djoldman

9 ms·

121.
by djoldman 7mo ago
Right. That makes sense in the contrived scenario (although in that contrived scenario we know the probabilities with absolute surety). But TFA's estimate is perplexing because it is NOT a contrived scenario. We don't have marbles
122.
by djoldman 7mo ago
I wish we saw more invocations of speedy trial rights. Trials MUST begin for felony charges in ND within 90 days of a defendant invoking those rights (must be invoked within 14 days of arraignment)[0]. [0] https://ndlegis.gov&#x2
123.
by djoldman 7mo ago
As an aside, I'm always perplexed by these statements: > There are as many as 12 million species of fungi, yet there are just 155,000 or so known species, leaving vast numbers undescribed. "There are as many as 12 million speci
124.
by djoldman 7mo ago
TFA reasonably reduces to: First, ATMs increased the demand for bank branches, which more than made up for the decrease in tellers per branch. Second, mobile banking decreased the demand for physical branches.
125.
by djoldman 7mo ago
For folks reasoning through the "paradox," this may be helpful: https://arxiv.org/pdf/0904.2540 Abstract: > ...We show that the conflicting recommendations in Newcomb’s scenario use different Bayes nets to
126.
by djoldman 7mo ago
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.07327
127.
Anthropic sues Trump admin. seeking to undo "supply chain risk" designation(apnews.com)
12 points by djoldman 7mo ago|1 comments
128.
Sioyek is a PDF viewer with a focus on textbooks and research papers(github.com)
2 points by djoldman 7mo ago|0 comments
129.
by djoldman 7mo ago
Billie Jean took 2 minutes: https://resp.minimax-music.com/minimaxmusic/2603/09/5300d8a2...
130.
by djoldman 7mo ago
The Turing test and Searle's "rebuttal" are both pretty inconsequential. There's no real definition of "thinking," therefore neither proof/disprove or say much. Turing's imitation game is about making
131.
by djoldman 7mo ago
> the exact same can be said for what "AI" is: "Skippetyboop," "plipnikop," and "zingybang.". Yes.
132.
by djoldman 7mo ago
That definition is as I said: "something about which no conclusions can be drawn because the proposed definitions lack sufficient precision and completeness." "Highly autonomous systems" and "most economically valua
133.
by djoldman 7mo ago
Anytime I see "Artificial General Intelligence," "AGI," "ASI," etc., I mentally replace it with "something no one has defined meaningfully." Or the long version: "something about which no conclus
134.
by djoldman 7mo ago
I don't understand what the problem is. TFA makes many references to "literary culture" degrading.. does he mean that readers were better off when the big 5 or 6 controlled the mast majority of new books? The number of new bo
135.
by djoldman 7mo ago
The RLHF is what creates these anomalies. See delve from kenya and nigeria. Interestingly, because perplexity is the optimization objective, the pretrained models should reflect the least surprising outputs of all.
136.
by djoldman 7mo ago
Fun facts: There are zip codes that map to more than one city. There are zip codes that map to more than one state . (42223)
137.
Project Maven(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by djoldman 7mo ago|0 comments
138.
by djoldman 7mo ago
Basically this is the slowest train wreck in history that just won't be stopped. By 2050 (only 24 years away), these cities are projected to flood more than 1/3 of the days of every year: Galveston, Texas Morgan’s Point, Tex
139.
by djoldman 7mo ago
Paper pdf: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202510.1649 As usual with anything quantum computer: I'll wait for Scott Aaronson's take.
140.
by djoldman 7mo ago
> NerdWallet is publicly traded (NRDS) and its business depends on converting search visitors into financial product referrals. It went from 25M monthly organic visits to 6.8M, a 73% decline. The above refers to the time until Jan 2026.
141.
Apache Otava(otava.apache.org)
85 points by djoldman 8mo ago|9 comments
142.
by djoldman 8mo ago
Running a mile burns as many calories as are in 2 or 3 Oreos. That fact is about all anyone should need to conclude that weight loss is dominated by calorie intake.
143.
by djoldman 8mo ago
I can't wait to read the transcript of the AUSA in front of a federal judge trying to explain threatening to declare a company a supply chain risk if the company doesn't supply things to the government.
144.
by djoldman 8mo ago
As an aside, why is it not a law that the government can't pay another entity to do something it's not allowed to do itself, without a warrant? I'm thinking about geo data from mobile apps.
145.
by djoldman 8mo ago
They put expansion gaps at regular intervals.
146.
by djoldman 8mo ago
Ah, that's not how they do it in Chicago. In Chicago, they concrete form the curb on site. https://blackhawkpaving.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Concr...
147.
by djoldman 8mo ago
Interesting! Is it possible to make the ramps offsite and then fit into place? EDIT: I'm assuming the difficulty here is the pedestrian ramps at intersections. NOT the curb that spans the entirety of a road section.
148.
by djoldman 8mo ago
> Mozee went into detail comparing slow concrete curb accessibility work to the faster asphalt street work. Per Mozee, “there’s approximately 14 ramps in a mile.” So for “one crew to build out those 14 ramps will take approximately three
149.
by djoldman 8mo ago
Johns Hopkins University is not a university. Many other "Universities" are not universities either. "Johns Hopkins Labs" would be a more accurate name as less than 10% of revenue is tuition related. I'm not sure wh
150.
by djoldman 8mo ago
A lot of the previous calculus around refactoring and "rewrite the whole thing in a new language" is out the window now that AI is ubiquitous. Especially in situations where there is an extensive test suite. Testing has become 10x

More ›