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Well yeah, it's not everyday English maybe but it's still English. By that I mean that those are examples of which and how many of the rules in the system can be broken or let's say - creatively interpreted and still fit in that system.

"bad english" by expert native speakers is different than "bad english" from poor native speakers is different than "bad english" from still-learning non-speakers. IMO the first two both benefit your understanding of the language and help with reading comprehension because they expand your personal knowledge base of how many ways you can convey the same meaning in English with different words, order, grammar, etc and that is crucial for a flexible language like English.

But your reply reminded me of a friend that's very good with languages but only languages that have a rigid structure - he's from the UK but he struggles with English yet he's amazing in German and Chinese and several others I don't remember.

Hmm, I get where you're coming from and I'd agree if it was math or physics or chemistry but I'm not so sure about languages.

I learned English as a second language and while I did have formal lessons, the most bang for buck learning came from stuff like Huckleberry Finn and forums and random songs (especially hip hop) and cartoons. Not because they are "good english" but precisely because they are "bad english" but still capture the spirit of the language. The meaning is there and it's English as used by native speakers. i.e.: It helped me internalize the language. Maybe it was because I had no one around to practice informal English and I needed that and it's different for native speakers. Dunno.

I can't say it didn't confuse me but I know it didn't negatively impact my scores. Despite not doing my homework and not even having the required textbooks or studying properly, it was the subject I had the easiest time and best grades aside from math or programming. And it's not like the bar was low - we had to pass C1 on the CEFR and I've easily passed C2 and have almost 100% on TOEFL and similar.

Also I'm not particularly gifted with languages - I don't know grammar at all and I struggle speaking all the time even in my native language.

I think the confusion is because you're referring to a common understanding of what AI is but I think the definition of AI is different for different people.

Can you give your definition of AI? Also what is the "generally accepted baseline definition for what crosses the threshold of intelligent behavior"?

Hi, I couldn't figure it out on your site but on the picture where you have your hand under the virtual sun[1], do you feel the warmth of the "sun" on your hand as you'd feel it with the real sun?

[1] - https://www.innerscene.com/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic...

What's the best captcha regarding accessibility?

Mimi hearing test app[1] works for that as it gives you an audiogram that you can import in Settings -> Accessibility -> Audio & Visual -> Headphone Accommodations -> Audiogram

[1] - https://mimi.io/mimi-hearing-test-app

Not the GP but I use these[1] and they work great for workouts. They look pretty much the same on various amazon stores, temu, aliexpress, etc so I'd just get whatever is cheapest if I lose mine. I've also tried over ear hooks for the AirPods Pro but I wear glasses and it's an awkward fit.

[1] - https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B0BGLJ9B1C

Hmm, there might be something to that. Thanks

I'll experiment with it and try to isolate it. The description reminds me of twisting but twisting is often associated with more pain. However there are some videos that suggest similar movements relieve symptoms. This one[1] seems quite popular.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMP1lYEJAko

> I had disc herniation and my mother, who is a retired doctor, said to just do a lot of fast walking.

Anecdotally slow walking makes my sciatica worse and fast walking alleviates any pain in minutes.

Did your mother, or your research, point to any reasons why fast walking in particular?

My working theory for my body in particular is that I'm more on my toes with less heel impact but I couldn't find anything other than anecdotes here. Also light skipping on my toes helps in a similar matter in a pinch.

FTL: Faster Than Light is sort of similar to your premise but the style is very different - it's a roguelike RTS.

https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html

> In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions.

> What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields?

> - Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape?

> - Power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky?

> - Or take the fight to them with a boarding party?

If that's your only showstopper you can change that in settings. Look up Raise to Wake[1] and Notifications[2] in Settings.

I'm usually using Theatre Mode which keeps the screen off until an alarm or I wake it up and have pretty much all notifications off. I still get heavy use of the watch itself for timers, reminders, calendar, tracking workouts and health stats and whatnot so I'm very happy with it. [1] - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/watch/apd748b87e2a/wat...

[2] - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/watch/apd9b833c9f3/wat...

The first mention of this indeed does not specify that both are odorless but the second sentence does:

> Before playing the game, the participants sniffed either female tears or a saline solution – both are odorless – but were not told what they were sniffing.

There is some research and some terminology but not a whole lot of conclusive stuff.

Look up circadian rhythm sleep disorders, non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder, delayed sleep phase disorder, free running sleep.

A general offtopic comment, but something that confused me when I was looking at the github issues and docs for the spread operator.

I've noticed that `...` is frequently used to denote that there's some code that's omitted. However with the spread operator being added (and being `...` in other languages) and "we also felt like it might be an operator we might want to use in the future for other language features" it's a bit confusing at a glance whether that's new syntax or just a shorthand. And it makes searching difficult.

I'm not sure what to replace it with, possibly a comment would be clearer: `/* code here */` or at least `/* ... */`.

P.S. Collection expressions are an awesome new addition!

Could you elaborate?

I'm trying to imagine how it relates from your short summary[1] but I'm confused how Aphantasia plays into that. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37995645

>you get the opposite result: You make racists look bad.

In general I find myself agreeing with your comments in this thread but here I disagree.

It's tempting to find the overall societal benefit from those actions but I don't think there is one. Or it's much more subtle than this.

I also think that it's mainly done to create chaos and get a reaction and not so much to spread x opinions. But just randomly throwing shit into the world *mostly* makes everyone get used to the smell of shit while they hate you for it. But in my experience it *usually* leads to more shit and not less shit.

Seconded, it's a good summary with graphs and commentary. Also nitter to avoid the login wall: https://nitter.net/wesg52/status/1709551516577902782

I guess the emphasis is on enough but I was pleasantly surprised to find some really good games on Apple Arcade: Slay the Spire, Dead Cells, Exit the Gungeon, Limbo, Stardew Valley, The Oregon Trail, Cityscapes. A lot more outside Apple Arcade but I prefer buying them on Steam so not much first hand experience with them.

> How unfair would that be to that someone? Having to bear the burden of being the sole reason for another to live?

That's one way to look at it. But it's one viewpoint of many.

Another one is that they may just enjoy being around you and communicating with you without necessarily feeling you or your life is their responsibility. And on your end you might recognize that you bring value to other people just by being you. You recognizing someone as your sole reason to live doesn't place a burden on them automatically.

I've deliberately tried to keep out emotion of this and to keep it transactional just to illustrate a different, simpler, viewpoint.

Also a more concrete example: I don't know you but from the couple of comments you've left I really enjoy the way you write. The cadence, word choice, it's concise and thoughtful. Brief and mostly one sided interaction but already made my life a bit better.

even more data, code, and materials related to the study: https://zenodo.org/record/8032086 (linked at the bottom at the science article)

also at github: https://github.com/OlenaShcherbakova/Sociodemographic_factor...

> they intentionally programmed in a lag after each keystroke

Yeah, it's seems they've added a debounce. I'd prefer to set it to 0ms as well. Do you remember how you removed it?

Fun video[0]. The optimization bit starts at 0:35. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSQ1GOC86s

From the referenced thread[0]:

> GPT-3.5 gave me a right-ish answer of 24.848 liters, but it did not realize the last lap needs to be completed once the leader finishes. GPT-4 gave me 28-29 liters as the answer, recognizing that a partial lap needs to be added due to race rules, and that it's good to have 1-2 liters of safety buffer.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35893130

To add on to what bombcar said: I don't think the implication is CICO doesn't apply.

In my experience (and also studies) change in calorie intake is correlated with change in activity i.e.: when you eat more you naturally move more. Not just exercising and walking but also jittering and cleaning that little bit harder and moving that little bit faster. Or the opposite, saving a little bit of energy.

Instead of moving your whole head to look at something - just a glance and so on.

CICO is still valid but the body adjusts beyond what we can _easily_ measure. It's a lot more complicated but the above is one simple example how it adjusts.

Semi related, there's a (pretty good) course at OMSCS where the main project is building an agent to solve RPM problems: https://lucylabs.gatech.edu/kbai/spring-2023/project-overvie...

And quite a lot of papers about that: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22raven%27s+progressiv...

I don't think so, it's not listed in the docs: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

I guess the idea is that they kind of walk on the bottom:

Hippos Can’t Swim? | Natural World | BBC Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu4T9kawhAM

And from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Characteristics_a...

"Despite being semiaquatic and having webbed feet, an adult hippo is not a particularly good swimmer, nor can it float. It rarely enters deep water; when does, the animal moves by bouncing off the bottom."

Have you tried the latest couple of releases?

I used to have that issue 5 years ago but since then it opens under 5 seconds and loads the solutions I need for not much more. Currently using it on a cheapish recent windows laptop but even on a 8gb x220 it works fine, just loads for 30 sec in the beginning and then it's smooth.

Granted I'm only opening .net solutions with under 100 projects each but anything above that is unnecessarily more difficult to navigate with just vim.

And in my experience VSCode is many times slower than Visual Studio on the same projects. None of them are as fast as barebones sublime or vim on an m1 mac but when I load the latter with plugins it's not a huge difference.

My point is that in general manufacturing jobs aren't minimum wage. And those levels are below minimum wage in most European countries.

I just checked job postings in Bulgaria(the poorest EU country) and $11k is just a bit above entry level salary for unskilled uneducated manufacturing workers. It's higher with taxes, experience, etc. and there's a lot of better options at that level.

And the truth is even if you can find cheap employees in Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Macedonia, infrastructure is not there and investment wouldn't make much sense because there's not a lot of people here that are okay with such low wages.

They don't seem to be minimum wage workers in China[1] and India[2]. And are in fact much closer to median than minimum.

Europe's minimum wages are much higher in comparison[3].

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_China

[2]https://www.india-briefing.com/news/guide-minimum-wage-india...

[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_...