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crystaln
·قبل 25 يومًا·discuss
Interesting position, and also very opinionated.

For instance, personally I think having secondary masses dominate can make the structure look smaller and more intimate.

Like in this one, it looks like a bunch of cottages instead of a behemoth.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e5a80e11854cd751a1bb314a4591c87...

I live in a house with MANY "voids" aka windows. The house looks pretty stunning, and the views are spectacular.
crystaln
·الشهر الماضي·discuss
Thanks for explaining. It's an interesting turn of phrase. I don't see how it relates to parallel construction.
crystaln
·الشهر الماضي·discuss
Parallel construction would be if LE unlawfully intercepted transmissions using this technique and discovered a crime, then found other unrelated evidence to begin an investigation of that crime.
crystaln
·الشهر الماضي·discuss
Indeed. Parallel construction is when law enforcement doesn't want to burn their source or their source is unlawful, so they find another way to justify a warrant or prosecution even tho their initial justification comes from a different source.

This has been upheld as lawful, but also can unfortunately be used to disguise unlawful behavior.

Reverse engineering is not related to parallel construction.
crystaln
·قبل 4 أشهر·discuss
This is how markets balance. When there is under supply prices go up and incentivize production. When there is oversupply production goes down. Prices converge on a small premium to the price of production.
crystaln
·قبل 5 أشهر·discuss
Seems much more likely the cost will go down 99%. With open source models and architectural innovations, something like Claude will run on a local machine for free.
crystaln
·قبل 6 أشهر·discuss
I am not inclined to read this longwinded post. Anyone who writes a headline like this is not worthy of it's subject, and the popular comments would tend to agree.

I'm sure the author is well intentioned and filled with integrity, however trashing a thing you created because you feel dejected is inherently self-interested and unworthy of attention.
crystaln
·قبل 9 أشهر·discuss
A widespread theory among et believers is that nuclear explosions bring the attention of et intelligence around the universe as a sign of sufficiently advanced life to investigate, and that aliens are here to make sure we develop without self-destructing and join the intergalactic world peacefully.
crystaln
·قبل 9 أشهر·discuss
It's definitely better to know what traffic is real for many reasons, however won't clicks just lower the value of a click and conversion numbers, but leave overall conversion the same?

If conversion rate drops 90%, the value of a click should also drop 90% as companies adjust the bids for ads.

I'm sure this isn't always true in practice and it takes time for bids to adjust. I'm just wondering how much impact this actually has.

And on the other side, if ad companies were better at filtering bots, their clicks become more valuable and companies should be willing to pay more.
crystaln
·قبل 10 أشهر·discuss
I believe if you connect directly to the tower a phone is connected to you can bypass central spam filters.
crystaln
·قبل 10 أشهر·discuss
This is mentioned as a future feature.
crystaln
·قبل سنتين·discuss
Yeah I was wondering why there’s an ascii animation at #1 on HN. Flash back to 2008.
crystaln
·قبل 4 سنوات·discuss
What if they become more interesting and helpful than most humans?
crystaln
·قبل 6 سنوات·discuss
UBI has to be universal to work, or at least phased out slowly to avoid an income trap where working doesn't lead to an increase in income.

We have to accept that some people will accept free subsistence income and not work.
crystaln
·قبل 6 سنوات·discuss
Part of the reason for ubi is that a lot of work is exploitative or underpaid. Ubi puts people in a negotiating position to not work and demand higher payment, or to not work and contribute to society in other ways.