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1yr ago
Japanese train POVs: https://youtube.com/watch?v=g6zJ1puFrHg
This guy's 'day in the life of' videos: https://youtube.com/@PaolofromTOKYO
Assorted orangutan and gorilla clips: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pT_ZMbnm4qE
Asian street food vendors: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FZJ3JkU10E0
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4mo ago
On war crimes, I feel like people forget that hostage taking is a war crime, and it is undeniable that Hamas has captured hostages. And then you have the complimentary war crimes of Hamas using human shields, and Israel killing "excessive" civilians because of the human shields.
I'm pretty sure Hamas does operate out of hospitals. Here is an article from a few years ago, but I'm just a guy, I can't speak for the veracity.
It wouldn't surprise me if thousands of Palestinians have been killed. Gaza claims 20,000 deaths just from this current war. Even if that's a 10x overestimate, it's still thousands.
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11mo ago
Here are some examples
You can do a lot with intelligence. By inventing Bitcoin, Satoshi is worth billions, all while remaining anonymous and never leaving his bedroom. What could a super human intelligence do?
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6mo ago
Good framing from Israel but I half expect Hamas to retaliate by killing hostages until the siege is lifted.
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2mo ago
It might have originated from Hank Hill https://youtube.com/watch?v=6hzwKtJF_bg
Here's a short conversation. But it still claims it's not conscious; maybe it's all the RLHF.
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3mo ago
I can make a "real person" custom GPT, but what kind of questions would you ask it exactly?
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4mo ago
In those examples I don't like it, I think it's poorly used. Rationalist types tend to do it better, or DFW, or Trump, for emphasis or to elevate the word or phrase.
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5mo ago
I can believe that doctors average 130 IQ (though it seems a little high), and I totally expect that IQ correlates with performance.
Maths is far more g loaded than medicine. People who study maths will talk about eventually hitting a wall and no longer being able to progress. At a certain level you no longer have the cognitive power to comprehend the ideas.
I've never heard anyone talk in such a way about medicine. In medicine it seems like there is not much to "understand". Is it possible to get stuck on a question in medicine and not understand the answer? My impression is no. Are there 10x or 100x doctors? Doctors who can do things the average doctor can't?
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5mo ago
Software career advice- I'm a junior React dev in the UK at a "local" 50 person company. I was approached and may be able to get a similar job at a large multinational (AutoDesk). On average, is it better to work for an American multinational? I'm pretty comfortable where I am, and it's not great timing to jump ship as I'm quite sure I will get promoted in 2-3 months, though I might be able to use an offer to negotiate an immediate promotion. I presume AutoDesk is a step up in the trimodal nature of software jobs. But am I missing something? It is an obviously easy decision to leave to work for a billion dollar company? Is it a big boon to my CV?
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6mo ago
Does anyone have access to ChatGPT with images? Is there some opt-in setting I have to find and enable, or are they still doing a staged roll-out?
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8mo ago
I have many video files on my windows desktop. How do I watch them in bed on my macbook? I'm guessing this is what a media server is for, is that right? If so, does anyone have recommendations?
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9mo ago
Thanks, appreciate the write up. Interesting to see how you're doing things.
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9mo ago
I was experimenting with something similar - an AI accountability buddy/nagbot
Is it mostly steered via the system prompt? How do you interact with it?
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10mo ago
I started going to the gym 2-3x/week a few months ago around March. So it was quite easy to throw in a few sets of facepulls at the end of every workout, at the very least it's another way of hitting my shoulders and back. I do about 2-3 set of ~10 most times I go to the gym. Regarding weight, bias towards lighter with good form, and if you can finish the set easily, increment the weight, but not so heavy that your form gets worse towards then end of the set. I do them on the cable machine and as described here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eIq5CB9JfKE
I can't 100% vouch for their efficacy as I don't have before/after pics, nor was I carefully tracking my posture. I also do other back exercises which could have helped too.
No but inversion tables have been shown to be helpful
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