Indeed, touché
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Given the current enshittification trends, I would not be surprised if in the next few years Samsung, Acer, LG, et al decide that a subscription model for monitors is exactly what they need to pump those share prices up.
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
// In case it's not clear: I am not suggesting you *actually* do this!Does the message clarify that you're talking to an AI? If not, you're tricking the person into thinking they're talking to a human
> The author starts talking..... The author likens..... Finally, the author suggests...... Overall, I am disappointed in....
Which, while a perfectly valid way of structuring a comment, it's more usually found in ChatGPT-style answers than in random comments on the Internet.
Every time I buy one of these public domain books from Amazon, they are invariably shitty, low-quality "printed by Amazon" versions. I miss the time where you could get a high-quality hardcover, but more and more those seem reserved only for the current week's NYT best-seller books.
If you're reading this Louis, thanks for all your work and for fighting the good fight.
I don't know if I agree with the framing here ("creep"), but for sure this will make AI girlfriend/boyfriend products even more addicting.
Everyone, and I mean _everyone_, used SciHub to download papers. I can assure you that most of the academic world _does_ use SciHub.
> This is the text of a talk I delivered at the Next Frontiers Applied Fiction Day in Stuttgart on Friday November 10th, 2023
half_life_hrs * 2 = quarter_life_hrs
Think of it this way: if caffeine's half life is 6 hours, and you drink 100mg, it means that after 6 hours you still have 50mg in your system. Given that, you could try to extrapolate and say that after another 6 hours, you would have 0mg left in your system.
However, since "caffeine's quarter life is about double its half life", that means that:
6hrs * 2 = quarter_life_hrs
Therefore, after 12 hours (6hrs * 2), you would still have 25mg (a quarter of 100mg) of caffeine in your system.
I've had the same hope since I started using Linux, back in 2004.
Also, obligatory clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEdRnBR_Y48