mounceyboy

3 ms·

1.
by mounceyboy 4mo ago
my favorite conspiracy theory - the govt has already cracked all the RSA codes but they keep funding QM to show that we're still secure.
2.
by mounceyboy 2y ago
This is a nice first pass at the common sense problems with interpreting FDA regulations. I imagine that those who have been dealing with this for some time aren't as confused as the author suggests we should be. On the first pass, for
3.
Is an "Alien" Language Possible?(ndpr.nd.edu)
2 points by mounceyboy 2y ago|1 comments
4.
by mounceyboy 2y ago
This review of Matti Eklund's book, Alien Structure: Language and Reality, made me wonder if an alien language is even possible. Wouldn't any representational system need to use logic? When the reviewer asks, "if we wish to k
5.
by mounceyboy 2y ago
Analytic writing goes back to Newton and Leibnitz, but the psychology of thinking in terms of synthetic or analytic propositions derives from Kant. He added synthetic in an attempt to illustrate something outside of direct experience, but t
6.
Situational Awareness – Leopold Aschenbrenner [pdf](situational-awareness.ai)
2 points by mounceyboy 2y ago|1 comments
7.
by mounceyboy 2y ago
Recommended by Scott Aaronson who writes, "My friend Leopold Aschenbrenner, who I got to know and respect on OpenAI’s now-disbanded Superalignment team before he left the company under disputed circumstances, just released “Situational
8.
by mounceyboy 3y ago
The author doesn't consider, or comment on, or maybe doesn't know about, Voeglin's thesis that the Hebrews exemplify a bringing-about of order out of disorder with a reflective understanding about the importance for the futur
9.
by mounceyboy 4y ago
Kierkegaard said that in the old days you would lose your head, but nowadays you're allowed to talk your head off in Hyde park.
10.
by mounceyboy 4y ago
And kierkegaards aphorisms are a master collection of witticisms
11.
by mounceyboy 4y ago
Nicely said, although Dubliners was different enough that the editor didn't want to publish it. The complexity of Ulysses is like Dante's Comedia, and both demonstrate the individual's creative personality in response to a st
12.
by mounceyboy 4y ago
Schneier on Security
13.
Quantum algorithm creates authentic-looking handwritten digits(journals.aps.org)
1 points by mounceyboy 4y ago|1 comments
14.
by mounceyboy 4y ago
Researchers demonstrate a quantum algorithm that can generate realistic examples of complex patterns, in this case, creating authentic-looking handwritten digits.
15.
by mounceyboy 4y ago
Robert A Wilson's blog, hidden assumptions, has been arguing there are also problems with general relativity and the conservation of mass. His work, consistently rejected despite respect for his mathematical expertise, has recently be
16.
Ecclectic Collection from Brooklyn(pioneerworks.org)
1 points by mounceyboy 5y ago|1 comments
17.
by mounceyboy 5y ago
interdisciplinary discourse on Science, Music, Art, and Tech