Pyramus

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by Pyramus 5y ago
I think it's a key point to mention that it's more that the hosts will evolve, i.e. develop immunity or die off, rather than the virus. The virus will continue to mutate but mutation activity is invariant to lethality (up to a cer
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by Pyramus 5y ago
I don't understand - where does the judgement of what is better (or what "we" care about) come from? This is simply a piece of theoretical research whether cooperation strategies that we have historically observed in some par
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by Pyramus 5y ago
I wasn't sure of your comment was being sarcastic or not. In any case the article clearly suggests that it's a systemic issue due to using too few sensor modalities in conjunction with too little training data. Hence it's not
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by Pyramus 5y ago
My bet is on cost. It's the stated reason not to use lidar and it only makes sense to apply to radar (not knowing the cost of a radar sensor compared to camera - please share if you do). Elon may not be a great engineer but he is a gen
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by Pyramus 5y ago
I would go even further and say that the US is the only Western democracy that has abandoned some of the most important social-democratic principles. E.g. it's the only Western democracy with no universal healthcare, an industrial pris
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by Pyramus 5y ago
> "the professor", "this type of thinking", "superior systems", "happier" Your comment makes me believe you see "the professor" as somebody from another tribe/group and you now want
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Yes - I knew someone who was deaf and mute, and he was an eager user because it became so easy to communicate in writing.
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Yes, it's a great example of a Pareto distribution where 20% of the price gives you 80% of the features.
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Slight impact yes, but pushback not really. Modern dairy breeds are very different from meat breeds. Using dairy breed calves for consumption is a reaction to the problem of calf disposal but not a necessity of meat production.
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by Pyramus 5y ago
I wish he had explained the mod arithmetic more, the periodicity of 4 is really at the heart of the solution.
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Both person and obstacles are meant to be infinitesimally small, i.e. points with mass zero, which makes one really appreciate the beauty of the solution.
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by Pyramus 5y ago
"While PTFE is stable and nontoxic at lower temperatures, it begins to deteriorate after the temperature of cookware reaches about 260 °C (500 °F), and decomposes above 350 °C (662 °F).[58] Over 400 °C (752 °F) pyrolysis occurs and mor
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Did you actually read the article? Semi-Illicit here is meant as "feels illicit", not that they are. They are fully certified imports and a great part of the article describes the logistics.
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by Pyramus 5y ago
After everything Elon has said about funding secured, robotaxis, cave divers, journalists, whistleblowers, specs, FSD, Covid, ... I find it puzzling people take everything he says at face value. Yes, he is an incredibly smart and visionary
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Let me add that you can be both a genius, super smart and creative person - and also be a sociopath/psychopath. Also add Jobs and many successful surgeons (or so I am told) to the list.
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Microbiologist queried Covid research – that’s when the abuse and trolling began(theguardian.com)
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by Pyramus 5y ago
I'm agreeing with you in principle. I would substitute rich with very rich and be clear that we only talk about richness in monetary terms.
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by Pyramus 5y ago
I'm an entrepreneur and parent makes a valid point even though they are exaggerating. Hardship and pressure can indeed fuel startup success - it makes a huge difference if you are running out of cash in X months and know you have to
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Did Enron just use aggressive accounting? Did Wirecard just overpay for its acquisitions and hide the losses in its balance sheet? What type of fraud is still okay - where do you draw the line?
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by Pyramus 5y ago
In general no, as was remarked in a sibling comment in this thread: SARS-Cov-2 on average spreads within the first 1-4 days after infection (viral titers peak on day 2 I believe), so the virus is indifferent to what happens after. I also wa
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by Pyramus 5y ago
No, parent is likely saying Elon could be indicted for fraud as well. He wasn't exactly exonerated by the SEC for 'funding secured', and there are a number of lawsuits outstanding, most notably the Solar City one. Just becaus
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Interested how you define 'scam'. Would you say Wirecard was a scam (their payments network is still in use today), or Enron? My point is that the fact a company is producing a product does not necessarily disqualify them from bei
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Not sure if that's what parent meant - these are extreme cases. In general (e.g. in the case of SARS-Cov2) evolutionary pressure will increase transmissibility but is indifferent to lethality (again up to the extreme point where lethal
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by Pyramus 5y ago
> Evolutionary pressure selects for less deadly viruses over time. I'm hearing that for the first time, do you have a source? > longitudinal risk With longitudinal I meant the risk of what we have labelled 'long Covid'
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by Pyramus 5y ago
You are correct, but that doesn't mean it's anecdotal. At this point we don't know whether natural immunity is 'better' than vaccine induced immunity, and it could go either way. There are many disease (including vi
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by Pyramus 5y ago
How are you so sure you know the risk of Covid, that has both an immediate and longitudinal risk, that will likely increase due to fitness escapes? Let's not forget there are still unknown unknowns regarding the longitudinal risk of Co
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by Pyramus 5y ago
There was a recent incident in Germany in 2019 [1]. A runaway train loaded with timber travelled some 94 km through Germany. Operators were able to clear all tracks on the way so miraculously no injuries whatsoever. [1] (German) https:&#x2
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by Pyramus 5y ago
No, that's not how 'cognitive distortions' work. Think of the process of mental modelling as a hugely complex input-output function. CDS are specific patterns of mental output, that have been associated with changes to the th
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by Pyramus 5y ago
Not parent but it's likely to be a combination of several factors: * Impact of social media on mental health * Use of CDS by print/online media * Social divide and tribal thinking * Perceived instability and uncertainty
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by Pyramus 5y ago
> One would expect that they'd also count "I will, "we will", etc. and show a ratio. But no. No - what you want to measure is the absolute number of occurrence, not the ratio, the reason being that "making negati

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