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961.
by perfmode 8y ago
i don’t think we are anywhere close to having the requisite tools for such a comparison. the subjective conscious experience is complicated.
962.
by perfmode 8y ago
as a black person, it is hurtful and alarming to read these comments and see how people in our industry feel about the slavery of my people. the callous, cold minimizations lack humanity.
963.
by perfmode 8y ago
it’s definitely falling short of that ideal. i know too many people getting squeezed.
964.
by perfmode 8y ago
i’d go out on a limb to call that a false equivalence. economics doesn’t deserve to be put on the same footing as mathematics and computer science.
965.
by perfmode 8y ago
education is about more than the economy
966.
by perfmode 8y ago
efficient market hypothesis?
967.
by perfmode 8y ago
I am the first person in my family to attend university. Stanford gave me a full ride to study CS and it has made a world of difference in my ability to access opportunities. I am an anecdote obviously. However, I want it to be known that a
968.
by perfmode 8y ago
Why would this be the most likely scenario? What would motivate someone to end their career in this way?
969.
by perfmode 8y ago
are you concerned that you’ll never find ambitions for which justifications endure? (sub specie aeternitatis)
970.
by perfmode 8y ago
it is nationalist policy that restricts flow.
971.
by perfmode 8y ago
it’s not so simple. one side effect of strong nationalism is a restriction on the flow of people. when capital can flow freely, but people can’t, multinationals gain an advantage.
972.
by perfmode 8y ago
look at zuck’s $100M to the new jersey school system. just lob money over the wall, hoping for results with absolutely no understanding of how to have sustainable impact.
973.
by perfmode 8y ago
why the skepticism and negativity around this arguably good deed? he is stepping in to help people. what’s the issue here? why the downplay of the initiative?
974.
by perfmode 8y ago
huh? do other creatures not inhabit space? does a creature need to have a concept of value in order to value things?
975.
by perfmode 8y ago
as far as i can see, the effort to meddle would have been considered a failure had the democratic candidate won in 2016.
976.
by perfmode 8y ago
being treated with dignity hasn’t nothing to do with one’s social status. to be treated with dignity would be for the billionaire’s staff to escort the low status individuals with grace and provide food for them in a way that affords them r
977.
by perfmode 8y ago
> All I'm saying is that people with power/money can use these to skew media to push their own agenda. Are you saying these cannot happen via conventional outlets?
978.
by perfmode 8y ago
i don’t believe it has to do with position on a dominance hierarchy. i think it has more to do with dignity.
979.
by perfmode 8y ago
well, wealth creates a market opportunity. when everyone is poor, there is no market opportunity.
980.
by perfmode 8y ago
depends on the complexity. if it is 2^1000 then forget about finding an optimal result.
981.
by perfmode 8y ago
deep learning uses low precision floats sometimes as few as 8 bits are needed
982.
by perfmode 8y ago
page rank in this context is morally relativistic
983.
by perfmode 8y ago
page rank is a reputation score
984.
by perfmode 8y ago
delegated democracy (page rank) is pretty ideal but complex
985.
by perfmode 8y ago
control requires hashing power
986.
by perfmode 8y ago
There's also the problematic notion that some believe: using a lot of spices is indicative of low class. Using fewer spices and letting the food shine through is indicative of higher class. Initially, using a lot of spices was indicati
987.
by perfmode 8y ago
reduces labor on the customers side. it’s a small improvement, but one that drops hints about a new class of optimization that is often neglected.
988.
by perfmode 8y ago
my dream is to buy the NYC metro system and take drastic measures to revive it.
989.
by perfmode 8y ago
what do you mean by bijection/bijective in the context of refactoring and iteration?
990.
by perfmode 8y ago
Have you never worked with weak engineers?

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