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smokeythemechanic t1_jeg5dlt wrote

Reply to comment by halfbakedblake in Proof that capitalism won’t solve the affordable housing crisis. by No-Ganache7168

In what sense? It doesn't make anything more affordable or less expensive. It just means the government controls it, and having seen so many of our government programs even just the PPP program monumentally fail for the people it was supposed to help, how well do you think the nepotism of all our current or past 50 years democrat and republican government officials would do a massive government funded anything?

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Pas7alavista t1_jeg5dhh wrote

Reply to comment by mattsverstaps in [D] Turns out, Othello-GPT does have a world model. by Desi___Gigachad

>so the extra dimensions are unnecessary

Yes one reason for embedding is to get extract relevant features.

Also, any finite dimensional inner product space has an orthonormal basis, and the math is easiest this way so there's not much of a reason to describe a space using non orthogonal dimensions. There is also nothing stopping you from doing so though.

>Doesn't it suggest a pattern in data if a mapping is found that reduces dimension

Yeah generally you wouldn't attempt to use ML methods on data where you think there is no pattern

>Something something Linear algebra

I think you might be thinking about the span and or basis but it's hard for me to interpret your question

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colonelsmoothie t1_jeg5dec wrote

Reply to comment by theflyingpupusa in TIL that New Orleans chicory coffee mix started during the American Civil War when Union naval blockades cut off the port of New Orleans bringing coffee shipments to a halt. New Orleanians looking for their coffee fix began mixing chicory with coffee to stretch out the supply. by GeoJono

I believe the traditional way is you get a Vietnamese coffee filter. Viet people like the Cafe Du Monde brand and sweetened condensed milk because it closely replicates what they had from VN. All the stuff is easily available online these days (like Amazon) and there are now multiple brands to choose from.

It takes a long time but the coffee is really strong. If you just want to try it, any Vietnamese coffee shop or pho restaurant will have it. They usually give you the cup with the filter on top and you wait for it to finish, so you can check the coffee/condensed milk ratio that way and mess around with the filter to see how it works.

I usually just use a regular cone filter on weekdays because I'm short on time.

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Mnemon-TORreport t1_jeg5d2p wrote

Reply to NYPD is refusing to comply with NYC’s new surveillance tech laws by homothebrave

TL;DR version is the law required the NYPD to "disclose information about its current and future surveillance technologies and how it wants to use them."

The NYPD responded by filing reports that were "general and not detailed, leaving the [Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD] unable to conduct an audit and assess whether NYPD’s use of surveillance devices complies with its IUPs and report any suspected violations."

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uphill-bothways t1_jeg5ckv wrote

Reply to comment by boogermike in A productive day at the office by astrogavino

The length has to be 2 and like 21/23rds the width of a single staple or something similar. I think. (A staple or two short of 3 widths for overlap and tension)

Thanks for the info about the bars inside. I didn't watch the whole gif and was thinking about it while driving. Trying to figure out if interior support could be avoided.

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barbzilla1 t1_jeg5ch0 wrote

Reply to comment by ilovemybrownies in What is known about pain enhancement? For instance, are there drugs that are the opposite of analgesics? If so, what are they and how do they work with neurons/neurotransmitters? by DollyPartWithOn

That's primarily because opiates themselves have very weak analgesic properties. This is why most prescription opiates come with acetaminophen or APAP, as it is one of the most effective analgesics. What the opiates do however, is dump a ton of dopamine on your neurotransmitters causing you to care less about the pain that you were already in. For some reason after perceiving less pain you'll actually start to feel less pain too, and I don't just mean on the short term there is an actual correlation between accepting the pain and lessening the pain

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Unknown_Redundancy t1_jeg5bii wrote

Reply to I know there's a way out but depression is making it hard by archosaurs

I feel your pain as a fellow former art student. I have a BFA and spent time trying to make part-time in retail and gallery jobs work. I got a solid no or crickets from every job that needed a portfolio submission.

I would try looking into any jobs that are even slightly related to art, even if the job itself isn't artistic. A lot of times, having experience with art and creative thinking can make your resume attractive. Apply to anything that even slightly catches your interest or at any company that does work you like.

Careers can take really weird paths if you're open to it. Opportunities are different everywhere, but I wanted to share my path because it's a hilarious mishmash to me.

I ended up getting my break in a job as an office admin for an exhibits design company that was working on site at a museum that was under construction. It was hands down the most unique job I've ever had, and i got to rock a hard hat and high vis daily. Inspecting heavy machinery was not something art school prepped me for.

From there, I jumped to media asset management (front end, not IT heavy) for an educational media company. They were interested because they saw a museum and project management on my resume, and I googled enough of the technical terms to pass the phone screen. I was memorable because I said I was looking forward to having a job with indoor plumbing during the in person interview.

My latest job picked me up because I had user training and digital asset management experience. I'm working somewhere that was on my bucket list of places to work, which I never thought would happen.

It can get better, it just might get really weird first.

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