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by martopix 4y ago
If only the rest of society understood this, we would be so much better off.
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by martopix 4y ago
Oops, the random image it chose as an example to show me was pretty nsfw :D
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by martopix 4y ago
This is why I like HN. It's supposed to be about hacking, but sometimes you can just see it's a community of deeply curious people with all sorts of intellectual interests. When wikipedia articles are posted, this becomes particul
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by martopix 4y ago
Since you're on HN anyway, you could spend 5 minutes improving it :)
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by martopix 4y ago
This is not quite the same as a full breakdown, it sounds more like a burnout. Which is still important and a lot of people will relate with, including myself. Part of it (i.e. as long as it doesn't affect your life experience in a dis
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by martopix 4y ago
It worked well for me. I put in three podcasts that I listen to, and the first two results are two more podcasts that I listen to. There were a lot of my favourites in the whole list. Maybe I'm predictable?
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by martopix 4y ago
The wikipedia page says "transient populations", actually.
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by martopix 4y ago
From the article itself "Due to its status as de jure unclaimed territory, a number of individuals and organizations have attempted to claim Bir Tawil as a micronation. However, none have been taken seriously by the international commu
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by martopix 4y ago
Covid happened worldwide.
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by martopix 4y ago
The meaning of critical in complex systems is accessible only if you studied physics or theoretical neuroscience or something related. I'm pretty sure correlations are familiar to most people in STEM, such as the average reader of HN
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by martopix 4y ago
If you had a well-documented position on why that's not (one of) the answer(s), we would be happy to hear it. If this is all what Leavers have to say, on the other hand, yours will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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by martopix 4y ago
The desktop app shuffles things around while you're using it. Move to full screen? Everything is now in a different place. Someone starts sharing their screen? Your carefully placed chat and participant windows are now everywhere but.
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by martopix 4y ago
Slightly related: a family friend who was a pilot once told us that the security at an UK airport once very thoroughly inspected him before his flight. Puzzled, he asked: what are you looking for? Because I have a literal axe in the cockp
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by martopix 4y ago
> gave us tips the irony!
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by martopix 4y ago
However, drink 'spiking' for the same purpose is a thing, and people have been jailed for it.
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by martopix 4y ago
> While it is not expected, That's the key point.
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by martopix 4y ago
There's one thing I couldn't find in your post: do you WANT to finish this PhD? Also, have you talked to your advisor about this procrastination problem, your fears, and the possibility of quitting? He sounds like an approachable
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by martopix 4y ago
... which contradicts the hypothesis that k is the minimum. Therefore, K is empty.
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by martopix 4y ago
This is a very frustrating answer. It basically sounds like "suck it up, mate", which is not what education should be about.
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by martopix 4y ago
> I think that is one of the goals of high-level schooling. But it really shouldn't be, except after every effort to accompany people who struggle more has been made
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by martopix 4y ago
The system is unfortunately unfair to everyone, in the sense that it's an unfair expectation for people to love and be good simultaneously at teaching and research. I met many people that want to do research (because of passion or beca
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by martopix 4y ago
> It's hard to come to the idea of inalienable rights without believing in a creator. This is nonsense. Humanism is exactly about that.
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by martopix 4y ago
What I find interesting is that it seems, in the US, that the same people who reject the control of the government in things like guns, taxes, state-level decisions, etc., are the same that want to impose control of the government on things
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by martopix 4y ago
"Degeneration" is a meaningless word. There is no total order relation [1] defined on the set of societies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_order
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by martopix 4y ago
Recording of the ATC conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N1gDSZJ5s0
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by martopix 4y ago
I cannot find the video right now, but there was a widely watched one exactly as you describe, where the controller issued a 'cletala' several times, and it was a very American controller, I believe in California. EDIT: https:&#x
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by martopix 4y ago
Pytorch can be used in a very general purpose way. It's essentially numpy + automatic differentiation + GPU support. All the 'linalg-like layers' are entirely optional. If you write y = A*x+b in pytorch, that works, and is d
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by martopix 4y ago
Various things explained without words in the same style as IKEA mounting instructions. Here is public key cryptography: https://idea-instructions.com/public-key/ and quicksort (KVICK SÖRT) https://idea-ins
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by martopix 4y ago
Yes, the problem is in the "until my life circumstances improved". In your case they either improved on their own, or you don't talk about the possibly large amount of work you did to improve them. In my understanding (but it
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by martopix 4y ago
Yes, in this sense I agree.

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