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by profsummergig 3y ago
I agree my comment was a one-sided depiction of him. I too am a fan of some facets of his. His talk to YC's StartUp school was influential in my life: (1) his description of different kinds of "exits" opened up my perspective
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by profsummergig 3y ago
All you need to know about him: Uber-libertarian Balajis was the loudest voice calling for a government bailout of Silicon Valley Bank.
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by profsummergig 3y ago
Not offensive at all (to me anyway [2]). We gotta lighten up. Let's enjoy our differences. The past was a different time with its own mores. Taleb's "Anachronistic Fallacy" [1] Also: my private thoughts would put me in j
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by profsummergig 3y ago
Apparently there was a team of hunters, not him alone, that collected those 11,400 specimens. Figures. Still, what a man! He gave a drunk speech once where he said “I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are the dead
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by profsummergig 3y ago
What I need is an app that would rate my pronunciation against some standard, give me pointers for improvement, and then rate my improvements, and so on.
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by profsummergig 3y ago
I remember reading in an interview, Steve Jobs mentioning he used to go on meditation retreats to a place near SF called something like "Still Point". And he would sit against a wall and meditate. Can't find any links about i
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by profsummergig 3y ago
I did. The neighbors lodged a complaint. They didn't buy my theory that the field of dandelions could be turned into wine.
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by profsummergig 3y ago
Has anyone here tried the bespoke home-made weed-icide made with vinegar + salt + dish-soap? If yes, was it effective? A cursory google search suggests the internet is divided on this.
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by profsummergig 3y ago
For the Non-Indians looking at the pictures and scratching their heads: I want to clarify that the Indian concept of pickle is nothing like (say) the American concept (cucumber cut lengthwise, in vinegar, in a bottle, at the grocery store).
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The worst decision Google ever made?
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The Fall of a Superstar Psychologist (Dan Ariely) [video](youtube.com)
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The Saint Petersburg Merchant Trade (Insurance, Ergodicity, Taleb, Spitznagel) [video](vimeo.com)
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by profsummergig 3y ago
Might be worth mentioning that while not considered "fake" data per se, Amy Cuddy's famous Power Poses research (one of the most popular TED talks) was debunked and she eventually left Harvard.
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by profsummergig 3y ago
While on the issue of water: Some countries have floods in one part, and drought in the other. The floods are so bad that large numbers of people die. Here's a great challenge that should be worked on: how to capture the flood water an
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by profsummergig 3y ago
Was talking to an older lady the other day. Very non-tech. Only uses an iPhone and an Apple watch. No laptop or tablet/iPad. Gets a surprisingly large quantity of things done via her phone. My phone is an Android. She shared 2 things h
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by profsummergig 3y ago
If someone could elucidate on what these phrases signify, I'd be very grateful: 1) 7B foundational model 2) 8K length 3) 1.5T tokens
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by profsummergig 3y ago
Extremely well put-together article. Contains many examples I've seen in disparate sources before. I will use it as an example of how data visualization can distort. I often wonder if similar things happen with tabular data, but we jus
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by profsummergig 3y ago
The Baha'i religion is pure free thought. Truly admirable. Pity it didn't catch on (and probably never will).
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by profsummergig 3y ago
It is troubling that people trained similarly (to the people who made the forecasting blunder in the article) and given similar powers, are involved in forecasting in other significant domains: climate, war, inflation, etc.
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by profsummergig 3y ago
Anyone know how he became so wealthy?
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by profsummergig 7y ago
You need: either 1) a professional academic to work with your AI team to produce published research, or 2) a professional academic to develop tools and curricula to "teach" AI to a non-STEM audience. Location: Can relocate whe