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by askthereception 5y ago
The first question on the first problem sheet reads: > Describe one aspect of memory that you are absolutely certain is true. Explain how you know– be as specific as possible. Any thoughts?
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by askthereception 6y ago
For those who are getting confused about the S and K combinators, another definition is implied by the notion of a 'partial combinatory algebra' [1]. It is a set A together with a partial map A x A -> A, viewed as 'applica
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by askthereception 6y ago
It's more helpful to view category theory as a language. Most undergraduates learn mathematics in the language of sets. If they're doing algebra, then the underlying structures of their groups, rings, etc. are always sets. Same fo
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Libra Association – White Paper v2.0 [pdf](libra.org)
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by askthereception 7y ago
Perhaps have a look at the paper "Cubical Type Theory: A Constructive Interpretation of the Univalence Axiom" by Cohen et al. [1] which gives the typing rules in the early sections. [1] http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opu
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by askthereception 7y ago
Your example using the verb "see" is not quite right, but a genuine ACI does exist in English: I want him to swim / I expect him to swim. For another example, in Dutch it happens to work with "see" (zien): "ik
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by askthereception 7y ago
"Unlike the rest of the language, numerals are written left-to-right." Everyone makes this mistake. It is rather the case that in English (and other languages) numerals are written right-to-left. You can tell since, when reading r
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by askthereception 7y ago
"There is no team of brilliant and vaguely sinister engineers, cooking up ways to get you binge reading." There is, and it's called an editor. This is especially why a lot of bestselling non-fiction reads so smoothly. I alway
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by askthereception 7y ago
My source is any novel/non-fiction or newspaper article I would be reading when encountering the word. I usually copy the sentence, maybe trim it a bit, and cloze on the word. The hint I give depends on the word, sometimes an English t
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by askthereception 7y ago
One issue I have with Anki is that for every new format of cards I try, it takes about a year to know whether it works better or not. For instance, I have taken a different approach to vocabulary since I found that single words (e.g. in Fre
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by askthereception 7y ago
So this is the kind of news that one ought to be careful with now that everyone has had a chance to read the Black Swan. It has probably more to do with genetic drift. You cannot stumble upon a tribe, take some random property they all shar
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by askthereception 8y ago
What is it with this tendency to speak of a 'Nobel prize' when it concerns a different, lesser known prestigious prize in a field for which there happens to be no Nobel prize (Abel prize, Turing award)? It's a lazy way to try