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New comment by milsorgen in "Nightshade: An offensive tool for artists against AI art generators"

milsorgen — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:37:52 +0000

It took me a minute too but on the fast you can see some blocky artifacting by the elbow and a few spots elsewhere like curtain upper left.

New comment by milsorgen in "Don't Say Velcro (2017)"

milsorgen — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 18:41:05 +0000

I say bing it just to go against the grain. There was a time when people thought twice upon hearing it but now most people inherently understand the phrase which is mildly amusing.

New comment by milsorgen in "How we turned the tide in the roach wars"

milsorgen — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:42:46 +0000

And when the cats get out of control introduce a bear? Or is it an alligator? ;)

New comment by milsorgen in "The curse of the goitre in Switzerland"

milsorgen — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:22:51 +0000

Iodized salt use is decreasing in the US as well. I take a lot of supplements and vitamins and I rarely see iodine as an ingredient so I have placed iodized salt next to my sea salt as I know I do not get enough iodine rich foods in my diet. It's easy to forget about and while I may take things like St Johns and Turmeric daily, I can live without them, iodine not so much.

New comment by milsorgen in "Robinhood launches crypto trading in the European Union"

milsorgen — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:46:02 +0000

They did this strategy with stock, maybe they still do. You got a random share that could potentially be Microsoft or Apple or what not and you could earn more via successful referrals. I ended up getting some random pharmaceutical company whose name eludes me but it hovered around $5 the entire time I had it. I think it peaked at 8-9 once even, it was quite exciting for a neophyte like I was then.

New comment by milsorgen in "Five-Disk Floppy RAID: 4MB of Blistering Fast Storage (2009)"

milsorgen — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:15:11 +0000

I still have a physical subscription and I will say they do a good job offering content that you can read and it doesn't already feel terribly dated. Yes, often the topics are stuff you'll have browsed over in the last 30 days but the articles are still well written and worth a read (provided you haven't spent too much time on wired.com (I don't)). But the magazine feels so lite now, almost like a special physical edition of their website. The photo of Grimes on the cover recently was nice, maybe they could lean in a bit more on pictorial and photographic content, if it's days aren't already numbered.

New comment by milsorgen in "Ask HN: Has your YouTube usage decreased?"

milsorgen — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:10:46 +0000

For me Premium is worth it for ytmusic alone. I have discovered so much new music it's been a new personal golden age, like I'm in high school again. I think its due to at least in part its ability to integrate my many years of YouTube history and playlists. Now to be fair I have read others saying the exact opposite in terms of music discovery, all I know is I find a great new song or album at least once a week and that is something I could never say about Amazon, Tidal or Spotify.

New comment by milsorgen in "America Is Getting Lonelier and More Indoorsy. That's Not a Coincidence"

milsorgen — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 02:41:21 +0000

I don't agree with that. It's at its root a cultural issue. People need a realignment of values so that being outside or amongst others is a better use of their time than the status quo. From that perhaps a rebalance of work and life will result but I don't think starting there would move the needle much.

New comment by milsorgen in "China's TikTok users are being told that Aristotle did not exist"

milsorgen — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 01:11:28 +0000

Agreed. It never hurts to do a bit of research, we should seek to understand all that we hold to be true from the pages of history and perhaps spend a moment (or an evening) doing bit of reading on various topics. Trust but verify I suppose.

New comment by milsorgen in "Welcome to the Age of the Hermit Consumer"

milsorgen — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:48:25 +0000

https://archive.ph/D8zQM

Welcome to the Age of the Hermit Consumer

milsorgen — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:48:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/22/welcome-to-the-age-of-the-hermit-consumer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37987392

Points: 13

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New comment by milsorgen in "'Reddit can survive without search': company threatens to block Google"

milsorgen — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:49:08 +0000

That would be great, I don't care for reddit results in my web searches to begin with. Lots of answers can be found in reddit, there is no denying that, but it's also likely one of the most manipulated sources of information on the web this side of Google itself.

New comment by milsorgen in "Show HN: My Attempt to Simplify Philosophy"

milsorgen — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:46:31 +0000

I can't comment much on the information you've provided. The only philosophy I've really studied to any degree is aesthetics but a quick glance at a few of the pages was quite engaging. I will definitely be revisiting it later, thanks for sharing.

New comment by milsorgen in "Ask HN: What is the "next big thing" after "AI" hype subsides?"

milsorgen — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 05:10:46 +0000

I recall reading about computational biology some years ago using cellular machinery and DNA to make programmable living (micro) machines.

New comment by milsorgen in "Two Thirds of American Kids Can’t Read Fluently"

milsorgen — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:38:27 +0000

They used to be much better, it's not your imagination. When I was a kid I read every issue of sciam and new scientist I could get my hands on and ya know maybe their magazine is still alright but nearly anytime I end on their website these days I regret it.

New comment by milsorgen in "Federal study links testicular cancer to ‘forever chemicals’"

milsorgen — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 03:56:42 +0000

That's true but if we can work to make it 99 ways soon then we can aim for 98 ways next.

New comment by milsorgen in "Federal study links testicular cancer to ‘forever chemicals’"

milsorgen — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 03:53:14 +0000

Testosterone and sperm counts have been decimated in modern times. Plus we are already seeing the vast majority of countries heading to births below replacement rate, yes even Africa. This could get deadly serious in terms of sustaining complex systems and ensuring resource production that can maintain relative comfort and security for everyone. I don't understand why this isn't a topic being vigorously discussed, even if it's not to fix things but even just to prepare for a shortage of new workers and tax payers.

New comment by milsorgen in "In the '90s I survived summers in Egypt with no AC. How would it feel now?"

milsorgen — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 01:06:43 +0000

I want the world to burn so that a better one can be reforged in the flames. Sadly, I fear there will be needless death on either path we take but I think there will be less suffering overall if we burn it down and rebuild it rather than staying on our current slow descent into dystopia.

New comment by milsorgen in "Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars"

milsorgen — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:38:16 +0000

They "protested" city bikes, scooters and ebikes a while back too. It was essentially a justification and excuse to destroy them in various ways.

New comment by milsorgen in "AI Has Already Created as Many Images as Photographers Have Taken in 150 Years"

milsorgen — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 16:40:34 +0000

On a good year I may take upwards of 10,000 images (~27.4/day). A roll of film basically but with digital cameras and an ever present phone in hand its easy to do even if relatively uncommon for most people. Still I enjoy using dalle and midjourney to experiment with photograph 'simulations' and how long does that take to spit out a handful? It's a whole lot quicker than it takes me to setup something at home or walk downtown to snap some frames. And that's just considering AI photos with human intent, automated image generation with AI (and video generation ramping up) is really gonna open the flood gates. The signal to noise ratio is only getting worse I'm afraid and I just hope work with real human intent whether it be AI, digital or film is not lost in the tempest.