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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
This explains so much. It’s just malice, then? Or some demonic force of evil? What does Occam’s razor suggest? Oh dear
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I had thought, but perhaps incorrectly, that it was JCR licklider when discussing time sharing computers. The idea that you could have massive computing centers that were serving world needs… Sounds ridiculous, but then AWS, Google, Microso
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I love "lessness" words in english. Structurelessness is a pretty great word.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
More than a thousand years after these Middle Kingdom coffin lids, highly engineered mechanical star trackers (astrolabes) were used to calculate the time at night. Here’s a letter accompanying the gift of a gold and silver astrolabe from t
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Logic checks out. Not everyone should be a professor. The question is: should they have done a PhD and postdoc?
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AquaPV: Floating Photovoltaics in the USA(inlsoftware.inl.gov)
2 points by dr_dshiv 2y ago|0 comments
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
[2] is an awesome thought — that a nearly perfect sphere might be required for some calculation; it seems reasonable as a requirement — but isn’t, actually. And that Shor’s algorithm might have a similar impracticality we don’t presently ap
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Instead of thinking about this as an all-or-nothing outcome, consider how this might work if they were made accessible with LLMs, and then you used randomized spot checks with experts to create a clear and public error rate. Then, when peop
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Just have version control, and allow randomized spot checks with experts to have a known error rate.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
That’s why the Huawei story seems different. I think it’s about this attempt to block that actually makes the opponent stronger. The export restrictions were designed to weaken their competitiveness not enhance! The restrictions blocked asm
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Interesting theory. Any evidence that this is how the world really works? (And, is there a catchy name for the phenomenon?)
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Calling me pathological doesn’t really strengthen the argument. One can certainly imagine a textbook QA tool that doesn’t infer emotions. If one were introduced to the market with the ability to do so, it would seem to run afoul of the law,
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Or, the market lets the gods do their work, rather than the government acting like one. —esoteric capitalism
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Reminds me of the train wreck of searching for “ChatGPT” or “OpenAI” on the apple App Store — all scam results.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Is there an obvious way to tell that these are exactly the same? Or is this a pixel level comparison that is not mentioned?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It effectively bans the educational use of ChatGPT and Claude because they can and do respond to the emotional expression of students. That’s what is hilarious! Do these tools actually violate the act? No one knows. It isn’t clear. Meanwhil
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
The AI Act is hilarious. It makes emotion detection the highest level of risk—which makes any frontier model potentially in violation. Most frontier models now allow you to take a picture of your face, assess your emotions and give advice —
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Usually Claude needs some buttering up, though. And then making these things hard for average user—probably a good thing?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I love riding bikes with no pedals. You do feel like a dandy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_horse Also, is it shocking to anyone that pedal+chain bicycles were invented in 1885, less than 20 years before powered
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
To support paper-digital integration, we created https://www.smartpaperapp.com/ It’s not special paper—it’s just a computer vision system to help teacher easily convert student work on paper to digital marks. The state of R
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/climate/cloud-brightening...
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
So take a minute to look at their impact reports and then we can discuss the evidence. https://justdiggit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Justdiggit... Sorry I shared the main link— they are an NGO that r
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Proportional voting could strengthen democracy(nytimes.com)
3 points by dr_dshiv 2y ago|1 comments
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And it’s not just trees. Ever heard of “justdiggit”? They found that digging holes in the desert functionally accumulates enough water to promote diverse plant life. It’s apparent an ancient practice. They organize groups to do it. Ecologic
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I loved public school (class of 99). I still miss the style of learning. Can you imagine going deep on a topic for 50 minutes then switching? AP classes got double periods. I found it so refreshing and I learned a ton. Eg, science, math, st
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
For some reason I’m concerned with being able to find the labor required to make this succeed. I really wish them the best.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Solar radiation management (geoengineering) is also a choice. It has been a choice. I don’t know why people don’t take it seriously. Lofting calcium of sulfur into the upper atmosphere is pretty much the only way to stop runaway feedback lo
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Fuel additives for ships to increase clouds and fuel additives for planes to reduce clouds could reduce their warming impact by roughly 30%. (High clouds trap heat and low clouds reflect it)
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
1. SRM will reduce efficiency of equatorial solar but minimally effect solar in northern climes. Like, less than 5% reduction. Pretty good trade off for stabilizing temperatures. SRM from lofting sulfur or calcium only lasts about a year. I
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
You can stop once you’ve stabilized co2. It buys time for building out a solar power base and develop carbon removal tech. We need to buy time.

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