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LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[–] CanadaPlus 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Okay, but they definitely didn't come into a place that was fine and make a mess.

(And if something is wrong, and you can intervene, you should. It doesn't matter who you are; that's just morality)

Does anyone actually like... talk to extended family/relatives? Like an active effort to maintain relations and not just because of forced family gatherings? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] CanadaPlus 2 points 1 day ago

I have tried. They seem to think it's weird. Oh well, family gatherings happen often enough, and there's other legit excuses sometimes.

Nearing theoretical peak noncredibility here in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, someone posted a Russian soldier straight up shouldering a recoilless rifle somewhere here.

Like, mixing up ends is one thing, if you have vodka instead of training, but have you not played a video game or watched an action movie?

Nearing theoretical peak noncredibility here in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 day ago

He's a sea turtle now.

LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Ah yes, post-breakup Yugoslavia and Libya, famously places where everything was great there was no violence until the West showed up.

Iraq is a more legit example, since that was under false pretences, but like the other user noted most of NATO refused.

LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[–] CanadaPlus 13 points 1 day ago

It's Putin fans, so they're probably saying NATO = homogay, and that's bad.

LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[–] CanadaPlus 3 points 1 day ago

[Shocked Turkey and Hungary sounds]

What is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] CanadaPlus 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds a bit like the mindfulness thing, as well. Thanks!

What’s the Way Forward for Canada Post? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] CanadaPlus 2 points 1 day ago

[Smell of tea and silly hats intensifies]

What is your biggest "first world" disappointment? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 day ago

What were some of the others? Did the cost of living surprise you?

A lot of people who dream of moving to the first world seem to forget about that part.

After watching the latest Veritasium video: why is the spin of a proton/electron decided at measurement, why not at creation? in c/askscience@lemmy.world
[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Haven't seen the video, but can probably still answer the question.

Basically, if the experiment is set up right, it's not the obvious number you'd expect. It's as if they're passing notes to beat the measurements. (Although not enough to transmit novel information, which is another QM misconception)

If you want to understand it rigorously, this section of this article might help. Jargon is the only real thing that I can see that would be a barrier.

What’s the Way Forward for Canada Post? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Ah, but you aren't considering the downside risk that [insert badguy nation] invades us and turns us all into slaves.

Car or house insurance doesn't turn a profit for the policyholder either. It's not exactly the same thing, but in both cases it's purely preventative, while still an economic good idea.

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Would you rather glow in the dark, or slowly get bigger when in water, and then shrink back to normal when dry? (self.wouldyourather)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51360759

You do not get to turn these powers off, they are always active.

This question was inspired by those toy dinosaur things.

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Xi made his most consequential call to a US president ever. Trump missed the entire point. (open.substack.com)
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What is there to know about magnetic storage mediums? (self.retrocomputing)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by CanadaPlus to c/retrocomputing
3 comments fedilink
 

Modern formulations are proprietary and almost certainly require a cleanroom, but the basic concept has existed for a century. I'd assume there's a history out there beyond what little Wikipedia offers.

Would I be able to DIY a tape that could store tens of megabytes of data, at least?

Edit: This adjacent wiki might have more to say on it, based on the reply I got. I assume digital data amounts to a much higher frequency of recording, though.

I do know audio cassette tapes were used repurposed for digital storage in the early PC era. Was there a noticeable difference based on quality and type of tape?

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Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters (www.bbc.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/41849856

If an LLM can't be trusted with a fast food order, I can't imagine what it is reliable enough for. I really was expecting this was the easy use case for the things.

It sounds like most orders still worked, so I guess we'll see if other chains come to the same conclusion.

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Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters (www.bbc.com)
 

If an LLM can't be trusted with a fast food order, I can't imagine what it is reliable enough for. I really was expecting this was the easy use case for the things.

It sounds like most orders still worked, so I guess we'll see if other chains come to the same conclusion.

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Apparently this car opens up extra parking spaces (www.youtube.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by CanadaPlus to c/CommercialsIHate@sh.itjust.works
0 comments fedilink
 

The awkward "nnnts nnts nnts" also made it pretty hard to tune out. And it got a sequel, which is actually fine because they're playing that now instead.

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A classic all across North America, at least (www.youtube.com)
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Carney says a U.S. trade deal without some tariffs is unlikely (www.cbc.ca)
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What's a concrete example of LIN ⊊ NLIN? (self.compsci)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/37414239

I've read the old papers proving that fact, but honestly it seems like some of the terminology and notation has changed since the 70's, and I roundly can't make heads or tails of it. The other sources I can find are in textbooks that I don't own.

Ideally, what I'm hoping for is a segment of pseudocode or some modern language that generates an n-character string from some kind of seed, which then cannot be recognised in linear time.

It's of interest to me just because, coming from other areas of math where inverting a bijective function is routine, it's highly unintuitive that you provably can't sometimes in complexity theory.

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What's a concrete example of LIN ⊊ NLIN? (self.math)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/37414239

I've read the old papers proving that fact, but honestly it seems like some of the terminology and notation has changed since the 70's, and I roundly can't make heads or tails of it. The other sources I can find are in textbooks that I don't own.

Ideally, what I'm hoping for is a segment of pseudocode or some modern language that generates an n-character string from some kind of seed, which then cannot be recognised in linear time.

It's of interest to me just because, coming from other areas of math where inverting a bijective function is routine, it's highly unintuitive that you provably can't sometimes in complexity theory.

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What's a concrete example of LIN ⊊ NLIN? (self.compsci)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/37414239

I've read the old papers proving that fact, but honestly it seems like some of the terminology and notation has changed since the 70's, and I roundly can't make heads or tails of it. The other sources I can find are in textbooks that I don't own.

Ideally, what I'm hoping for is a segment of pseudocode or some modern language that generates an n-character string from some kind of seed, which then cannot be recognised in linear time.

It's of interest to me just because, coming from other areas of math where inverting a bijective function is routine, it's highly unintuitive that you provably can't sometimes in complexity theory.

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What's a concrete example of LIN ⊊ NLIN? (self.math)
submitted 6 months ago by CanadaPlus to c/math
6 comments fedilink
 

I've read the old papers proving that fact, but honestly it seems like some of the terminology and notation has changed since the 70's, and I roundly can't make heads or tails of it. The other sources I can find are in textbooks that I don't own.

Ideally, what I'm hoping for is a segment of pseudocode or some modern language that generates an n-character string from some kind of seed, which then cannot be recognised in linear time.

It's of interest to me just because, coming from other areas of math where inverting a bijective function is routine, it's highly unintuitive that you provably can't sometimes in complexity theory.

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