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by metasj 7y ago
Related past threads: "Save .org": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21611677 "Take action to save .org": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21664582 "Why I Voted to Sell .org&
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The .Org Fire Sale: How it sold for less than half its valuation(blogs.harvard.edu)
750 points by metasj 7y ago|176 comments
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by metasj 7y ago
That's the wrong Ethos Capital... you want ethoscapital.com !
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by metasj 7y ago
Nice to see this much interest; sadly it's not clear what to do. Thanks bhickey for the pointers below to the VA AG and IRS. I'll try to keep that blog post up to date. Today: PIR posted an official response -- low on content, no
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by metasj 7y ago
This outcome is worse than any of the 'worst-case' scenarios hypothesized by the ICA when they filed their open letter of complaint in May when the price cap was listed. In hindsight, why would ICANN classify .org (with its enormo
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by metasj 7y ago
Beating AlphaZero at Go, Chess, and Shogi, an mastering a suite of Atari video games that other AIs have failed to do efficiently. No explicit heads-up contests with a trained AlphaZero; but apparently hits an ELO threshold w/ fewer t
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Mastering Atari, Go, Chess and Shogi by Planning with a Learned Model(arxiv.org)
161 points by metasj 7y ago|37 comments
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by metasj 8y ago
Now that's something else! How delightful. Drawn from the Wayback Machine perhaps?
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by metasj 8y ago
I like that they have a technical paper on how to format your data for epistemic analysis: http://www.epistemicnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/E...
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Epistemic Network Analysis: visualizing patterns in coded data(epistemicnetwork.org)
2 points by metasj 8y ago|1 comments
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by metasj 8y ago
This one fascinates for a few additional reasons, which a third-party site that supports revising and completing stories could address: * It shows how automated the echo chamber is. The real crash cause is a more interesting + rare story. (
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by metasj 8y ago
Wikipedia, for a few high-profile current events each week, serves a function similar to the one proposed for sourcedfact; and it regularly results in deeper + more contextualized coverage than even the best outlets. However, WP's comm
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by metasj 8y ago
My favorite example, much clearer even than Covington (and never corrected in the major media): the bus driver who drove drove his bus off of a bridge: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46068412 For whatever re
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by metasj 10y ago
How large do they expect this search space to be compared to 'websites'?
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by metasj 14y ago
Confirming: I have served on the Board with Jimmy for three years. He takes no salary or expenses from the Foundation. For instance, while most of our 10-person Board (who all volunteer our time) have travel and lodging for Board meetings
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by metasj 14y ago
A good citation to a printed published work grants you demigod-like powers when editing an article - if the work itself is notable. If it's self-published or has no information demonstrating it is a reliable source, not so much.
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by metasj 15y ago
Just so. Ilya was one of the most creative and clear-eyed people I ever met. He had a gift for projecting possibilities into the future and condensing a great deal of thought into a few observations. I was inspired by time spent with him,