Benjamin Smith

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Benjamin Smith

@HashCons

Computer scientist. Supercomputer pseudo-scientist. Former U.S. Navy cryptologic technician.

Присоединился Temmuz 2024
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Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
What happens when a phd student shows that decades of published work can be reproduced with a simple data structure, and a few dozen lines of code? Simple answer: They spend years saying I must have done it WRONG, while at the same time cherry-picking parts of it to plagiarize!
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
What was that software? Well, its original form appeared about 25 years ago, celebrated as a great improvement upon the crude approaches of the time. Even my "SOUPS" analysis (published 2018) still treated it as "The state of the art" approach to the problem. This is not true!
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
Sometimes I wonder: What if I finished my phd? The research lab I was a part of had grant funding to produce a piece of software. I reproduced the primary goals of that software with just a few hundred lines of code, and significantly improved performance. What comes next?
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Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@RepMikeCollins You know, I always assumed Elvis had been drafted into one of the wars back then. What the heck was going on in 1958-60? What was he doing?
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Rep. Mike Collins
Rep. Mike Collins@RepMikeCollins·
On this day in history in 1958, Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army. It was widely covered by the media, with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, ensuring that every moment was documented, including when Elvis received his famous G.I. haircut. Although Elvis was offered the opportunity to entertain the troops and have better housing by enlisting in Special Services, he chose to serve as a regular soldier. Elvis served in Germany for 18 months, where he met his future wife, Priscilla. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1960.
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
I haven't seen this book since I was a kid. It was really good! Found it in the little wooden library box in the park on my walk.
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
I will vote for anyone who promises to ban almost anything on airplanes. It's been a free pass for the worst of human experience for decades.
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art pleb@art_pleb·
I will vote for anyone who runs on a promise to ban ads on airplanes
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@scrowder Is he deducting his travel expenses, claiming this is work-related?
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Steven Crowder
Steven Crowder@scrowder·
Hasan Piker is a liar. The U.S. government did not "force" him to stay in a 5-star hotel. 31 CFR §515.210 only bans Americans from government-owned properties. He CHOSE the luxury hotel while Cubans had no power.
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@atensnut Those people weren't going anywhere important. The critter knows better.
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@OwenGregorian I didn't see it until the 90s, but I still thought the same thing... Hope the Russians can't figure out the library!
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Owen Gregorian
Owen Gregorian@OwenGregorian·
When I saw this as a kid, I thought to myself: “They would never be so dumb that they’d put AI in charge of weapons that could kill lots of people.”
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
I don't even care about any potential health concerns, I just don't want CORN SYRUP in Clamato!
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
I was so inspired by this new Tera AI thing, I decided to watch a space movie.
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@JessePeltan Yes, that's great. Didn't one of them fall down a few months ago?
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Jesse Peltan
Jesse Peltan@JessePeltan·
China builds the way the U.S. did before we got in our own way. We need to stop getting in our own way.
Moss Landing@Arturo10185

@trengriffin China just opened Shuangliu Bridge over Yangtze River yesterday. The 12th such bridge in one city (Wuhan). Built in 39 months. Cost $2.3B. Main span 4650ft

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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@amuse I think it's well past time to pull federal funding completely. We shouldn't have to pay for this NY nonsense, even if funneled through feel-good startup slop.
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@amuse@amuse·
NEW YORK: The New York Senate is considering retroactively taxing startup founders who sold their companies last year. A 10-13% hit on exits previously exempt under federal law. North Point Defense founders could owe $100 million. More than a dozen smaller founders could owe millions more. Albany is making New York uninhabitable for entrepreneurs.
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nihal@nihalmehta

New York is about to make a massive mistake. The NY State Senate is advancing a proposal to decouple from federal QSBS (Section 1202) — the tax provision that lets startup founders exclude gains on qualifying exits. If this passes, founders would owe 10-13% in combined state and city tax on exits that are tax-free at the federal level and in nearly every other major tech state. Even worse: it's retroactive to January 1, 2025. This comes right as the federal government just expanded QSBS benefits and New Jersey moved to full conformity. New York wants to go in the opposite direction. As a seed investor in NYC who has backed hundreds of companies, I can tell you: founders are mobile. If New York becomes one of the most punitive states for startup exits, the best founders will simply build somewhere else — and the jobs, tax revenue, and innovation will follow. NYC has built something special over the last two decades. This proposal puts it all at risk for a short-sighted revenue grab. If you're a founder, investor, or anyone who cares about the NYC tech ecosystem — please sign the TechNYC open letter before Monday below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Keep building, NYC 🗽

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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@FischerKing64 Political posts I make are 99% aimed at removing poor thinkers from my sphere. Not here to debate, I'm seeking extremely rare people with potential to solve the world's hardest problems. Like Norm Macdonald said, in cliff-diving there's only grand champions, and stuff on a rock.
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FischerKing@FischerKing64·
People who want to keep this platform interesting should post something at least once each day that isn’t overtly political, but reflects some personal interest. This is what RW Twitter was in the era of censorship.
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
I was only in elementary school, but I remember it being much worse than just protecting their feelings. Years of propaganda telling them Ronald Reagan was personally trying to wipe them out. Family sitcoms had episodes where someone with aids needed to be defended from ridicule.
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(((David Maggard)))@drm31415·
@HashCons @Oilfield_Rando The irony is actual honesty about risks would have save millions of lives, but they decided protecting gay mens feelings was more important than saving their lives.
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Oilfield Rando@Oilfield_Rando·
HIV medicine commercials always be like: 1. tallest, scariest mystery-race tr*anny you’ve ever seen 2. flaming gay interracial male couple, cuddling 3. normal looking black heterosexual woman, who is single
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@BlakeSNeff Obviously dedicated craftsmen and licensed contractors. Not just some dopes they found outside a Home Depot.
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
So, what's an ACTIVE breathalyzer then? Does it forcibly suck the air in and out of your lungs using one of those tubulator things like on ER?
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Valid point/rebuttal: x.com/1968F250CS/sta…
1968 Camper Special@1968F250CS

@SomeBitchIIKnow Part of the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill" had a line in it that automakers develop passive breathalyzer/driver impairment monitoring that would shut the car down. We are not that far off from it being a problem.

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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@SomeBitchIIKnow Well, thank God the answer is so simple. All we need to do is pass one of those bills! Why didn't I think of that?
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Benjamin Smith@HashCons·
@Oilfield_Rando I imagine the taxpayers are still paying for foreign students full out-of-state tuition. It's a complete mystery which degree programs that might be...
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