months ago
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monstertank · 10 months ago
I like how you seem to think no atheists voted for Trump
monstertank commented on Trump wins presidency for second time   thehill.com/homenews/camp... · Posted by u/koolba
Aeolun · 10 months ago
It’s absolutely insane to me that someone that literally incited their followers to storm the capitol, has been charged with so many counts of fuck knows what, and has (somehow) survived multiple assassination attempts can come back to win the presidency.

It’s just a “only in the US” kind of thing.

monstertank · 10 months ago
Perhaps it's time for you to reflect on the legitimacy of those claims?
monstertank commented on Brain found to store three copies of every memory   newatlas.com/biology/brai... · Posted by u/wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB
monstertank · a year ago
It is to create a 3 dimensional object to use in a holographic UI like in Minority Report.

How else are you going to look at it from other perspectives?

monstertank commented on Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the human brain   arxiv.org/abs/2405.04540... · Posted by u/wonderlandcal
monstertank · a year ago
I never understood this. Evolution basically says humans are conscious matter...why would that not be replicatable via an intelligent designer (humans)?

Randomness created consciousness from a single cell...why would that be the most efficient solution?

u/monstertank

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