matusp

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by matusp 5mo ago
Never heard the term Lusophone before. TIL
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by matusp 5mo ago
Before clockwork, human mind was a city (Plato, Marcus Aurelius, i.a.)
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by matusp 5mo ago
That's why we have state. There are many technologies that we, as a society, decided to control in various ways. You can't just build a nuclear weapon for example. There is no particular reason why we let tech bros control many as
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by matusp 5mo ago
Oil is up by 100% in recent weeks. It might have to give, but probably not with these prices.
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by matusp 5mo ago
Cyrillic is probably a successor to Glagolitic. Glagolitic was the first Slavic alphabet, but when they tried to use it in Bulgaria, it had all the UX problems you mentioned. What they did is replace most of the characters with their Greek
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by matusp 5mo ago
> There are no indications that Ukraine will lose this war. Apart from not controlling 20% of their territory?
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by matusp 5mo ago
They are going to lose, the question is how much. I don't see Russians losing the territory they occupy right now, unless some black swan event happens. It remains to be seen how much more territory Russia is able to conquer until they
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by matusp 6mo ago
AI is not trying to do anything. It's a technology and it does not have agency. I think that the perception problem with AI is not about the technology itself. It's about the famously parasitic Silicon Valley companies that are th
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by matusp 6mo ago
Despite all the AI hype, I wonder how much it only exists in the tech bubble full of terminally online folks. Unless you spend significant part of your day online, most of the AI risks mentioned in this series are probably negligible. The m
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by matusp 6mo ago
Illiberal democracy
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by matusp 6mo ago
Looking at the pictures in the article, the level of detail is not particularly great in some parts. It seems like many building have very simple shape and color. With some modeling skill, I can imagine carving and painting 100s of these in
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by matusp 6mo ago
It's called terrorism only when it comes from a certain region. Otherwise it's sparkling military action.
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by matusp 6mo ago
One thing to consider is that Trump is publicly stating that the US are destroying the infrastructure as a punishment for non-compliance. That basically makes it clear that the motive is not based on military considerations.
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by matusp 6mo ago
Russia is actually gaining people in this war. The occupied territory they intend to keep has a prewar population of 10M.
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by matusp 6mo ago
However dilute the effect is, if they are able to hit a few gas/oil carriers with drones there, nobody is going to use that body of water.
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by matusp 7mo ago
Very much so. I wouldn't mind some interesting projects or results. But it's very basic opinions or parables all over again.
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by matusp 7mo ago
I enjoy working with it. I mostly just use it to define the input and outputs more programmatically compared to raw prompts.
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by matusp 7mo ago
It is very unlikely that Russia depends on Iran for its drone production. Iran is not producing any critical components that you could not get elsewhere. The export of Iranian drones was probably close to zero already after the last year&#x
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by matusp 7mo ago
Another interesting development is the ridiculous amount of background bluring in photos. Turns out you can find surprisingly large number of garages, warehouses, treelines, etc based on a single photo.
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by matusp 7mo ago
I have been in both academia and industry for years, and I don't think the model you describe is true anymore. It was definitely true 10 years ago, but the situation has flipped. Now, I see really ambitious and impactful research comin
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by matusp 7mo ago
And the real punchline is that the deluge of papers barely matters, as the academic field is barely moving, and the most interesting innovations are happening on the product side.
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by matusp 7mo ago
I am not sure I understand what it is about
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by matusp 7mo ago
It's pure armchair psychology, but this type of project always makes me think about anxiety. Who really needs this level of self observation and control? At the same time, I really enjoy reading about it and I find the window into some
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by matusp 7mo ago
I tried using Gemini for some light historical research. It could not stop using tech metaphors. Lords were the CEOs of their time, pope was the most important influencer, vassal uprisings were job interviews, etc. The metaphors were almost
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by matusp 7mo ago
Yeah, but that does not influence US politics.
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by matusp 7mo ago
Some would say that science can be valuable even when it does not produce commercially viable results. Making money is not the pinnacle of human experience.
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by matusp 7mo ago
People continue using Airbnb because that's where the properties are listed. And owners keep listing properties because that's where the users are.
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by matusp 8mo ago
> The "AI voice" is everywhere now. Maybe I'm going crazy but I can smell it in the OP as well.
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by matusp 8mo ago
I'm with you. I hope that the other posts will also pop up here.
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by matusp 8mo ago
> So it is just a case of older people pulling the ladder up behind themselves. Is it though? I have a feeling that previous generations were simply happy with less. Now we are so connected and everybody wants what they consider the stan

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