contrarian_5

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by contrarian_5 5y ago
the reaction wheel works because of the large moment of inertia of the wheel. when the bike begins to tip over, it applies a torque to the wheel. you can imagine trying to get that wheel turning with your hands, it would offer a lot of resi
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
arent chinese people not supposed to have github accounts, or facebook/youtube/twitter accounts? interesting though.
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
ive been here since 2014. i didnt bring up eugenics, but if you want to broach that topic then fine. intelligence, as well as all other traits or characteristics, of not just humans but all organisms, is subject to natural selection. if you
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
very frequent topic here on HN. i remember a comment about a persons experience with the public schools in the soviet union when it collapsed. all the smart people pulled their kids out and did something else. its the same as everything els
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
i love the time that we live in. people talk about there being a glut of podcasts, but i can type "Peter Scholze" into youtube and there is a full hour-long interview with him hosted by another mathematician. you can see her chann
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
yes, exactly. everyone is very quick to point out how evil the united states is. but there is no public reaction about the soviet union in which millions upon millions of people were deliberately murdered. more people than the nazis and the
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
its strange how soviet union stuff is a fetish for coastal people but you never see much nazi stuff. the soviets murdered more people than the nazis and they are objectively evil. but that detail is simply lost somehow.
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
thats going to be one of the biggest shocks to society going forward when it comes to the changes that AI bring. there are mountains of data everywhere that is completely overlooked simply because the cost of processing the data is too high
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
if you measure accurately enough there is a lot of variation in those qualities from one person to the next.
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
i was born and raised in california. i left a year ago for the midwest. the situation in california is depressing. and im not talking about human poop or homeless people. im talking about jobs, culture and general lifestyle. california is f
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
if you allow people to work from home you can pay them less because they will be able to cut their living expenses in half when they move out of LA/SF/NY. there are tons of great places to live all over the place. work-from-home w
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by contrarian_5 5y ago
everything is simple and easy once you understand and master it.
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A generative vision model that trains with high data efficiency [2017](science.sciencemag.org)
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by contrarian_5 6y ago
there is no RANDOMIZED, controlled study that proves this kind of food is healthy. it isnt proven to be healthy. it likely isnt healthy. foods that are labeled "healthy" like orange juice and brown rice are likely very unhealthy a