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Re:Research at Other Internet on Friday December 17, 2021 @09:03PM (#29600804)
I wonder who designed this website? This looks great, from a visual standpoint.
Re:That Shipping Feeling on Friday December 17, 2021 @09:01PM (#29600793)
What do you like about hey.com?
Re:Using neural style transfer to avoid surveillance on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:55PM (#29600754)
Thanks! This comment made me happy :-)

I do think about how photography’s claim to authority - its claim to represent some objective reality we all live in - is being questioned by the prevalence of filters and photoshop on social media.

It is not that social media is a digital reflection of the physical world, but more of an alternate reality in which we all have digital avatars that may or may not correspond to a physical self.

Re:To Understand Language Is to Understand Generalization on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:52PM (#29600733)
I can see how this could work in English. I’m not sure if there are other languages in which 3/4 of a word carries more meaning. (I’m a primary English speaker, so this concern could be unfounded.)
Re:To Understand Language Is to Understand Generalization on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:41PM (#29600655)
I like the design of your website!

What do you mean when you say words are disentangled, standalone concepts? I see words as being very much related to each other.

I assume I may be misinterpreting what you mean by "disentangled, standalone concepts”.

Barbara Tversky's research seems to contradict linguistic relativism. I definitely don’t think language is the foundation of cognition.

Re:No More Stories on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:31PM (#29600577)
I agree - this article is a bit scary.
Re:No More Stories on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:31PM (#29600573)
Objective truth does not exist, in my opinion, so I see this article as misguided.

Consider reading Manufacturing Consent:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

Re:The rise and fall of rationality in language on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:28PM (#29600555)
In my opinion, objective truth does not exist. “Fact-free argumentation" is good and desirable.
Re:The Science Behind Those Comfy, Cozy Holiday Feelings on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:39PM (#29572975)
Those what?
Re:HN Discuss: Why so few Hi-Tech companies address real issues? on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:38PM (#29572957)
Corporations exist to make money.

1. People who can’t afford housing can’t pay corporations.

2. I’m not sure what you mean.

3. Inequality makes the billionaires who own high-tech companies even wealthier. I think inequality is very acceptable to them.

4. I’m not sure what you mean.

5. Bullshit jobs make corporations a lot of money.

Re:Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac on Saturday October 09, 2021 @03:34PM (#28812560)
What is the appeal of WebKit?
Re:Show HN: Mental health for incels on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:23AM (#28808549)
Hey HN! Here's the rundown:

- I've been on every banned incel subreddit.

- I get lonely at night and I wish I had coping mechanisms for this.

- ex-lonely is a group of lonely people who talk to each other. To feel less lonely.

- I actually thought making it free would be morally upright. Then I realized charging a fee is the easiest way to discourage trolls etc. from joining.

- Feel free to ask any questions! :)

I've been looking for something like this. I was using ugly iframes. Much gratitude.
Re:Show HN: Exabyte is BitTorrent for researchers on Saturday October 02, 2021 @10:24PM (#28734016)
Hey HN! Here's the rundown:

- Exabyte crowdsources compute from Exabyte users.

- Exabyte uses crowdsourced compute to train deep learning models and advance research.

- I like to think of this crowdsourced compute model as BitTorrent for researchers.

- I'm a researcher frustrated by existing compute options for training deep learning models and want to create something new.

- This is totally a work in progress. All feedback is welcome :-)

Re:Ask HN: Where are you moving to, due to climate emergency? on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:59AM (#28667869)
Why would you move?
Re:Ask HN: What do you enjoy about JavaScript? on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:57AM (#28667856)
Simplicity.
Re:Run WASM, a client side Python runtime on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:37AM (#28667732)
Pyodide inside React.

Would be nice to have:

- multiprocessing

- tensorflow, keras, mxnet

Re:Ask HN: Why not just do Web Apps for iOS? on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:31AM (#28667704)
The main limitation is Apple. Progressive web apps are poorly supported by recent releases of iOS.

On Android, progressive web apps have way more support.

If I release a web app for Android, there are APIs I can use that prompt native installation prompts the user can see. The user understands my web app can be downloaded like an app from the app store can be downloaded.

On iOS, your web app just looks like a webpage to users. It is technically possible for users to "download" your web app by adding the webpage to their home screen, but this scenario is tedious. The webpage that the iOS user added to their home screen always opens in Safari, so it just feels like a bookmark to the user.

Re:Show HN: Arxiv.org on IPFS on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:27AM (#28470747)
What if every paper was on IPFS? Whenever I try to read an obscure paper published before 1990, the paper is usually behind a paywall.