3 ms·

This reminds me of annealing, and why it's implemented as a technique for finding optima.

• piyh 6y ago
  I'm not blocking the canal, I'm testing robustness! Also in the big picture with covid not being as deadly as it could have been, could serve as a nice dress rehearsal for a captain trips.
  • djhn 6y ago
    We theoretically may have avoided, for the next few decades, the risk of a truly dangerous infectious disease being underestimated, something halfway between Covid and extinction-level threat.
    • sellyme 6y ago
      Given the sheer quantity of idiots underestimating it right now, I'm not too sure that things will have improved a few decades down the line.
      • ehnto 6y ago
        I think it's hopeful humanity would prevail a more deadly pandemic, many countries closed borders very quickly and there are island nations with understandably quick responses. Civilization as we know it could definitely still get wiped out though.
  • unixhero 6y ago
    That's a great tshirt slogan "I'm not blocking the canal, I'm testing robustness!"