dawnofdusk

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1. 121.▲
   by dawnofdusk 3y ago

   Yes but modules are very unergonomic for some of the use cases listed in the article, with their dependence on `__init__.py` and imports being wonky.
2. 122.▲
   by dawnofdusk 3y ago

   Is the problem here not simply that Python does not have a convenient way to namespace functions except a class declaration? The `module` keyword in e.g., Julia or Rust seems like what's desired to avoid this phenomenon of "a clas
3. 123.▲
   by dawnofdusk 4y ago

   I agree. ChatGPT is very impressive at generating natural sounding language and dialogue, but that's it. If you want to be convinced that it lacks general intelligence, try this prompt >I am going to ask you elementary mathematics p
4. 124.▲
   by dawnofdusk 4y ago

   I think your comments on encoding a sequence of bits/pi is a little misleading. For example, in the case of the first 10 billion digits of pi, you do not even need a program to calculate it. One can just use a lookup table which maps t
5. 125.▲
   by dawnofdusk 4y ago

   There is no problem with assuming such a Turing machine exists so long as you compare only measurements of information with respect to that Turing machine. Generally what is relevant to study is entropy differences anyway. I don't know