> To create each random bit, we wait until the first count occurs, then measure the time, T1, until the next. We then wait for a second pair of pulses and measure the interval T2 between them, yielding a pair of durations. If they're the same, we throw away the measurement and try again. Otherwise if T1 is less than T2 we emit a zero bit; if T1 is greater than T2, a one bit. In practice, to avoid any residual bias resulting from non-random systematic errors in the apparatus or measuring process consistently favouring one state, the sense of the comparison between T1 and T2 is reversed for consecutive bits.
If the time slices are 1-2 and 2-3 (or 3-2), will the timing of event 2 introduce a bias?
Currently its:
1-2 vs 3-4
7-8 vs 5-6
...
If event 2 is being used as common, would it then be:
1-2 vs 2-3
4-5 vs 3-4
...
And so with this second set, you can see that 2 is common to both times of the first bit and 3 is common to the first and second bit (and 4 is common to both times of the second bit).
If there is a systemic error in the system, having those be common timing events might make it worse? And I'm guessing there.
The video criticizes recent legislation passed by the conservative government in Ontario, Canada, which mandates cities to get provincial approval before installing or altering bicycle lanes. The legislation also aims to remove existing bike lanes, particularly targeting Toronto. The Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, defends these moves by claiming that bike lanes cause significant traffic congestion, a statement the video creator refutes by presenting data showing minimal road coverage by bike lanes and negligible travel time differences. The video also highlights studies indicating that bike lanes contribute to business growth and increased safety, contrary to the government's stance.
The narrator argues that this legislation serves as a distraction from larger, unresolved issues in Ontario, such as healthcare, housing, and transportation, exacerbated under Ford's leadership. They suggest that Ford's focus on bike lanes is a politically motivated maneuver to rally suburban car-dependent voters by scapegoating cyclists, while ignoring the broader benefits of viable transportation alternatives. The video concludes by urging viewers to resist the legislation through advocacy and political engagement.
I have a small number of very important servers on Hetzner and stories like this make me scared, but I haven't found a cost-effective equivalent for the "Storage Box" product - real block storage. I'm paying €11 a month for 5TB of storage. Is there any competition for that?
This seems pretty broken at the moment, I haven't actually managed to create a video, every prompt results in "There was an unexpected error running this prompt".
At least you get to even see the page! I'm seeing "Sign ups are temporarily unavailable
We’re currently experiencing heavy traffic and have temporarily disabled sign ups. We’re working to get them back up shortly so check back soon."
It's interesting that the UK has banned gambling ads online, but not on TV. Combined with the fact that they regulate cryptocurrencies as gambling, that's why you get no UK crypto ads online. For example, the PayPal UK front page doesn't even mention that you can buy crypto there.
Maybe this is blurring the line between online and TV, but TV streaming services definitely have gambling ads. A gambling ad literally just came on the Channel 4 player in front of me as I started typing this.
wait if crypto is gambling, then they don't tax the proceeds, right? but I'm pretty sure they tax it as capital gains..... so it's gambling for advertising purposes but capital investment for tax purposes...
It's surprising how much of the educated tech workforce subscribes to the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" logic. Software has come such a long way to reach the point where you don't need to buy a compiler or textbook on learning C to be a developer. It's entirely lost on a generation of people that feel like the internet can be "fixed" with microtransactions and "healthy" advertisements.
Brave itself is such a maelstrom of offensive ideas that I really am really surprised they didn't get sued into the ground after the Tom Scott incident. The people that still use Brave better know how to set their useragent - this sort of blocking won't go away anytime soon.
You can just block ads and not show any ads at all, the way Internet should be. All the crypto bullshit is trivially disabled. Your other major choices are basically Firefox (which is not to everyone's liking either) and Chrome, in which it'll soon be impossible to block ads at all.
They have to make money somehow. They're pretty upfront about the way it works. They just used a different idea than that of Google. You can also opt out of tailored ads. People like it because it's fast with a built-in ad blocker and some like the crypto stuff and the fact you can connect to Tor with it
> The USGS's automated systems calculate the location and focal mechanism/moment tensor pretty much instantly from the seismic network.
According to a USGS guy on the news just now, this isn't true. They know the location, and the magnitude, but the moment tensor takes time. Therefore any ocean earthquake 7.0 or above triggers an immediate tsunami warning.
In the past, $20 got me the most access to the latest models and tools. When OpenAI rolled out new advanced features, the $20 per month customers always got full / first access. Now the $200 per month customers will have the most access to the latest models and tools, not the (now) mid/low tier customers. That seems like less to me.
They probably didn't pay for access to a certain version of a model, they paid for access to the best available model, whatever that is at any given moment. I'm reasonably sure that is even what OpenAI implied (or outright said) their subscription would get them. Now, it's the same amount of money for access to the second best model, which would feel like a regression.
Did you read the post you're replying to? It's very short. He was paying for top-tier service, and now, despite paying the same amount, has become a second-class customer overnight.
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