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by ssivark 6y ago
Then that would be part of essential learning experience (not being locked in to arbitrary applications) —- as important as reading and math. If Zoom goes down, so long as there’s some other service, the teacher can send out URLs to the cla
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by ssivark 6y ago
If one asked the question of which location in the US the semiconductor industry has the highest footprint in, the answer would definitely be the Bay Area (maybe California, to include San Diego, etc). But if you ask the question of which s
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by ssivark 6y ago
Yes, but compare their combined market capitalization (of course, excepting Apple/Google) to any one or two of FAAMNG :-)
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by ssivark 6y ago
> I don't know why you think this is true. If statistically B follows A to a high degree, then a sufficiently advanced statistical model will represent "A then B" in some manner. Yes, but suppose A implied B only if C were
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by ssivark 6y ago
Aargh, autocorrect and expired edit window. original -> orthogonal
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by ssivark 6y ago
Statistics doesn’t preclude understanding, but statistics are definitely not enough. For example, uncertainties/probabilities/statistics is original to whether the model incorporates causal/reasoning structure. Any tractable
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by ssivark 6y ago
Thanks, I do appreciate you linking to other reviews (Bill Gates’, the book authors’, etc.) — I found those very useful to map out a more holistic picture. Might be better if you post this message (with links) at the very top of the article
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by ssivark 6y ago
The fundamental problem is the inverted-U shape of payoffs to “optimizing” any one factor (or a small subset of key focus areas). Beyond a point, you’re just “overfitting” to the incorrect metric and underperforming in the truer sense. Yeah
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by ssivark 6y ago
In that case, how the heck could you have written a book summary without mentioning that? I don’t mean any disrespect to you personally, but this review seems like a bunch of cherry-picked points (whatever appealed to you) which might wel
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by ssivark 6y ago
The contrast between the two perspectives depends on the relative emphasis between human understanding of the domain knowledge and accumulated domain knowledge in pre-existing code. Biased by the domains I have worked in, I feel that we und
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by ssivark 6y ago
The rich irony is that the problem is probably due to our reluctance to throw-away old code and rewrite better software with improved domain understanding. But that requires thoughtful and disciplined stewardship. Instead we recklessly patc
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by ssivark 6y ago
Yeah, vaguely reminiscent of... something something “burning platform”... :-?
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by ssivark 6y ago
The most effective way to kickstart such a discussion might be sharing a blog post discussing a handful of specific aspects (could even have many of them). Then the HN discussion is likely to pick up on some of those themes. I think the c
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by ssivark 6y ago
Given the number of Julia-related posts on the front page in the recent past, I doubt there is a need for a post linking to the generic home page for the language. That said, it would definitely be interesting discuss something unique or sp
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by ssivark 6y ago
Interesting. Could you elaborate more on what the typical distribution is, and possibly explain why such distributions are expected/reasonable (not just for Mozilla, but for tech companies in general)?
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by ssivark 6y ago
Uh, not quite. Dynamic equilibrium (Eg: during chemical reactions) means something very specific & constrained, and doesn’t include any steady influx/outflux of energy, material, etc. On top of that, one can have not just flows, bu
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by ssivark 6y ago
The energy has to “flow” throughout the system, from the input, and then eventually “dissipate”. That sets up a pattern of behavior/dynamics very different from equilibrium systems, where there are no such “coherent” flows. As an examp
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by ssivark 6y ago
Did you just make a strong argument for why these services ought to be “nationalized” like public infrastructure?
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by ssivark 6y ago
That would be a stupid strategy for Apple, for a multitude of reasons: 1. Fighting it out in court, and then paying damages is probably going to be cheaper than 18 billion USD. 2. I don’t know if AppStore profits (NPV of discounted future p
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by ssivark 6y ago
That is exactly how you start a lawsuit, because filing a claim in the US system requires “standing”. It’s perfect if the plaintiff can point to clear examples of this kind.
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by ssivark 6y ago
This might be a better link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physics-new-experiment-h... Punchline seems to be that “hot” but out-of-equilibrium material cannot be summarized by a “temperature”, providing many pat
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by ssivark 6y ago
The point of the quote is not so much about countering harm caused by others, but first: How confident can you be that your actions to help are not misguidedly exacerbating problems? Is there a line beyond which one could be overconfident,
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by ssivark 6y ago
Great, thanks for clarifying!
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by ssivark 6y ago
Right... Only the rest of us on HN have the right to offer opinions! What could a knowledge of history/politics ever contribute to the discussion? :-)
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by ssivark 6y ago
Too much effort to sign up and authenticate for a quick peek. Could you set up a “guest” account with one-click login for exploration? Not to put down your effort, but this will really help the audience (and I say this as someone very inter
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by ssivark 6y ago
This subject always reminds me of the quote from popular and beloved British actor Paul Eddington, which puts on display a very different and much gentler ethos from the “doer-ism” sprayed on us quite constantly: "A journalist once a
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by ssivark 6y ago
It must be noted that both of those hypotheses would be considered highly unlikely to pass Occam’s razor, since they involve a far more radical/fundamental change in our understanding of physics, than sons piddling “dark matter”.
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by ssivark 6y ago
I love this SMBC comic that describes the story arc of the acceptance of any radically new idea.
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by ssivark 6y ago
As a fellow scientist (also very enthusiastic about science), the problem is that some factions are trying to bully through what are actually policy positions in the name of “science”, thereby hurting the credibility of the institution of
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by ssivark 6y ago
I don’t understand why the above got down-voted... Without fusing (lazy) loops, having a bunch of independent sequential transformations (each with its own loop) can make the same computation significantly slower!

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