LearningToWalk

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Flat origami is Turing Complete(arxiv.org)
4 points by LearningToWalk 3y ago|1 comments
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
steam-punky!
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
Almost everyone who opens up a new field does not really understand it the way the followers do.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
A term for the twisted psychological phenomenon where people turn viciously on their saviour.
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Stumbling on Innovation(slow-thoughts.com)
1 points by LearningToWalk 3y ago|1 comments
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
We need to shift our view of what constitutes valuable innovation in healthcare, from pursuing ‘optimal improvement’ regardless of its costs to an increased awareness of driving down costs.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
We used to be able to assume that chatbots were nothing but dumb parrots, that language is nothing but “an interface to intelligence“. Now that we’ve proven ourselves wrong, I guess we need to retreat to higher grounds in order to keep up t
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
It’s interesting to note how the convergence of science and engineering wasn’t always obvious. Both scientists and engineers are almost always really nice people. So to paraphrase Killer Mike: I’m happy that I have a lot of scientist and en
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Dismissing Freud(slow-thoughts.com)
1 points by LearningToWalk 3y ago|1 comments
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
Frankl doesn’t exactly object to this idea. It’s more like he’s proving Freud wrong.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
It seems we need some measure of deep work, only just not too much of it.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
What would it mean for programmers to be bound by licensure...
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
The nazis couldn’t resist the urge to separate themselves from non-arian elements, just as the post-war US establishment couldn’t resist the temptation to go witch-hunting communists. What causes this type of psycho-political auto immune di
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
We now know exactly how much the persecution of Jewish researchers cost the thoroughbred Arian academics who were allowed to keep servicing the interests of the Reich.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer: "Our only hope is antisemitism"(slow-thoughts.com)
2 points by LearningToWalk 3y ago|1 comments
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
J. Robert Oppenheimer on Deep Work
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
Being ignorant means you’re in the dark. Ignorance can be charming; a child is largely ignorant, as is a dog.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
About one hundred years ago, the vast majority of scientists in the nascent field of quantum mechanics was ready to accept Niels Bohr’s dictum that “truth and clarity are complementary”.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
What constitutes the canonical English language novel? A deceptively simple idea turns into a cognitive quagmire.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
"Even the word 'science' comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'to cut' or 'to separate.' The same root led to the word 'shit,' which of course means to separate living flesh from nonliving wa
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
Over the last few months, I’ve often felt like a street-fighting urchin who’s put in a karate class; instinctively rebellious against any meddling with what’s already battle-tested.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
The gospel of Jesus Christ was an exclusively male affair, but there are at least three female takes on Steve.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
I read all the winners of this century, so you don't have to
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
"What other branch of science can lay claim to solve teleportation and levitation? Where else to turn for invisibility cloaks and computers which run on light alone?"
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
Let’s sacrifice a goat and pray that room temperature superconductivity is actually finally happening !
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
well, to a certain extent. Epistemology is the theory of knowledge, whereas the "Science of science" deals on a more concrete level with issues around how knowledge is actually produced within academia. The book I'm referring
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
Malignant brain tumors have so far proven to be tough nuts to crack. We’re basically limited to surgery, chemo and radiation, and survival rates remain dismal. All is not hopeless however; there’s a revived interest among researchers and cl
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We Need to Talk About Steve(slow-thoughts.com)
3 points by LearningToWalk 3y ago|1 comments
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
My bromance with Steve goes back as far as I can remember. That's why reading Lisa Brennan-Jobs memoirs was such a sobering experience.
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by LearningToWalk 3y ago
I've been up close to one project working in this space. The obstacles are obviously many, but fascinating to see that progress is made nontheless. Clearly a piece of the-future-puzzle.

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