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syncerr commented on CRDT Benchmarks   jsonjoy.com/blog/list-crd... · Posted by u/streamich
syncerr · 2 years ago
The death stroke for these types of projects seems to be lack of funding. This project is sponsored by nlnet[0] providing between 5k - 50k EU per year. Let's hope this gets additional resources.

As a note, it appears to use Elastic's 2.0 license preventing selling software that includes this library [1]

[0] https://nlnet.nl/project/JSON-Joy/

[1] https://github.com/streamich/json-joy/blob/master/LICENSE

syncerr commented on Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018)   svelte.dev/blog/virtual-d... · Posted by u/Maksadbek
geraldwhen · 3 years ago
I suspect that in 15 years that or something similar will be a compile target for typescript or similar.
syncerr · 3 years ago
React-DOM will probably just compile to WASM.
syncerr commented on Passwordless Authentication – Access Your Bitwarden Web Vault Without a Password   bitwarden.com/blog/passwo... · Posted by u/jacooper
syncerr · 3 years ago
Passwordless is going to be great. Though, this is just for unlocking your bitwarden account.

Real cross-device passwordless is likely coming in the next year or so. WebAuthn/Passkey is in its 3rd public working draft[1] and once finalized, we'll likely start to see it across sites. Most devices, browsers and managers have added or are adding support for it: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Auth0, Duo, 1Password, etc. If you haven't seen it, Auth0's demo is helpful[2].

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-3/#sctn-api

[2] https://webauthn.me/

syncerr commented on The 'attention economy' corrupts science   bigthink.com/the-present/... · Posted by u/respinal
Nextgrid · 3 years ago
Quality is subjective, but there’s no accountability about harmful or illegal content either, so platforms don’t only promote “general purpose” spam, but actively harmful content that intentionally seeds outrage or encourages violence as that generally leads to more engagement.
syncerr · 3 years ago
Absolutely, it should include a range of indicators like spam, scams, known-falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims.
syncerr commented on The 'attention economy' corrupts science   bigthink.com/the-present/... · Posted by u/respinal
nramanand · 3 years ago
Isn't this also related to how the vaccines-cause-autism conversation started? The study involved only had a handful of subjects (a few of which were very unqualified), and then a big important journal (The Lancet IIRC) picked it up for the novelty.

The article mentions attention economy as in media, TikTok, etc playing a role before "community assessment." But it's not like scientists don't also gravitate towards the new shiny thing in their own ways.

syncerr · 3 years ago
Yeah. Andrew Wakefield was stripped of his medical license in 2010 for publishing fraudulent research and it was later discovered that he was paid to discredit the MMR vaccine.[0]

And yet, ~10% of Americas still believe the study. [1]

[0] https://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-summary.htm

[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/276929/fewer-continue-vaccines-...

syncerr commented on The 'attention economy' corrupts science   bigthink.com/the-present/... · Posted by u/respinal
syncerr · 3 years ago
Attention is not the problem; it's the lack of accountability. Social platforms care about engagement, not quality of content (there's virtually no mechanism to incentivize content meets any standard of quality other than what can be measured in the moment).
syncerr commented on Science says we could “cure” ageing. But should we?   polytechnique-insights.co... · Posted by u/freediver
teaearlgraycold · 3 years ago
> Death provides a natural mechanism to reset wealth and power.

Have you heard of inheritance?

syncerr · 3 years ago
Inheritance does not sustain wealth.

> A staggering 70 percent of wealthy families lose their wealth by the next generation, with 90 percent losing it the generation after that.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/generational-wealth%3A-why-d...

syncerr commented on Science says we could “cure” ageing. But should we?   polytechnique-insights.co... · Posted by u/freediver
syncerr · 3 years ago
While I don’t find the arguments in the article compelling (ie population increases are good as they lead to growth), enabling humans to live forever has a more dire consequence: an acceleration of the inequality gap.

Death provides a natural mechanism to reset wealth and power. Without it, power will accumulate to those who already have it, forever.

syncerr commented on Dear Chess World   twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen... · Posted by u/shreyas-satish
syncerr · 3 years ago
Hans is clearly cheating. Comparing his past games against what an engine would do is pretty damning. Chess engines are far superior to players and the best players in the world top out in the high 70s percent correlations (Magnus averages around 70%).

Hans has a string of games at 100% correlation[0], meaning he's playing perfect games. Past players who achieved this later went on to admit to cheating[1]. Magnus knows this because he owns part of chess.com and presumably sees the data.

Magnus has a lot riding on his statement. He wouldn't make it unless he was sure.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfPzUgzrOcQ

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Feller

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