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KevinMS··on Show HN: Academa – Long-form STEM lecture videos generated by LLMs
> To me, the main advantage of the lecture format is the possibility to have me or others grill the lecturer for questions, benefiting the whole group.

I've rarely, if ever, seen this. And if I had, I think most of the class would have just been annoyed, which you probably didn't notice.

KevinMS··on Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration
Your point makes no sense. Are you denying there are tens of thousands of illegal aliens in U.S. prisons for crimes?
KevinMS··on Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration
I don't get it, are you denying there are tens of thousands of illegal aliens in U.S. prisons? Just a quick search of google returns

> An estimated 79,825 illegal immigrants aged 18 to 54 were incarcerated across federal, state, and local correctional systems in the United States

KevinMS··on Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration
There are tens of thousands of "unauthorized" immigrants in prison right now for crimes. Seems like that's some kind of link.
KevinMS··on Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific
They didn't explain it in the article but some people claim the creature from "Alien" was inspired by these sharks.
KevinMS··on Where .env Went Wrong
> Where .env Went Wrong

start with making it a dot file. Why would you want to hide the fact your app was using loaded environment variables?

KevinMS··on Charles Ross spent 50 yrs building Star Axis naked-eye observatory in New Mexico
Was wondering what this was all about and then visited the website

> Star Axis, his largest project, was conceived in 1971

now it makes sense, groovy

KevinMS··on How an AI Anime Is Created
> Does this come off as wildly tone deaf to anybody else? "We love your product and what you do, but could we get it without associating with or paying you in any way?"

Like Japan with cars, electronics, etc?

KevinMS··on Solid and Clean Code never felt solid or clean to me
> So what's the value here? Single responsibility? That kind of thing is now so known that it doesn't really need talking about

Except I see people getting it wrong constantly, even in the comments here. Its not about keeping code together that's related in functionality, this about keeping code separate by stake holder. For example, if you have two bosses that keep asking for changes related to their departments, you keep their relevant code separate, so when you have to keep updating it for one boss, you don't break the code related to the other boss, and vice versa.

Does it work? I don't know, never been in this situation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-responsibility_principl...

KevinMS··on AI has already killed academia as we know it?
Lectures are just a jobs program for academics who are stuck on thousands of years old teaching traditions. If a sane world, they'd polish their material, record a video, add graphics, and make it available for students to watch it and rewatch it at their convenience. Pretty much what they do on youtube and in documentaries.
KevinMS··on Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
what if the terrorist is repeatedly launching rockets?
KevinMS··on Job application asked for my SAT scores
Nothing is worse than a smart bad programmer. There's no limit to the technical debt they can pile up.
KevinMS··on Use AI for reviewing code especially when the diff is huge
I'm 100% opposed to AI generating my code, but I could see myself using it as an advanced linter. I suspect this will be considered best practices after the AI Slopocalypse
KevinMS··on Organic foods are not healthier or pesticide free
I don't really believe in "organic foods" but I believe they sometimes are higher quality because their consumers expect more from them, although at a higher price. Just look at supermarket tomatos for example.
KevinMS··on Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet
It seemed to take them a really long time to get rid of the digital part, probably because marketing thought it was good thing. At least it didn't require you to prepend www.
KevinMS··on Anthropic/OpenAI may be spending more than $1000 for every $100 you pay them
Its AI wrongthink
KevinMS··on Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I.
> TFA says he's using it for storyboarding.

I'm not a fan of AI but this seems like a legit use for it. Story boarding is basically film prototyping, and one of AI's legit uses seems to be prototyping.

KevinMS··on AI Doesn't Have ROI
Please, flagging posts, and downvoting comments, you disagree with is not how we do things around here.
KevinMS··on My Students Can't Read
> are the voters who will not be able to read a bill

politicians don't even read bills anymore, they are too large

KevinMS··on Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series
> Variety reports that executives at the studio were concerned that Gero’s take on the series “would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.”

in other words, it would have been good

KevinMS··on Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll
> It wasn't for one particular case. There were 3,000 lawsuits filed using it.

Sure thing, totally a coincidence, it was just really bad luck for Trump

> And frankly a three year statute of limitations for sexual assault is ridiculous.

But 30 years is fine? You try finding a witness after 30 years, or security camera footage.

KevinMS··on Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll
Agreed. Eliminating the status of limitations temporarily for one particular case so the defendant has no way of defending himself from a 30 year old claim is indeed corrupt.
KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
> In any case, why are you defending the giant corporation doing this?

You are just not getting it. When they add new pipes, or attach to mains, they interrupt the flow of water. When its turned backed on, the flow of water kicks up the sediment that's already in the pipes. There's probably also a little that comes in from construction. Why people don't know this I have no idea, its happened to me many times in multiple locations. It goes away in a few hours usually. Never seen it last for more than a day.

KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
you missing the point that its a very temporary thing, or are you being deceived into thinking its permanent? If you are, then you are helping making my point for me.
KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
If you didn't get the point: this is a temporary thing that is normal and has nothing to do with big bad data centers. It usually clears out in about a day and its just sediment.
KevinMS··on AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
Happens at my house sometimes. And has also happened at my previous apartments. Looks exactly the same. When they do construction on water pipes some of the sediment gets in and has to be cleared by the neighborhood. She is either lying or doesn't know what she's talking about. I also guarantee she shook up the bottle before her presentation because the sediment would have settled after a few hours.
KevinMS··on Google changes its search box
Its becoming like a parasite killing its host
KevinMS··on AI is too expensive
It not impossible that hyperscale AI turns out to be a very expensive proof of concept for when hardware is fast and cheap enough decades from now, like those first video games played on mainframes and minicomputers.
KevinMS··on I 3D Printed Origami [video]
shims, plates (the hardware kind with holes), etc. It would be great for anything assembled together with plates and spacers (robots, stands, etc). The alternative would be cutting those shapes out of something, with lots of waste and dust.
KevinMS··on I 3D Printed Origami [video]
When I got my first 3D printer one of the first things I learned, in a surprising twist, was how great they are at printing flat things.
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