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by gota 3y ago
Seems like a weird choice to make it colored, interactive etc. - presumably to maximize accessibility/digestibility by laymen - and then adopt an outdated typography choice for coherence with a 180 year old edition
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by gota 3y ago
I know it's an old book. I have several copies in multiple languages a couple of meters from where I'm sitting. None of them have colored designs or interactive elements, so I really struggle to understand your point
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by gota 3y ago
Ok, but why choose the outdated one for this? Or is it a mistake?
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by gota 3y ago
Absolutely - I think teaching programming in a language, framework or paradigm you (the teacher) does not know has huge advantages for a specific level of newcomer In my experience it is a good lesson for about 50% of absolute beginners,
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by gota 3y ago
About programming - I find that I relive some of that initial wonder of discovery when teaching
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by gota 3y ago
Solving 4. with 5. - Would make a lot more sense if it was Leia who rammed the ship and if took a huge amount of "Force" to do so (explaining why Leia _Skywalker_ could do it, but not any ordinary Joe)
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by gota 3y ago
What does the contract say about costs to replacing broken meters? Or broken windows at the company' C level suites houses? The "answer" here is either to suck it up (which will happen) or, if you allow room for it, it starts
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by gota 3y ago
The difference is NN are on the same side of the fence as GenAI regarding The Bitter Lesson, and Symbolic AI (my favorite topic in CS as a whole) is on the other By this I mean there are plenty of scalable, even gigantic, practical uses of
129.
by gota 3y ago
Isn't RLHF for building _chatbots_ over LLMs (and not part of LLMs themselves)?
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by gota 3y ago
I only missed the "doderez". What does it stand for?
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by gota 3y ago
Did these layouts influence the eventual keyboard layouts we use nowadays?
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by gota 3y ago
Amsterdam may not be the best existing public transit (+cycling friendly), but it is the most visited city in the NL - and it is good enough at it - that it is understandable how it becomes the standard for how a (large) city can be decent
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by gota 3y ago
Yes. India has UPI since 2016 I think. > then why don't we all start Pix in our countries? Good question. Maybe some inter-bank tech is already in place in some countries that make it easier/harder. I've been repeatedly to
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by gota 3y ago
I understand OP is beeing cheeky, yes? But I don't know company he is referring to If anyone could reply to this with the answer I'd appreciate it
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by gota 3y ago
You mean they voted unanimously to _sell_ it for the (high) price Elon offered (and tried to back out of), right? The 'vote' was for money, not for any sort of trust in Elon's leadership I didn't follow this too closely
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by gota 3y ago
I'd be really mad if I owned Twitter stock.
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by gota 3y ago
Oh my god, I have flagged dozens. None on purpose. I have just unflagged all of them, hopefully It helps
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by gota 3y ago
Super Mario RPG! By Nintendo itself. How was that not ported/sequel'ed into the N64?!
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by gota 3y ago
I guess its because in context I meant to separate Art (as is human search for meaning and expression not for the purposes of survival and reproduction) from art (as in technically developed and aesthetically pleasing) Pixação may be Art, b
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by gota 3y ago
I'm not arguing for or against that - I'm just stating a fact (there's a lot of pichação in São Paulo) and an opinion (I find it extremely ugly, even if I do like grafitti, including the more artistic and colorful tags)
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by gota 3y ago
> Seven years on, the world's fourth-largest metropolis and South America’s most important city remains free of visual clutter and eye sore that plagues the majority of cities around the world. Unfortunately it suffers greatly - to
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by gota 3y ago
> The reality is that Mr.Beast will not be changing the entire U.S. healthcare system. The reality is that Mr Beast has a better shot at it than 99.99% of americans; the argument is he won't take that shot because he prefers to be M
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by gota 3y ago
Maimonides and about everyone who has thought about the concept of charity for a while
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by gota 3y ago
*discredit
145.
by gota 3y ago
Plugging in my (tongue-in-cheek, but maybe not a 100%) conspiracy theory that Big Oil was the financier and culprit behind the flat earth, anti-vax, moon landing conspiracies, and many others - As a way to discret the whole of the scientifi
146.
by gota 3y ago
I think you are confusing OPs point. If he is a volunteer moderator he gets to set his own expectations and efforts. By introducing a financial component it could disrupt his incentives, make him feel like he has to put X hours, and change
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by gota 3y ago
Gates is spearheading the cure of diseases all over the world - there are few better ways to purchase goodwill or a good reputation. That is: his area of work has helped (or at least not hindered) his PR team in keeping up a good reputation
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by gota 3y ago
I am sorry, I am truly not aware. I'll google it but appreciate a link if you have it at hand. Thanks and sorry - I didn't mean to start a thread that is not useful for most people
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by gota 3y ago
What do you mean? Do you feel anxious about having to rent a tuxedo when someone mentions Opera? I jest, but I don't think I get what you are implying. What is the difference between this fantasy name and any other that is also an exis
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by gota 3y ago
I wish the author payed a professional narrator, editor, or producer- he'd have the best podcast instead of (or should I say - along with) the best blog I can't express how good his series on thr production of Iron is. Anyone who

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