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by j7ake 1y ago
Rather than scoff at the selection, maybe use the opportunity to recalibrate and expand what one considers “interesting”?
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by j7ake 1y ago
I meant specifically the book, which doe not have any of those things you mentioned. Also nobody fits neural networks and use variation inference using any priors that aren’t some standard form that makes algorithm easy
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by j7ake 1y ago
Is Bayesian data analysis relevant anymore in the era of foundation models and big data?
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by j7ake 1y ago
Salary range there is like 30 to 70k euros
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by j7ake 1y ago
Are there links to YouTube videos of recordings? Or do I need to find it elsewhere ?
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by j7ake 1y ago
Implicit in the funding issue is the inability to attract and retain top researchers in resource heavy fields (AI, experimental field). The starting package For new professors at Oxbridge is several orders of magnitude less than top institu
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by j7ake 1y ago
The universe packs in even more concepts: only 3 or 4 dimensions
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by j7ake 1y ago
Combine pass with qtpass on osx and pass on iPhone and you’re golden
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by j7ake 1y ago
There are plenty. The author is over exaggerating the prestige of CMU compared to other institutes outside of the USA. Just in the western countries: Toronto, Cambridge, ENS in France, the many max Planck institutes in Germany (eg Tubingen)
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by j7ake 1y ago
It this lower wage true for states like California?
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by j7ake 1y ago
The totality of human knowledge is a rounding error to what’s needed for AGI
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by j7ake 1y ago
Government workers are funded by public money, so public pension monies are funded by public money ultimately.
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by j7ake 1y ago
Wait did I see “ Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan” as an investor? Are they putting Canadian public funds into Anthropic?
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by j7ake 1y ago
Good luck trying to get a work visa to places like Europe or USA if you have a trades background
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by j7ake 1y ago
University is a path to a more global and flexible career for positions that don’t even exist yet. There is more mobility and more flexibility to future jobs with a university degree like mathematics than with trade.
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by j7ake 1y ago
If these people are making that much, I wonder what is the compensation for people like LeCunn.
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by j7ake 1y ago
I love this podcast and substack. He is an artist in many ways : revealing from common observations into something revelatory, curious, and funny
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by j7ake 1y ago
Glossy results are memeable stories that editors of journals would like to have in their next edition. There is very little incentive in publicly criticising a paper, there is incentive to show why others are wrong and why your new technic
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by j7ake 1y ago
There is zero incentive for the researcher personally to publish null results. Null results are the foundations on which “glossy” results are produced. Researchers would be wasting time giving away their competitive advantage by publishing
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by j7ake 1y ago
Maybe what’s common is that self taught people do not even know what to look for to improve on. They only see the superficial or easy-to-spot goals and lack the eye for detail to build foundations and technique.
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by j7ake 1y ago
Like piano it’s important to tackle courses that are appropriate for your level Self taught people often skip too much of the basics so they struggle to properly tackle the fancy stuff
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by j7ake 1y ago
Compression is fine for consuming information. But people need to be both consuming and generating knowledge in order to understand concepts beyond summary points. Generating knowledge is an exercise in compression. It is helpful to deliver
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by j7ake 1y ago
The triple star questions in the back of exercises of textbooks will be of this calibre. In CS check Knuths book.
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by j7ake 1y ago
“runs a lab” is putting it lightly. He’s a Max Planck institute director. This means essentially limitless funds for his own research and can shape hiring of faculty in his institute.
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by j7ake 1y ago
Chinese Buddhist cuisine is essentially the art of tasting exactly like meat without the meat.
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by j7ake 1y ago
Funding training programs and basic is extremely effective per dollar spent. Where else can you pay someone 50k a year and get PhD-level productivity?
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by j7ake 1y ago
Not every subject has simple explanations.
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by j7ake 1y ago
In math or theoretical fields it’s not unheard of to have young professors. Terence Tao was full professor at 24. Wolfram at 21
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by j7ake 1y ago
Why particularly in tech? Find an industry where EU salaries are better than USA and you’ll have much better traction.
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by j7ake 1y ago
Sounds like asking for the public to buy them out .

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