preparedzebra

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by preparedzebra 8y ago
For any pattern, constant, irrational, etc, in math, there exists a set of formulas that models it up until n. It still is a cool little Riemann sum in this paper
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
I'm not convinced that functional programming will grow in terms of devs using it daily, but it has been very useful for myself in certain contexts (especially when I wrote math based libraries using permutations, heavy recursion, etc)
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
I hate this guy so much
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
As a potential college dropout looking to publish my CS research, this is an extremely helpful thread. Thanks everyone for your contributions!
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
The speed of computers has scaled / is scaling so quickly. IMO avoiding JS completely is ridiculous.
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
The speed of the web is scaling very quickly. IMO avoiding JS completely is ridiculous.
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Google Moving to Autonomous Data Centers(datacenterknowledge.com)
4 points by preparedzebra 8y ago|0 comments
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
One word... bitcoin!
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
This is a great example of why AI innovation is not moving at the pace we are told to believe. This is using the same basic algorithms we've known about for decades, just more compute and differently formulated problems. We need a para
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Which company will reach $1 Trillion Market Cap First(cnbc.com)
1 points by preparedzebra 8y ago|0 comments
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
Immense oligopoly on its way
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
Seems like SpaceX is a light year beyond these guys. Do they just get coverage because they're a private space corp?
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
Sometimes they make a big break though, and they would've been gaming anyways. Seems like risk adjusted reward is extremely favorable.
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
horsepower is not fuel efficiency
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
I think a lot of people lack imagination here. What kinds of efficiencies could we create with room temp. super conductors? This is a good read for anyone interested in this trend https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a
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by preparedzebra 8y ago
The internal combustion engine seems to have been milked for all the efficiency our current materials can get out of it, while new materials and economies of scale in solar tech keep pushing prices lower. However, material science could als