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  • We've got it all worked out

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  • I disagree in part with this logic.

    Gödel's incompleteness theorem says that a system typically cannot prove all truths that come from axioms of the system, like you said.

    Where I disagree is how this is applied to theoretical physics. Depending on where you draw the line of "everything", the limits of proof comes down to two things: observation and the language we use to describe it.

    As it stands, for example, gravity is difficult to fit into the standard model. It may be impossible to do so within that system. However, it may work well in an alternate description of the universe. In this case, the core mathematics is the same, but the theories differ. It may be likely that our understanding of the universe is filled with logical holes and fallacy, but that does not mean that the incompleteness theorem says anything regarding the ability to unify physics.

    Mathematically, physics is nothing more than descriptions of observation and expectations. It could very well be that our perception of the universe is fundamentally flawed and, in essence, we can only perceive certain truths that appear correct in our perspective. As such, it isn't necessarily impossible to formulate a correct theory; it's just that we are unable to succinctly describe reality.

    More simply, math is just the thing we use to describe the universe. So, it's likely we can keep "adding new math" as we discover new physics. The hard part is understanding the physical nature of the universe, first.

    Or perhaps the universe truly cannot be described all at one, such that everything is related. As a mathematician, I like to believe that we simply lack the ability to perceive the full reality of, well, "reality". And as such, we are missing important information that would tie all the loose ends together.

  • Is there a selfhosted option for webcomics?

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  • I'm looking for a software to plan sessions

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  • I think the simplest suggestion would be a discord server (or similar. I'm not familiar with open source alternatives). You can set up channels for people looking for games, roles for people who want to be pinged about games, etc.

    It comes with some drawbacks, like needing to maintain and moderate the server. But if it's only advertised locally, I don't see why it wouldn't work out.

  • There was no need to ever improve upon THIS

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  • One of my knobs broke and to this day, I can't work out how to replace it. Where do you even buy them from??? 🙃

  • Tayrule Swift

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  • I call this piece, "the sound of music defenestration"

  • Listen here, Little Dicky

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  • Only for separable equations

  • You're asked to vote for the food and drink that best fits the region you live in... What would you vote for?

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  • In my country, the most renowned chefs all work at a hardware store

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  • The thing that annoys me most is that there have been studies done on LLMs where, when trained on subsets of output, it produces increasingly noisier output.

    Sources (unordered):

    Whatever nonsense Muskrat is spewing, it is factually incorrect. He won't be able to successfully retrain any model on generated content. At least, not an LLM if he wants a successful product. If anything, he will be producing a model that is heavily trained on censored datasets.

  • Trump State Department official has called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’

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  • checks notes yes

  • Trump State Department official has called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’

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  • I'm an Australian. We have a similar phrase with the same translation. In our language, we say: "cunts fucked"

  • Corneal action.

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  • Why can you just peg each other like a normal couple?

  • Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’

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  • I've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty

  • If any of the languages you know is spoken in more than one region (ex: European vs Brazilian Portuguese), what version of the language do you speak?

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  • Straya'

  • "We have to get sadder"

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  • So, here's a fuck up from earlier this year:

    A family friend came over one day. I was out by my car, having returned from a visit to the shops. I hadn't seen him in years, and he asks how I was. I responded with "Surviving", before saying something about my degree progress and stuff.

    He goes a bit quiet and awkward, eventually making his way inside while I finished what I was doing.

    I walked inside and walked past my parents talking to him. Then I remembered something. His partner was diagnosed with a brain tumour that had metastasised from breast cancer. I also remembered that a few days ago, my parents went to visit his partner in the palliative care unit because she lost the fight. I realised then that he clearly came around to tell my parents that she had passed away. She fucking died and I responded with "Surviving".

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    I've made BestOf, a repository of the best things in their respective categories!

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  • This is way too opinionated imo. Many of these options I disagree with. There are github repos with much larger content suggestions and they all benefit from offering multiple options. There is often no such thing as a singular "best".

    So, my opinion of this list is that, unfortunately, while it is informative by listing names of software, it offers zero description as to why you've deemed it best. As I said, often times software has trade-offs, and that allows a competitor can be a better choice when those weaker areas are more important to a user. I suggest thinking about that and improving to fit that into your site.

    But again, repos exist that already cover this in depth. So try to be different. Perhaps do reviews, add screenshots, and do more than those repo readmes can.

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    Then they wonder why their gigabit internet is slow

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  • Yeah, JPEG uses a convolution to effectively average the values. I think there are other ways, though I cannot remember the context or file format, which use some interesting concepts from linear algebra. I recall a professor telling me about using singular value decomposition in the process. But that's a different topic.

    I didn't know WEBP also supports lossy compression. That makes it even more flexible.

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    Then they wonder why their gigabit internet is slow

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  • Not really.

    JPEG is a lossy compression format. It loses information to reduce filesize.

    PNG is a lossless compressed format. It serves as a well-rounded format for general purpose image compression without the loss of information. The downside is the image can be much large in file size.

    SVG is a vector graphic, as you seem to be aware. These files have what is effectively infinite resolution, but can be significantly larger in filesize, depending on the circumstances.

    WEBP is a more efficient lossless compression format. It is analogous to PNG, but smaller file size. Additionally, as you stated, it can also be used for animated graphics,like GIF formats.

    I think WEBP is a decent format and is significantly more modern than PNG. That being said, however, the main issue is the lack of modern integration and adaptation for newer image formats.

    Personally, I use whatever. The only exception is when 8 need to store images on github in a repository. Then, I will typically convert to webp and optimise the image to reduce the file size as much as possible.

  • Is there any non-zero possibility Musk was not doing a Hitler Salute?

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  • That's so gay

  • I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend

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  • Why the fuck was this the comment that got me

  • Taliban ban windows to stop women being seen inside homes

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  • Not to support the Taliban but women are scary