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by smath 1y ago
“How the immune system works”, Lauren Sompayrac
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by smath 1y ago
Also (I think?): - Govt beaureucreats spending taxpayer money - Availability of cheap credit for the US govt (the spender is other countries buying the debt) - Availabiulity of cheap student loans
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Russian drones cross into Polish airspace(bbc.com)
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by smath 1y ago
Obligatory mention of the Radiolab episode titled 'Colors' [1] - which among other things, talks about how the color blue appears in almost all world languages much later than other colors. [1] https://radiolab.org&#x2F
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by smath 1y ago
Very cool! Maybe I missed it but I didn’t quite follow why you needed to buy an adsb receiver if adsb exchange is already aggregating all the data
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by smath 1y ago
My impression (might be wrong) is that one can get this for some subset of blood tests but not say an MRI or x ray, let alone more complex tests. Are these just insurance company rules? If I found a way to make it profitable can I open a di
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by smath 1y ago
One thing I’ve wondered is why getting a diagnostic test done out of pocket in the US of your own volition (without a doc prescription) isn’t possible. Why does it need to be controlled by a doc and insurance? In India this is common. They
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by smath 1y ago
lol, I almost missed the sarcasm there :)
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by smath 1y ago
I have wondered this too. Some stumbling blocks might be (1) lots of people are not well informed enough or care enough to participate -- which if true, would suggest there is a deeper problem (2) how to prevent lots of coersion. But imo de
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by smath 1y ago
agreed about sucking the air out by LLM. The positive side is that its a good time to innovate in other areas while a chunk of ppl are absorbed in LLMs. A proven improvement in any other non LLM space will attract investment.
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by smath 1y ago
Regeneron had announced positive results in its gene therapy drug for deafness in Feb 2025: https://investor.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-de...
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by smath 1y ago
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. I'm curious about the following: (1) Seems like these very challenges also make the space more interesting because not everyone can make a good passive radar system and the passive aspect obviousl
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by smath 1y ago
The code from kraken was removed -- I think because it was open source? I think its still ok to write your own code (Discalimer: I havent done this so please verify on your own obvisouly)
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by smath 1y ago
I agree. IMO understanding what one really wants to work on, leads to an important line of philosophical questioning to understand 'who am I'. There is a surprising amount of clutter and external influence in our minds.
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by smath 1y ago
I guess I want the robot to do all the work -- loading and unloading does take a good chunk of time everyday. Same thing with loading / unloading washing machines, and folding clothes. Just good ol' housework that should be auto
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by smath 1y ago
Serious Q: What are the best known approaches for getting robots to fold clothes / do dishes? Doesn’t need to be humanoid
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by smath 1y ago
also relevant to 3d modeling of molecules using in drug discovering modeling -- and a subset of these authors have published along those lines more recently -- for e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13478
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by smath 1y ago
Yes there are protein language models (e.g. [1]), and since DNA encodes proteins, they are effectively DNA language models. Its a hot area of work feeding drug design. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-0212
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by smath 1y ago
Ha, same here! Bought that book about a year ago after reading that post
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by smath 1y ago
I think both extremes can be suboptimal (no choice and too much choice). See for example ‘the paradox of choice’ - research done by Barry Schwartz and later by Sheena iyengar https://modelthinkers.com/mental-model/para
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by smath 1y ago
About a year ago I came across the concept of ‘math circles’, here on HN. It was this longish but very interesting article: https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/review-math-from-three-to-seven... The key element here is nurtur
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by smath 1y ago
Q is anyone knows: would yield on the 10y going down actually help the US to refinance its existing debt (akin to a mortgage refinance), or simply issue new debt more cheaply?
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by smath 2y ago
+1 for Simon prince’s UDL book. Very clearly written
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by smath 2y ago
Several folks here have recognized that the spin direction depends on whether you look at the plane of the galaxy from ‘above’ or ‘below’. One thing I didn’t see in the article is how the two types of galaxies are distributed across the 3D
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by smath 2y ago
To me, the bullishness stems from the observation that current gen of LLM an plausibly lead to a route to human level intelligence / agi, because they have this causal behavior: (memory/context + inputs) --> outputs. Vaguely si
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by smath 2y ago
Reminds me of the term 'system identification' from old school control systems theory, which meant poking around a system and measuring how it behaves, - like sending an input impulse and measuring its response, does it have memor
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by smath 2y ago
Doesn't need to be a binary choice (above/below threshold) - it can be a spectrum -- also known as progressive taxation. Would this prevent people from working hard and being enterpreneurial? Not sure but I think not -- for 2 reas
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by smath 2y ago
Ah interesting - a formula. To me it seems that makes it not a free market. Ie the formula is producing numbers that are too low, than what the current demand supply imbalance would otherwise produce.
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by smath 2y ago
I might have missed this in the article - how is the pay level set for ATC staff? In a free market economy price is the magical signal that is supposed to increase supply when there is unmet demand.
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by smath 2y ago
Yes that’s the one. I’d suggest sit through on of their parallel circles with your son- it’s a free 45 min casual live only session, on Sundays. And the schedule is by age group - listed on their website

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