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by awanderingmind 2y ago
That was an interesting (and short!) read. Most of what he wrote is applicable to ML/AI today. A direct link to the pdf for those too lazy to click twice: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=105677
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
That's really cool, something to be proud of :)
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
I agree it's not great, but it seems to be more of a request? I can view the page by closing the popup, without the need to disable my adblocker.
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
That was a lovely read, thank you. I particularly enjoyed the analogy between 'a poorly-written computer program' (i.e. one with a lot of duplication due to inadequate abstraction), and the importance of using the appropriate math
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
I don't know, but I reckon he would have been unimpressed.
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
Thanks for this comment, it encouraged me to go and add this to the <head> of my blog.
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
Me too! I think it's the pontification presented in a self-aware, humorous way. I strongly agree with about half of the essay, while I want to agree with the other half in principle, but instead I think it is indeed "...so ridicul
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
Since this thread is full of Tao Te Ching enthusiasts, someone might enjoy this blog post of mine: https://www.awanderingmind.blog/posts/2024-01-14-tao-te-chin...
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Vipassanā – Calming a Wandering Mind(awanderingmind.blog)
3 points by awanderingmind 2y ago|0 comments
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by awanderingmind 2y ago
There is currently a typo in the link which prevents it from working - the correct link is https://static.usenix.org/publications/compsystems/1993/win_... Interesting read, thanks!
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Some Thoughts on the Tao Te Ching(awanderingmind.blog)
2 points by awanderingmind 3y ago|1 comments
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by awanderingmind 3y ago
A blog post about the Tao Te Ching, and Taoism in general. Includes an LLM generated version of the Tao Te Ching at the end, along with a discussion of the process of creating it, and the quality of the output (ok but not amazing).
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by awanderingmind 3y ago
I recommend writing for the sake of writing. Posting content can be scary, but as others have said: just don't add a comments section. You'll avoid the majority of the unhelpful 'your writing is awful and you suck' type
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by awanderingmind 3y ago
No specific advice I'm afraid - although I guess you could try just expanding the entire page and leave the margins blank? In any case, keep on writing!
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by awanderingmind 3y ago
Hey! You have some interesting content. If you had a rss/atom feed I'd happily subscribe to it. A comment on your site: I have to zoom to 300% on firefox to get what seems like a 'natural' view. Without this it feels lik
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by awanderingmind 3y ago
https://www.awanderingmind.blog/ People seem to have enjoyed my book reviews, of which there are currently a grand total of two: https://www.awanderingmind.blog/tags/book%20review.html . Most recently I
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
A review of the short story 'The Mold of Yancy' but Philip K. Dick.
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Geometric Algebra and Classical Mechanics(awanderingmind.blog)
27 points by awanderingmind 4y ago|1 comments
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
An elementary introduction to geometric algebra, with examples of applications to problems from classical mechanics
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
Thanks for a thoughtful response :). I agree with most of what you say. You are right that 50 years is a long time - that was poor phrasing on my part.
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
If you are implying that I am trying make a racist claim you are wrong.
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
You may be right.
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
It's not an issue of maintaining a 'western European' standard of living - it's an issue of millions of people suffering because of lack of access to basic services, and a sky high crime rate that brutalises the populati
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
That's not quite what I was going for - I didn't propose any solutions, but that doesn't mean I believe the situation is completely beyond repair. By all means live your life as you believe best, but to anyone else reading th
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
I think I sort of agree with you?
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by awanderingmind 4y ago
My apologies if this came across as tone deaf. I in no way mean to minimise the damage caused by apartheid, which was one of the great evils of the 20th century. One of the challenges in writing is realising that no matter how hard you try,
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The state of South Africa, 28ish years post-apartheid(awanderingmind.blog)
140 points by awanderingmind 4y ago|191 comments
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Freud's 'Civilization and Its Discontents'(awanderingmind.blog)
1 points by awanderingmind 4y ago|0 comments
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Kropotkin's 'The Conquest of Bread'(awanderingmind.blog)
193 points by awanderingmind 5y ago|113 comments