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   Succinct and Implicit Data Structures for Computational Geometry [pdf](web.cs.dal.ca)

   2 points by espeed 10y ago|0 comments
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   Lattice-Based Data Structures for Deterministic Parallel and Distributed Prog [pdf](cs.indiana.edu)

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   Protecting People from Algorithms (and Vice Versa) [video](youtube.com)

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   by espeed 10y ago

   Ah, yes. It's the Dempster-Shafer theory example in the case of high conflict. The complete/original example goes as follows: "Suppose that one has two equi-reliable doctors and one doctor believes a patient has either a bra
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   by espeed 10y ago

   Not directly related to voting, but a while back someone gave a talk or there was a book/lecture that used an example that went something like this: "Two doctors give you an independent diagnosis: One doctor says there's a 99
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   by espeed 10y ago

   Yes, fallacies of definition are one of the primary reasons for misunderstanding, e.g. we both are using the same word, we both have an idea of what the word means and/or are using it in a specific way; however, we both think the word
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   by espeed 10y ago

   Something I'm slowly coming to realize is that unless you have a logically defensible moral position, it's hard to argue with people that disagree. Backfire Effect: "The backfire effect occurs when, in the face of contradic
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   by espeed 10y ago

   Moreover, PG touched on this idea in his essay, "Keep Your Identity Small" (2009): http://paulgraham.com/identity.html
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   Keep Your Identity Small (2009)(paulgraham.com)

   5 points by espeed 10y ago|0 comments
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    by espeed 10y ago

    Empathy and perspective. To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they're right [1]: When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter,
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    by espeed 10y ago

    In the words of Harlan Ellison, "You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."
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    Interpretable Models of Antibiotic Resistance with Set Covering ML Algorithm [vid](youtube.com)

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    The Astonishing Simplicity of Everything [video](youtube.com)

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    Quantum Geometry – Robbert Dijkgraaf [video](youtube.com)

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    by espeed 10y ago

    I believe the term is midlife crisis. Yes, identity crisis. If your identity for the last 10 years has been too tied to your role at work, it can leave you in a state of crisis (identity diffusion) when it's gone [1]. In a founder&#x
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    by espeed 10y ago

    Evidently the line between comfort and happiness is $75,000/yr in the US -- below that and it's a struggle, beyond that and it's a burden: http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/7500
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    The Psychology and Philosophy of Envy(outre-monde.com)

    2 points by espeed 10y ago|0 comments
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    by espeed 10y ago

    In what way? Maybe you're missing the context from the now-flagged top-level comment.
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    by espeed 10y ago

    It's called "covert narcissism". Whereas overt narcissists openly admit it and are proud of it -- to the point where the most effective method of determining if someone is an overt narcissist is to ask them directly, "ar
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    by espeed 10y ago

    "Repent" properly translated means metanoia , the journey of changing one's mind, heart, self or way of life. It's the journey that converges towards love and truth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me
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    by espeed 10y ago

    Brutal truth -- sounds like arrogance.
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    Discounting Time and Time Discounting: Subjective Time Perception [pdf](faculty.fuqua.duke.edu)

    3 points by espeed 10y ago|0 comments
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    by espeed 10y ago

    Are you familiar with Jonathan Haidt's work on the psychology of morality and the formation of superorganisms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt Here is one of Haidt's TED talks that touches on the
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    by espeed 10y ago

    The figures ("pictures") aren't part of the proof, they're part of the presentation, and Figure 6, as stated in the paper, is included as a reference to an analogous work.
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    Scalable All-Pairs Similarity Search in Metric Spaces (2013) [pdf](research.google.com)

    2 points by espeed 10y ago|0 comments
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    P-Adic Stability in Linear Algebra [pdf](pitt.edu)

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    Entropy in Social Networks [pdf](cs.virginia.edu)

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    Introduction to p-adic Numbers [video](youtube.com)

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    TensorFlow Dev Summit 2017 – Livestream [video](youtube.com)

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    Hierarchical Clustering Given Confidence Intervals of Metric Distances (2016) [pdf](arxiv.org)

    2 points by espeed 10y ago|0 comments