blonde_ocean's comments

On: Facebook approves alcohol, vaping and gambling ads targeting 13-17 year olds

[blonde_ocean]

How in the hell can you expect advertisement in the 21st century to not reach minors? We might as well legislate that all minors must wear blindfolds at all times, or be blinded as they’re born.

[hellbannedguy → blonde_ocean]

Facebook brags about real identities only. If anyone could figure out an algorithm that identifies minors it's that company.

They might not get 100% accuracy, but pretty close, especially if Marky thought the fine might make him less wealthy.

[runarberg → blonde_ocean]

There is a pretty stark difference between being exposed to ads and being targeted by ads. Ad mascots like Tony the Tiger selling sugared serials would never fly in the EU as it is obviously targeting children.

I’m pretty sure parent is referring to the latter.

[minikites → blonde_ocean]

Better not do anything at all, then.

On: Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when they don’t distract you

[blonde_ocean]

Not who, but what: work.

On: Dogs orient and move in synchrony with family members

[blonde_ocean]

Anecdotally, my cat definitely responds to his name being called. Often around feeding time

On: Why inflation is not a threat

[blonde_ocean]

So how are you hedging?

On: Chomsky – The Machine, the Ghost and the Limits of Understanding (2012) [video]

[blonde_ocean]

Hey, can I connect with you 1-1 to discuss your post-grad work? I’ve been playing around with the idea of getting a graduate degree in linguistics, but with a CS-focus. Would love to hear from someone who’s been through it.

On: China’s Bitcoin miners flee Inner Mongolia ahead of crypto mining ban

[blonde_ocean]

Can we stop calling everything a “black swan?” This would not be a black swan; nation states should be expected to have the ability to find a vulnerability in an application such as coinbase.

Now, if you were to say a nation state decides to hack the blockchain, well, I’d call that a black swan.

On: Superintelligence cannot be contained: Lessons from Computability Theory

[blonde_ocean]

How else do you prove something using the halting problem other than a proof of contradiction?

On: Facebook senior software engineer interview

[blonde_ocean]

The article doesn’t but I think OP’s point was that relying on knowledge / algorithms designed and provided by others would mean an immediate fail in a FAANG interview, but it’s exactly what successful engineers do when employed at FAANGs.

[btilly → blonde_ocean]

And the reason is that you have to stand out from other candidates. If enough candidates do know algorithms on the whiteboard, then they can set the bar that high.

On: Contested Legacy of the Conquistadors

[blonde_ocean]

Still paywalled ;-;

[gcblkjaidfj → blonde_ocean]

and they don't even deliver their promise of a latin version for non subscribers ;o;

On: Far Cry: How the Fire Burns and Spreads (2012)

[blonde_ocean]

It’s the experience of doing it that makes it special. There’s no good way to put that into words.

[TaupeRanger → blonde_ocean]

Guess I'll have to try it.