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by jdkee 4y ago
"Again, no recursion is required as long as one knows that a factorial is actually a special case of the gamma function. (The implementation of log-gamma is usually a polynomial approximation which requires constant time to evaluate.)&
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Against All Applications(experimentalhistory.substack.com)
118 points by jdkee 4y ago|104 comments
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More science denial here we go(twitter.com)
3 points by jdkee 4y ago|0 comments
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ChatGPT: The Good, the Bad, and the Woke(twitter.com)
2 points by jdkee 4y ago|0 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
Given the experience of the meh version of the Peripheral on Amazon and the uniquely literal visions proffered by Neuromancer, I imagine it will be difficult to bring the brilliant novel to a brilliant film.
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Proofs about Programs(busy-beavers.tigyog.app)
58 points by jdkee 4y ago|22 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
I believe the author mentioned that the cat was adjusting to life indoors.
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by jdkee 4y ago
“ A 2018 United Nations study says there are now almost 16,000 desalination plants operating in 177 countries, producing a volume of freshwater equivalent to almost half the average flow over the Niagara Falls. However, the toxic brine whic
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by jdkee 4y ago
The difference is that Fairey used a copy of the original Obama photograph in his work. Thus he violated the copyright of the photographer, Mannie Garcia. In Zhang's case, there is no evidence that a copy of the original photograph by
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by jdkee 4y ago
"Does Weiss and/or Taibbi have unrestricted access to read users DMs right now?" Now that would be interesting.
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by jdkee 4y ago
Best series of the past 20 years is likely Boardwalk Empire.
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by jdkee 4y ago
See https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/why-e...
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by jdkee 4y ago
And no one talks about the overpopulation enabled by the petrochemicals and the Green Revolution.
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by jdkee 4y ago
“The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” -FDR
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by jdkee 4y ago
It would have been great if the tv adaptation did not stray so far from the book in later episodes.
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Race to the first nuclear chain reaction(news.uchicago.edu)
2 points by jdkee 4y ago|0 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
Any chance this will be commercially available either as a kit, a finished product or just the breadboard?
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by jdkee 4y ago
But Biden was likely to be elected, members of his staff appointed to government positions and staff at Twitter likely understood that.
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Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most Risk(wsj.com)
19 points by jdkee 4y ago|36 comments
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The Insane Engineering of the A-10 Warthog(youtube.com)
2 points by jdkee 4y ago|0 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
Humans have consumed animal meat for several million years. Now we need to start eating an artificial concoction consisting of: water, pea protein, expeller-pressed canola oil, refined coconut oil, rice protein, natural flavors, cocoa butte
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by jdkee 4y ago
"What's fascinating is why that disconnect happens. Since the 1950s, sociologists have identified three factors that need to be in place for friendships to take hold. They are: • Proximity: You're around each other regularly.
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The State of the Transistor in 3 Charts(spectrum.ieee.org)
6 points by jdkee 4y ago|1 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
"The current crisis is driven by foreign buyers not being enthusiastic about buying more US debt." That is largely irrelevant. As the world's reserve currency, the Federal Reserve could buy up Treasuries as needed. The domest
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Meta Trained an AI on 48M Science Papers. It Was Shut Down After 2 Days(cnet.com)
14 points by jdkee 4y ago|3 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
Why is he out wandering around?
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The U.S. Needs More Housing Than Almost Anyone Can Imagine(theatlantic.com)
15 points by jdkee 4y ago|9 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
Why is this flagged?
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Human-level play in the game of Diplomacy by combining language models(science.org)
132 points by jdkee 4y ago|2 comments
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by jdkee 4y ago
Probably time for U.S. regulators to breakup the Apple and Google duopoly.

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