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   by eivarv 11y ago

   1) The evidence is that when you for instance visualize the features learned in the layers of a deep convolutional neural net, you'll see that these correspond to layers of abstraction, with each layer's features building upon con
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   I'm not saying that atheists don't personally make assumptions, but that atheism does not. I'm saying that the claim that atheism is a "belief system" that makes the same kinds of assumptions as religions is intelle
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   Nitpick: Atheism is not a belief system. The term denotes the lack of belief in deities, and exactly this and nothing else. This also means that it is not based on "faith" at all, as it does not posit any assumptions. Humanism, on
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   It depends on what "bad things" are. I'm not religious myself, but I think there's a clear cut difference between criticizing or scrutinizing an idea (the religion to which you subscribe – or political ideology, for that
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   I don't know if the definition is really that grey. Tom Mitchell's popular definition (from his book "Machine Learning"), which is is even quoted in the opening of the Wikipedia article on Machine Learning, comes to mind
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   Shameless plug here, OP: My project prm [0] might be helpful in the case of project initialization, as frustration with this (and jumping between projects) is what spurred its creation. [0]: https://github.com/eivind88/
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   This looks exciting, but as morsch said, the homepage is not very informative/clear - the kickastarter is better in this respect. The concept kinda reminds me of Ubuntu for Android [0], except for running a custom OS on quasi-artisinal
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   I fail to see how what you're describing can be distinguished from a psychological effect. I don't think anyone disputes the fact that (summed up and oversimplified) attitude matters; but it's not as if attitude matters to th
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   by eivarv 11y ago

   The way I see it, the "natural" languages don't make sense because they aren't planned. But as with other things, I find that the perceived weirdness of other languages often comes from what we're used to. You might
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    What is the "spiritual effect" of cancer? And just how do you believe that psychedelics "could bring remission to [cancer's] physical manifestation"?
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    I'm not talking about 3rd parties spending people's money as the people wish. People are better off spending their own money in the sense that they get to choose how their money is spent – but their lack of competence/experti
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    Why do you assume that people would be "better off deciding where to spend their money", and that "resources would be better spent"?
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    Discussion from a couple of days ago (different source): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10237793
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    Consider this hierarchy: Natural/Artificial(whatever these terms mean) -> Genetic Modification(General field) -> Plant Transformation(Specific method) -> Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens(Specific technique) -> The applicatio
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    This is actually important to note.
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    Thanks. I don't really know how well prm works with bash-alternatives (like fish and zsh), as I don't use them myself. I'm very much open to contributions that fix issues with these (that don't break bash support), thoug
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    Show HN: prm – A minimal project manager for the terminal(github.com)

    13 points by eivarv 11y ago|4 comments
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    That's pretty cool. Semi-relevant: Richard Dawkins touches upon the relationship between the genes of parasites and hosts in the Chap. 13, "The Long Reach of the Gene" (added in 2. ed.) of his book "The Selfish Gene&quot
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    I don't think there's much to undermine in the first place, as the opponent argument isn't much of an argument – just an appeal to nature (if I understand their position correctly). Whether the modifications are done by natur
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    I know; I'm saying that the website arguably falls under the education-part of fair use.
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Picked this up after recently finishing The Selfish Gene, as I remembered what a thrilling read Crime and Punishment was. Dostoyevsky is funny, thought-provoking and anxiety-inducing as ever. Unl
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    IANAL either, but as far as I know it does not. The page does state that it "is for educational use only", which arguably makes it OK vis-à-vis fair use [0], but I'm not sure about the specifics of U.S. copyright law regardin
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    I've certainly not intended to come across as rude, only as challenging your assertions. But I guess you'll read into it as you may. And I certainly don't go attacking straw men before you've even had a chance to answer
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    Sorry for the delay. What you're talking about in this thread doesn't translate to applying the model "without nuance", but to wrongly apply the model or to not apply the model at all (since the model is not followed). T
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    Pirate Bay will be blocked in Norway(translate.google.com)

    3 points by eivarv 11y ago|1 comments
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    I realize what you're talking about. The problem is that you talk about what you perceive as flaws in the disease model (theory) in your original post, and unsubstantiatedly claim that 'It posits one notion of normal and then divi
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    There are sources abound [0-3]. The four Ds of abnormality [0] might be of particular interest. The point may be better explained (as I'll get back to) by textbooks and lecture notes, also available via Google. That's the case in
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    That's not the case, though. Clients are typically asked to assess to what extent the perceived symptoms affects their day-to-day life, any changes, etc., in addition to conferring with friends/family for their point of view on th
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    That's the problem with attempting to use Wikipedia as an authoritative expert source: it's not, and it's not what it attempts to be. The part about marked effect on the life of a would-be patient would not be explicitly stat
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    by eivarv 11y ago

    As I'm sure you realize, what is admitted, what is observed and what truly is are not necessarily the same.