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by resource0x 3y ago
The courts should reflect on that.
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by resource0x 3y ago
Every cell in our body, and every bacterium living in a body (e.g. gut flora), contribute to our intelligence. It looks plausible (to me) that there's one "top cell" among them that represents the "person", others j
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by resource0x 3y ago
Fusion by 1990 with a bit of extra investment promised in 1972 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.175.4027.1194.b I remember tons of articles from that time arguing the same. Then the attention shifted to
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by resource0x 4y ago
Common sense suggests that the length of the cycle can be greater than any chosen N. The algorithm alternates between 2 steps: multiplication by 3 +1 followed by division by a power of 2 (equal to the number of trailing 0 bits; on average i
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by resource0x 4y ago
His mention of conspiracy theories triggered me :-) "Conspiracy theory" is a label assigned to anything you disagree with. I really need a button to automatically filter out bloggers complaining about "conspiracy theories&quo
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by resource0x 4y ago
What's good about ChatGPT is that the bloggers like Seth will have hard time finding the audience for their empty, virtue-signalling rants. Anything that might raise a suspicion of being a product of AI will be instinctively filtered o
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by resource0x 4y ago
Does your logic apply to every failed bank? If not, why not?
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by resource0x 4y ago
I actually put some effort in learning it, and found it intellectually empty. If you find it enlightening - good for you. :-)
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by resource0x 4y ago
Between some branches of math. And you have to be familiar with these branches of (graduate level) math to appreciate it. Learning category theory in isolation will leave you baffled. Why it's being constantly pushed on HN is beyon
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by resource0x 4y ago
I've been thinking about the same thing, and have to admit that I, most of the time, AM a stochastic parrot. Being a parrot saves a lot of energy, that's probably the reason. But it seems our brain has other mechanisms that get tu
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by resource0x 4y ago
It's a thought experiment, of course. There cannot be any evidence one way or the other, by definition. Any potential evidence is rolled back, too. But then, why are we so sure our current beliefs WRT the arrow ot time are true? Though
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by resource0x 4y ago
If the direction of time is reversed, the eggs become whole again, but your memory of them once being scrambled is reversed, too, so you don't notice anything unusual. (It's like a rollback of database transaction, where not only
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by resource0x 4y ago
In a current environment, mortgage underwriting can be done by a drumming bunny. Another bunny will bail them out. Not a good example :-)
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by resource0x 4y ago
If you need examples of creativity, look at the math. Math is full of the novel (at the time of invention) concepts: complex numbers, groups, automorphisms, etc., etc. None of these concepts can be obtained by rearranging the "parts&qu
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by resource0x 4y ago
If they don't bail it out, we will have Financial Crisis 2.0. Just the magnitude of derivatives portfolio of CS is enough to accomplish that. Panic ensues. Contagion will engulf other big banks, starting with DB. Will DB be allowed to
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by resource0x 4y ago
Swiss National Bank designates CS as systemically important: QUOTE: " Global systemically important banks: - Credit Suisse - UBS " There are only 2 banks in this category. Source: https://www.finma.ch/en/enfor
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by resource0x 4y ago
Wikipedia disagrees with you. CS is listed among 30 global systemically important banks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_systemically_important...
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by resource0x 4y ago
This is exactly the problem. It looks plausible. Every sentence makes sense. But they don't add up. Quote: > The polynomial given is f(x) = x^5 + x + 1. Since the polynomial has no rational roots (by the Rational Root Theorem) and
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by resource0x 4y ago
It assumes this character by default. I asked several AI engines (via poe.com, which includes ChatGPT) to compute Galois groups of polynomials like x^5+x+1 and a couple of others, and in each case got not only a wrong answer, but a total no
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by resource0x 4y ago
Not to mention that the title of the post ("Changes at YC") is a euphemism for "Layoffs at YC".
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by resource0x 4y ago
How many Cinderella stories does ChatGPT has to generate before people lose any interest in Cinderella stories? What will be the impact of this on traditional literature?
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by resource0x 4y ago
What is six-figure loan? Is it like $100,000? Is it really a heroic act worthy of posting on the front page?
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by resource0x 4y ago
This "future" will arrive the very next day wrt another bank under the same type of stress, and then the next... Ad-hoc action for SVB might aggravate the situation.
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by resource0x 4y ago
In principle, they can do whatever they want, but they already know SVB is not the only problematic bank - there's a whole pipeline of them; inventing individual bailout protocol for each would look ridiculous. My bet is that Fed'
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by resource0x 4y ago
I'm very curious about the bailout criterion. They can't set the rules individually for each "problematic" bank. Whatever formulation they come up with, will be immediately abused by creative financial engineering, so th
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by resource0x 4y ago
> If there was a bank run, First Republic probably would not be able to meet all depositors. If everyone knows this, why keep your money there? Tech exposure has nothing to do with it. "In a bank run, he who runs first, runs best&qu
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by resource0x 4y ago
This is not the only candidate for a bailout. There's a potential for contagion here. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/20-banks-that-are-sitting-...
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by resource0x 4y ago
Ackman panics, appeals for a bailout https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/billionaire-investor-b...
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by resource0x 4y ago
Then why is it being investigated? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/silvergat...
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by resource0x 4y ago
The article is self-contradictory. On the one hand, "Being an activist or radical contrarian, on the other hand, is a sure way to make life more difficult and, truthfully, mentally and physically exhausting." On the other hand, &q

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