Will_Parker

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by Will_Parker 9y ago
Indeed, posts like this are of historical interest, but today, take Python: dx = 0.0001 def deriv(f): return lambda x: (f(x + dx) - f(x)) / dx This works just the same as the author's example and looks even mo
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
I'm a middle aged former investor in AMD back in the Athlon days. I find it remarkable that the dialogue about AMD vs Intel is identical today as it was 20 years ago!
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
A remote attacker can use a backdoor to gain control of any PC? This is great news for malicious AI!
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
Ok, fair enough! Though, has anyone ever analyzed this question rigorously with data? I.e. is there a Bill James equivalent in the ice hockey world? The larger point is that individual stars definitely matter a lot in pro sports. And recrui
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
On the other hand, a star quarterback or goalie has a disproportionate positive effect on the team's winning chances, and chances to win championships.
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
The problem is, something that massive would affect the motion of the Earth itself.
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
Is there really evidence from before 20kya that is taken seriously by anyone these days? According to Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas "Available scientific evidence indicates th
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
How could some human settlements exclusively on and around the Pacific shore kill all megafauna on a whole continent? Postulating that the first settlement is more important than the time of a population explosion seems to lack the kind of
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
> it throws major wrenches into the hypothesis that the mastodons were hunted to extinction by early humans. Why would some small settlements ~20kya be a problem for this hypothesis? Regardless of whether previous settlements at a smalle
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
Not to mention, the difference in known human technology and capability from 130k years ago to 50k years ago is not small. Using something like Bayesian reasoning, I find it more plausible that this is experimental error than a one-off reve
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by Will_Parker 9y ago
For a skeptical point of view, see the second half of Jared Diamond's article: https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27111