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by freyir 8y ago
He was caught using two fake reactions, and he owned up to those. But we can’t say if the others are real or not with any certainty. Personally, I thought the parking garage reaction looked like bad acting as soon as I saw it, so I’m still
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by freyir 8y ago
“Pub talk” is a thing, and “can’t discern from overengineered pub talk” makes sense. “Can’t discern from overengineered public talk” is plausible, but it would be very unusual to phrase it that way. It’s not really clear that he meant &quot
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by freyir 8y ago
Well, he didn’t even do the engineering so... it’s just entertainment.
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by freyir 8y ago
Any idea why they developed Flashlight for this, instead of using PyTorch?
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by freyir 8y ago
That might be credited more to his role in creating Swift than his expertise in ML. To be clear, I'm not claiming he's not capable of the role at some point. I don't know one way or the other. But his transition from compiler
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by freyir 8y ago
I haven't been to Whole Foods much in the last few years, but their produce used to be at least as good as other supermarkets, and usually better. What are you comparing it to? Have you noticed the quality go down over time, or have yo
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by freyir 8y ago
His experience seems to be entirely focused on compilers. He's a talented engineer and leader, and his decision to join Google Brain indicates interest in AI, but wouldn't the chief AI/ML engineer have some demonstrable exper
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by freyir 8y ago
Don't forget the occasional haboob. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYnuzoH5oBA I doubt our technology is ready for that.
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by freyir 8y ago
They're really on another level.
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by freyir 8y ago
Damnit, America!
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by freyir 8y ago
> Damnit, America. Hey now, they're based in Bratislava.
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by freyir 8y ago
> It does not seem impossible to imagine a function that spawns code close to data The authors discuss this: To achieve good performance, the infrastructure should be able and willing to physically colocate certain code and data. This
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by freyir 8y ago
I chose San Francisco because it's seemed like the place to be, as an engineer in the U.S. But I've found the quality of life very poor compared to the other cities I've lived in, and I'm planning my escape.
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by freyir 8y ago
Oh, you're right: When I was preparing an early technology demo of Doom 3 for a keynote in Japan, I was having a hard time dealing with some of the managers involved that were insisting that I change the demo because “Steve doesn’t li
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by freyir 8y ago
The story is that Jobs was put off by Carmack's t-shirt (a smiley face with a bloody bullet hole in it). But they had a discussion, Carmack was critical of some of Apple's technical decisions, and Jobs listened and ultimately took
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by freyir 8y ago
They're not close to profitable. Recent quarterly losses: Q1: $601 million net loss Q2: $891 million net loss Q3: $1.07 billion net loss I'm not an accountant, but I'm not sure how this can go well for them.
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by freyir 8y ago
> Betting most users will continue using the core website? This is my guess. A desperate attempt to bring back its core users.
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by freyir 8y ago
Why should anybody be embarrassed about playing with toys or making stamps as a child? It's the stupid stuff they'll do in high school and college they should be worried about.
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by freyir 8y ago
Any idea why I can access this extension through Apple's webpage, but not through the App Store? The App Store only shows the non-Origin uBlock.
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by freyir 8y ago
I’d be sick of all these “deleting Facebook made me happier” posts, except I deleted Facebook and it made me happier, too.
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by freyir 8y ago
Yeah, and when they say Wi-Fi shouldn't make my brain tingle
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by freyir 8y ago
I should say, it's presently inferior. It has repeatedly placed behind Stockfish in recent TCEC and CCCC tournaments. I imagine it will surpass Stockfish at some point.
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by freyir 8y ago
Leela is an inferior chess engine, and Leela and Stockfish were given equal time. In the human match, Carlsen and Caruana are closely matched and Carlsen had a significant clock advantage. The engines are playing out the position here: htt
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by freyir 8y ago
It's strategic, it's rational, and still it's disappointing. He was renown for pressing forward against the odds and clinching unexpected victories. Mathias Feist on Carlsen: "There is an equal position on the board, an
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by freyir 8y ago
While the primary motivation of companies is to generate profits, Google has been in a unique position, thanks to its near monopoly, to generate profits while sticking to its values. It’s a shame they’ve started down this other path.
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by freyir 8y ago
> Python formatting is egregious though, with hopelessly long lines This is the result of writing hopelessly long lines of code. Python doesn't force you to write long lines. I've done it myself, many times, but gradually mad
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by freyir 8y ago
It feels like HN became Reddit overnight. We had a good run.
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by freyir 8y ago
It doesn't actually seem very wishy-washy? The article is focused on a single point: standing desks don't provide much health benefit to most people. The conclusion follows: use a standing desk if you like it, not if you've b
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by freyir 8y ago
The author doesn't make any coherent assertions. He misinterprets some statistics, sets up straw man arguments, and draws invalid conclusions from graphs. What specifically would you like me to address?
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by freyir 8y ago
The claim here is that opioids are not as bad as you've been led to believe. I'll let the article speak for itself, but note that ACSH has been frequently criticized for taking a pro-industry stance on issues: * In 1979, the infor

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