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by sn41 8y ago
I have a suggestion, which others may have thought of: can you randomize the style using programs? 1. You write an essay. 2. [Word-level randomization] An algorithm looks at it, as a first cut, replaces uncommon words with common equivalent
902.
by sn41 8y ago
A good introductory lecture is by Emre Telatar of EPFL. It's a great talk, and presents a unique view on Shannon's paper. [Of course, I am assuming that _you_ are not Emre :) ] It mentions some of the errors in Shannon's pape
903.
by sn41 8y ago
I actually sympathize with the theoretician (disclaimer: I work in information-theoretic areas). Information theory is easy to motivate at a first cut, but if you want to really understand it, then there are some hairy issues. There is a lo
904.
by sn41 8y ago
I was sad when I read the book. I remember reading about how Carmack and Romero drifted apart. Though the consensus seems to be that it was better for id that Romero left, I believe that their games could have been so much more creative had
905.
by sn41 8y ago
I am an early riser. One issue I have is that I am very sleepy around 2 pm. I hope siestas are seriously studied, and the stigma on them removed.
906.
by sn41 8y ago
Eating out as a vegetarian in Japan is actually very difficult. In Singapore as well, the option besides Indian food, is very limited for vegetarians - this might go against conventional gastronomic reputation, but this is my personal exper
907.
by sn41 8y ago
Extremist if Catalonia stays in Spain, I suppose. Winner takes all.
908.
by sn41 8y ago
It would be good if this were true, but this is just another shibboleth. Nothing done in the Large Hadron Collider is reproducible. Theoretically, yes. In practice, no. Only the LHC itself can run those experiments again, and there's
909.
by sn41 8y ago
Sure, you're right. My original point was to point out the hypocrisy of the government policy. But you have raised a related point about IITs. Aside from being underfunded (in comparison to global standards) there are systemic issues w
910.
by sn41 8y ago
I'd say they are better than Reliance Jio institute when it comes to high calibre research.
911.
by sn41 8y ago
Nothing has changed. The govt. has gotten better at media manipulation, and/or the media has decided it is easier to get into bed with the govt. Reliance Jio Institute has been declared an "institute of eminence" on par with
912.
by sn41 8y ago
Clearchannel, which controlled most FM channels, infamously stopped playing John Lennon's "Imagine" after Sep 11 2001. So this is not new. In the absence of popular govt. media and channels, this does form de facto censorship
913.
by sn41 8y ago
Great observation. You are absolutely right. Unfortunately, the public does not care about, or understand, numbers, probability, expectation or black swans, and the politicians know that at a gut level. I wish there was a consistent way to
914.
by sn41 8y ago
I have heard the phrase that "Africa is China's China". I don't know how much quantitatively, offshoring has happened from China.
915.
by sn41 8y ago
Inherent in a diagnosis are some statistical assumptions. An individual case can beat the odds, so to speak.
916.
by sn41 8y ago
Didn't Freeman Dyson talk about this idea? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-dan...
917.
by sn41 8y ago
As a side effect, of course we will have a profile of your purchase patterns to correlate with your social behavior. Don't worry, what could go wrong?
918.
by sn41 8y ago
I am not sure whether you're joking, or a programming wizard, no disrespect intended. I run courses in programming languages where very smart kids struggle with streams (Section 3.5). I find the code for the Hamming Problem and Eratost
919.
by sn41 8y ago
What happens when you are laid off, and you're ill? Does insurance cover that period?
920.
by sn41 8y ago
Wow. So only positive hype about a company can be published. What's next? Suing shareholders who sell stocks instead of buying them?
921.
by sn41 8y ago
> If you take a look at any biological system that must exist, sustain itself, there is always a control and monitoring system. This may be a sweeping statement. We do know of collections of cells, for example, the cells in the heart mus
922.
by sn41 8y ago
Is it that simple? To replace AWS with in-house expertise producing acceptable quality cloud services for Netflix, how much will Netflix have to spend? My guess is that it will be significantly costlier to go self-sufficient (during somet
923.
by sn41 8y ago
I recommend "The Promise of Sleep" by Dr. William C. Dement of Stanford. I don't know if it covers your interest, but I found it informative.
924.
by sn41 8y ago
Ironically open defecation now seems like a good privacy move :)
925.
by sn41 8y ago
I am not a professional therapist, but he sounds like a person with anxiety, probably of the Anxious-Avoidant type. I am optimistic that once there is a basic understanding and respect of each person's needs and bounds, almost every re
926.
by sn41 8y ago
I enjoyed Win Bigly. The part I found intriguing was one where he describes a three-act-movie structure. What is the controversy about 12 rules for life? I enjoyed the book, but it did not move me much. I found it a repetition of viewpoints
927.
by sn41 8y ago
Double standards like these are present in America as well. A friend complained to that a financial firm based in Georgia went through this entire rigmarole of checking his Facebook profile as a prospective employee, only to have the first
928.
by sn41 8y ago
I may be missing something, so help me out here... I get the impression that the author was not told the precise reason why the activity was suspicious. Wouldn't a precise error message, if not actually a human interface, been helpful?
929.
by sn41 8y ago
Agree. I am not entirely sure what the sabotage was, or its impact, and do not necessarily empathize with Musk. But I think that honest language in official releases is something that will reduce the stranglehold that lawyers have on corpor
930.
by sn41 9y ago
I wonder about the "red flag" discussed in the article. Can't editors submit articles to journals with them on the editorial board? I'd think that it is valid to submit to other editors.

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