randcraw

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   by randcraw 8y ago

   Negotiations like these aren't won by convincing the other side through making more points via logic or evidence. You must help decision makers to realize that their choice is not win-win, that hidden costs, unwanted consequences, o
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   IMO, there are three bases for dis/belief in a theory: 1) the supporting evidence is compelling, 2) the counter evidence is not, and 3) the alternative theories are not. The authors (seem to) mention only basis 1, but not 2 or 3. But
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   LD tests are an unreliable technique if the subject has a clue of what LDs do measure, namely stress, and how to control those forms of stress measured by the device. After a little behavioral training, most anyone should be able to signif
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   Relevant references... A 2004 textbook by the OP: Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming https://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Techniques-Models-Computer-P... And his 6 week edX course: Paradigms of Computer Pro
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   Does the machine flip the user's straight-ticket UNIFORMLY across the possible parties? Or does it seem to favor one party over all the others? If this is really user error, the simplest solution for this is for half the machines to p
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   I suspect most optical illusions are based on perceptual cues / heuristics learned by human brains in early childhood, like object size shrinking with distance, or occlusion showing which object is nearer, perspective, or a vanishing p
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   The article confuses the two primary problems in T2 diabetes: 1) insulin resistance and 2) reduced production of insulin by your pancreas. In most T2s, #1 is the first/primary problem, which causes insulin production to go up in order
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   Another challenge might be how much AI has changed in the past 35 years. In 1983, AI meant expert systems, small neural nets, phrase-structured NLP, symbolic reasoning, and a lot of custom models that embedded knowledge into heuristic-driv
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   by randcraw 8y ago

   This is one of those occasions when the research team definitely needs to test on more than the local population of subjects. Because all the authors appear to be Chinese, probably all the test subjects were too. But because the Chinese la
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    I miss Borders bookstore, especially the flagship store in Ann Arbor. That was a great place to explore what I don't know.
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    I would think so too. But most species are capable of switching among multiple food sources, to compensate for lean times. I think this allows those critters that are already living to stay alive. But it probably limits their ability to
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    And the insect and bird die off extends comparably to Europe and South America, which likely use a different mix of fertilizers and pesticides than in the US.
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Is there a price for ignoring change? Yes there is. For example, when you lose honeybees, you lose everything they pollenate... apples, cranberries, melons, broccoli, blueberries, cherries, almonds, mangos, plums, peaches, strawberries, pe
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Annual mosquito infestations have been irregular of late. This year was the worst in maybe the past five, probably due to the insane amount of rain we've had in the Philly area. But in the past several years I remember being surprised
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Bug swarms have always been seasonal. Maine famously has a painful period in spring when the black flies hatch. https://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/19/uncategorized/survivi...
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    If you think aero styling is the reason your windshield is cleaner, then take a look at the largely vertical surfaces of your headlights and grille. No dead bugs there either.
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Agreed. I loved "Interstellar", but leaving Earth is a hopeless prospect. How do you move 8 billion people to another planet when it costs a $billion to send just 5 people into Earth orbit? Worse, there's nowhere enough sun
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Growing up in the 1960s, I remember car windshields being just covered with dead bugs in summer, especially after highway trips. Thinking back, I haven't seen this happen since 1990, at latest. Putting my zoologist hat on, arthropod
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    This sounds like a direct response to two things (mostly): 1) CMU establishing a 'department' of AI (where MIT had merely an AI track within the CS program), and 2) Kai-Fu Lee's recent book on the rise and inevitable dominati
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    You'd think, after over 30 years of going nowhere with this objective, that the DoD would realize there's no silver bullet to synthesizing common sense. If nobody in the research literature has recently shown any improvement in i
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    I don't think anyone would disagree that the vast majority of content in any medium is tripe. And that doesn't assert that it fails to make "a positive contribution to knowledge". IMO "tripe" implies only: 1)
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    I'd agree with the shout out for Tour of C++ as a good first book. Unlike most C++ intros, it's concise (192 pages) and up-to-date enough to exemplify C++'s standard forms (esp. 98 and 03). If you plan to develop in C++ you
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    I'm not a linguist, but Scots sounds less like a language than a creole (a mix of languages which span essential terms), or even a pidgin dialect (an incomplete mix, requiring phrases or a third language to replace missing concepts).
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    That'd be my thought too. Does this difficulty persist when you employ Ublock Origin, Privacy Badger, Ghostery, etc? And a browser that doesn't override the user's wishes, like Firefox or Opera? Without defenses like these,
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    I second Lyons. In addition, "Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Guide" by Steven Smith is also quite approachable -- immersion in calculus not required. "A Digital Signal Processing Primer" by Ken Steiglitz is a ni
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Image Processing: "Digital Image Processing", Gonzalez and Woods. Comprehensive coverage of principles, well written, practical w/ useful examples yet well grounded in signal processing and engineering principles. Complement
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Deferring judgement, especially when it's negative. I'm still terrible at it. But whenever I can refrain from destructive criticism, judgementalism, and general cynicism, I enjoy life more and I'm sure others near me do too.
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    I think skills like these are much overlooked in academia. Some of the most engaging and rewarding work I've had in my 32 years in computing professionally has been spent better understanding the problem space and the limits to the si
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    Agreed, my time spent learning Linux/unix has reaped rich dividends. A textbook on operating systems offers only an abstract intro to the concepts. Wading hip deep into a high powered open unix in which you configure and build your o
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    by randcraw 8y ago

    When developing prototype apps, you tend toward agile practices naturally. Status/update meetings are regular and quick, if not daily. The chief difference may be the absence of Agile's task cards, which requires too much forwar