mirceal

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by mirceal 9y ago
did not mean it to be offensive. "stupid shit" is more like socially unacceptable in this context.
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by mirceal 9y ago
the answer is in the question. Except for the technical breakdowns, all the other are caused by people. People stop doing stupid shit -> train can be on time. It's a cultural problem mostly. In Japan, you don't do the stupid s
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by mirceal 9y ago
roll less than 10: you lose your job... :|
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by mirceal 9y ago
13000 lines of python in one file! what could go wrong!
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by mirceal 9y ago
The risk? Hahaha. It’s the reality. The hero eventually moves on an you’re left holding the bag
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by mirceal 9y ago
the point is that you cannot design it. you're exploring the space looking at what is interesting. So if you're given a start image and an end image (an objective) you cannot reach the end image. In the case of pic-breeder you are
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by mirceal 9y ago
No it's not. Evolution itself does not have the objective of creating something. Regarding evolution, having read both Kenneth's book and "The Blind Watchmaker" by Dawkins I can tell you that Kenneth rediscovers what Daw
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by mirceal 9y ago
A cow says moo, a sheep says baaa, 3 singing pigs say...
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by mirceal 9y ago
Apple has am easier life ensuring compatibility and performance. Even with that you can see a phone getting slower over multiple iterations of ios. As far as battery drain: i believe the usage pattern and how much time you invest in configu
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by mirceal 9y ago
I disagree. The representation of state is hard for machines. Go/Chess are very simple state wise when compared to Dota. By giving it API access you have eliminated guesswork/approximations from the overall picture
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by mirceal 9y ago
on a set this big that's usually not a problem.
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by mirceal 10y ago
Given how events played out, I think this went exceptionally well. Also, nowadays with the cloud and co. it's easy to forget / fully appreciate how much complexity is abstracted away for you.
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by mirceal 10y ago
The PIN.
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by mirceal 10y ago
If you think this guy is a dick you should see a couple of other mathematicians who have a bazillion things named after them (Euler, Gauss, Cauchy, etc)
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by mirceal 10y ago
Math is super interesting. The reason why most people don't like it and/or think it's hard is because they did not have a great teacher. Once you understand the notation and grasp the basics it's awesome. So, it's m
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by mirceal 10y ago
Oh yeah. Ye old "disagree w/ them until they don't care". It's terrible. Usually the most stubborn peasant will get his way. A toxic culture is born/consolidated. It drains any excitement that you may have for
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by mirceal 10y ago
don't know about tesco, but I know about Costco. You need to provide your membership card every time you buy. So Costco definitely knows your complete shopping history. Also any online shop (Amazon included) has a complete history of e
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by mirceal 10y ago
Why p=.5 for > .7 w/ 2 draws?
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by mirceal 10y ago
Draw. If > 0.5 keep it. If not draw again.
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by mirceal 10y ago
For anybody interested in this field: Specifying Systems by Leslie Lamport, the same guy that gave us Logical Clocks and Paxos (free on Ms Reseach website): http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lampor
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by mirceal 10y ago
IT is already magic
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by mirceal 10y ago
Non-biological humanity or a biologically enhanced humanity? :)
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by mirceal 11y ago
different people have different styles of learning. for some, building an overall idea first is more important than hacking something together. for other hacking something together is more important than getting the full overall picture.
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by mirceal 11y ago
I would place Strong AI at least 100+ years in the future. There is also a 3rd possibility that I think is more likely than StrongAI taking control. We get better AI that allow us, humans, to improve ourselves (ie basically hack our generic
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by mirceal 11y ago
depends a lot on what you're baseline is
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by mirceal 11y ago
there are 2 parts here: know how to do basic things with what you normally have on a machine _and_ turbocharge your development machine to optimize your productivity. I don't see a problem with any of those as long as you have a mental
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by mirceal 11y ago
the price point is interesting, but it's no Apple Watch
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New Fitbit Blaze is here(fitbit.com)
3 points by mirceal 11y ago|2 comments
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by mirceal 11y ago
3 things I search for: Fundamentals: CS basics. I don't nitpick on details. It's more around if you've heard about it or not and if you could figure out how and when to use it. Structure: I want to see a structured approach t
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by mirceal 11y ago
Yes. It's more complicated than it needs to be, but to jump from this to "aws java doc sucks"? Most AWS doc (java or something else is pretty straightforward). Here is a minimal SWF sample I've put together a while back:

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