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j_bertolotti, to random
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People studying brains: "We found no correlation between number of neurons and IQ."*

People talking about AI: "If we just add more nodes to our deep neural network we are surely going to create a super-mind!"

apodoxus,
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@j_bertolotti Okay but hear me out here. We know that in the animal kingdom there is a correlation between brain cells per body mass and intelligence. I think what the AI people are talking about is getting up to the level of a human, dolphin, elephant but what you're talking about is a kind of plateau when we reach that point. In other words, brain cells do matter but with diminishing returns and where humans are already at the point of marginal (or worse) gains. You know what I mean?

apodoxus,
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@j_bertolotti (Not that I'm advocating that techbros burn the planet for more fake neurons to make ugly art and chat bots. 😆 Just trying to be fair.)

apodoxus,
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@j_bertolotti Yes, absolutely. I meant to say I see your point on that but got lost in my rebuttal.

apodoxus, to buddhism
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Okay, I finished reading the Majjhima Nikāya this morning. That means I'm approximately half way done with the Pali Canon of #Buddhism I started in October. Next up is the Samyutta Nikāya, which academics say is the oldest layer in the collection.

apodoxus,
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@ReadingFaithfully_org Any tips on how to organizing reading on SN? I don't think I can read one entire sutra per day since some are huge, but then some sections are tiny...

apodoxus,
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@ReadingFaithfully_org Alright, this is smart. I will go with this, based on time. Perfect. Thank you. That was helpful. I didn't think of it myself! I'll take a look at your post.

apodoxus, to random
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Western civilization's narcissistic tendency to obsessively complain about itself.

apodoxus,
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Antique heroin bottles.

Nagaram, to random
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Ticket: "[Employee] and I switched printers and now we both need printer drivers reinstalled"

Me: Why did you switch?

user: We just liked the way they looked.

TICKET Closed: switched printers back

apodoxus,
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@Nagaram Well, that's insensitive.

ai6yr, to RaspberryPi
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This looks decent for powering a Raspberry Pi or equivalent off POE. https://jcutrer.com/iot/howto-power-a-raspberry-pi-poe

apodoxus,
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@ai6yr How does that work? It's got a boost converter in it or is there something special on the other end of the cable too?

apodoxus, to random
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Is it okay to feel the way I do? Please give me permission to feel how I feel. 😆

(This post is ironic. I think a lot of us implicitly think like this sometimes.)

apodoxus,
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@carrideen Okay then, I guess I'll stop. Mope. Mope.

_xhr_, to linux
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TIL that you can redirect clear(1)'s standard output to a file and the use cat on the file to clear the screen.

$ clear > foo
$ cat foo

apodoxus,
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@_xhr_

$ clear > /tmp/foo
$ xxd /tmp/foo
00000000: 1b5b 481b 5b32 4a1b 5b33 4a .[H.[2J.[3J

apodoxus,
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@_xhr_ It seems like 1B is the escape. I never paid attention to this before..

apodoxus, to socialism
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Do you know any good introductory anticapitalist books for a youngin? Not Marx or the bread book. Simpler.

apodoxus,
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@LeftCoast That sounds interesting.

apodoxus, to random
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Pro tip: If the world changes, update your theory if necessary. 😆 Fucking humans.

apodoxus,
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@paelse The only constant is change, as they say.

nealcurtis, to random
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I’m hoping to come back as a seagull, so I can devote my new life to standing on the top of lamp posts and eating chips.

apodoxus,
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@nealcurtis Stay the fuck away from me in mating season. Your species is flying insomnia.

henryseg, to random
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Apologies in advance to the mathematicians who follow this link: https://cims.nyu.edu/~tjl8195/survey/results.html

apodoxus,
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@henryseg How can their be so many pi-ists! 😭

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