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   by datameta 3y ago

   There might be a layer of humor you didn't pick up on.
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   by datameta 3y ago

   On a somewhat related note - I highly recommend visiting the Mayan ruins at the Coba archaelogical site. It has the tallest Mayan pyramid on the Yucatan peninsula, with half of it (the inaccessible rear) still inundated by dense jungle. A f
3. 483.▲
   by datameta 3y ago

   Too late, I'm ending a week in CDMX. The earthquake oriented infrastructure is interesting. Long external horizontal struts are used on buildings that are irregular polygons. Often external (or "internal" but outside) stairca
4. 484.▲
   by datameta 3y ago

   Longer active time in the field due to only needing battery for control and sensing, while using the built-in nervous system and locomotion.
5. 485.▲
   by datameta 3y ago

   Agreed. But I suppose to save more lives, it is worth it?
6. 486.▲
   by datameta 3y ago

   I suppose there's an opportune time to hack and a sub-optimal time to do so, subjectively.
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   by datameta 3y ago

   Yabai is an interesting japanese word with several distinct composite meanings. https://www.alexrockinjapanese.com/what-does-yabai-mean-in-j... Here it is being used in one context at a beatbox battle between then World Bea
8. 488.▲
   by datameta 3y ago

   Quite literally in part due to mass.
9. 489.▲
   by datameta 3y ago

   Mindfulness meditation is hugely important. The amount of gain from 10 minutes a day is clearly noticeable after a week or two. I personally often feel better right after do it (even though that isn't expressly the goal).
10. 490.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    Some thoughts. About the bacon, try to avoid frying it too hard. In general heavily fried food contain acyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are inflammatory and carcinogenic through increased oxidative stress. With that said, I very lightly
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    by datameta 3y ago

    My recommendation is the NAND2Tetris coursera course. You start with a single NAND gate and put together more complex gates building upon the previous abstraction. Part 1 covers things like creating Muxes, RAM, and an ALU in a stripped down
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    by datameta 3y ago

    What a legacy. Practically pioneered a new field single-handedly. And a few decades later they did it again! https://youtu.be/5nKk_-Lvhzo?si=fDThIHMS9V1joh-t Some will say the toroidal de-synchronizer firmware didn't n
13. 493.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    I don't think you're participating in good faith here.
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    by datameta 3y ago

    Here's an example: our dear Czar uses the AGI to discover a 16 shell company chain in order to get resources and tech that are under sanctions. Or, he has it use real-world conditions from large batches or real-time uncurated battlefie
15. 495.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    That's the thing - we don't know . Why play it fast and loose? Nobody is recommending stoppering research and making it squeeze through obcene bureaucratic pinholes. I for one think the near-term question is rather what kinds of
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    by datameta 3y ago

    Can you expand on the last point from experience? My gut reaction is to disagree, thinking about the level of familiarity required to adopt and deeply leverage an early 80s PC vs a modern smartphone. Do you mean higher average level of goog
17. 497.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    Cheap for the wallet, but not the biosphere. Unless you mean to imply that people would get new phones less frequently?
18. 498.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    It's now been recommended too many times to me for me to not read it! I hear one needs their big kid math hat for this 9 on the Mohs hardness scale of hard sci-fi.
19. 499.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    I just engaged in the kind of acronym abuse I don't enjoy receiving! It stands for Subject Matter Expert.
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    by datameta 3y ago

    I think that makes complete sense and points me to the fact that it it simply that most of us aren't yet fully equipped to effectively use the vocabulary to describe these concepts, but you have put it well, I believe.
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    by datameta 3y ago

    I suppose I might be conflating some thoughts on identity with consciousness. Say, if a person goes through a teleporter, are they still themselves afterwards? If an AGI is copied, is the copy them? They can no longer be only an individual,
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    by datameta 3y ago

    I think I'm going to check this out, ty!
23. 503.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    Typo on my part - I meant Gödel, Escher, Bach
24. 504.▲
    by datameta 3y ago

    Yeah, densest book I've ever attempted. Yes, the language could be considered terse, but what is the biggest hurdle for me is some math concepts that I need to develop an intuition for.
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    by datameta 3y ago

    I think part of the concept of identity is the continuity of experience. When sentience arises in AGI, will each chat instance be a clone? After the conclusion of each chat will that experience be folded back in or spliced in some way to co
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    by datameta 3y ago

    More and more GEB is becoming extremely relevant and poignant. I'm about to start a re-read because I've lost the thread since pausing.
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    by datameta 3y ago

    I believe it was automatic based on a potential course deviation that brought it dangerously close to Hawaii?
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    by datameta 3y ago

    At the conclusion of the SpaceX stream they confirmed the automated launch abort system triggered with vehicle lost. But so much data gained!
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    by datameta 3y ago

    In my experience I have encountered two 10x engineers: 1) Moves fast, flexes their authority to sweep small stuff under the rug until it is out of scope and can be "fixed real quick" later. Often leverages many subject matter expe
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    by datameta 3y ago

    Similar reaction, I was hoping to see the heat shield tested on re-entry but a successful hot staging was a huge milestone. Also they didn't absolutely devastate the launch pad thanks to the launch deluge system!