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by neural_thing 7y ago
Tesla stock costs under 2% a year to borrow from IB to short it. (source: short TSLA, IB customer)
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India's sixth biggest city is almost entirely out of water(edition-m.cnn.com)
3 points by neural_thing 7y ago|0 comments
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by neural_thing 7y ago
Fun fact, it costs hundreds of dollars, just to LOOK at some safety standards in medical devices, for example: https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/2606
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by neural_thing 7y ago
No, but I know their GRE scores, which are a good proxy for IQ. Plus, seeing the kind of math they do on the fly gives you a good idea.
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by neural_thing 7y ago
Depends on what you count as "brilliant work". All of the Neuroscience PhDs at Stanford, UCSF and MIT (non-exhaustive list, just examples) I've met are at least 2 standard deviations away from average intelligence and many ar
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by neural_thing 7y ago
I just want a MBP that is a late 2013 body with modern hardware inside it. I know there are many others like me.
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by neural_thing 7y ago
The value proposition is fake, not the technology. Solar roof tiles have been commercially available since 2005, they are just too expensive. Musk promised that their roof tiles will be cheaper than regular roofs. I have seen zero evidence
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by neural_thing 7y ago
He already is the Theranos of solar panels. Promised a fake product (solar roof) to bailout himself and his family out of a failed company.
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by neural_thing 7y ago
No.
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by neural_thing 7y ago
You would like Meditations on Moloch, if you haven't read it already. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
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by neural_thing 7y ago
The way progress has been accelerating... "Vanilla" humans are not going to be important 10,000 years from now, and might not even exist. You can debate whether we will see radical improvement through genetic engineering or brain-
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by neural_thing 7y ago
Horrible quarter for them. If they don't resolve their issues with the SEC and raise capital, they will run out of cash in months.
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by neural_thing 8y ago
Precision. Compare a single missile from a drone to carpet bombing a city. Similar effectiveness in the mission, fewer side effects.
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by neural_thing 8y ago
Does Elizabeth Holmes deserve credit for creating jobs? All Tesla has done so far is burn capital. It's not that hard to do, all you need is to convince people to give you money. Tesla has never had a profitable year. Not sure how much
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by neural_thing 8y ago
Ibogaine is extremely efficacious, but it's quite intense.
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Ask HN: How to advertise a mobile game?
1 points by neural_thing 8y ago|1 comments
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by neural_thing 8y ago
Also Chris Eliasmith's team, especially their work on Intel's Loihi
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by neural_thing 8y ago
So, a non-economic, burdensome measure instead of a carbon tax, which directly addresses the problem. With SB827 failing, I'm feeling good about leaving California.
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Nonsurgical Neural Interfaces Could Significantly Expand Use of Neurotechnology(darpa.mil)
2 points by neural_thing 9y ago|0 comments
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by neural_thing 9y ago
Neuroscience is a big one. I would posit that understanding the brain is the biggest scientific frontier of my generation.
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by neural_thing 9y ago
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sergey As others have noted, I would have liked to see what my page would look like before/when setting it up.
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by neural_thing 9y ago
Most small towns in the Lake Tahoe region have a median age of 55 or higher. I just meant that the town his built for working professionals rather than retirees.
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by neural_thing 9y ago
Any other thoughts/comments are welcome.
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Ask HN: Would you live in a town built for remote workers?
28 points by neural_thing 9y ago|23 comments
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by neural_thing 9y ago
Can you provide a working link please? This is something I've been thinking about a lot, would like to learn more about what you are thinking.