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In Defense of Signal

perditus — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:18:29 +0000

Article URL: https://yorple.medium.com/in-defense-of-signal-45dd3395ba51

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26763145

Points: 4

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New comment by perditus in "I Am Deleting the Blog"

perditus — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:10:03 +0000

This was in a piece specifically about the blog that was going to be positive, which makes this all the more inexplicable.

I Am Deleting the Blog

perditus — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:08:51 +0000

Article URL: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/22/nyt-is-threatening-my-safety-by-revealing-my-real-name-so-i-am-deleting-the-blog/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23610416

Points: 2450

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New comment by perditus in "Joe Rogan got ripped off"

perditus — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:13:36 +0000

I think that approach is valuable and "softballs" are only bad if you're assuming Rogan is a journalist, which he isn't. He's a comedian, an entertainer, and a conversationalist (and, of course, a martial artist). People tune in to hear him have interesting conversations with interesting (and often wacko) people.

That's his appeal--few people would be interested in hearing him grill his guests. We have CNN for that. Saying he "lobs softball after softball at them" is true but not really a bad thing given that he doesn't claim to do otherwise.

New comment by perditus in "Joe Rogan got ripped off"

perditus — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:03:45 +0000

It's bad writing but I think it's unusual to have that much trouble parsing it.

New comment by perditus in "Firefox 70"

perditus — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:38:33 +0000

Disconnect works well enough.

New comment by perditus in "8ch court documents revealing that fedposting is a thing"

perditus — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 07:43:12 +0000

A good comment on r/SlateStarCodex: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/c1nnsn/fbi_...

New comment by perditus in "Ask HN: Will there be any mainstream efforts to select for intelligence in IVF?"

perditus — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 07:32:34 +0000

Clickable: https://www.gwern.net/Embryo-selection#overview-of-major-app...

Ask HN: Will there be any mainstream efforts to select for intelligence in IVF?

perditus — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 07:31:27 +0000

Genomic Prediction (Stephen Hsu's company) is theoretically able to do this since they currently screen for mental disabilities (i.e., IQs 2+ SDs below average).

See gwern on this: https://www.gwern.net/Embryo-selection#overview-of-major-approaches

I suspect that if any hospital starts offering this as a service anytime soon it'll be in China or Israel.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20221488

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by perditus in "Litmus tests for using blockchain vs. relational database"

perditus — Thu, 23 May 2019 03:23:32 +0000

Clickable: https://dcicblog.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/06...

Litmus tests for using blockchain vs. relational database

perditus — Thu, 23 May 2019 03:22:38 +0000

When should a business use blockchain despite its inefficiency? Honestly, I can't think of any reason to not just use a traditional relational database instead.

Instead of anecdotes I'm interested in any literature exploring this issue, ideally outlining specific features of a use-case that would make it a good fit for blockchain.

Here's an example, but it's far too vague IMO: https://dcicblog.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/06/Smith.pdf (clickable version in comments)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19988108

Points: 4

# Comments: 5