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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
1.) We are not disagreeing. Anyone who wants to pin it to autoimmune effects is missing the genetic causes, anyone looking for simple mendelian causes is missing out on multiple gene susceptibilties or denovo mutations, etc. 2.) This is a t
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Thank you for this. Trying to pin Autism down to a simple cause is foolish. Not only is autism often ( thusfar not 100%) caused by a malfunction in the genes it is implicated in thousands of different genes and not even necessarily inherit
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Note - The article is about probabilistic chips. The use of analog is incredibly misleading. As can be seen in the interesting but nonetheless unrelated discussions on various types of analog computers. This type of chip which will sav
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Let us rephrase the issue for clarity. Should naturally occurring chemical compounds or slight alterations thereof be patentable? For me the answer is a vehement no. But there is an entire industry with many supporters which already disa
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
I know this is a discussion on syntax but I can't help pointing out that the semantics of paritition-by and filter are very different.
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Heh =). But what I mean is something like, will there be someone alive in 3000 years that is about 2000 years old.
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
What I am more interested in is: will someone who is alive in 3000 years be a common ancestor of all humanity?
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
This is worse than hand waving. It is the kind of static typing error one gets when using Astrology to reason about money. You just cannot compare the value of a projection/guess that doesn't account for inflation with the current instant
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
What about simple time lapse? With images and video the larger the time lapse the faster things appear to be moving especially with blur. What if something similar held for memory? The key memories that are remembered will typically have lo
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Yeah RiderOfGiraffes is cool. He is still around but was sort of hostilely driven into retirement. He goes by ColinWright these days. You're most likely to find him in math related topics. Don't have anything else constructive to say.
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Does anyone know how his squares with Long copy marketing which often violates both (well 2 is subjective verging on tautology) his requirements? Write short when trying to capture those deciding on throwaways, write long when trying to con
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Right, that's why the focus is on introductory classes . As I noted, yes a sufficiently motivated individual will get used to the notation in time but that doesn't mean things are okay. These things that seem minor to the expert actually m
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Spivak and Sussman have made excellent cases as to the problem of notation in mathematics. I have long had much the same opinions as the grand parent so was delighted to see such luminaries in agreement. Now, mathematics is compact but that
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Maybe ratio of green to gray would be a better metric. Too much green or grey not good? Still, seems pretty tenuous until a country is beyond a certain level of development.
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
I remember enjoying this the first time and on this visit I was like woah btilly wrote this! I am row, algebraist, functional. What I find interesting is, if your correlation is true and given that Analysis and algebra are duals (in the cat
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Ah what is the value to humanity? What is the value to humanity of a stadium, of the Olympics, of a monument, of a great piece of art or a beautiful performance? What is the value to humanity of entertaining blockbuster movies, fun video ga
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Initial extreme profitability of platform and its relative openness to developers spurred massive competition. The newness (e.g. PS2 Games on release vs 5 years later) no doubt contributed to a bias towards competition by price instead of d
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Just as in programming, there are no short cuts here. http://norvig.com/21-days.html I too think this is something to be on the curve of. You're gonna have to at least learn the basics of [organic] chemistry, genetics, molecular genetics
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Excellent post. I read every word. I would go even further. Even though you state that for any person member of humans, there exists someone smarter than person, sometimes you slip into writing as if there is a linear ordering. The geniuses
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
I am brought to mind a quote by a god like galaxy: " When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. "
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Is there anyone approaching the patent problem from another angle? Say by trying to productize research on prior art discovery? Or anything that would help patent officers become more productive (as in any of: do more without loss in qual
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
I suggest you read this excellent piece my Cosma Shalizi. http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/30/in-soviet-union-optimiza... There he talks about the computational complexity and limits to planning. He also talks about markets, how non conve
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Maybe you are talking about Born's Rule?
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Bell's theorem states no local hidden theory can be consistent with quantum mechanics. Only non local ones are allowed. PBR says not only are local hidden theories banned, the wave function must be real. Unless you abandon realism of quantu
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
>if you assume locality, you can have hidden variables. Are you sure you don't mean if you assume non locality? PBR tightens things up beyond Bell a bit with a requirement of wave function being real itself. Also correct me if i'm wrong
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
This is a very unimpressive article. I am surprised to see Colin link to it. In particular, while the paper the article references in a short part between the history lesson is important, it does not actually change things much. It rules ou
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
Perhaps. Or more likely private entities end up on mars first. One of us or someone in between is right. I hope however things end up being is close to my viewpoint =).
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
One viewpoint I haven't see talked about is that Mars+ not only reduces extinction dangers via redundancy but also stabilizes Earth's geo-political landscape by extending the notion of local. A widening of the overton window. Mars could be
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
A good explanation of compressed sensing: http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/compressed-sensing-... . I don't see it working for facial recognition as is but who knows what will happen when you combine this, clever linear coding, loc
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by Dn_Ab 14y ago
He was perhaps over enthusiastic with the sequencing aspect and while I don't think it will come about as he describes (for the reasons you give), I expect some method of real time ecosystem analysis to exist. Your point on camera sensor si

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