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Extropy_··on The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist
Care to be a little less vague? Maybe a little more helpful?
Extropy_··on Bananas sprout in Rayleigh Garden UK after 15 years
Nice one! I agree
Extropy_··on OpenAI Adopts Google's SynthID Watermark for AI Images with Verification Tool
Most cameras already produce metadata. You can remove this metadata. Can you not also detect and remove watermarks?
Extropy_··on Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off
Right back at ya
Extropy_··on Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48064334
Extropy_··on Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48064334
Extropy_··on Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48064334
Extropy_··on NPR finds "no sign" of Polymarket at its Panama HQ address
They acknowledge this in the article as well, surprisingly enough.

> Corporate law experts say while there is nothing illegal about housing a business inside a shell company, the practice is often a strategic move to protect a firm's wealth or shield it against lawsuits and action from government regulators.

What is the thought process of someone writing this? Does this article have any meaningful or critical thought behind it?

Extropy_··on Brain scans reveal 3 ADHD subtypes
I'm really bad at it for things that aren't novel or really interesting, especially repetitive tasks, like doing illustrations for a customer for example, I know what to do, I've done it hundreds of times, but I'd just rather be doing something else. It does also happen for things I want to do but only usually if it's something I'm not confident about. Like I want to do a really comprehensive gardening setup this year, I've done all the research and planning, I just have no experience sewing seeds or growing vines, or how to setup indoor seed hatching, and I'm just dreading the whole starting process and have put it off too long- I should've started mid-April.
Extropy_··on Brain scans reveal 3 ADHD subtypes
Pretty good. I don't find I get derailed by other tasks but I do find others related to what I'm doing like "Oh, dishwasher's done, let's empty it, but oh wait let's clean the counter first" and then end up cleaning the sink and emptying the garbage as well
Extropy_··on Brain scans reveal 3 ADHD subtypes
I find similar behaviour in myself, particularly that dreading a task makes it significantly more difficult to start. I find that if I can manage to do just a little bit, even just open the application and maybe look around a bit at what I need to do, it really gets the momentum going for me.

Do you think there's anything that differentiates what we might call "general task dread" that perhaps anyone experiences to a certain degree from a more broad executive function disorder? Or is it that dreading leading to task paralysis is one of many symptoms of an executive function disorder?

Extropy_··on Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey
Someone ought to try feeding the BTC whitepaper in and share what comes out
Extropy_··on Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise
Even if they reset to several days ago and lose, say, thousands of edits, even tens of thousands of minor edits, they're still in a pretty good place. Losing a few days of edits is less-than-ideal but very tolerable for Wikipedia as a whole
Extropy_··on OpenClaw is dangerous
That's a total mischaracterization. OP is saying there are no safer fireworks, so some damage will be done, but until someone develops safer and better fireworks, people will continue to use the existing ones
Extropy_··on Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
How is intent relevant to this? Or is it not? If you did happen to play out your scenario, your intent would clearly be to insidiously confirm delusions. What is OpenAI's intent? To confirm delusions?
Extropy_··on Kitchen optimizations
That's a nice trick. What we do is use a reversible magnet that says "dirty" on one side and "clean" on the other
Extropy_··on Kitchen optimizations
I understand your confusion. If you clean off and rinse your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher, it can sometimes get confusing
Extropy_··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
Banning substances naturally decreases use, that's obvious, but prohibition criminalizes use, which will always persist. You cannot stop drug use. Drug legalization so far has resulted in declining use of dangerous substances like tobacco and alcohol. Far more young people today choose smoking pot over smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. Many people choose not to drink because they've observed the widespread dangerous effects of it since it's been legal. If heroin was made legal all over the world today, you'd 100% see increased use. But maybe humanity needs to see the consequences in order to respect them? Just like alcohol and cigarettes?
Extropy_··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
I like your libertarian approach. You're right the line can move a lot. Of course, my support/interference would (hypothetically speaking) be different on a situation to situation basis, my reasoning is simply love. If I love someone, like my son, I want them to be free to make mistakes and hurt themselves, and certainly if they start hurting others I would seek to stop that. I think it's important, though, to be there for people, nut the line does change like you pointed out. So I'm really not sure- my decisions would be situationally dependent. I'm still inclined to say that prohibition is ineffective and potentially more dangerous for some people
Extropy_··on French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
Cheers bro!
Extropy_··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
What happens when he goes to school? Moves out? You die? Who will be there to block TikTok on the LAN?
Extropy_··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
I'd rather have my heroin addicted son do it at home, where I can be there to take him to the hospital, talk to him about it, etc., rather than make him go out into the streets alone. Banning it doesn't seem like a productive approach
Extropy_··on French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
What was the McDonald's ad? Could you drop a link, perhaps?
Extropy_··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
The assertion is not that something will inevitably happen because of this other than the further normalization of government authority over individual autonomy. That is an inherent result of this, as well as the prohibition of sale of alcohol and drugs to kids. You can argue on and on whether or not these are good, righteous, moral laws, but you cannot deny the intrinsic fact that widespread acceptance and even support of widening the scope of government control normalizes government control
Extropy_··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
I'm curious to understand why your approach to TikTok is banning it. Why do you think this is the right solution? Are you concerned at all about your son's ability to cope independently from oversight and control?
Extropy_··on What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?
That they're upset does not mean that the world should bend to their feelings. I think you would agree that getting upset does not necessarily mean something is wrong externally, oftentimes things are wrong internally. Thank you for taking the time to reply
Extropy_··on What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?
It's clear that "privacy " in public spaces requires a fair bit of entitlement, why can't we all just love one another and let it go? What harm comes from being in someone's cool AirSoft video? Is it just a matter of principle that bothers you or something deeper?
Extropy_··on LLMs should not replace therapists
They still are. Some people are just trapped online like they say- socializing still exists.
Extropy_··on Gig Companies Violate Workers Rights
To what extent is a "gig" considered employment?
Extropy_··on Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
This is the original paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14734

They say their findings set "a general upper limit for the lifetime of matter in the universe."

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