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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog
on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @02:10AM (#23610424)
This was in a piece specifically about the blog that was going to be positive, which makes this all the more inexplicable.
I Am Deleting the Blog
Re:Joe Rogan got ripped off
on Sunday May 24, 2020 @07:13PM (#23295794)
I think that approach is valuable and "softballs" are only bad if you're assuming Rogan is a journalist, which he isn't. He's a comedian, an entertainer, and a conversationalist (and, of course, a martial artist). People tune in to hear him have interesting conversations with interesting (and often wacko) people.
That's his appeal--few people would be interested in hearing him grill his guests. We have CNN for that. Saying he "lobs softball after softball at them" is true but not really a bad thing given that he doesn't claim to do otherwise.
Re:Joe Rogan got ripped off
on Sunday May 24, 2020 @07:03PM (#23295704)
It's bad writing but I think it's unusual to have that much trouble parsing it.
Re:Firefox 70
on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:38AM (#21331088)
Disconnect works well enough.
Re:8ch court documents revealing that fedposting is a thing
on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:43AM (#20221527)
A good comment on r/SlateStarCodex: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/c1nnsn/fbi_...
Re:Ask HN: Will there be any mainstream efforts to select for intellig...
on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:32AM (#20221492)
Ask HN: Will there be any mainstream efforts to select for intelligence in IVF?
Genomic Prediction (Stephen Hsu's company) is theoretically able to do this since they currently screen for mental disabilities (i.e., IQs 2+ SDs below average).See gwern on this: https://www.gwern.net/Embryo-selection#overview-of-major-approachesI suspect that if any hospital starts offering this as a service anytime soon it'll be in China or Israel.
Re:Litmus tests for using blockchain vs. relational database
on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @11:23PM (#19988113)
Litmus tests for using blockchain vs. relational database
When should a business use blockchain despite its inefficiency? Honestly, I can't think of any reason to not just use a traditional relational database instead.Instead of anecdotes I'm interested in any literature exploring this issue, ideally outlining specific features of a use-case that would make it a good fit for blockchain.Here's an example, but it's far too vague IMO:...