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by arcanus 11y ago
Not at all, and I'm skeptical any PhD (myself included) would ever say otherwise.
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Mark Zuckerberg: We shouldn't worry about AI overtaking humans(businessinsider.com)
1 points by arcanus 11y ago|0 comments
813.
by arcanus 11y ago
Yes, by all means, don't move to Austin ;)
814.
by arcanus 11y ago
They don't, at least in the USA. My Ph.d. is from Texas at Austin, which is a public institution. During my time as a grad student I had numerous opportunities to 'see how the sausage is made'. Even as a public institution th
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The City of the Eternal Boom(texasmonthly.com)
71 points by arcanus 11y ago|47 comments
816.
by arcanus 11y ago
Austinite here. Interesting article. > how can I go about doing that if I’m not being supported > by VCs in Austin? As a three year old firm, you might be running out of runway. I don't disagree with your statement that Austin V
817.
by arcanus 11y ago
I'm not a big fan of Stephen's cellular automata approaches with respect to fundamental research, as I consider them overly reductionist and largely unable to be validated. Regardless, a very interesting article. Stephen is a pret
818.
by arcanus 11y ago
> scientists don't want to "waste" their time reproducing other peoples results Completely agree, and it is actually even worse than you imply: if you think it is hard to get scientists to reproduce others work, imagine tr
819.
by arcanus 11y ago
> which, as the article showed by its actual usage, tend to be seen as synonymous In the sciences, language often takes on an entirely different meaning than in popular lexicon. This is one of the reasons I cringe every time I hear someo
820.
by arcanus 11y ago
Reminds me of the quote from the game Deus Ex: The checks and balances of democratic governments were invented because human beings themselves realized how unfit they were to govern themselves. They needed a system, an industrial-age machin
821.
by arcanus 11y ago
I was getting a more cyberpunk vibe, but I like where you are going regardless.
822.
by arcanus 11y ago
In American Football, can you throw a forward pass? Or in Basketball, can you shoot three point shots? Both were not originally in those respective games, and were added. The rules of all sports are evolving, and will continue to do so. I&#
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by arcanus 11y ago
> Why should someone add a sporting rule that can endanger people? Completely agree. The purpose of sport (in our modern day) is well-being. We should not force anyone to (within reason) be expected to hurt themselves. However, it strike
824.
by arcanus 11y ago
> Anyone trying to get around the rules is just cheating, so why should doping be excused? Perhaps a better question is: why are there rules against doping in the first place? As the xkcd notes, 'some performance enhancements are ok
825.
by arcanus 11y ago
Great post. Unsure why all the responses to this seem to equate cheating in a sport with murder, tax evasion or other rules that are far more fundamental to the proper operation of society. I see what uber is doing as far more ethically que
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by arcanus 11y ago
> Shameful to use his sons death for this propaganda. I don't have strong feelings towards his views, but I don't see how it can be called propaganda. He presents a reasoned argument, in contrast to the violence that was visite
827.
by arcanus 11y ago
If confirmed, it should be virtually a guaranteed nobel. If debunked, it will be this years BICEP/cosmic-dust. I'm happy to see the LIGO team taking the time to really vet this thoroughly, despite the considerable rumors around i
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Silicon Valley's reality: The party is over(cnbc.com)
6 points by arcanus 11y ago|1 comments
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by arcanus 11y ago
The guys working at quant funds tend to have ph.d.s, in my experience. Some are certainly from state schools (UT Austin).
830.
by arcanus 11y ago
I'm surprised to hear that. It never hurts to be the best, but in my experience all the top-10 (or even top-25) programs are quite competitive. My research and summer internship opportunities were just as 'cool' as at any oth
831.
by arcanus 11y ago
Is 5G even an accepted standard yet?
832.
by arcanus 11y ago
Ooops -- './' vs. '/.', e.g. right array vs. left array
833.
by arcanus 11y ago
I also dislike R. Strongly disagree with the argument that MATLAB is more clear than python, however. Have you tried numpy/scipy? Provides excellent performance and very powerful APIs. I've always found that a great deal of the MA
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by arcanus 11y ago
Do you play go? It has incredibly broad strokes and requires great strategy. I find this a significant accomplishment.
835.
by arcanus 11y ago
Remarkable achievement, much more impressive than Chess, imo.
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by arcanus 11y ago
Assuming one hit in the entire fellowship program, at which point: 1.5e6/2e4 = 75 fellowships So each 100MM 'hit' funds 75 fellows. Would be hard to imagine they expect to do much better than that in terms of hit rate, so nai
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by arcanus 11y ago
I think you are certainly right that computation has really permitted Bayes to shine. But I think the stigma against the study persisted for decades: we had Metropolis-Hastings in the 70s, after all. And as the book argues out, Bayes, even
838.
by arcanus 11y ago
One 'scientific villain' that occurs to me: Ronald Fisher. He used his considerable influence in the statistics community to suppress Bayesian inference research because he disagreed with the premise of prior probability. Set Baye
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by arcanus 11y ago
> it would be company with the largest market cap in history, yes bigger than Apple Apple is not remotely the largest company in history, when adjusted for inflation. The The Dutch East India Company, for instance, was worth over 7 tril
840.
by arcanus 11y ago
Admittedly was a fun Vin diesel movie

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