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by gisely 8y ago
I think there might be some reasons to be optimistic. Any civilization that might notice our signal and decide to interact with us has with us has existed much longer than our own civilization with high probability. Thus, there is more evid
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by gisely 8y ago
If AMD can suggest that they are on smaller process size because they are measuring a smaller feature, why wouldn't Intel just start measuring the same feature on their chips? I have trouble believing they would stick to some principle
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by gisely 8y ago
I would really love to hear why performance specs you mention are still necessary for robotics applications. Repeatability and speed certainly seem useful industrial robotics applications, but low cost also seems critical to enabling broade
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by gisely 8y ago
Would love to hear answer to this from a quantum physicist. Any out there?
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Social wealth funds as a mechanism for reducing inequality(economist.com)
1 points by gisely 8y ago|0 comments
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by gisely 8y ago
Geometry inferred from range sensors can certainly provide an additional useful source of information, but it's far from clear that the right approach to controlling a self-driving vehicle is mostly to solve a geometry problem. For exa
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by gisely 8y ago
Maybe they'll bring it back one in VR/AR.
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by gisely 8y ago
I agree that public sector unions becoming politically active is problematic, but it's problematic is same way that wealthy individuals throwing money into politics is. Wouldn't this better handled through campaign finance law rat
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by gisely 8y ago
Do you really think of teachers as a community of people who try to perpetrate scams on the general public? I'm trying to count on one hand all the teachers I know who are sitting fat the money they bilked from the voters, but I'm
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by gisely 8y ago
While this quote makes a good point that the Government is not like other employers, I am not sure what exactly is implied about the role collective bargaining for government employees. The government can't serve as neutral party to mo
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by gisely 8y ago
Please take a moment to glance as the name of the author before assuming that all voices on the internet are male. Or at least use "they/their" as your default instead of "he/his". To your point, why does this
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by gisely 8y ago
We can't help them to learn arithmetic either! They'll raise a generation of killer robot engineers and enslave us ;)
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by gisely 8y ago
Even assuming Huawei is wholly controlled entity of the CCP, Google's collaboration with them is for generally peaceful purposes. Obviously, widespread use of Android phones manufactured by Huawei could present a security risk. But pea
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by gisely 8y ago
The BRAIN initiative came after the Human Brain Project so it would be more accurate to call the BRAIN initiative America's attempt to compete with the European HBP.
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by gisely 9y ago
The author argue for something patently false (reading the news never did anyone any good) instead of some likely true but more pedestrian claim (e.g. most of us would be better off if we read news less frequently) with the goal of drawing
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by gisely 9y ago
Not interesting to who? Coincidences can interesting even if they don't point to a causal relationship. I find it interesting that word for Jupiter in Chinese is wood simply because it's an interesting association to make.
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by gisely 9y ago
Considering that many countries have announced plans to fully eliminate gas and diesel engine production in less than 25 years (e.g. 2030 for China), I think it's quite unlikely that internal combustion engines will continue to dominat
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by gisely 9y ago
The article indicates she contacted Whole Foods corporate and they didn't respond. So what exactly is wrong with her coverage? Also, you say you are Whole Foods employee. But are you store employee or a corporate headquarters employee?
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by gisely 9y ago
I love this story! Both mathematics and pop-culture have an abundance of names and terminology that can make their discussion very foreign to people who haven't encountered the lingo. I've been thinking about this as a way to unde
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by gisely 9y ago
And I'm looking forward to a phase change to a society where 100% waste recycling is the norm. When a society aspires to be much better than it is currently, should we really be surprised that this leads to various forms of hypocrisy?
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by gisely 9y ago
Does it? That would certainly be pretty alarming, but I can't seem to find any evidence that it does. The only relevant article I could find was this one on Gboard on iOS: https://www.macworld.com/article/3070767&#
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by gisely 11y ago
I've stopped using atom due to horrendous latency issues. Pretty disappointed. Would really love a modern open source text editor, but noticeable lag between pressing a key and having it appear on the screen is a no go.
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How to Unlearn a Disease(nautil.us)
14 points by gisely 11y ago|0 comments
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by gisely 12y ago
Make sure to enable Cloud To Butt before visiting.
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by gisely 12y ago
Doesn't mean the NSA or Chinese equivalent won't figure out how to hack Echo to plant a little piece of stealthware on it that records all conversations of suspects in "terrorism related" investigations. Such stealthware
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by gisely 12y ago
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIvk1cSyG8 I seriously I find that kid's enthusiasm inspirational. Sure, maybe learning to ride a bike is really no big deal, but the euphoria of having truly mastered something n
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by gisely 13y ago
I really like your articulation of this. It has struck me for a while now that the people working on friendly AI could have more impact if they invested their energy and intellectual prowess on the real threats to humanity we currently face