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Norman Finkelstein(normanfinkelstein.com)
2 points by memexy 6y ago|0 comments
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by memexy 6y ago
> Re-introduce duplication by inlining the abstracted code back into every caller. Ideally this type of workflow would be supported by the code editor. I've done this manually a few times and it's not fun.
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Keanu: Probabilistic programming with Bayesian network models(improbable-research.github.io)
4 points by memexy 6y ago|0 comments
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The Rebel Physicist on the Hunt for a Better Story Than Quantum Mechanics(nytimes.com)
4 points by memexy 6y ago|0 comments
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by memexy 6y ago
> The current design and function of the web have become so familiar that it is easy to forget that they grew out of programming decisions made decades ago. The web’s first designers made crucial choices (such as making one’s presence an
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The fast and the curious: Fitter adults have fitter brains(eurekalert.org)
7 points by memexy 6y ago|0 comments
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by memexy 6y ago
But that sounds like bad exposition. What benefit would any author get from purposely obfuscating what they're trying to share?
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by memexy 6y ago
I currently use this for my personal notes and screenshot indexing. I run screenshots through OCR and then index them with MeiliSearch and I'm very happy with it.
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MeiliSearch: Open-source and fast search-engine(meilisearch.com)
2 points by memexy 6y ago|1 comments
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by memexy 6y ago
Many of the early mathematicians were mystics. So in a way the incomprehensibility is a feature and not a bug but for those that are well versed in the language it is a rich source of analogies and metaphors. > "Good mathematicians
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by memexy 6y ago
Yes, but Gauss was also a perfectionist and he didn't publish anything that weren't up to his standards. He even discovered non-euclidean geometry at some point but didn't think it was worth publishing so Bolyai's son Já
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by memexy 6y ago
Can't really do much for the people that are not interested in finding out the truth so not much point in trying to address their concerns. The people that care about finding out will dig through the timeline and figure it out, especia
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by memexy 6y ago
That's a good point but if you actually want to verify whether the original author retracted their statement then you can do localized search, e.g. "from:author 'I was wrong'". It's true the feed will show diff
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by memexy 6y ago
> Reply to your tweet, posting "I was wrong" There is another option. Quote tweet and say "I was wrong". Quote tweeting is a concept extension mechanism but people mostly use it for dunking. If you make a mistake then
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by memexy 6y ago
This reminds me of quote > You gain insights into the moral base upon which Paul makes his own decisions. All of this is couched in a form which makes Paul and his people admirable. I am their advocate. But don't lose sight of the f
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The Unplanned Impact of Mathematics(nature.com)
76 points by memexy 6y ago|54 comments
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Health specialists deal with Covid-19 risks in their everyday lives(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by memexy 6y ago|0 comments
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‘Covid Parties’ Are Not a Thing(wired.com)
6 points by memexy 6y ago|0 comments
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by memexy 6y ago
I didn't read it that way. I thought it was an interesting comparison.
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The Rise and Demise of RSS (2018)(twobithistory.org)
1 points by memexy 6y ago|0 comments
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by memexy 6y ago
Always worthwhile to revisit assumptions. I don't know much about Cyc, I was just curious.
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by memexy 6y ago
I didn't assume the translations would be lossless. It's obvious there will be conceptual mismatches but that's why this is interesting. Because when the abstract model is made concrete people can notice the gaps and improve
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by memexy 6y ago
How would you improve it?
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by memexy 6y ago
Yes. I know.
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by memexy 6y ago
How did it crash? And what was spectacular about it?
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by memexy 6y ago
Why do you need a PhD in linguistics to write code?
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by memexy 6y ago
Why is thinking of an analogy pessimistic?
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by memexy 6y ago
Twobithistory article is pretty good. Outlines several things I wasn't aware of like DBPedia.
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by memexy 6y ago
I've seen various cycles a few times now. Cycle times in tech are short. Which makes me think I should use the proper terminology and call them spirals.
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by memexy 6y ago
> The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it should be possible to use

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