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by HuShifang 5y ago
Skiena's "Algorithm Design Manual" (which recently got a third edition) introduces algos and their application -- when to use them, why you might use one over another, etc. With lengthy "stories from the trenches"
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by HuShifang 5y ago
I suppose Ukraine invaded itself, too?
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Problems with a meta-analysis of “nudging” in PNAS(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Andrew Ng, I believe. He mentioned this in an Economist podcast interview, where IIRC he also said he doesn't expect AGI to emerge for several centuries.
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by HuShifang 5y ago
And, as an aside, brother to the planetary scientist David Grinspoon.[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grinspoon EDIT: Peter has his own Wikipedia page too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Good question. A follow-up: What's the best low(er)-digitalization EV (ideally BEV, but alternatively PHEV)? Something with more tactile/analog UI and a minimum of "entertainment" accessories?
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by HuShifang 5y ago
I think this is the key here: conceptually, there may be some cognitive shear around the word "plane." In the near-term VTOLs aren't going to be airliners or, for that matter, flying cars. Cessnas and helicopters, though...
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Not the parent commenter, but as someone who skips breakfast, it's actually not that difficult, particularly if you drink coffee (which IIRC has recognized appetite-suppressing properties). Just drink it black, and be sure to drink wat
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Thanks for bringing VOTE to my attention -- I'd followed Engine No. 1's work regarding Exxon, and didn't realize they had rolled out an ETF. While it was probably more their ability to persuade BlackRock et al that carried th
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Not a native speaker, but at least in a Beijing accent, I wouldn't say that "Chen" rhymes with "fun." "Cheng" or "Zheng," or "Feng," sure, "fun" works as a comparison. "C
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Typora UI emulation is one of the devs' top to-dos, and I've found they move remarkably fast on these things, so stay tuned... (EDIT: Fair point re: open source, though I find the use of Markdown and easy exportability mitigating.
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by HuShifang 5y ago
"Long 龍" is Mandarin Chinese for "dragon"
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Here I thought this was going to be a literally true headline, i.e. a report on a taste test of a new cell-ag product wherein preserved tissue samples from the 1948 chickens were used for the cell line that was cultured into the reporter&#x
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by HuShifang 5y ago
Does anyone have recommendations for educational Go software, akin to the various quasi-gamified chess learning and training platforms emerging lately (PlayMagnus et al)? I'm not sure I have the mental bandwidth right now to work throu
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by HuShifang 6y ago
From my own casual investigations, Wheelock is considered a perfectly good textbook (particularly for people with lots of experience learning languages, e.g. grad students in the humanities), but also a bit "traditional," focusing
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by HuShifang 6y ago
Yup. They're really into the medieval aesthetic there -- the Hall of Graduate Studies was built in the 1930s IIRC, and they splashed the stone walls with acid and purposefully cracked some of the stained glass windows to make it all lo
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by HuShifang 6y ago
I completely agree with the point here -- people should have the freedom to work a bit less and "live" more (however they define that, be it parenting, pursuing hobbies, or what have you) without fear for their livelihood. I would
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by HuShifang 6y ago
I was wondering about this too. Elsewhere on their site they discuss recoloring marble busts of the caesars, so they may not be unaware of this...
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by HuShifang 6y ago
Yup, I should have read the article -- thanks
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by HuShifang 6y ago
I've read that fatty tissue in the body triggers an increase in estrogen production, and that obesity can thus trigger a vicious cycle (insofar as estrogen triggers an increase in fatty tissue). Certainly, exposure to plastics and othe
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by HuShifang 6y ago
One addendum to this: some of the simplified printed characters actually date back centuries in China (e.g. the 14th and 13th centuries CE), and IIRC were used for easier carving of the woodblocks used for printing. And Japan has been intro
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by HuShifang 6y ago
This is nicely put. It reminds me a bit of David Perkins's [0] "whole ballgame" approach (i.e. the best way to learn how to play baseball is to play a few games or approximations thereof, e.g. tee-ball; you'll struggle m
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by HuShifang 6y ago
Just to add here, the article's author is an expert on middle period (Tang-Song) China (her first book was on local deities, her second on contracts). She then shifted her focus a bit westward to the Silk Road. She has apparently shift
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by HuShifang 6y ago
Xodo [0] has a "Reading" view (at least in its Android app) that seems to do just that. A good selection of other features too. [0]: https://www.xodo.com/
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by HuShifang 6y ago
It wouldn't be the first time GM used a "sock puppet" (loosely defined) to escape its own reputation. [0] [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Corporation
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by HuShifang 6y ago
Probably a leak from one of the embargoed reporters is more likely, if it's true. Obviously we'll find out soon. But if the Earthsky.org story a fake, he certainly did a vastly better job producing the fake than he did self aggran
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by HuShifang 6y ago
He does seem like a bit of a "character." But maybe he had a webscraper that just happened to catch the premature post, and is just trying to self-aggrandize on a real scoop? Nasawatch [0] is saying that several sources have confi
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by HuShifang 6y ago
If it all holds up, it means that we saw evidence of alien life for a hundred-plus years (the "unknown absorbers") before we realized it and verified it. Point being, humans can be "slow on the uptake" (and not unreasona
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by HuShifang 6y ago
Maybe Lauret's The Design of Web APIs ? [0] [0]: https://www.manning.com/books/the-design-of-web-apis
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by HuShifang 6y ago
As someone who always means to learn a bit of Latin and Ancient Greek, this is a very cool looking site -- the inflection tables and diagrams are an especially nice touch. One addition that I'd love to see (if technically feasible) wou

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