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by kgwgk 2y ago
> Why z squared is not a norm-square Now it's time to go back to the question we started the post with. Why isn't zz (or z^2) the norm-square? [several paragraphs later]. Looking at the formal definition of the norm, it's
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> both of those investments would be worth the same dollar amount today Only one of those investments would also have generated thousands of dollars of income in the meantime.
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Interview with Yann LeCun on AI(wsj.com)
106 points by kgwgk 2y ago|95 comments
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by kgwgk 2y ago
https://quarto.org/docs/output-formats/typst.html#raw-typst
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by kgwgk 2y ago
They are clearly atomic weapons - they are made of atoms.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Made me think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_road
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by kgwgk 2y ago
We were talking about bread. And "between 2002 and 2005" is somewhat longer than "over a year".
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by kgwgk 2y ago
In your mind :-)
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Except for superdeterminism - but maybe she doesn’t have a choice.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Bread didn’t go up 66% overnight. It did go up 66%… but it took more than 15 years: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/6407661.pdf
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by kgwgk 2y ago
So it means both order and order. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/order 1. (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence. […] 5. (countable) A command. […]
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> They have already been awarded prizes for [..] peace Since 1901.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> neural networks are part of the reason we understand the brain as well as we do We don’t understand much then.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
At least they already recognized actual spin-glasses research in physics in 2021. That makes this award for this by-product more puzzling though.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> $15 deposit in your account A transfer on the blockchain, you mean.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Somewhat related, the recruiting pitch from Jobs to get Pepsi's Sculley to work at Apple: "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?”
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Ah, I misunderstood your "wonder if it crosses any legal boundaries" as "it seems it doesn't" rather than "it seems it does". I completely agree.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
If the non-profit is doing something for the benefit of the for-profit it’s the reverse of a donation - unless you really meant a “donation” from the foundation to the company.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Ongoing discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41580205
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Yes, they are different things. A safe deposit box wouldn't be affected by the banks insolvency. A safe deposit box may be affected by other things and if those things happen they don't have to "make it right", if you go
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by kgwgk 2y ago
In the first case, bank deposits are insured. In the second case, safe deposit boxes are not insured.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> returns should continue to outpace typical zero risk interest. In essence if you believe the stock market will fail to exhibit growth Who are you arguing against? The paper linked talks about "significantly lower profit growth and
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How 538 is adjusting our election model for Harris versus Trump(abcnews.go.com)
7 points by kgwgk 2y ago|1 comments
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> We don't tax unrealized gains for that exact reason. I may be missing your point but the example you give looks like an argument to tax unrealized gains. > Let's say you have $10M in in index funds. You don't want to
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> Everett's idea was merely that the measurement device gets entangled with the thing being measured That idea is almost as old as quantum mechanics itself. (von Neumann, 1932 - if not earlier.)
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Nvidia Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal 2025(nvidianews.nvidia.com)
77 points by kgwgk 2y ago|80 comments
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by kgwgk 2y ago
The comment was about using assets as collateral for loans. Your response was about something else - or maybe it was not about anything, I'm not sure. A company can also get asset-backed loans using as collateral something the company
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by kgwgk 2y ago
You're the one who was talking about loans! In response to "If one uses an asset as collateral for a loan" you wrote "So small business can't take out loans unless they can realize and be taxed on the full valuation
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by kgwgk 2y ago
And can those businesses currently take a loan to pay for the owner holidays or whatever?
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Businesses =/= Businesses owners

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