bbor

84 ms·

961.
by bbor 2y ago
Fascinating look into how culture impacts research. This is done in China, and seemingly takes a 100% empirical mindset, deciding not to mention any of the theoretical frameworks that could back such a system, the most obvious of them being
962.
by bbor 2y ago
Could you clarify…? I’m not seeing anything jump out to me, but it’s very possibly I’m missing something basic comparing it to, say, 2023: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_s... My only real ta
963.
by bbor 2y ago
Absolutely correct. It starts kinda hilariously; The convergence of computers and music production is now complete, making any sound theoretically possible at virtually no cost. But I mean… lol. Cmon. Let’s run through the facts: 1.
964.
by bbor 2y ago
HN never disappoints, jeez. Thanks for chiming in with some expert context! I highly recommend any meteoronoobs like me to check out the pdf version of the linked paper, the diagrams are top notch — https://www.nature.com/ar
965.
by bbor 2y ago
They’re empiricists — the only ~~real~~ conclusive way to answer that question is to try it, IMO! The old ML maxim was “don’t expect models to do anything a human expert couldn’t do with access to the same data”, but that’s clearly going
966.
by bbor 2y ago
Welcome :) there’s a neat guidelines page if you haven’t seen it: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and endless compilations of old posts, such as https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTr
967.
by bbor 2y ago
Props. HN really needs an [edited] icon… throw it on the long list!
968.
by bbor 2y ago
Seems hard… weather is a structure in the Piagetian sense, with lots of individual elements influencing each other via static forces. Earthquakes are-AFAIU as a non-expert Californian-more about physical rock structures within the crust tha
969.
by bbor 2y ago
Fascinating. I have two quick questions, if you find the time: …we’ve built our own foundation model, GFT (Generative Forecasting Transformer), a 1.5B parameter frontier model that simulates global weather… I’m constantly scolding pe
970.
by bbor 2y ago
As discussed above, yes you can try to get around their IP blocks using a VPN — I’m guessing they have some basic ML models watching new account creation from banned IPs. It just seems… idk, pitiful? Embarrassing? Also the subs I was creati
971.
by bbor 2y ago
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah I've sorta taken it for granted that I'm going to comply with their "no ban evasion" rule, but I guess I should give it some thought if I find the urge some day. Given that my old account
972.
by bbor 2y ago
WOW that's the reason? I didn't catch that, that's both hilarious and disheartening. Dijkstra is rolling in his grave... I suppose we'll have to move from "nodes and edges" to, idk, "dots and lines",
973.
by bbor 2y ago
It's shockingly frustrating and disheartening. I recently (like, yesterday) got permanently banned from Reddit for "report abuse", for some random semi-nonsense comment I reported a month ago on a meme subreddit. Regardless
974.
by bbor 2y ago
I trust facebook not to scam me (..?) much more than I trust a random stranger. As someone who worked in big tech, my takeaway was that they’re absurdly worried about data privacy and security when it comes to PII and such. They’re evil, of
975.
by bbor 2y ago
Why not? Who cares if Facebook has my drivers license number? Unless they plan on using the new Georgia voter deregistration site, it doesn’t seem very sensitive. Or are you worried about the address part?
976.
by bbor 2y ago
To be fair this is very likely the work of "an angry troll", so I have some hope that they'll get caught. People don't tend to be at their best when they're raging, especially when that rage is directed at someone s
977.
by bbor 2y ago
If you committed that crime, the police would probably try to find you and stop you, not just give up on anonymous tips :) As you said, they're obligated to respond, as they have a monopoly on violence. How many people do you know who
978.
by bbor 2y ago
You’re asking the right questions, IMO! Chomsky has spent his life trying to answer this question in different forms, and has ultimately arrived to the conclusion that we live in a “Pre-Gallilean” era of cognitive science, where the only an
979.
by bbor 2y ago
Does anyone here think this will change without a full cognitive apparatus? Aka “agents”, to use the modern term? I have my doubts, but I’m relatively uninformed about the cutting edge of pure ML itself. Just off the top of my head, maybe a
980.
by bbor 2y ago
Great article, thanks for posting! I typed out a long thing that got lost, so I’ll cut to the chase and do what everyone else is doing and give my rebuttal: cognition is absolutely composed of many non-unified (and often almost-entirely-unc
981.
by bbor 2y ago
Heh, relevant XKCD… as always: https://xkcd.com/610/
982.
by bbor 2y ago
Huh okay thanks for commenting, I was very confused about what exactly I was reading until you prompted me to look him up. Interesting guy — he’s a full time professional academic in philosophy, and yet writes like a hacker, even going as f
983.
by bbor 2y ago
Great point! But yeah I think it does, given the source indeed uses “generates”: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/teaming-up-to-keep-park-was... bringing in and generating nearly 70 million tons of trash Go
984.
by bbor 2y ago
I naturally interpreted that comment in terms of servants, drivers, cleaners, etc., but on second reading, I think you’re right that it’s about companies. It sounds like he wants to be somewhat safe/financially secure without needing
985.
by bbor 2y ago
Oh hell yeah it’s the semioscape person. Thanks for posting! I will say that I skimmed through parts (it’s quite long for typical HN fair and tends towards repetition), but overall glad I stuck with it. Would recommend - at least to check o
986.
by bbor 2y ago
I would argue what has changed is structural, not technological. As our age continues to gild itself to further extremes everyday, I just don’t think there’s space to use small groups of optimistic hackers to bring bright new things to huma
987.
by bbor 2y ago
Fantastically written article by someone who doesn’t realize (or articulate?) that they were part of a terribly unique, terribly exploitative movement that is reaching its natural conclusion. And, of course, I was lucky. Two of the fift
988.
by bbor 2y ago
Oo I love a terminological discussion, well said! I would disagree on your first point though: aren’t most large machines modular monoliths? Say, cars, airplanes, and dams? I absolutely agree that this usage kinda erases the original intent
989.
by bbor 2y ago
I wonder if anyone bothered to test some of this water runoff for dangerous chemicals… I’m no scientist, but generally the liquids inside batteries should stay inside the batteries whenever possible. Though I guess normal car fires would ha
990.
by bbor 2y ago
Well, to play student's advocate here for a second: wouldn't that make it harder to see the immediate difference, given the more complex presentation? IMO this visualization makes it pretty immediately obvious that galaxies aren&#

More ›