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New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research"

BigGreenJorts — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:56:31 +0000

Most pop stoics focus on the Greeks :P

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

BigGreenJorts — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:03:44 +0000

My interpretation of the article was the the author really was really into sbowboarding. But 15 years ago. Where now they talk about it with an amount of distance that it really isn't their dream anymore. Because it can't be.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry"

BigGreenJorts — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:12:03 +0000

Ok but are there Wired articles about you?

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground"

BigGreenJorts — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:12:40 +0000

Sounds like yet another example of how AI is kneecapping industries from the bottom by "removing the barrier to entry" but really just removing the training path by doing the work itself with no guidance for juniors.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "IXI's autofocusing lenses are almost ready to replace multifocal glasses"

BigGreenJorts — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:43:16 +0000

I think enforcement would be poor and therefore abuse would be high, but it could be granted that they're not safe for driving and therefore if you own a pair, you must switch to different (your old regular dual focus lenses) when driving.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "How an oil refinery works"

BigGreenJorts — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:29:13 +0000

If people from Houston in this thread are to be believed, those incentives don't seem to be strong enough in some places.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "How an oil refinery works"

BigGreenJorts — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:14:54 +0000

Polluter pays models are becoming more common. Idk exactly how they function but in Ontario Canada they just switched from a municipal tax funded WM model to a private consortium funded model.

Often the pushback on these "polluter taxes" is that they increase the costs of downstream goods and therefore the consumer pays it anyway, but I think when the link of how the consumer is "already paying" is made clear (as was easy in the case of municipal WM taxes) it's also easier to see how the costs would actually reduce in the long term (bc for "management" this is another line item they can optimize via reduced pollution rather than some vague cost to society via property taxes)

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user"

BigGreenJorts — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:36:44 +0000

I have heard many replace their phones due to dropping them and becoming unusable. But everyone uses a case now and the build quality is generally better that one mishap does trash the phone. Most people I know getting new phones now did so bc their old phone "got too slow to be usable." I believe that's a matter of new OS versions really are much heavier. Both my last 2 phones I had upgraded bc I went one version too far and had a nearly bricked phone.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)"

BigGreenJorts — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:57:11 +0000

And cars. Lots of diesel in Albania.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

BigGreenJorts — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:09:49 +0000

+1 Burger King has the impossible whopper and it's definitely better than the McDo smash patties (big mac, mcdouble, cheeseburger etc). Obviously different restaurants, so not really making the comparison at the store, but speaking to the levels of conparison.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "What if the Hormuz closure will not be brief?"

BigGreenJorts — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:58:47 +0000

What is the turn over time of a semi, it could still take a long time before a majority of the fleet is electric.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "What if the Hormuz closure will not be brief?"

BigGreenJorts — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:53:08 +0000

Is anybody giving credit to the US for post-war germany? Hilarious example nonetheless. I think the US gets more credit for nation building the case of Japan. South Korea. Phillippines is a questionable success story. But yeah, south america and the middle east have consistently been a mess.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown"

BigGreenJorts — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:38:46 +0000

Google docs allows using markdown hashtags essentially as shortcuts to switch to title, subtitle, subxntitle

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy"

BigGreenJorts — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:28:25 +0000

Many groceries near me do price matching, but indeed they limit it to a select few competitors (the big 5's brands in the same price market)

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy"

BigGreenJorts — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:26:23 +0000

Wise does (did?) that. I was doing large international money transfer a couple years ago and they advertized in app the rates of other companies in the space. At the amounts I was transferring it was cheaper for me to transfer with OFX so I did that. They are more expensive at small sums though, not to mention Wise card makes foreign payments much easier.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Reverse engineering the KakaoTalk app so I can build a Beeper Bridge"

BigGreenJorts — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:20:28 +0000

Super impressive dedication. Hope this guy figures it out eventually and blogs about it again. This was super interesting and pretty funny.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Reverse engineering the KakaoTalk app so I can build a Beeper Bridge"

BigGreenJorts — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:19:36 +0000

I personally (thankfully) would not be bc I don't use teams at work or anywhere, But I am certain there are people that would be.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "Osaka: Kansai Airport proud to have never lost single piece of luggage (2024)"

BigGreenJorts — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:56:35 +0000

In a literal sense it means you're not valued.

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "In world without BlackBerry, physical keyboards on phones are making a comeback"

BigGreenJorts — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:43:09 +0000

Lot of the comments here immediately made me think of this video where a guy puts a blackberry keyboard onto a flip4. https://youtu.be/qy_9w_c2ub0?si=MvhM3SnTfcN_RCVO

New comment by BigGreenJorts in "We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science"

BigGreenJorts — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:15:32 +0000

That's probably all that matters TBH. If you can attract top talent to major cities where top schools, research firms, and companies in general, what does the opinions and attitudes of people 50km away matter?

Ok It probably matters during elections and the policies that lead up to them (must appease the rural vote with mostly symbolic and emotionally wretching anti-immigrant rhetoric) but cities need skilled (and unskilled) labour and when they get what they need they stand to generate a lot of money (re taxes to the policy makers from earlier).