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by Jun8 7y ago
Oh boy, Matrix theories do run deep. My favorite is the Matrix in a Matrix theory ( https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Matrix_in_a_Matrix_theory ), I really wish they would pursue this in Matrix 4 (just announced). It'
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by Jun8 7y ago
What is your definition of learning ? I’ve generally seen it being defined as getting better performance on a task, given data.
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Tangential: this could have been a better premise for The Matrix , rather than the battery thing. It would make a great story, if it hasn’t been written already. In a sense babies do this, i.e. they are cute and smile to engage parents and
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by Jun8 7y ago
If you like this video, watch the other 5, too, esp. the ones about quantum computing and on CRISPR are great. I find the challenge taken on in these videos fascinating. Too bad they haven't posted new ones lately. I would love to see
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John Carmack explains VR at 5 different levels [video](youtube.com)
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This is interesting, I didn’t know that desert countries were actually importing sand for construction! Here’s a relatively recent paper looking at the suitability of desert sand to replace the fine aggregate in cement: https://w
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Why Philosophers Shouldn’t Sign Petitions(nytimes.com)
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I have time to allocate to this next week and am willing to help. Was at Newberry just last week for their monumental book sale.
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Here's an HBR article that addresses some of the misunderstandings in maligning buy back programs: https://hbr.org/2018/03/are-buybacks-really-shortchanging-in... . They comment that: "... when we look at
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by Jun8 7y ago
"We lose a little money on every customer, but we make it up on volume." :-) I think in Amazon's case it was just experimentation with a sunk cost. Based on the discussion above it looks like it's impossible to form a co
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by Jun8 7y ago
Yes, but at $19.99 it's pretty expensive. I don't know what the right price point for something like this but, given the fact they are easily lost, definitely < $5, more like $1. HW people on HN, is this impossible at scale?
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by Jun8 7y ago
For a great depiction of a grown-up with friend, that may or may not be imaginary, see the movie Harvey ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(film) ), James Stewart is great in it.
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Benedict's Newsletter ( https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter ) is also one I find interesting, a collection of posts related to "tech and thought"
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by Jun8 7y ago
This is a great premise for a hard-SF short story, most probably someone has written one along these lines. I'd say, forget Newton or Maxwell, whose mathematical and physics prowess would be hard to beat but imagine the same scenario w
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by Jun8 7y ago
If you're looking for books for older children, e.g. 9-13, The Boy Who Reversed Himself , The Man Who Counted and The Number Devil , which are listed here, are fantastic. For the younger audience, e.g. 6-9, I suggest the Math Adven
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by Jun8 7y ago
Aha, the joy of seeing The Greek Anthology here on a Friday! I don't have a copy of that (because Loeb books are expensive, even used, but full text is here: https://archive.org/stream/greekanthology01newyuoft&#x
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by Jun8 7y ago
Note that although OP's parents are Turkish they say they have never lived in Turkey before, so there may have been a certain level of underestimation about various factors of living in Istanbul (which is one of the most beautiful and
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by Jun8 7y ago
These are great! Similar mathematical toys/models that you can buy: * Stereographic projection lamp: https://www.shapeways.com/product/WA5HL9UF3/grid-stereograph... * Gomboc: https://gomboc-shop.co
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by Jun8 7y ago
"The second implication is that there is no hope for a universal human society. “The notion of cosmopolitanism, the idea that the people of the world will come to feel a primary connection to the human race, is a pipe dream,” Moffett s
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by Jun8 7y ago
I think this aligns with pg's advice for startups to "run upstairs", i.e. "forcing bigger, slower competitors to follow [your company] over difficult ground" ( http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html ). If
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Counterintuitive Competitive Advantages(collaborativefund.com)
2 points by Jun8 7y ago|1 comments
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My son (he's 12) is currently infatuated with ants, he bought a colony from a GAN farmer through AntsCanada and is watching his videos all the time (they are great, by the way). We checked out Holldobler and Wilson's epic tome
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by Jun8 7y ago
Concept of 2D scanning an essentially 3D artifact tangentially brought to mind the problem of tens of thousands of cuneiform clay tablets that are waiting to be deciphered. One good way to do this would be to 3D scan them and share the scan
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by Jun8 7y ago
Some of the posts that I liked: * Her : https://scifiinterfaces.com/2014/02/11/her-interface-compone... * Enterprise combadge: https://scifiinterfaces.com/2014/01/23/the-wearbl
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SciFi Interfaces – Example from Black Mirror(scifiinterfaces.com)
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This one of the few that resonated with me: #readpoetry It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.
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I think aggregators like SkimFeed miss an important point, often made on HN: for a lot of people, including me, a lot of the value of HN is in the comments. In fact, going to the extreme, some posts have little learnable content other than
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by Jun8 7y ago
You're absolutely correct that good approaches to social problems (don't want to use the term "solution" which is ill-suited, I think) will not come from VCs: It will come from naive entrepreneurs, naive in the sense tha
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by Jun8 7y ago
When I took Into to Econ I totally hated it, the stupid supply vs demand curves, M1, etc. etc. My wife had a PhD in Econ and after casually discussing this topic with her many years I'm now convinced that the fact the Economics departm
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The radical plan to change how Harvard teaches economics(vox.com)
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