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by axg11 5y ago
The replies here are focused on “control” and how DSLRs are meant to be the _raw_ experience. I think they’re missing the mark. All DSLRs come with an “auto” mode. Why should it be the case that this mode is so rubbish? There is currently a
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by axg11 5y ago
That is not the impression I got from this reply.
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At the very least I’m glad more private companies are exploring ways to provide their employees with liquidity. Issues I can foresee: - Price, as determined by a third party, is going to be BS. There is a reason we use markets for price det
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by axg11 5y ago
Good overall post but there is some conflation with machine learning. The issue with conflating the two is that, in practice, many engineers want to do ML work but few want to perform analysis work. One additional factor for success: Hire w
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Try Amazon music :)
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by axg11 5y ago
Suspicions that Tether is a scam have existed for years at this point. There are countless articles and analysis pieces. Given all of that, why has this not affected cryptocurrency valuations? There has to be a missing piece of the puzzle,
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by axg11 5y ago
I see there are a lot of questions/doubts in the comments about the usefulness of such research. This type of research is the precursor to gaining the ability to generative photorealistic 3D worlds. What is that useful for? Anywhere we
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by axg11 5y ago
It's only unsettling if you are completely unfamiliar with the machine learning field. FAIR publishes research in many ML/AI fields. They're responsible for plenty of advances and contributions.
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by axg11 5y ago
I wrote a short post on retrieval transformers that you might find interesting [0]. It’s a twist on transformers that allows scaling “world knowledge” independently in a database-like manner. [0] - https://arsham.substack.com&#x2
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by axg11 5y ago
You’re letting your imagination run a little too wild here. Depending on which polls you believe, 20-50% of Russians support this invasion. There is no end scenario where Russians are content being ruled by a non-Russian, even in a newly fo
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Unfortunately NATO has been played into a corner. Sanctions are the only tool that NATO is willing to use right now (alongside lethal aid to Ukraine). What a lot of Western media is overlooking is that this invasion is modestly supported by
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Good point. It could be interesting to make this into a multiplayer tool. Allow each member of a team to answer the questions and then focus the debate around the questions where there is the most disagreement.
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I don't think there's any cause for concern. Zelensky is likely receiving real-time intelligence and advice from NSA, CIA, GCHQ, and much more. If there was any issue with this video, they would have already taken steps to ensure
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by axg11 5y ago
(Context: I work on recommendation systems at a large co - opinions my own) I think there is a real blind spot in terms of the carbon emissions of ML, somewhat on the research side, but particularly on the production side. Let's take Y
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by axg11 5y ago
Related question: does anyone have a source for accurate polling in Russia? I'd like to understand the _true_ level of support for the invasion of Ukraine. There is a lot of propaganda flying out on both sides. I think the West/NA
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by axg11 5y ago
You're describing the complexity of achieving the outcome. That is a great achievement - you spent months of work to achieve something technically complex. Congratulations, sincerely. However, to the end user, Lunar is a utility that c
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by axg11 5y ago
Interesting visual tool and mental framework. Unfortunately, I think this would have "failed" in all the decision processes I have been a part of. Why? Each of the questions is valid, but bad decisions usually stem from incorrectl
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by axg11 5y ago
I see both sides to this. Yes, Russians should protest against the horrible actions of their government. On the other hand, if you’re an average Russian with few/no international ties, would you really risk protesting against a governm
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by axg11 5y ago
I believe the opposite, I think this war will be a boon for cryptocurrencies, although I admit there will be a period of pain and learning before that. To understand why, we need to make a key distinction between two aspects of the crypto w
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by axg11 5y ago
If you grow up somewhere, the culture of that place stays with you forever. Childhood is the formative time for our personalities, ways of thinking, preferences and much more. The country you grow up in is, for many people, an inseparable p
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by axg11 5y ago
(Context: I have a PhD in genomics - but not necessarily an expert in this sub-field) It is possible, but still difficult, to edit cells in-place. One example is the liver, a highly vascularized tissue (lots of blood vessels). This means th
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by axg11 5y ago
If you can't detect them, perhaps that increases the incentive to never even threaten the use of your own nuclear weapons? After all, a threat would encourage your (potential) enemies to strike first.
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by axg11 5y ago
One way to reduce the risk is to situate the dish as far as possible from the Starlink router, and again house the router as far as reasonably possible from yourself.
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How much would it cost to subsidize natural gas prices back to previous prices? Is this feasible? Would be very interested in an order of magnitude estimate. Innocent people are dying as the result of an unprovoked war. Sanctions on Russia
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by axg11 5y ago
Russia-China ties were going to inevitably strengthen regardless of this war. There is no such thing as targeted sanctions against the Russian government, at least in practice. Targeted sanctions are trivial to evade for Russian oligarchs a
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Very well said - the context here is key.
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I understand the theory of what you are saying, NATO as an alliance is focused around the "red line". However, in practise, will the US/UK/etc risk a nuclear war over Montenegro? Even today, with Biden and Boris in comma
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I'm worried this is optimistic but ultimately misguided thinking. Russia is invading Ukraine because Putin knows that the consequences of invasion will be small relative to his perceived benefits. NATO/"The West" will no
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Naive question: doesn't this still achieve a useful outcome? i.e., denying RT the ability to spread government propaganda?
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I can hardly blame Instagram PMs for pushing this change. Their main competitor is TikTok with average daily viewing times of 40+ mins per day (reported 24hrs/month as of Sept 2021). Internally, Instagram PMs have surely been tasked wi

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