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by richrichie 2y ago
https://archive.is/nZBN0
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America Risks Running Out of Tickers for Single-Stock ETFs(bloomberg.com)
1 points by richrichie 2y ago|1 comments
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by richrichie 2y ago
& Tibshirani
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by richrichie 2y ago
Mechanical computers are still used onboard Russian warships. These are meant to function under EMP attacks.
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by richrichie 2y ago
He seems like any other tech “evangelical” to me.
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by richrichie 2y ago
It is wild how humanised neural networks have become! The use of terms like “lying” or “hallucination” even in research setting is going to be problematic. I can’t articulate well, but it is going to restrict our ability to problem solve.
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by richrichie 2y ago
Chebyshev polynomials are so powerful and versatile (in approximation) that people think it is a too-good-to-be-true scam and do not use them. One’s first go to method should be Chebyshev. Neural nets used as a last resort.
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by richrichie 2y ago
Precisely why one should not place much emphasis on the takes of people like Paul Graham and LeCun outside their specialization. They are as susceptible as anyone to be suckered into an ideology.
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That’s just bad faith reshuffling of “ownership” and does not address the massive carbon emissions produced by the large scale NN industry. It is going to get worse. Not a good look for a group of people otherwise obsessed with climate chan
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No this was written by a neuroscientist.
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I am disappointed that there are no climate change regulations on AI models. Large scale ML businesses are massive carbon emitters, not counting the whimsical training of NNs by every other IT person. This needs to be regulated.
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Shrinking island, vanishing polar bears(nypost.com)
2 points by richrichie 2y ago|0 comments
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by richrichie 2y ago
There are even bigger problems. For example, the common “this region lights up more if this is done” type of fMRI studies are suspect because what the fMRI tool does may have no bearing to actual brain function. I read a book by a neuroscie
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by richrichie 2y ago
You should have tried wall street. At this point they are the real supporters of mathematicians. We had optimization problems everywhere and had physics PhDs reinventing mathematical algorithms and keeping things “proprietary”. Right now i
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by richrichie 2y ago
It is a way to manipulate satiety while cutting calories. 5 years is about time to wreck metabolism for long term. I have been on this no carb madness for similar lengths of time and trust me, it wrecks the metabolism.
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Scientists have captured Earth's climate over the last 485M years(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by richrichie 2y ago|0 comments
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Like sugar and carbs in diet, things slowly creep back up. I am old now, but i have read so many articles claiming a near magical solution (ie low carb => lost 20kg) and them one never hears from the author again. I would like to imagine
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Data centers set to spike U.S. electricity demand(axios.com)
7 points by richrichie 2y ago|2 comments
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by richrichie 2y ago
Question is if it is really that toxic. There are many successful people on X. You can always follow who you want and manage topics of interest. It is quite possible to avoid both deranged Trump haters and Biden/Kamala haters who don’
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by richrichie 2y ago
No, I wouldn’t use it. X already gives a lot of tools to customise what I see on my timeline. Moreover, like immune system, the brain atrophies in a sterile, coddled environment.
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Some of the most useful websites on www are those of math and com sc faculty - typically older generation - that has C code for their famous algorithm, used freely by millions. These guys couldn’t be bothered with formatting. Nor do we care
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Brain going bad is burnout. Subtle, but important perspective that helps spot symptoms early on.
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> For example, many naysayers to global warming present the evidence of cold weather on a particular day as a proof that global warming is a conspiracy. This is quite rare and the opposite is in fact more common. “Hottest day since xx” i
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by richrichie 2y ago
Frontend work is demeaning endless drudgery. My personal trick is not to bother with styling and call it “homemade, organic”.
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by richrichie 2y ago
There is a huge survivorship bias in this start-up wisdom space. And none of these gurus mention it. Probably because it is not good for the brand.
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Synthesizing conventional wisdom into readable blog posts is Paul Graham's specialty though. It clearly has a market.
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by richrichie 2y ago
Good points. For learning purpose, just understanding what a neural network is and how it works covers it all.
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by richrichie 2y ago
For a century, transformer meant a very different thing. Power systems people are justifiably amused.
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by richrichie 2y ago
God Father, Jason Bourne, Terminator, All of ‘em, all ‘em sequels - a dozen times.
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by richrichie 2y ago
I think the operative phrase here is “to the best of my recollection”!

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