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   by rndn 12y ago

   Well, this is getting very technical, which is why this whole discussion was basically moot from the get-go. The reasons why they use glue instead of straps or clamps, why they use Pentalobe instead of Phillips are not entirely transparent,
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   by rndn 12y ago

   Machine learning is not heavily used in Google search: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-machine-learning-used-heavily-f...
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   by rndn 12y ago

   This article from 2012 sheds some light on the issues/tradeoffs related to glued batteries: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/recyclers-disagree-on-i...
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   by rndn 12y ago

   I also liked this comment by sillysaurus3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8592888
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   by rndn 12y ago

   I'm talking about an ideal, not about the advancements they have made. Maybe it's the Dunning-Kruger effect, but it seems that they could have easily soldered on slots for SSD and RAM and added a little access door with Philips sc
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   by rndn 12y ago

   Perhaps they are in the leading position, but shouldn't we strive for ever better products? I just upgraded a couple of old MacBooks and iMacs from HHD to SSD and all of a sudden they are usable again - and will probably continue to be
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   We are Adaptation-Executers, not Fitness-Maximizers(lesswrong.com)

   1 points by rndn 12y ago|0 comments
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   Rationality: From AI to Zombies online reading group(lesswrong.com)

   2 points by rndn 12y ago|0 comments
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   by rndn 12y ago

   I read somewhere that stress before and during exams is commonly as extreme as war and near death experiences. In some cases there isn't that much of a difference biochemically, so I think there is certainly some 'social relativit
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    by rndn 12y ago

    I listened to On Writing as an audiobook narrated by Stephen King himself and I recommend it even to people that are not interested in writing.
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    by rndn 12y ago

    I know some non-geek Canadians who use this particle: "So, how was your day?". There are similar or even equivalent particles in other dialects and languages, for example "Also .." in German and "Look, .." in A
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    by rndn 12y ago

    I read somewhere that this is one of the hardest Coursera courses.
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    Deep Learning for Decision Making and Control [video](youtube.com)

    1 points by rndn 12y ago|0 comments
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    Unsolved Problems in Physics (2003)(oglethorpe.edu)

    23 points by rndn 12y ago|2 comments
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    Predisposed Tabula Rasa(jpublicpolicy.com)

    2 points by rndn 12y ago|0 comments
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    Physics Problems to Challenge Understanding(lhup.edu)

    42 points by rndn 12y ago|7 comments
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    A simple explanation of how money moves around the banking system (2013)(gendal.me)

    162 points by rndn 12y ago|17 comments
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    by rndn 12y ago

    I'm reading "Gödel, Escher, Bach" and "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" in online reading groups: http://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/2yys1i/lets_start_... http:/&#x2
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    by rndn 12y ago

    These notes may help a little bit: http://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/2yys1i/lets_start_... http://godel-escher-bach.wikia.com/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_...
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    by rndn 12y ago

    The cheapest way is possibly to take a lot of photos and create a 3D model using this program: http://ccwu.me/vsfm/ It requires a lot of RAM though (on the order of 16 GB for most scenes).
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    by rndn 12y ago

    I'm wondering what accuracy one can achieve with structure from motion and flickr as it was done in this project: http://grail.cs.washington.edu/rome/
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    Formal Theory of Creativity and Fun and Intrinsic Motivation (2010)(people.idsia.ch)

    1 points by rndn 12y ago|0 comments
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    by rndn 12y ago

    http://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/99/020/090/0.pdf (PDF, 1.6MB)
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    Apple applies machine learning to 3D in-air gesture recognition(appledailyreport.com)

    1 points by rndn 12y ago|1 comments
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    The IPython Notebook(ipython.org)

    2 points by rndn 12y ago|0 comments
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    by rndn 12y ago

    Here is a summary of HtWFaIP that I stumbled upon the other day: http://www.westegg.com/unmaintained/carnegie/win-friends.htm...
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    by rndn 12y ago

    "Gödel, Escher, Bach", "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter", "The Adapted Mind"
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    From Set Theory To Type Theory (2013)(golem.ph.utexas.edu)

    6 points by rndn 12y ago|0 comments
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    by rndn 12y ago

    Offsite: SpiderOak
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    by rndn 12y ago

    Offsite: Mozy