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by 0xdada 9y ago
It's a little off topic because they do a different thing than in the article, but check this out for some (actually) scary good computer generated examples: https://google.github.io/tacotron/publications/taco
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Since it's a draft I'll point out two typos. In 4.1 "if fills" should be "it fills". In 4.3 "1000 to 10" should be "1000 to 100".
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by 0xdada 9y ago
I don't think it's as bad as you think. Check out this thread: https://twitter.com/lcamtuf/status/952265416289632256 . If shit hits the fan and you end up surviving, your help in the aftermath can be cruc
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Imagine a TCG where you can sell your collection when you want to quit the game. You could buy packs via smart contracts with full transparency wrt. card rarity. The game could add a small fee to pack prices to cover upkeep and creative cos
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by 0xdada 9y ago
My grandma has an old Felix artithmometer. AFAIK these are capable of the same things as the Curta but with a less elegant and convenient form factor. It really shows why Curtas are so valuable. Last time I visited her I used it to estimate
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ReCurta: Our goal is to build the first Curta calculator since 1972(github.com)
80 points by 0xdada 9y ago|26 comments
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by 0xdada 9y ago
My guess is because women are already severely oppressed in these societies and it is men's distress that can cause instability because they at least have power.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
All we would need is to send a bunch of fuel in parts, dock all of them and fire the strongest engine we have. It _is_ rocket science, but I don't think it's far out of reach if we have the money to spend on resources.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
I think you're not interpreting the word "humane" correctly. It's possible for humans to behave in an inhumane manner. In fact it happens a lot to this day. That doesn't mean GP's definition of "humane&quo
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by 0xdada 9y ago
You can use https://ethgasstation.info/ to determine the best gas price to use.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
I love these models and have been looking for LIDAR data for Budapest ever since I saw the London model.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Here's a footnote about Hungarian mathematicians in the 20th century from Prime Obsession. Amazing book by the way, highly recommended. George Pólya (1887−1985). Look at those dates—another immortal. Pólya was Hungarian. Even more stri
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Struldbrug(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by 0xdada 9y ago|0 comments
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by 0xdada 9y ago
That actually sounds almost inevitable at some point, given how little we know about QM.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Thank you for that, I had no idea he streamed. The Witness is one of my all time favorite games.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Saving that much money (even adjusted) in 4 years is totally realistic though, so I'd say it passes as anecdote.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14659236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14716986
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by 0xdada 9y ago
It's not theater. These features will do nothing if Coinbase is hacked but they can prevent your coins being stolen if someone compromises you.
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by 0xdada 9y ago
DotA is not a MOBA and it's not a very good precursor for military unit management. I'd say Starcraft is a better comparison, and they are working on applying DeepMind to that right now [0]. [0] https://techcrunch.com&#
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Or ice skates, sand flowing, etc. ( https://xkcd.com/1867/ )
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by 0xdada 9y ago
I know this is nitpicky but the author's website doesn't follow their own advice: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/URLsAreUI.aspx https://www.hanselman.com/blog/URLsAreUI --> 404
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by 0xdada 9y ago
Concrete is a very good material so I don't see "no longer needing it" happening any time soon. Finding an alternative and recycling both sound like hard to tackle and expensive, I wouldn't say this scarcity can be so ea
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Phase portrait animations of complex functions(medium.com)
1 points by 0xdada 9y ago|0 comments
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by 0xdada 10y ago
Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmINGWsyWX0
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by 0xdada 10y ago
Exactly what I was going to link. It's a very useful article that I've had bookmarked for a while now.
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by 0xdada 10y ago
Terry A. Davis, creator of Temple OS. Here's his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdX4uJUwSFwiY3XBvu-F_-Q/vid...
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by 0xdada 10y ago
Some more discussion of the same article on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/60uua3/powers_of_the_...
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by 0xdada 10y ago
> Everyone that interacts with the candidate must offer a beverage or a trip to the bathroom as many times as possible throughout the day. Bladder manipulation is a powerful interrogation tactic. I used to do this, I guess it's time
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by 0xdada 10y ago
It's not a tree ;)
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by 0xdada 10y ago
I see. Yeah, 7 hours of fitness a week on a casual level would do wonders for a lot of people, me included.

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