alan-hn

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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   There's still time, friends
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   I personally don't think that any macromolecular physical system can be entirely nondeterministic. We just don't understand how to make predictions for the system yet, but being beyond our understanding doesn't make it nondet
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   So to put things simply, this comes from a view of a neuron (or network of neurons) as a dynamical system with various states. These states are constantly in flux and we can describe the states as patterns that are seen from plotting the pi
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   Its a transition between distinct operational phases of a dynamic system, iirc these can be described with a (my terminology may be a bit off here) topological phase diagram https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/dynamical-syst
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   The website looks great! It has a really nice feel to it. It makes me want to see more pages designed by kids, but at some point I think there might be an issue of child labor. The design feels unique and genuine
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   For me its actually the browser window itself that represents a working set. I put all related tabs into their own windows and put the windows I'm not using on my supplemental monitor in the background so they're out of the way. O
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   I actually use my browser history, but I forget how much utility I actually get out of it until I clear it :S
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   Maybe Pocket should have a leaderboard
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   by alan-hn 5y ago

   >Or, they could create a Totally-Not-Mozilla Foundation and bring trustworthy old-timers with the right vision on board. Then they could either do a hostile takeover aka LibreOffice, or coax the original Mozilla Foundation into handing o
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    by alan-hn 5y ago

    In what fields?
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    by alan-hn 5y ago

    What exactly is being rationalized? I've had opportunities and I've chosen not to take them because I didn't think they were aligned with my moral structure.
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    by alan-hn 5y ago

    I think the reality of neuroscience and behavioral research at this point in time is that it's just really difficult to translate neuro -> behavior and thought processes. There are some decently well researched learning methods, suc
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    by alan-hn 5y ago

    Because I personally don't think that being obscenely wealthy is worth it. From my perspective, almost all paths to wealth seem exploitative and unethical. Of course, I don't think this view is quite common so I expect people to d