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by ppsreejith 3y ago
This doesn't explain how they work though? I've found the following simplified model of how heat pumps work useful, and why they have > 100% efficiencies (Typically 300% - 400% or more compared to burning/ resistance heati
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
> It has efficiency over 100%, because you get all of the electricity's energy, plus some of the outside heat. To add to this, the typical efficiency is 300% or more. Since typically most of the heat comes from being "transferr
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
I like how this can be read both as a future where we regress technologically, or as a future where all work is in the domain of math.
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
> You realise that this is a problematic situation created by technology I'm saying this technology is a net positive for me. Sure, problems can arise from applying this net-positive technology but even considering them, they'r
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Agree that training without permission and compensation is wrong. My argument is more that this tool is a net good. If suppose in the future, Someone releases a similar model trained on purely licensed data (Eg: Like Meta did with their Cm3
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Regarding the first point of being buried under an avalanche of crap, we can solve this problem through many ways. We can still filter by human music. Or we can use better recommendation systems (automated or p2p/word-of-mouth). Regard
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Not sure I agree with the negative opinions in this thread. Surely, having an additional option to listen to the song you want to is a good thing? It's not like the choice to listen to human artists is taken away. Furthermore, a lot mo
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Agree that divorce in extended families can be worse. I was making the (additional) claim that matrilocality & children being raised by woman's family can make families more stable (i.e divorce resistant).
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
There's a lot of confounding variables here. Divorce could be a symptom of an underlying cause which could be the actual reason why kids do worse. Or it could be that when people pool their resources, it creates a more stable home (in
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
For the given title, it's surprising that no non-Europeans are mentioned or non-STEM for that matter. Some other contenders could be: 1. Su Song 2. Plato 3. Gautama 4. Zhang Heng 5. Bhaskara(I/II) 6. Al Biruni 7. Da Vinci 8. Al Kh
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Meta doesn't sell your data to brokers. They sell access to your attention using ad slots. Advertisers upload their creatives to Meta and specify who they want to target.
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
IIUC this should work on the RTX 3090 as well (probably at less than 35tps)? Since the minimum requirement seems to be 24GB of VRAM
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A general theory that explains neural network grokking(twitter.com)
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Agreed on many counts but they did collude (with Apple, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, Lucasfilm allegedly due to bullying from Apple) to suppress poaching workers from each other. I'd say Facebook played a huge role in refusing to collude (as
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Reading the attachments, the data seems to be recent (except for IIT bombay?) and includes assistant, associate, and tenured professors. Surprising that almost 175 of the 180 faculty members are from the "forward castes" (~30% of
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Thanks, this does mirror my experience in many ways so I'll try to reply to each of your points. In my comment, I did talk about the value of advertising itself (not just contextual/behavioural). Regarding your experience, a lot o
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
This. I recall in their earnings report, they gave a similar answer, I.e the more this technology is made accessible, the better the content put on social media becomes. They also pointed out that any improvements made can be incorporated i
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
I wrote a reply but since it became too long, posted it as a comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37266563
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
1. Modern digital ads can be very well measured. At least the ones focused on direct conversion and not branding. Advertisers can measure the impact of their spending independently and the results can be seen fairly quickly. (Again, not bra
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Seeing many folks ITT questing the value of advertising (behavioural/contextual) so some points: 1. Advertising ideally works as match making by connecting buyers to sellers where the seller is unaware of the buyer. (i.e. the unknown u
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Wealth was definitely created in the colonies but the native inhabitants were almost always adversely affected. In the current wealthiest country in the world, it was the European migrants that benefited while the natives were mostly killed
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
It's seems this was a garbled sentence in the first edition. Here was Graebers response: > There was a garbled sentence in the first edition that I didn't catch in proofreading but was instantly removed as soon as anyone notice
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
The original iPhone sold some 6 million units from what I can google. Steve Jobs himself said 200 days after the launch of the first iPhone that they sold 4 million units. Source: https://www.macworld.com/article/188823
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Excluding the profit motive, different cultures had different ideals about work and not all despised/avoided work. One interpretation from the Gita is to find purposeful labor that is motivated by our inner divinity. https:/&#x2F
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by ppsreejith 3y ago
Interesting that nobody from Meta has signed this (tried searching for FAIR, Meta, Facebook) AND the fact that it seems to me that they're the ones releasing open code and model weights publicly (non commercial license though). Also, j
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We're creating a new top-level product group at Meta focused on generative AI(facebook.com)
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by ppsreejith 4y ago
Fun fact: If you google "Chicxulub crater" you see an animation of an asteroid crashing.
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by ppsreejith 4y ago
> It's not clear it's even possible to effectively monetize pure messaging platforms like WhatsApp Well, WhatsApp is moving beyond "pure" messaging with payments and commerce (Eg: JioMart integration in India). Anothe
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by ppsreejith 4y ago
To add to people's experiences in this thread, there's also some selection/sampling bias to consider: - Indian immigrants are selected from the top 0.1% of Indian society (often urban, educated Indians with significant social
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by ppsreejith 4y ago
Depends on the impact distribution, I'd imagine? I.e they could go after the most impactful bad actors which, assuming a power law (typical for social networks), would have vastly more reach than other accounts. Or it could be that the

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