jjaredsimpson

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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
I'll take a crack. Progress in ML applications to previously intractable problems has created an irrational optimism that AGI is on the near term horizon. I'm not aware of any novel abstraction which led to a solution to these int
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Haskell was the first language I learned that I actually loved in an irrational way. I consider myself to be a 3/10 haskeller because I've written a couple thousands lines, but never built anything "real" with it. But it
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
But now you have to demonstrate that your analogy holds.
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Least common multiples are amazing tech now.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Consciousness is: what it is like to experience something. Note this is different from self consciousness which is: what is it like to be something which experiences and know you are that thing. Humans are certainly self conscious. Crabs ar
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Example please? Because I'm tempted to respond that there are no inherently messy problems, only insufficient solutions. What problem could possibly exist that only could be implemented in a convoluted way? Sounds more like: me and my
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
This isn't a real argument. What if you agreed to buy slaves from a foreign person? Governments obviously have a real interest in what their citizen do regardless of where that activity takes place.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Also since a large number of coins are lost the 40% number understates the size of the whales. Estimates are that 20% of coins are simply lost for good.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
It's the first term of the Maclaurin series sin(x) = sin(0) + cos(1)x = 0 + x
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Value proposition on theaters is very low. The popcorn isn't even good. I want butter and salt evenly distributed throughout the entire bucket, not a disgustingly over seasoning top inch, and a bland inedible bottom 90%. The cheapest m
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Policy shouldn't be optimized to address these outlier events. Knife wielding maniacs aren't a real problem. Spousal abuse and suicide are.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
I'm an intermediate Haskeller and I just started playing around with F# around 2 months ago. I really like it. It still feels very functional but has escape hatches when I want imperative behavior. I like that I can still write "b
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
It also supports DSC[1]. Visually lossless is defined as indistinguishable difference between A/B of predetermined challenging images. You can check the images they used and run the test yourself if you so desire. [1] https:/&#x2F
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Vector addition in floating point registers is parallel but not concurrent. Parallel means division of a task into separate parts which execute at the same instant in time. Concurrent means separate task with overlapping lifetimes. Parallel
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Criticism of the -- what I believe to be -- inevitable post-work post-scarcity economy is rooted in the false idea that employment provides meaning to those employed. But proclaiming the "Value of Work" is just arguing for the &qu
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Not really. A theory is useful if it makes accurate predictions and explains phenomena in the domain to which it applies. Theories in physics has always been useful even though they are incomplete to this day.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Booting Windows and loading games is full of large sequential reads using high queue depths. This is something ssd controller can optimize well already. Average consumers don't need this. Enthusiast gamers don't need this. This is
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Exactly. Memorization is the process of committing something to memory. Things like spaced repetition, flashcards, using mnemonics, etc. Memoization is the technique of caching expensive function calls and returning those cached values upon
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
When voters elect representatives to move money from the wealthy to themselves it is theft. When wealthy donors, lobbyists, and corporations pour money into the political system to affect laws, distribution, incentives, outcomes it is &quot
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
I don't see what purpose this kind of "journalism" serves. Anyone with an level of interest and scientific literacy can read the IPCC summary report and get all the details they can handle. Next you could simple head over to
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It's being pulled as a gist from github
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
nit: Aren't pointer arguments also pass by value? The data is the memory address not the underlying pointed-to object.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
For sure, only commenting that for that particular problem, brute force is viable. For many problems brute force is not viable. I was grinding PE a couple years ago to pick up Haskell.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
That problem is small enough to just brute force. There are only 1612800 calculations to do.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
To charge an 85 kWh in 5 minutes would be ~1MW which seems beyond home charging capacity. Even more out of reach if you want to double the capacity
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>If my points are wrong It's your job to not be wrong about knowable things. Read a summary of the literature if you are actually interested instead of just proposing that a well accepted theory is wrong because "theoreticians&
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Human contribution to climate change isn't questionable it is nearly certain (>95% chance). Recent decades are likely the warmest in 1500 years. What data opposes this view?
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
What's wrong with just making a disposable single use facebook account.
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by jjaredsimpson 9y ago
Unqualified novice seeks high office. We've seen this before. Fluff interview with no reason given to vote for or against. Didn't even mention what district she would be running in, who holds that seat right now, gathering staff,
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That's $2.85 per kWh. Seems impractical

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