karmakurtisaani

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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
In data science and machine learning you can see this paradox in the fact that no amount of data is enough: once you get enough data to run a simple model, you will want to make the model as complicated as the available data allows and beyo
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
Estimate the salaries of the people in the meeting and calculate the cost to the company. Fun to think about while listening the two managers argue about a detail while the rest 8 people wait politely. Come to think of it, if you have 8 peo
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
I quit academia after my PhD. Now, working as a developer remotely I have no money stress, relaxed work schedule, relaxed colleagues, no need to write grant applications etc. I even have some time to study the same academic stuff I was doin
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
Ok, thanks for the clarification. I got the impression that you were arguing for the "capitalist" viewpoint rather than just characterizing it, as that opinion seems to be somewhat popular here. My mistake if that was not the case
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
Ah the good old "fuck you I got mine" philosophy.
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
Maybe forcing workers to work when a hurricane is approaching or not increasing the minimum wage for decades while cost of living skyrocketed was the real detriment all along.
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
The analogy is ok if you only consider the capitalist's point of view. Screws don't need health care not do they have children that have to pay for college. If you want to also consider the worker's point of view, you need th
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
It is slightly ironic to look down on people who believe "loopy" things while admitting it's not a scientific way to measure people. Sounds kinda loopy to me.
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
Well, there's always vixra..
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
> can you believe my phone turned that into beliebers? To be fair, that would have fit your list just as well.
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
You don't need to please people if you can pass voter suppression laws at will.
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
This is kind of a curious feature of all human hierarchies. Often times, people higher in the hierarchy will not participate in competition of any kind with the rest, since they have so little to win. On the other hand, making mistakes publ
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
> There is no such thing as harmful information. Only actions can cause harm. Perhaps in some idealistic model of society this is true. However, in reality people cannot process and evaluate the factual basis of all information that is p
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
On the other hand, a company providing the service can ban users for spreading harmful information. Imagine a situation where, say, the president of the US was spreading misinformation regarding a pandemic for example. To me it sounds good
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
The real prize from the space race was the ICBM.
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
Interesting article. Makes me wish I had a reason to write.
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by karmakurtisaani 5y ago
A wonderful problem. I must have spent over a year thinking about this on and off before arriving to the critical insight. The funny thing with some of these problems is that you get an amazing rush on the moment you solve a problem, but af