AgentMatt

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by AgentMatt 10mo ago
Presumably Data Engineer.
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by AgentMatt 10mo ago
Modern cars have several microphones or directional microphones and can isolate a speaker. I think well-done voice commands are a great addition to a car, especially for rentals. When figuring out how to do something in a new car, I have to
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by AgentMatt 11mo ago
I also believe it to have been easier with ADHD in the distant past. My reasoning is that in a small, but tighter group there will be others who can compensate for the ADHD person's executive function deficiencies. But the ADHD person
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by AgentMatt 11mo ago
Great article! Regarding the generated cat image: > Each and every rule specified is followed. Not quite; the eye color and heterochromia is followed only so-so. The black-and-silver cat seems to have no heterochromia; eye color could be
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by AgentMatt 1y ago
> I’d recommend Baudrillards work on hyperreality. Any specific piece of writing you can recommend? I tried reading Simulacra and Simulation (English translation) a while ago and I found it difficult to follow.
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by AgentMatt 1y ago
> being terrified of letting loose (even with something common in the local culture, for example alcohol) In that case, I would suggest working a bit on that first. Meditation can help, but "terrified" sounds strong enough that
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by AgentMatt 2y ago
It is indeed ambiguous. I don't understand which alternative the parent is implying.
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by AgentMatt 2y ago
Can you give some examples for algorithms which aren't obviously logically connected but use the determinant for its nice properties?
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by AgentMatt 2y ago
Indeed. However, note that this is limited to encoding values between 0 and 9.
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by AgentMatt 3y ago
> In my mind abs(x) = x * sign(x) which is why the above formulation seems correct. > This is an interesting idea...how would you define sign(x) in a higher dimension? You could think of the sign as the direction. In the 1-d case, you
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by AgentMatt 3y ago
> To me, it makes sense to define abs(x) = sqrt(x^2) i.e. ignoring the negative solution enforces the positive result. Why does this make sense to you? You have some notion of what an absolute value should be, on an intuitive or conceptu
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by AgentMatt 5y ago
> Unfortunately, transitioning back to "kid state of mind" seems impossible. I don't think it's impossible, though it certainly requires practice and deliberate cultivation in most adults. Besides the advantages to le
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by AgentMatt 5y ago
For germany, I've heard of people getting around 2.7k € per month in CS (so around 32k € per year). Definitely below industry starting salaries (which are around 50-60k as far as I heard), but still decent.
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by AgentMatt 5y ago
I can recommend "The Mind Illuminated" by Culadasa. It presents a path for meditation in ten stages, describing in simple and clear language goals and techniques for each. There are both directly actionable advice for many differe
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
> But there is no willingness to do so after the US of A deeply harmed the scientific mission and academics by introducing infuriatingly dumb economical incentives into science. What are you referring to here?
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
> software engineering and software architecture/whatever is currently fashionable. The former is about customers and the latter about the people who write software Huh, that naming seems backwards compared to the construction of ph
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
I share the sentiment of the parent with regards to "either deterministic or random" sounding off to me. I wanted to propose "stochastic" as a better term, but apparently "random" and "stochastic" are
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
> And even if they 'win' it's very hard for them to admit it and dissolve their organizations. But doesn't that mean that the suggested filter is indeed a good one? Given an activist organization, how should I assess
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
Interesting! Can you point to have any sources for that?
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
Do you happen to have pointers so a set of such problems?
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
I think you are conflating introversion and shyness or a broader uncomfortableness / inexperience with social interactions. Yes, these things can be related. Spending less time socialising will lead to fewer opportunities to learn soci
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
Here [1] is a comment on Wolfram's 2002 book which includes a section about his choice of style (go to `Why everybody doesn't get it`), talking about the culturally expected extreme humbleness of scientists, and the impact of that
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
The featured article
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
> But the rule of thumb of good optimization (something something Jensen inequality) is that all your objectives must be growing all the time so you just have to be sure you are not letting something regress. It's called striking a
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by AgentMatt 6y ago
I would interpret this as the king being allowed to pardon the citizen who committed the adultery, if the husband chooses to forgive his wife. I actually like the law. While it does still display an asymmetry of power in the relationship, i
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by AgentMatt 7y ago
> Everything from Markov Chains, stochastic processes, ANNs, controls, signal processes, electrical systems, finite automata, Turing machines, etc can all be formulated in those terms. The cool part is when you break apart those specific
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by AgentMatt 7y ago
I don't think that's true. When I started breathing meditation, it felt like that for me: whenever I was aware of my breathing, I automatically switched to directly controlling the breath. As a result, my rhythm was off and I ofte
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by AgentMatt 7y ago
> The latter will get more and more common: Quotes and references, where the reference binds you together, not the shared knowledge of the original source. This opens up the possibility of altering the meaning of the reference. As long a
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by AgentMatt 7y ago
Do you have a recommendation for a book explaining the relevant control systems concepts?
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by AgentMatt 7y ago
> - how much influence does it have the fact that you have to actually sit down, focus on something, sit somewhere comfortable, or not so comfortable but ready to work on a material... Personal anecdote... I started reading books again a

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