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by rndn 11y ago
A computation substrate has state and can change its state within (feedback) loops. An elementary particle suffices this definition: It has state because its properties persist at least for some time, and it has feedback loops (interactions
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by rndn 11y ago
This hobby was missing in my life… I always thought writing cursive is oddly rhythmic.
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Isn’t a main problem with p-values that you don’t know whether significance (low p-value) is a result of big effect and small sample or big sample and small effect. This is why you also need a measure for the effect, for example the distanc
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by rndn 11y ago
Can you elaborate a bit on the last sentence? What exactly are the relations and what is the set?
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by rndn 11y ago
I think a difficulty with this approach is that a textbook often contains more information than you actually need. In that regard a class is better because you have more guidance. The best way is possibly to look through the syllabi of clas
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by rndn 11y ago
Is that surprising at all? If we take a look at the Shanghai Composite index in the past 5 years the bubble is pretty obvious [1]. That makes me wonder whether a simple averaging/smoothing law could mitigate such crazyness without limi
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Nomophobia(en.wikipedia.org)
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by rndn 11y ago
We want to build AI. We can't build bird. We can build plane.
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by rndn 11y ago
The right to be forgotten is actually a powerful mechanism to protect individuals. Though, the law should possibly revised such that it only applies to individuals that are not a public figure, who can prove to have little or no range of re
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by rndn 11y ago
I'm just an physics enthusiast and my knowledge is solely based on popular literature, but it seems to me that either (1) the mechanistic, computational, discrete view is the foundation and everything that appears continuous and field-
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by rndn 11y ago
Article: http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/vaop/naam/abs/npp2015240a....
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by rndn 11y ago
Wow, I listened to this several months ago and I am still primed on the first sentence.
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Carbon nanofibres, a valuable manufacturing material, made from CO2 in the air(bbc.com)
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Cognitive Trope Therapy (2014)(yudkowsky.tumblr.com)
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by rndn 11y ago
Unfortunately, no. The closest one is the Tree Style Tabs extension for Firefox.
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by rndn 11y ago
Per-tab CPU and memory profiling and volume control. Never remove old history items when revisiting a page, but leave the history intact. Treat tabs more like temporary bookmarks (and thus allow bookmark actions to be used with them like se
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by rndn 11y ago
This question was also brought up on reddit a while ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comments/1zrujz/literate_pr... My pet theory is that programmers are driven by a constant feeling of obsolescence
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Is a Cambrian Explosion Coming for Robotics? (pdf)(aeaweb.org)
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The evolutionary origins of hierarchy(evolvingai.org)
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by rndn 11y ago
It's more of a hyperbole for food for thought and to kick-start discussion.
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Tested Outside [video](youtube.com)
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by rndn 11y ago
I like the thought that Wikipedia the result of massive collaborative procrastination.
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by rndn 11y ago
Holding breath and avoiding inhaling dust and flies possibly doesn't require as fine motor control as necessary for speech. In that light, the first paragraph of your comment can't refute the hypothesis without referencing some em
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by rndn 11y ago
The .ical export is super convenient!
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by rndn 11y ago
A couple of stupid questions: (1) Aren't there already several providers of this kind of service? (2) If so, what does this service claim to do better? (3) How is image scaling hard enough to justify a business model?
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by rndn 11y ago
It think the pressure comes from globalization. The meme for success has shifted from a local scope to the global one: You are only really successful if you work around the globe in an international company. There are however, due to hier
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What is the hardest of hard takeoff scenarios you can imagine?(reddit.com)
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by rndn 11y ago
Could this be related to our 3 dimensions of space?
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by rndn 11y ago
If you consider extravagance as noise, this book will have a terrible SNR. (I think it's nonetheless worth reading. It's basically an introduction to the theory of computation with fables and plenty of illustrating examples by Esc
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by rndn 11y ago
As other people have said, you would actually want to have a ROC chart to see the full characteristics of the dog (you are only considering its specificity at the moment). It will probably look something like this (according to the article,

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