Radim

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by Radim 9y ago
Spot on! A little too tame, if anything -- the unholy union between the government and education is tragic and worth bashing itself. Sadly, there are many people who believe a centrally planned economy and nationalization are good ideas. Do
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by Radim 9y ago
Another example, even more bare-bones, is AI. We now have programs that "understand" certain domains better than humans. And yet there are no "simple terms" to explain their understanding, reduce it to a neat closed-form
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by Radim 9y ago
"If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Pray, Mr. Babbage, what is the "true value" of roaming? How much profit shall we decree suitable, for private corporations? An
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Kasparov at DeepMind: Chess and the Future of AI [video](youtube.com)
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by Radim 9y ago
Ah! Central regulations brought us inefficient telco monopolies and cartels. Surely some more central regulations will remedy the situation! "To each according to his needs." What could possibly go wrong?
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by Radim 9y ago
Absolutely. Sustainability only becomes an issue when there's something to sustain :-) Beginnings are a creative effort, undertaken by passionate pioneers (rarely in it for the money), with outcomes that are notoriously hard to predict
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Richard Feynman on Simulating Physics with Computers [pdf](people.eecs.berkeley.edu)
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by Radim 9y ago
"Poor technical ability seems highly correlated with poor communication ability" Yep. Articulate attention is the name of the game (where "communication ability" sounds a little nebulous). If you can't organize yo
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by Radim 9y ago
I can totally understand why an entity (individual or business) would want the most options for themselves. It's completely natural, if a little selfish. But the discussion here is about FOSS sustainability from the dev perspective, no
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by Radim 9y ago
The funny thing is, open source projects scramble to offer the most permissive license possible. It's either BSD/MIT or go home. I've seen people shit on projects that use copyleft (GPL, even LGPL, etc). Sounds a little sch
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by Radim 9y ago
Again, agreed for the most part. I just think you're underestimating the power of (board or otherwise) games, how they capture and reflect patterns of reality that are not immediately apparent or not directly useful (or even verbalizab
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by Radim 9y ago
Actually, you're not far off! Where else would the next major advance come from, if not from raising our collective consciousness through games (cheap focused simulations) and articulate story-telling (social alignment and morality cor
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by Radim 9y ago
I think I understand your sentiment, but I'd object to the phrasing of "trivial pursuits". If history teaches us anything, it's that humanity advances by people following their "trivial interests", rather than
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by Radim 9y ago
I'd say the first three are completely off; "concern" & "care" better (I also heard "grit"), but not quite there.
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by Radim 9y ago
The link between a word's length and its "usefulness" is fascinating too. The shorter the word, the more central, fundamental and frequent its use, as a rule of thumb. [0] One glaring exception is "conscientiousness&quot
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by Radim 9y ago
For what it's worth, Joe Rogan interviewed Alex Honnold himself, a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OusYaNWBy08 In a typical Rogan style, it's a pretty relaxed and "real" chat, about girls
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by Radim 9y ago
There was a very good interview with Alex on Joe Rogan a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OusYaNWBy08 In a typical Rogan style, it's a pretty relaxed and "real" chat, about girls, shitting your
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Prof. Jordan Peterson: Why You Go to College [video](youtube.com)
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by Radim 9y ago
The mandatory Jordan Peterson link: "Why You Go To College" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtPUg37f04
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by Radim 9y ago
Did anyone suggest AlphaGo and the human brain work identically? That sounds preposterous. I remain puzzled by your comments.
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by Radim 9y ago
Wrong assumptions all around. Listen, these are not novel concepts. The ideology of "grand social good trumps individual interests (and I decide what that good is)" has been tried repeatedly, around the world. Its long-term effe
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by Radim 9y ago
I come from one of your "paradise European countries with free higher education" and it's astounding to me that in the 21st century, people still fall for this "free lunch" fallacy. You do realize the education is n
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Growing Up and Being Useful Is the New Counterculture [video](youtube.com)
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by Radim 9y ago
Wolfram reminds me of Richard Feynman, in that sense. The first time I tried to read "Surely You're Joking" as a kid I had to put it down -- the incessant "ME! ME! ME!" dripping from every page was a little too much
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by Radim 9y ago
Thanks. That seems a fascinating topic, the emergence and evolution of these "protected classes" over time. I'll try to descend into your links once I have more time, but a TL;DR discussion on "why we drew the line here,
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by Radim 9y ago
What other individual traits and axes (apart from gender) are "protected from pay discrimination" in the US? I'm genuinely curious -- is there an official enumeration? I ask because there's no limit to the number of ways
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by Radim 9y ago
Publications never have "all the details".
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by Radim 9y ago
There's no difference between humans and AI in that regard. Everybody tries to read and analyze the most likely sequences (duh). Or I'm not sure what you're trying to say?
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by Radim 9y ago
Both contestants use their opponent's time to think, naturally. I'm not sure what "frontload certain computations" means, but this arrangement sounds only fair. It's not like Ke Jie's brain switches off once he
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by Radim 9y ago
"With sufficient computational power, the whole universe is a trivial simulation." Sometimes, a difference in quantity is a difference in quality :-) P=NP and all that. It feels like you're talking past each other. Conanbatt

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