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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Setting aside all considerations of Trump and his Russian entanglements for a moment, it's interesting how machine learning mirrors our own preconceptions back at us. It can be nice and validating, but not necessarily insightful when applied to public opinion. All it means is that Trump being subordinate to Russian interest is the common expressed perception. That doesn't make it wrong (at all, in this case), but we didn't need an LMM to tell us that.

It's far more useful when applied to seeking out trends or patterns in scientific datasets where those are considerably less apparent. We really shouldn't use this technology to build echo chambers for ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 19 hours ago

Somehow I don't think that'll draw in customers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

That's an absurd level of militarization for simple crowd control.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

I'm currently using Sayonara, but Rythmbox is perfectly fine too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

You... grinds teeth may... have a point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

I have a confession to make: Unless shell script is absolutely required, I just use Python for all my automation needs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago

There's a lot of things that could be included in such a program that would be useful for the general population to know both in times of war and in peace. Civil defense and emergency response. First aid, evacuation of wounded/incapacitated people from dangerous areas. Basic firefighting, shelter locations and evacuation protocols etc.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 23 hours ago

That might have made more sense if polygraph testing actually performed better than a dice roll. The US Congress Office of Technology Assessment and the National Academy of Sciences could've told DHS that, but I guess they didn't think to ask.

Or think in general.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

A mixture of a combined sub-7k audio sequencer and softsynth, an OpenGL 3.3 PBR renderer and a small BRep CSG modelling DSL.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Uh. Looks nervously at clock reading 4:50am; starts sweating.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The MMR vaccine is the sixth most common global immunization. I'm sure they could find some additional doses if they tried just a little.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yes, clearly solar power has no place on a continent spanning the equator that happens to have nine deserts. That's crazy talk. /s

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