sukhmel

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Has anybody joked about ‘Trumphal Arch’ already?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Over common sense maybe

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 15 points 2 weeks ago

A better question would be ratio of fingers to persons, because lost fingers ≠ lost hand, and the ratio would be more sensitive to changes

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, we should just wait 2.5 million years for the next message to come, or twice that for a reply

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago

You don't have to be Russia to use KGB handbooks anymore

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

I thought about pixels on rotating line, like this:

a compact disc-sized display that uses a single line of 40 LEDs, and rotates using a CD motor to fill a circular space with an image

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 25 points 2 weeks ago

Relevant xkcd

in Randall's words

Sometimes, you can tell Bloom filters are the wrong tool for the job, but when they're the right one you can never be sure.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They elaborate further down the article that they suspect the shark to have xanthism in combination with albinism. The Wikipedia article even links a paper about this shark as an example of xanthism observed in sharks now

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't be surprised if Putin doesn't even know that the shipment sunk, and only receives news of what he likes to hear

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, no-no-no, they will not stop, and on top of it they will not realise it is easy to backfire. If anything I would expect them to double down, and even after revolt, if it ever comes their way, they will be puzzled as to what could've been wrong

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is wholesome even if you ended up making more internet strangers upset, it seems

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Never mind that it's not even "I"

Agreed, but regarding the second part I think there's no way to tell, and I would expect real intelligence to be even heavier on resources until we change something fundamentally, like growing neurochips out of real neurons.

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