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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
The British had invaded the Netherlands and burned 130 merchant ships and killed a few old ladies. This was shockingly uncivilized — no one benefits from the burned goods. During war, one may kill soldiers and burn warships, but to burn goo
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
How does nearly every entry have like 30 comments on it??
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
If we keep having exponential growth in solar for another 15 years, we will be in a fine position to transition. But better to start asap and prevent runaway feedback loops. And by start, I mean do tests and research. That is currently bann
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Hooke was a somewhat lower class than the other gentlemen in the Royal Society. He was put in charge of actually producing the demonstrations for the society as “Chief Curator.” His lower class status was useful because he could engage with
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Heat balance can also be achieved by investing $10b a year to mimic volcanic activity
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
He talks about the limits of reasoning with the tower of Hanoi game. So I asked Gemini to make it — and then to solve it. You can try it yourself: https://g.co/gemini/share/eb8b68d1dace
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
These LLMs primarily distribute intellectual and creative wealth from media conglomerates to anyone on earth with $20. (Without fair compensation, agreed)
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I really wish these people the best. It’s humble, meaningful, high-impact, high-integrity work.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I get your point about the surprising news that gpt4 does so poorly at translation. I didn’t know that! However, I think the idea is that LLM technologies have improved considerably since then. Do you still feel that Claude or ChatGPT perfo
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
https://lokalise.com/blog/what-is-the-best-llm-for-translati... Claims Sonnet 3.5 wins
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
> I can't see how ai will help us the endeavour of trying to get a better handle on what happened in the past. Well, AI democratizes the power of translation (and interrogating texts). Before only a few specialists could go directly
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
What most people don’t know about history & humanities is how much work there is to do. People get (rightly!) excited about decoding burnt scrolls in Herculaneum. But most don’t realize that less than 10% of Neo-Latin texts from the ren
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
> As legendary as Civilization was, who's playing the original anymore when so many have come after it? Me! I love the original civ.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Smoking reduces the risk of dementia because you die first.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
The problem with this kind of “skepticism to slow down”: The Netherlands is filled with AI skeptics. It’s a very human centered country, so perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise. But when so many top technologists express skepticism, people do
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I use Miro for presentations because I can lean into my ADHD and just zoom into whatever I want
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Pythagoras ftw
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
...if you don't take into account the labor of preparation. Then they are surely more expensive than a bag of doritos.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Child self-abuse -- It's what the kids demand to eat!
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
> The cognitive dissonance here is striking Agreed!
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
> Would you prefer that he graze natural plants 20 hrs/day? No, it would interfere with his Vibecoding > Are Dutch people statistically taller than Germans? Yes. 183 vs 179cm > Do they eat more junk food? Arguably. Few would a
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
My 15 year old son is now taller than I am and most of his nutrition is not food. It’s horrid. I suspect this is why Dutch people are so tall. Mostly cheap processed food and hormones in the milk. Ymmv
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
After studying esoteric Christianity, here’s what I can work out rationally. Jesus was understood as the incarnation of the logos (often translated as “word” but with a much deeper meeting). The logos was the emanation of the pure ineffable
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Yeah, why aren’t they?
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I contribute to the Embassy of the Free Mind, in Amsterdam. They have one of the world’s largest collections of Neo-Latin books/manuscripts from 1400-1600s. Their library has so many fascinating esoteric works—on alchemy, spiritual pra
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Just watch out for who is certifying how things should be taught. It’s honestly one reason education is so bad and so slow to change. Edit: and why perfectly capable professionals can’t be teachers without years of certification
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Thanks for sharing that. It was a surprising statement—that they haven’t heard of any problems. Personally, I really struggle with the way computers are used in schools. Seems to be all the worst aspects, little of the good. Ie, reading jpg
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Estonia eschews phone bans in schools and leaps into AI(theguardian.com)
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
If it’s like The Netherlands, it’s the age when you HAVE to stop working. Like, you can’t be a professor after the retirement age.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
So it applies to anyone who figures out how to monetize open-source contributions. Seems like a major issue to me. Not exactly something that makes Europe a good place for tech.

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