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by giardini 1y ago
Looks like case-based reasoning (CBR) from classic AI.
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by giardini 1y ago
Driving a taxi may increase your IQ. It increases the size of your brain. Also taxi drivers have healthier brains (less Alzheimer's): https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/harvard-taxi-drivers... Macguire&#
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by giardini 1y ago
So is this where Oracle is headed with its new offices in Oxford and other locations in England? https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/larry-ellison-invests-oxford-i... https://www.oracle.com/uk/news/
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by giardini 1y ago
Sure. Here are some: "27 Tree Species That Are Bad For Foundations (Explained)" https://homeinspectioninsider.com/tree-species-that-are-bad-...
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by giardini 1y ago
Trees reach a certain size, grow old and then they die. You either remove them or let their parts fall. We have a nearly 50-year-old oak in our backyard. It is dying. Limbs are falling off it. We trim it. But it WILL die. We will dismantle
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by giardini 1y ago
aeonik says >" We don't know exactly how consciousness works in the human brain, but we know way more than "comes from the abyss". "< You are undoubtedly technically correct, but I prefer the simplicity, purit
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by giardini 1y ago
Didn't intend to make a tirade but: Yes! Search for a house without a tree in a neighborhood full of trees. Enjoy! Having a flat lawn may be unnecessary, but generally, most people want a lawn that a lawnmower can cross w/o self-d
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by giardini 1y ago
My experience is mostly in the southeast region of Texas where the land is flat and fertile. This would be considered good farmland by most people. It is in these regions, separated by mostly pine forests, that I have seen considerable hous
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by giardini 1y ago
Any tree will eventually extend roots beneath your foundation and do damage. They will shift and crack the foundation (unless you use pillar construction), break pipes and structures and will penetrate your sewer lines. If you're lucky
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by giardini 1y ago
I will tell my wife (who does our investing) of your bet: I've always felt a bit too invested in AI promises. jb1991 says > "Which of course raises the interesting question of how I can make good on this bet." < Have ch
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by giardini 1y ago
I eagerly await your publications. I will buy your book.
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by giardini 1y ago
There are plenty of mathematicians, psychologists, philosophers, physicists et al that are listening in. Perhaps one day, one or more of these will drop the (probably math) that will achieve critical mass (AGI). There are two periods in h
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by giardini 1y ago
Unless you can figure out the math and provide an explanatory context for it's behavior.
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by giardini 1y ago
What's your point here? Be careful: language w/o analogy might be impossible . But both are asides to the ongoing discussion.
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by giardini 1y ago
This is great! Periodically, I'll go through one of Larson's cartoon books, laughing all the way. It's like housecleaning for my brain - afterwards everything is spic-and-span and in it's proper place. The first Gary Lar
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by giardini 1y ago
Hire a lawyer and have him send the bill for his services to them immediately with a note on the consequences of ignoring his notices. Bill them aggressively.
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by giardini 1y ago
says " or found it weird I was bald. " You're bald! That explains everything! Why didn't you mention this earlier? First off, shave your head. Now you're no longer bald and you're signaling that you are in cont
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by giardini 1y ago
silvercymbals sez:"* I'm social, but not exactly normal. *" It's the cymbals - lose 'em!
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by giardini 1y ago
Heck, you can get a 50-foot extension cord for $60! Battery-powered hand tools are heavier, clumsier, generally of lower quality, less power and are less long-lived than AC-powered tools. To be honest, there's a little Amish in me: I
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by giardini 1y ago
Put a little vanilla scent in it, buy some molds and sell it as mood candles. Profit!
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by giardini 1y ago
So is ball lightning a quantum phenomenon?
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by giardini 1y ago
Fire your boss.
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by giardini 1y ago
why not replace the hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) pressurization with something else (nitrous oxide, nitrogen, etc.)? WTF decided hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) was best?
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by giardini 1y ago
rockostrich says >" but the whole point of the analogy being a treadmill is that there's nothing to fall down. "< Spoken by one who obviously has not fallen on a treadmill! Allow me to correct your misunderstanding: Fa
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by giardini 1y ago
Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Get it on, man!! When I first heard Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze blasted out as I walked in darkness down the hillside to the womens' dorms, I realized it was a new age and a good time to be alive!8
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by giardini 1y ago
altairprime says >"There aren’t many unintelligent economists..."< How can you tell? Hell, with a few notable exceptions, maybe the entire field is largely a waste of time and money. "Show me a successful economist and
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by giardini 1y ago
This has probably been true forever. I considered applying for an internship at a medical center back in the 80's. My adviser laughed and told me it was a slot created by an Indian professor and was intended to be filled by an Indian s
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by giardini 1y ago
Loughia says >"If Trump follows through on eliminating ED..."< That would be a hard act to follow.
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by giardini 1y ago
We've always had an excess of PhD's. They're made to purpose for university instruction or research. But there are far more PhDs than appropriate jobs: https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/ Scroll down
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by giardini 1y ago
We've been producing far more PhD graduates than we need for decades. Each year a relative few get jobs (e.g., university professor) appropriate to the training, while the rest are unceremoniously dumped by the railroad track to fend f

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