Steko

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by Steko 8y ago
> a very unfashionable finding currently in the US, but the science is clear. The science is not really that clear. Tyler Cowen [1] refers us to Jay Joseph [2] who refers us to other critics of "twins reared apart" ("TRA&q
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by Steko 8y ago
Sorry late reply, I'd have to do more research but if my machine pooped the bed today probably Linux Mint. Maybe wait for Apple's rumored Mac Mini Pro announcement next week to see if it's not the worst?
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by Steko 8y ago
> Apple won't fare as well if they were to be evaluated by an audience unfamiliar with their brand and devices all together. Haven't they spent the last decade expanding into new markets successfully though? And from what I gat
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by Steko 8y ago
It would support two things that are currently in doubt (1) the idea that Bloomberg ran the story with actual information from actual insiders at Apple/Amazon (I've seen upvoted comments in multiple HN threads suggesting fabricati
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by Steko 8y ago
Ok, "encourage and facilitate"
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by Steko 8y ago
An easy way Bloomberg could support their story: allow one or more of their "senior insider" sources at Apple/Amazon to speak with another outlet (AP, NYT, whoever) who agrees to maintain their anonymity.
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by Steko 8y ago
Microsoft has turned Windows Update into a cancer that is the single reason I am going to abandon their platform in future machine purchases. Can't believe I'm longing for the days of Vista (well post-SP1).
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by Steko 8y ago
Complaints about headline bias/clickbaityness or suggesting better links seem to comprise around half of HN comments.
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by Steko 8y ago
> people don't care about being spied upon Perhaps "sign in to google" isn't the bulletproof privacy phone some commenters are implying it is.
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by Steko 8y ago
I like how the linked article is a laundry list of reasons to believe in dark matter but doesn't mention any problems with particle dark matter, MOND alternatives, or that the consensus on dark matter is far from settled, etc. And oh y
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by Steko 8y ago
!wikt is also very useful for wiktionary
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by Steko 8y ago
> "Yet almost all astronomers are certain: dark matter and dark energy exist ... [and it explains] everything that we see." Siegel's cheerleading overstates the case, let's check wikipedia for a more sober assessment
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by Steko 8y ago
Here's a more in depth argument of why maybe you shouldn't be: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9fkb3t/im_an_emergen... "Medical grade" is hard to define, but you might actual
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by Steko 8y ago
Currently can't do it but saying it'll never be possible seems like you're setting yourself up to get burned by deep learning.
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by Steko 8y ago
AFAIK GPUs are ok at matrix math, it's just they are typically built for higher precision. AI chips probably have some other advantages but I'm not the best person to speak to them. Here's my simplified understanding: CPUs a
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by Steko 8y ago
You could call the discontinued "edition" line (gold/ceramic) a flop but on the whole it seems fairly successful by watch/smartwatch standards if not by iphone standards.
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by Steko 8y ago
Dvorak's greatest hits: "nobody wants a mouse", "Steve Jobs going the way of pet rocks", "cable modems are a dead end", "the mac is dead", "ipod is a niche product", "wikipedia is
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by Steko 8y ago
Yes it's optimized for 8 bit matrix multiplication. > If so, what is it about matrix calculations that makes a GPU not the most optimised for this task? Well this gets into what is a GPU since now NVIDIA and others are making specia
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by Steko 8y ago
These chips, like GPUs, are optimized for parallel processing, but they are also designed for lower precision math which requires less memory and fewer transistors/operation and hence are considerably more power efficient.
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by Steko 8y ago
> which sounds similar to the neural engine, and predates it Apple's neural engine shipped in the A11, a few weeks earlier than the Pixel 2.
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by Steko 8y ago
Seems like you've cherry picked a low number. They claim 50% graphics improvement and the neural net cores' instructions/sec went up by a factor of 8 (600B -> 5T)
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by Steko 8y ago
> What am I missing there ? It's usually something like the worst exchange rate in the last x months plus VAT.
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by Steko 8y ago
> 2) Using a random LG 330 W panel on top of the Edith Maersk, it would take an array 1/3 of a mile by 1/2 of a mile in area to match Edith's 80,000 kW engine power output. Edith is 1/4 mile long and 3/100ths of
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by Steko 8y ago
> Valve has competitors in the PC games storefront market. On iOS, there is (for all practical reasons) no other storefront. Predictably, this is where the goalposts have moved[1] but it's really orthogonal to whether there's v
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by Steko 8y ago
> None of what you stated above is worth anywhere near 10%, let alone 30% "Creating a marketplace" can have well over 30% value.
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by Steko 8y ago
People keep saying Apple adds no value but bringing millions of paying customers and a trusted storefront does in fact have lots of value for most apps. This is exactly the value Steam brings on PC. Being locked down or not is a red herring
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by Steko 8y ago
Alternate title: pop music responds to consumer preferences for louder music with less jarring timbre and pitch transitions
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by Steko 8y ago
Realistically I want: SSD options that aren't laughable. Right now Apple charges $600 to upgrade the mac mini's Fusion drive to 1 TB, when the cost of a good non-NVMe 1 TB SSD is around $200. I don't expect Apple to ever offe
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by Steko 8y ago
The bigger problem is, as he mentions (and addresses in updates), "Napoleon benefited from the large number of battles in which he led forces". That puts it mildly. When he says "the next highest performer ... had less than h
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by Steko 8y ago
I examined all fatal car crashes in the United States between pi day and Bloomsday in 2015 and assigned them a Mitigation Score based on the hypothetical that the people involved were instead walking. 98.3% of fatalities would have been

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