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i_am_proteus··on Stephen King to shut down his 3 radio stations in Maine
I'm not sure which CEO you specifically heard, but this[only] is a great example of what you're talking about. Llloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, making statements to this effect in 2015.

[only]https://www.wsj.com/articles/regulation-is-good-for-goldman-...

i_am_proteus··on Are Rotary Mixers Better?
Seems like ad copy for the recently-released Alpha Theta Euphonia.
i_am_proteus··on Ask HN: Tips for hacking a TV?
The correct answer is "bleeder resistor."

The other answer is "pliers."

(Make a connection across the terminals that have a voltage difference)

i_am_proteus··on Ask HN: Tips for hacking a TV?
Can't echo this enough. If you're working on anything that has been connected to residential mains... use a multimeter. They're cheap! Check the power supply for residual voltage from PSU caps. Discharge them safely before working on the equipment!
i_am_proteus··on In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone's Microphone to S
Write audio to disk. Upload when on external power and wifi (i.e., when charging).
i_am_proteus··on Why fans of nuclear are a problem today
>If a few nuclear plants could easily be built on budget and on time in a given system, it would not be an issue...

Then it must not be an issue, because the People's Republic of China has been building dozens of nuclear plants on time and on budget for the last decade.

i_am_proteus··on A Texas "moth man" photographed 550 species in his own yard
Specifically, there are fewer entomologists.
i_am_proteus··on JPlag – Detecting Software Plagiarism
You might be surprised. Many students who use ChatGPT for assignments end up turning in code identical (or nearly identical) to other students who use ChatGPT.
i_am_proteus··on How the Totem Compass Works
Strangely, I found the image at the beginning to be very informative: (https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65e4ed3b65febd941c403512/...)

Each person's device shows the bearing to each other person's device, based on color. You can find other people with linked devices, and the UI looks dead simple after pairing is complete.

i_am_proteus··on Rodney Brooks’s Three Laws of Robotics
Endowed professorships such as these are usually an arrangement in which:

- The sponsor gifts the department enough to sustain a faculty member, often salary + research funds, indefinitely (i.e., capital such that the interest pays the bills)

- The department 'names' the professorship

That's it.

i_am_proteus··on Poetry was an official Olympic event
Not the Olympic "cannon shooting" event, but there is a tradition of athletic competitions for gun crews. A 'famous' example is the Royal Navy Field Gun competition, an obstacle course for howitzer and crew:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhdcnQZf3fo

i_am_proteus··on More and more German trains are not allowed to enter Switzerland
My memory from a few months of commuting on LIRR is that on-time is within ten minutes of schedule.

CURRENT TIME: 9:45

NEXT TRAIN: 9:42

STATUS: ON TIME

i_am_proteus··on Show HN: Stempad – Fast Online Scientific Writing
Interesting project. It seems like your functionality, other than the browser-based editor and renderer, overlaps with Quarto (https://quarto.org/)

I use a tiled text editor/quarto preview browser pane with a lot of success for scientific notes.

i_am_proteus··on If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioritize dignity
How close were you to downtown Austin? Were you walking on the side of a freeway?

Except for the very hottest of summer days, I see a lot of pedestrians in downtown Austin.

i_am_proteus··on What Is Entropy?
There have been a very small number of thinkers as publicly accomplished as von Neumann ever. One other who comes to mind is Carl F. Gauss.
i_am_proteus··on Judge dismisses lawsuit over GitHub Copilot coding assistant
Final text from the decision: "In sum, the Court dismisses Plaintiffs’ Section 1202(b) claim, this time with prejudice. The Court declines to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claim for breach of contract of open-source license violations against all Defendants. Finally, the Court dismisses Plaintiffs’ request for monetary relief in the form of unjust enrichment, as well as Plaintiffs’ request for punitive damages."

I am curious if some legal-minded person knows what the implications of the non-dismissal of the breach of contract is-- it reads to this layman as if damages will not be awarded, but leaves open some future suit that could be brought against Microsoft and OpenAI?

i_am_proteus··on Another AI company wrote us and here’s our response
You don't have to see the reason why other people prefer their passions to profit-seeking. There might not even be a reason! That's how passions work.
i_am_proteus··on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
You can still get standalone GPS map units - connectivity only required for traffic and similar features. Map updates are paid.
i_am_proteus··on "AI", students, and epistemic crisis
I've seen this happen, too, including student incredulity that ChatGPT can be wrong, and recalcitrance when guided to find proper sources. Up to the point of arguing for a higher grade based on the correctness of LLM output.
i_am_proteus··on Ask HN: Where are the good resources for learning audio processing?
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/

Not much to say that Julius doesn't... open course materials for (almost) everything you might need in audio processing.

i_am_proteus··on Working Title (Insurance)
What you say is true, but does not address the possibility of an open market for such local agents, rather than the buyer simply accepting the realtor's recommendation in the overwhelming majority of cases.
i_am_proteus··on Working Title (Insurance)
The nature of the scam is not from title insurance being unnecessary, but title insurance not being purchased on an open market like other insurance products. It's added in to the contract, with financial benefit to the real estate agent, and not discussed.

The author's point about real estate being one-shot for the buyer and seller is spot-on.

i_am_proteus··on Pattern of brain damage is pervasive in Navy SEALs who died by suicide
Men in the special forces shoot firearms much, much more than even enthusiastic hunters. Thousands of rifle rounds in a day. All day long.

A hunter (I am one) might shoot a dozen rounds to zero in a rifle, or a hundred shells at a clay range. Actually hunting is never more than a handful of rifle rounds or a few dozen shells.

i_am_proteus··on Erica Synths DIY Prototyping Breadboard
The Erica unit has power supply, an oscillator, an amplifier, a gate, a headphone amplifier wired to a jack, the full gamut of eurorack voltages, pots and switches wired and ready to go.

The product you're comparing it to is lovely and cheap and probably what I would buy, but the Erica device is much better for an electronics beginner-- it has a much lower barrier to get from tinkering to making the beeps and the boops.

i_am_proteus··on Brain-Health Benefits of Weightlifting
Consider burpees alongside squats. Bodyweight exercises for lower body benefit from some 'explosive' motion. There's no true equivalent to the pull-up, because your legs routinely carry your body's weight, whereas your arms do not.
i_am_proteus··on ChatGPT Edu
The real question is whether to meaningfully "grade" papers that can be written with the aid of a computer at all.

Alternative systems (which have existed before LLMs) include at-home work being required to earn a seat at the exam, but marked for feedback only, with the exam being the assessment graded for credit.

i_am_proteus··on ChatGPT Edu
In a class of any substantial size, it's very obvious who is using ChatGPT and who is thinking for themselves.

A large fraction (often 70%) of responses will be identical in structure and content, if not verbatim copies of each other. These are the people who have used ChatGPT. These are the people who tend to do very poorly on closed-laptop examinations.

Students have a choice of how much of their critical thinking they choose to offload to the computer, and how much they develop their own critical thinking skills.

Robust assessments in classes still paint an accurate picture of students' capabilities. Designing those assessments requires work for instructors. Pour one out for the lazy.

I suspect that in the coming years, industries will reward those who are capable of adding value beyond naïve parroting of LLM output. Pour one out for the lazy.

i_am_proteus··on Falling in love again with disposable cameras
I think that's the design. Decent metering 35mm SLRs can be had for $100-150.

Given that film is about $25 a roll to purchase and get lab-developed, cheap cameras are basically film toys. At least Lomo deliberately leans in to the aesthetic; it seems to be something people want.

i_am_proteus··on Falling in love again with disposable cameras
Lomography makes a $25 reloadable "disposable" camera (35mm film, AA battery) for those who want the aesthetic without the landfill burden.
i_am_proteus··on Thoughts on Seed Oil
The 1964 Surgeon General's report was the first major government acknowledgement of evidence that smoking was harmful. You might visit this hyperlink: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/history/index.htm
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