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nelsondev commented on The Waymo World Model   waymo.com/blog/2026/02/th... · Posted by u/xnx
nelsondev · a month ago
Neat! What happens when the simulated data is hallucinated/incorrect?

In the example videos, the Golden Gate bridge with snow shows the bridge as 1 road, with total of 3 lanes. But in reality, it’s a split highway with divider, so 2 sides both have 3 lanes, 6 total lanes.

What happens when the car “learns” to drive on the simulated incorrect 3 lane example? For example will next time it goes on the real GG bridge hug to the rightmost lane?

nelsondev commented on Eat Real Food   realfood.gov... · Posted by u/atestu
bluerooibos · 2 months ago
It's a nice website, sure.

But what is this administration actually doing to change American diets? It's going to take a little more than throwing up a marketing landing page with a well produced video and nice photos.

nelsondev · 2 months ago
This guidance will be taken in by government agencies that set rules, by schools choosing kids lunches , etc .

Not all government action is in the form of a specific law with specific enforcement mechanism.

nelsondev commented on Eat Real Food   realfood.gov... · Posted by u/atestu
baggachipz · 2 months ago
> Nor do I understand the negative reactions to new restrictions on SNAP - candy and sugary drinks are no longer eligible.

I can think of one issue here. Ultra-processed foods, candy, and sugary drinks are cheap and shelf-stable. They're cheap because they're subsidized. Fruits and vegetables are more expensive, and they don't last very long. So a person on a very limited SNAP budget will get less food under the new restrictions.

The answer, of course, is to make it so that fresh produce and other healthy options are cheaper than the junk food. I have a hard time seeing that happening, given how susceptible the administration is to being "lobbied".

nelsondev · 2 months ago
I think you answered your own question with the last sentence. Have cattle ranchers, chicken farmers, vegetable and fruit farmers lobby for same or higher subsidies than grains.
nelsondev commented on Midjourney is alemwjsl   aadillpickle.com/blog/mid... · Posted by u/aadillpickle
alisonkisk · 3 months ago
Typos could be automatically discovered and indexed one word at a time by watching users search the wrong word (wrong input method) and then search again with the correct input method.
nelsondev · 3 months ago
This would be my guess, query reformulations (user rewriting their query after first doesn’t work for them) is very common technique that search engines look through search logs to learn (mis)spellings.
nelsondev commented on Why should I care what color the bikeshed is? (1999)   bikeshed.com/... · Posted by u/program
djtango · 5 months ago
Reminds me a bit of the story about "bird mode" at google

[0] https://mashable.com/article/google-maps-origin-story-satell...

nelsondev · 5 months ago
Wait Google Maps is not satellite photography it’s aerial?? I feel like I’ve been lied to.
nelsondev commented on ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation   aclu.org/press-releases/i... · Posted by u/mandmandam
otde · a year ago
Why is a) bad? Have you considered d) pass a different law? Why are you pretending the law is some immutable thing that we always need to follow, regardless of the situations an unjust law might place someone in if followed?
nelsondev · a year ago
Until a new law is passed, the government and courts have a duty to follow the current law.
nelsondev commented on Gaining Years of Experience in a Few Months   marcgg.com/blog/2025/02/1... · Posted by u/kiyanwang
nelsondev · a year ago
I would add another axis to the graph. So x axis would be pace at which you work, and y axis would be novelty of work.

You can be burnt out doing fast paced repetitive work. It’s not always true the faster you go the more you learn.

nelsondev commented on GenAI Art Is the Least Imaginative Use of AI Imaginable   hai.stanford.edu/news/ge-... · Posted by u/jebarker
dingnuts · a year ago
The point of art for the artist is expression. The point for the audience is to gain something through shared experience with the artist.

AI outputs are not created by a conscious agent experiencing affect, and its audience shares an experience with no one. It's not compelling, and isn't art.

nelsondev · a year ago
The audience member can share the experience with the person sitting beside them.

Doesn’t have to be shared with the artist.

nelsondev commented on All clocks are 30 seconds late   victorpoughon.fr/all-cloc... · Posted by u/fouronnes3
nelsondev · a year ago
Perhaps we could retitle the link, as it stands a bit click-baity.

Perhaps, average error of clocks is 30 seconds higher because minutes use .floor() nor .round()

nelsondev commented on Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?    · Posted by u/david927
stevage · a year ago
Probably looking for a name that is much more approachable for a wide audience. Along the lines of "take me back" or playing with where/when or time/place or something like that.
nelsondev · a year ago
Bee There (logo is cute honey bee) tag line, Be there now, be there then

u/nelsondev

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