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by dwringer 4y ago
Assuming two instances of an ML model are trained identically using the same data in the same order and given the same PRNG seeds, they will still operate identically, will they not? I like your point about the emergent complexity from many
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by dwringer 4y ago
Perhaps you are correct, but my point was simply that we don't really know since we can't make a 1 to 1 perfect computer simulation of an entire human nor can we fully define it mathematically for an arbitrarily powerful compute
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by dwringer 4y ago
While I support Star Trek's view, I don't think that applies to purely algorithmic AI - fully deterministic software can't (IMHO) be interpreted as sentient any more than a light coming on because I flipped its switch could b
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by dwringer 4y ago
It's as though the characters have been reduced to cartoonish two-dimensional caricatures.
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by dwringer 4y ago
I think it helps that we're often familiar with the song from heavily-comically-accented Looney Tunes characters and the like, so it already sounds exaggerated and ridiculous, and the alternative words make it sound like an even more l
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by dwringer 4y ago
Wouldn't that lead us to pronounce it as "lib-RAW-fuss" instead of "LEE-bray-off-fuss"? Not that it wouldn't be funny.
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by dwringer 4y ago
I used to get my dental work done at a student clinic, so it was often dental students doing minor procedures supervised by much more experienced faculty. I remember overhearing one explain to a student that different people and mouths have
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by dwringer 4y ago
I'm neither suggesting that supporting a republican is a horrible look nor that being conservative is bad. Please be careful not to derail this into partisanship.
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by dwringer 4y ago
For me the weak point in that post is using the phrase "coming out and supporting Desantis" to refer to Elon Musk responding to the questions of if he'd be voting republican ("tbd"), and who he's "leaning
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by dwringer 4y ago
There is some limited discussion here[0] which doesn't fully explain the prevalence of "tl" but suggests the word "atl" meaning "water" was very common and often combined with other words to create new wor
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by dwringer 4y ago
Yes, IME if you walk around with a footlong telephoto lens they'll just get upset and/or confront you for slightly different reasons, though.
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by dwringer 4y ago
AFAIU perspective compression is a key element of the illusion - when the moon gets closer to the horizon/treeline/skyline, our mind creates a sort of vignette with limited FOV for perceiving it, in which the relative size of the
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by dwringer 4y ago
> BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception Great catch there. Ultimately too short but fantastic storytelling and for its day, a real sense of freedom. I remember playing this one a lot as a little kid, as well as seeing the Battle
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by dwringer 4y ago
Cuban coffee is made with (a lot of) sugar but no cream. Granted that might not make up a big percentage of the study group if it's from the UK.
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by dwringer 4y ago
I found it fascinating to play with the software version of Wavestation, which includes all the sound banks they released for it. Growing up in the early 90's the sounds were everywhere and just playing the default patch from most ba
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by dwringer 4y ago
This is the most interesting aspect of Wordle to me, and the fact that hard-mode pretty much breaks it along with leading to random no-win situations basically ruined Wordle for me. Sure, I can just play it without hard mode - but then my f
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by dwringer 4y ago
There's one of these in Weston, WV, formerly Weston State Hospital, which was reopened for tours as well as haunted-house-type events and "ghost-hunter" events. I recommend the basic tour to anyone passing through the area,
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by dwringer 4y ago
The dungeon-group finding tools with instant teleport detract from immersion but they are a life-saver if you don't have a lot of time to dedicate per session, or don't have many friends who play at the same times you want to, yet
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by dwringer 4y ago
I believe over multiple poker hands that advantage from luck would quickly diminish and then disappear. I would be very surprised if any normal chess player, a total novice at poker, would be able to beat the best poker player in the world
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by dwringer 4y ago
Wow, this is great! I'm happy to see "Connection Machine Lisp: Fine-Grained Parallel Symbolic Processing"[0] in here, free at last. I actually bought that paper in my undergrad CS days just because it's so intriguing (IM
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by dwringer 4y ago
I don't know how much of this is reality, but to me the argument is as follows: Let's say seeing a certain type of post makes someone sad, and that this causes that person's mind to wander, slowing or stopping their feed-scro
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by dwringer 4y ago
Superbia versus invidia, I suppose.
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by dwringer 4y ago
Indeed, it's even possible to be genuinely happy for someone but still feel inferiority and discouragement when trying to compare aspects of one's own life with others. It's great that not everyone struggles with that, but di
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by dwringer 4y ago
My thoughts exactly. The Britishisms add extra color and absurdity while simultaneously bringing the characters more to life. Besides, archaic and excessively formal language is almost a hallmark of British humor as I interpret it.
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by dwringer 4y ago
OTOH he also said he'd march with them to the Capitol, which presumably would have served as a form of leadership and given him some potential authority to further discourage violence. Instead, he (at best) decided to blow the whole th
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by dwringer 4y ago
I fully support suspensions, particularly in this case. However, I don't believe a permanent ban for illegal activity is ever warranted, and particularly not in cases where (unfortunately) no guilty verdict was ever given. I think it
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by dwringer 4y ago
I remember having discussions about this exact thing over 20 years ago. The fact that it's still considered ultra-paranoid or cynical after all this time is unsettling to me.
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by dwringer 4y ago
I think this is great and a lot of fun. The only improvement I could suggest is that it only seems to clear the bottom line. If I have an incomplete bottom line, but the row above it settles and fills up, it never clears and the rows jus
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by dwringer 4y ago
Somehow I interpreted the combination of a new name ("Abletone") along with the phrase "Learning Synth" to mean they'd developed an AI-driven synth engine that used neural nets and genetic algorithms to explore new
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by dwringer 4y ago
It may or may not be easy to fix properly, but if it's an inexpensive Seiko it may not be worth doing that, just replacing the movement when it wears out completely. That said, simply adjusting the tick rate to regulate timekeeping is

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