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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Seems like the lady in that story was telling a joke, as the services offered by a cruise ship wouldn't be comparable to an assisted-living facility, let alone a nursing home. Not to ruin the joke, just, if she merely needed food deliv
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
> I tried saying "what if functions have the same name"..he spouted off about "how compilers are smart enough to know what the programmer wants based upon parameters provided [...] This sounds like a potentially challengin
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Really just a personal ray-tracing app. I coded it up in C# with an event-loop to update, and mouse-clicks emit a ray to hit-test against an object, allowing for interactivity. Then you can draw anything that you can programmatically desc
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
It's probably not something most folks have to worry about. But for the sake of example, say that you download an image to be later used in a document/presentation that'll be made publicly available. The image server might c
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
A large collection of tools. The trick seems to be to find apps that're good at particular jobs, then compose the components drawn from those apps together into a scene. 1. PowerPoint for composition. Unless whatever graphic you&#x2
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
They probably sold it to management as exploring future simulation-and-optimization methodologies. I mean, right now, the D-Wave computers seem too weak to be worth the expense compared to classical computers. So, it seems unreasonable for
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
I kinda doubt anyone's going to really criticize this one. I mean, the controversy about D-Wave (if I recall correctly) was largely related to claims about it having achieved [quantum advantage over classical computing methods]( https:
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Yeah, I'm doing something that's basically AGI. The motivation is largely as many futurists hold, i.e.: > I want to cure all diseases, aging, etc.; but, that's too much research for humans to do quickly enough! We better
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
What'd be the argument for that interpretation? To note it, the article's figures are for submitted claims, not for approved claims.
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Is there any evidence that this is connected to other political issues? I mean, the open-access movement is widely hailed as an important progressive step in improving the academic world, regardless of nationality. Hopefully it's just
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Some of the comments so far seem to suggest that this bill would require software to include backdoors. However, it looks like [the bill's PDF]( https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/b
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Tangential, but the article badly malfunctions in Chrome with JavaScript disabled. It seems to redirect to https://www.gizmodo.com.au/?nojs=1 , which then starts to reload the page over-and-over at about half-second interva
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
tl;dr- They used AI-guided optimization to seek optimal protein foldings. --- Proteins are basically chains of amino acids. Instead of remaining straight rods or something, they tend wrap back on themselves. Researchers are interested in
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
> Moreover, we’re simply not robots; one does not simply do consulting from 9 AM to 1 PM, then switch one’s mind to product coding at 1:01 PM and carry on until 5 PM. The mind needs time to unwind, recharge, adapt, and get in gear. This
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
The right way to read such a book really depends on your learning style and personal circumstances. Personally, I tend to skim; I find most texts to be far too verbose. But then if I find a part that I'm interested in or want to explo
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
In general, you can write off pretty much any idea that involves poisoning children as unethical. That death tolls from the [opioid crisis]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic ) have been rising is a problem
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
For the technology itself, sure. For this particular open-source hobbyist project, not likely; those who're most likely to attempt to use such a tactic maliciously are likely to keep it to themselves rather than demonstrate that the se
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
To the author: You might want to extend the preview PDF to include a few pages from later chapters. The issue's that the [current preview]( https://pimbook.org/pdf/pim_first_pages.pdf ) only gets into polynomials o
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Inability. One of the foundational problems with the soft/social sciences is that many of its practitioners have such weak analytical thinking skills (Note below) and the educational requirements for Psychology majors typically just in
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Was Bitcoin meant to be an enduring project? I mean, I get that a lot of people see it that way, but it's always struck me as giving off an experimental vibe. Presumably an enduring solution to something as fundamental as a monetary s
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
I wonder how costly this particular class-action suit was for Lenovo? This is, the 7.3 MUSD to be paid, plus the prorated expenses to compensate the employees handling the case, plus court fees, plus travel expenses, etc., but ignoring fact
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
Sounds like a good call. It's much easier to excel in the pursuit of something you believe in. Seems like folks who accept jobs that they don't believe in are liable to become increasingly demotivated and eventually burned out.
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
They mean that it's fraud to mislead people by gaming their assumptions about performance indicators. Specifically, they're saying that paying for one kind of popularity (e.g., sales of widgets or good reviews on Amazon.com) is fr
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
I was pretty confused by how he framed this video. What was weird was his constant reiteration of the point that he's been living well, enjoying a well-to-do, leisurely sounding lifestyle. I mean, if that's the case, good for him
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
> Are there still any people like that in physics? Legendary scientists/engineers who run there own lab and just make cool stuff? That's pretty much what I've been going for. Got my PhD in Chemical Engineering and an MBA,
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
The ideal structure of a programming language seems to depend on the user. I mean, if someone thinks in machine code and can't understand anything else, then machine code's optimal for them, regardless of how impractical it might
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by _Nat_ 8y ago
The "linked variables" concept is often called ["reactive programming"]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_programming ) or ["data binding"]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by _Nat_ 9y ago
Hey, I'm a founder working on something that can have a pretty similar front-end! Could you comment on your business model? In particular, how's the company intend to draw in revenue?
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by _Nat_ 9y ago
This does read more like a blogger trying to self-promote than anything else.
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by _Nat_ 9y ago
Are you suggesting that we recall the great bulk of modern CPU's? Like, literally gut everyone's computers, including those in data centers and running critical infrastructure, until replacements are eventually manufactured? Or d

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