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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
Two counter-arguments. First, it's not "sell", but "give for free under a subpoena". Second, it's not causation (they're doing it so they can gather info), it's correlation (they will gather info when they're able to). The end result's the
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
The IP situation is interesting. Was there any code re-use? Does the code you wrote belong to Sparrow? If the answer is "no" to both, you may be able to release it.
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
It would start to get interesting if the simulation could predict results outside the scope of the input data. E.g. no-one tried putting the cell into environment X and using stimuli Y, see how well the simulation can predict the results. T
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
With digg, there are descriptions for each link (besides the title). Might seem like a minor thing, but I still miss it on reddit.
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
Say, we end up with 100x faster but 100x bigger transistors. A core that's 100x smaller (transistor-count) is not necessarily 100x slower. With a 100x clock speed-up, however - propagation delays will be the main limiting factor for speed.
846.
by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
This is for anyone who was assuming that Skype wasn't wire-tappable. But then again, I don't know why anyone would assume that in the first place.
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
That's actually why I brought that up. I'm quite interested in ideas that have never been done before. (Hardware examples are non-typical FPGA use, modern trinary processors, using PID-like "overdrive" to speed up digital transistor switchi
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
This is true, and as far as I see - this is an inherent limitation. Dedicated, static ASICs will always be faster or more efficient. However - I think there's some interesting work to be done in hybrid approaches. For example, besides FPGA
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
Soft cores, processors (gpu/cpu/etc) that you put onto an FPGA, are quite an interesting beast. The way it is now is that you can flash whatever physical hardware that can fit - if you had access to Intel Pentium 1 source code, you could th
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
I'd use something like this, but there's the chicken & egg problem. Thing is: the content already exists, but it's spread and fractured across the net. Try making a content aggregator first, with a layer of UI + comments on top, then sl
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
My suggestion isn't quite going to be a link, but here it goes. Get a hobby. Programming, sport, (specific) art, etc. There is a myriad of niche communities for all sorts of things, and I would argue that the more in-depth creative ones are
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
Just curious, but why not inches / cm instead of points?
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
There are a few fundamental, hard problems : energy and transportation. Amazon is trying to solve a subset of the latter here. However, I like to see/feel some things in person before buying. I often go through lot of items before finding "
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
I think what he meant was: "Let's hope that this research leads to some simulated animals [much later down the road]".
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
This is definitely the way forward. In the past, the research has focused on re-creating non-trivial neural networks. However, the network is nothing without the organism - sure, you can examine the internal oscillations - but that hasn't l
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
Yep - awesome author. I'll definitely be taking a look at some of his other articles. IMHO - the reason for the lack of IQ right now is that evolution is slow. We haven't really needed high IQ (that badly) for more than, say, 500 years - wh
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
Just watched this. That's... well... wow. My question: how do we prevent this from happening? Free market + choice?
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
I fully agree - The author seems to be confusing "daily" and "only". I wouldn't want to go to a race track in a Toyota Camry. On the other hand, for most people, a Camry is all they ever need.
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by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
As for me - I'm waiting for a non-Apple laptop that can fit this screen, it's 1.6:1. (I'm writing this on a 1080p 15" thinkpad with a swapped screen)