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by swayson 6y ago
I imagine the answer to that question is complex. One aspect, I think plays a role is having people's attention divided, as they argue and polarise, allows the powerful actors in the globe, to take actions that fly underneath the radar
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by swayson 6y ago
This is in bad taste from Apple.
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by swayson 6y ago
The ever decreasing robustness property of the ecosystem which loses diversity and becomes more centralized. I don't know if FAANG gaining more and more power is a good thing for the world.
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by swayson 6y ago
Always amazed on how dancing and music can lift ones mood :)
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by swayson 6y ago
Meme warfare is not a new idea, but appears growing ever more sophisticated. Implication being, the value of attention and critical thinking is increasing exponentially as people struggle to navigate the information explosion online and to
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by swayson 6y ago
I enjoyed the analogy to gardening. Made me think of the terrific principles portrayed in the book The timeless way of building.
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by swayson 6y ago
https://github.com/foambubble/foam Roam-like note taking app using VS Code. Still early days but has momentum. Been using it for a week for some project docs, and so far I like it.
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by swayson 6y ago
Wow, first time I come across the concept. Fascinating, and a bit eerie when we start drawing closer relationships between AI and nuclear tech. Interesting times.
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by swayson 6y ago
Yeah think your intuition makes sense. Probably won't bias it all to much and perhaps, they can filter it as they probably log what is going through the API.
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by swayson 6y ago
Nope, OpenAI didn't release the weights to the public, only a web API which is in private beta.
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by swayson 6y ago
It is ironic as those who now post GPT-3 generated content, is essentially biasing the next version of GPT's web training data
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by swayson 6y ago
Appears intelligence agencies also investigated it https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1229817-vault-7-leaks
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by swayson 6y ago
I made no claims. Purely posted a picture that illustrates the complex geo-political landscape surrounding China. Context ...
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by swayson 6y ago
http://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/1/photos/730000/Co...
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by swayson 6y ago
This reminded me of a great OSS tool I discovered the other data for data labelling. It is called Label Studio ( https://labelstud.io/playground/ ) and support quite a variety of different task formats. Works well Discla
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by swayson 6y ago
Brilliant book. Thought provoking. It is one of those books that when you read it again, new insights emerge. The principles apply far beyond architecture. Fun to introspect and apply socratic thinking methods to see how it relates to aspec
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by swayson 6y ago
this is great thanks!!!
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by swayson 6y ago
Minecraft has potential to develop creativity though :D It's a hard one to quantify, but I think sometimes things like MineCraft, lego can boost cognition if used in a deliberate way and one actually takes some learnings from it.
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by swayson 6y ago
I have been looking into pyautogui, wondering how I can hookup a custom backend then for the boundary box detection, which appears is not supported. guess wrapping pyautogui might be the way to go, is my understanding correct? atbswp looks
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Ask HN: Deep learning enabled GUI automation tools?
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by swayson 7y ago
Top athletes appear to have a general perspective on progress and self-development. Instead of comparing oneself to others, rather compare yourself today, relative to yourself yesterday, as a gauge on deliberate and precise progress towards
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by swayson 7y ago
Video can be costly, especially in countries where data is still expensive. It can be a barrier to allowing more diverse communities to also contribute unfortunately.
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by swayson 7y ago
As somebody who works with data a lot, the need for analysing and transforming CSV files comes up and I recall, how I needed something fast. Then I discovered `xsv` about a year ago, and since then I still use it on a weekly basis. since th
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by swayson 7y ago
Agreed, we have a responsibility as a community to not cause harm and even take effort to prevent it. That is what I like about HN, it is a place where these things are discussed and as a collective, positive outcomes can manifest.
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by swayson 7y ago
That is a false equivalence, roller coasters have far more material risk given human lives are at stake.
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by swayson 7y ago
Unfortunately, the national power provider has a monopoly on energy, and is a political mine field. So independent power producers are ready to integrate massive solar and wind power capabilities, but due to politics they keep delaying the
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by swayson 7y ago
In South Africa the citizens are facing a crises of such a service and its our electricity system. Predominately coal power plants, that are at end of life, and rolling blackouts is a common occurrence. It is necessary action, to avoid a bl
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by swayson 7y ago
Totally agree. Such a useful set of tools. Here is an insightful talk about the application of UMAP to learn embeddings for the folks who are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtVR_ZnXLu4
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by swayson 7y ago
Instead of learning a new bespoke technology, How about learning more fundamental, lateral concepts, that potentially could apply across technologies. e.g. https://brilliant.org/