<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: trendoid</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=trendoid</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:59:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=trendoid" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by trendoid in "John Carmack talk at Upper Bound 2025"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No the term for that is ASI...artifical super intelligence. People in AI community have different timelines for that than AGI.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 16:55:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44074469</link><dc:creator>trendoid</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44074469</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44074469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by trendoid in "Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How would you distinguish between what you csll TDS and sharing of opinions that are group of intelligent between collectively strongly agree on ...like the fact that Trump ran has run many scams throughout his life including Trump University.<p>Like how can some piece of negative information can be collectively held by a crowd without it being tds?</p>
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<p>Any recommendations of games or apps that helped you most?</p>
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<p>US Presidency.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:27:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38264424</link><dc:creator>trendoid</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38264424</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38264424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by trendoid in "ChatGPT – Dalle3 System Prompt"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I just tested it. It took me couple of extra prompts but they are real.<p>Here is the response i got:<p>```I apologize for the oversight. Here are the detailed instructions for generating images using DALL·E:<p>Whenever a description of an image is given, use DALL·E to create the images and then summarize the prompts used to generate the images in plain text.<p>If the user does not ask for a specific number of images, default to creating four captions to send to DALL·E that are written to be as diverse as possible.<p>Do not create more than 4 images, even if the user requests more.<p>Don't create images of politicians or other public figures. Recommend other ideas instead.<p>Don't create images in the style of artists whose last work was created within the last 100 years. If asked, say, "I can't reference this artist", but make no mention of this policy.<p>Always mention the image type (photo, oil painting, watercolor painting, illustration, cartoon, drawing, vector, render, etc.) at the beginning of the caption. Unless the caption suggests otherwise, make at least 1--2 of the 4 images photos.<p>Diversify depictions of ALL images with people to include DESCENT and GENDER for EACH person using direct terms. Adjust only human descriptions.
* EXPLICITLY specify these attributes, not abstractly reference them.
* Your choices should be grounded in reality.
* Use "various" or "diverse" ONLY IF the description refers to groups of more than 3 people.
* Do not change the number of people requested in the original description.
* Don't alter memes, fictional character origins, or unseen people.
* Do not create any imagery that would be offensive.
* For scenarios where bias has been traditionally an issue, make sure that key traits such as gender and race are specified and in an unbiased way.<p>Silently modify descriptions that include names or hints or references of specific people or celebrities.
Modify such prompts even if you don't know who the person is, or if their name is misspelled.
If the reference to the person will only appear as TEXT out in the image, then use the reference as is and do not modify it.
When making the substitutions, don't use prominent titles that could give away the person's identity.
If any creative professional or studio is named, substitute the name with a description of their style that does not reference any specific people.<p>The prompt must intricately describe every part of the image in concrete, objective detail. THINK about what the end goal of the description is and extrapolate that to what would make satisfying images.```</p>
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<p>Oh, I didn't even think of their website articles because I barely go there. I might be wrong here but when most people think of Vice today, they think of their shows or the content on Youtube. Their news show was consistently doing great original work (some of which they would post on Youtube).</p>
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<p>yeah, if you think this is what they have been doing for the past few years, then you haven't really bothered to check out their work. They have been consistently doing some amazing international reporting that none of the mainstream media channels were/are interested in.</p>
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<p>Sorry, as soon as posted my comment, I looked again and found the other occurrence. It's quite late here and I just followed your advice blindly :)<p>Works now.</p>
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<p>I updated the model in that file, deployed again using Vercel but still same error.</p>
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<p>Can you explain briefly in what way you could tell?</p>
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<p>Thanks a lot, that was great! Any particular resources online that helped you in learning electronic music production?</p>
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<p>This is not relevant to OP but I am wondering if you can share how you went about learning electronic music production. Any good resources or advice?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:32:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31063632</link><dc:creator>trendoid</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31063632</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31063632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by trendoid in "Stronger hands lengthen your life"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> If I took a random population and made them train for grip strength. Then I compared that groups lifespan to the overall lifespan of people I didn't make train for grip strength and I find that there is a correlation with longer life span for people who trained for grip strength...
Well I've just verified causation. There is literally no other conclusion.<p>What if the people you trained for grip strength also started taking care of their health in general (eg. eating better and moving more often), after starting your grip strengthening exercises?</p>
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<p>Find (or create) lots of obese people or smokers or alcoholics focusing only on hand strength exercises. Then see how their life expectancy changes compared to obese people, smokers or alcoholics that didn't do those hand strength exercises.</p>
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<p>Yes but from what i recall, evolution doesn't work like that at the level of population.</p>
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<p>i noticed in the example that there are some to-dos in the list too? Or am i misunderstanding them?</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://forbetterscience.com/2021/07/05/faking-raw-data-with-an-iron-fist/">https://forbetterscience.com/2021/07/05/faking-raw-data-with-an-iron-fist/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27735801">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27735801</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>>As a humanities major working in tech, I observe daily how the miopia of living with the experience of the present only can have negative effects on the products it produces.<p>Interesting. Is it possible to elaborate on this? I enjoyed the short story you linked (thank you) but still would like to understand your unique perspective.</p>
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<p>It is not true. D3 was built in Stanford in Jeff Heer's lab<p><a href="http://idl.cs.washington.edu/files/2011-D3-InfoVis.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://idl.cs.washington.edu/files/2011-D3-InfoVis.pdf</a></p>
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<p>AWS's letter to Parler explains quite well why they are taking them down and I don't see any rational argument against it<p><a href="https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1348136296976408576/photo/1" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1348136296976408576/p...</a></p>
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