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What Learning Algorithm Is In-Context Learning? Linear-Models Investigations(arxiv.org)
7 points by dctoedt 4y ago|0 comments
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by dctoedt 4y ago
Link to paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.15661.pdf
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Scientists Made a Mind-Bending Discovery About How AI Works(vice.com)
4 points by dctoedt 4y ago|2 comments
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> What say you older HNers, is this what it was like? I'm old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis — to borrow from Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie Wag the Dog , "This? THIS is NOTH-ing!" https:&#x2
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The Obstacle to Nuclear Power: The Industry Itself [Touts Iterative Dev](theatlantic.com)
2 points by dctoedt 4y ago|0 comments
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by dctoedt 4y ago
Those are generally known as "Navy showers," as opposed to "Hollywood showers." (In one scene in The Hunt for Red October the sonarman Jones aboard the USS Dallas was told to take a Hollywood shower when he went off-
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by dctoedt 4y ago
The video of the shoot-down shows flashes from the detached-and-falling payload, probably explosive self-destruct devices detonating. (It'd be shocking if the Chinese didn't include a self-destruct capability.)
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by dctoedt 4y ago
The video of the shoot-down shows flashes from the detached-and-falling payload, probably explosive self-destruct devices detonating. (It'd be shocking if the Chinese didn't include a self-destruct capability.)
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by dctoedt 4y ago
FTA: "As it turned out, the licensing strategy had the desired effect: the goal of influence was realized. ... "Furthermore, the good will that was gained from free distribution of these software packages led to the flow back of b
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> Because the law of a country (a very populated country) prohibits it s/law/rulers/g
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by dctoedt 4y ago
Out of curiosity: In general, how would you describe "left-wing ideology" and "Christianity"?
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> As a Catholic I assure you that you can't reconcile Christianity with left-wing ideology. Did you mean right -wing ideology? (Calling @tptacek and @patio11 ....)
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> I learned Emacs at 300 baud Hah! Brings back memories of a 300bps dialup connection to a DEC-20 machine using a VT-100 terminal; I was thrilled when my institution upgraded me to a 9600bps modem (because a 19.2K modem was just too mu
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> It's going to get worse, a lot worse for a long time, before it gets better. We've lived on our block for nearly 35 years; with all the young families who have moved in, there are now some 20 (!) kids age 12 and under on th
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by dctoedt 4y ago
Related WaPo article (gift link): https://wapo.st/40d5TNv
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> I wonder how often they do the opposite [From my contract-drafting course materials:] The parties in a 2020 Vermont supreme court case might have been better served if they had done periodic check-in calls — in that case: - In a pr
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by dctoedt 4y ago
The Christian sect known as "Shakers" illustrate what you describe: They had a rule of celibacy and as a result have essentially died out; their Wikipedia entry says that as of 2021 their total membership was three people . htt
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by dctoedt 4y ago
What you're presenting is the Fox News version of "wokeness." Here's an alternative, from former Republican congressman Joe Walsh: "Being woke just means being empathetic. And tolerant. And willing to listen. And op
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> They should and education and empowering is needed, globally. ... The minimum level of participation is to vote in all occasions. 1. It'd be great to use the Australian system of compulsory voting (and it's kind of a commun
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> The only thing that saved democrats from a whopping was a one-time boost from Roe being overturned. Might not have been a one-time boost: I've wondered whether the Dems didn't intentionally not try to pass a national abor
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by dctoedt 4y ago
As long as we're doing sweeping generalizations: Perhaps white Christian nationalist conservatives just can't stand it that so many people reject what they (the WCNCs) claim to believe is Divine Will.
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by dctoedt 4y ago
I certainly don't dispute that the federal government is vulnerable to regulatory capture by rent-seekers. But if you imagine that state- and local governments are any different, you must live in a laudably-different place than do most
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> Because I have more power as a voter and constituent to influence policies that affect me. If only things actually worked that way. The vast majority of voters don't exercise that power. Moreover, state and local governments a
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> The Federal Government does far too much and most of its function should be left to State and Local governments. Except that state and local governments are more vulnerable to capture by rent-seekers and other special-interest groups
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> Not one assassination has affected the continuum of government or been more than a personal tragedy. The formerly-enslaved workers in the American South would like a word about Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865 and his rep
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> Even Wikipedia blocks people who have made legal threats. You've misread the Wikipedia policy that you linked to; it says: "Do not post legal threats on Wikipedia . ... Users who post legal threats on Wikipedia are typic
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by dctoedt 4y ago
> I’m not sure there’s solid argument for why one is more deserving of existence than the other. Maybe we're helping to build a universe, and we can do more in that regard than single-celled organisms, cockroaches, etc.? https:&#
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China set for historic demographic turn, accelerated by Covid traumas(reuters.com)
8 points by dctoedt 4y ago|1 comments
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by dctoedt 4y ago
Obligatory reference to Bull Durham : Crash: "You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: We gotta play it one da
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by dctoedt 4y ago
When U.S. law applies, trademark lawyers urge companies to find "suggestive" names — requiring insight to realize "ah, that's what this is!" — as the "sweet spot" to get the most bang for the buck in mar

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