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by torotonnato 4y ago
I'm replying here to both OP and you, glad to have a chat if you want to reach out: nt-f\u+n:tAo(r[imo{@g3m1ai2l{.Nc;o'm (discard the odd index chars)
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by torotonnato 5y ago
Tangential: Marcus Hutter's AIXI model popped in my head. The hardness of the time-bounded Kolmogorov complexity is also tied to the maximum intelligence of his universal AIXI agents. So, in an universe where one-way functions exist, t
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by torotonnato 5y ago
You are right, I was uncomfortable with the uneven density of the floats approaching zero, but it's just an inherent property of their representation. Have a nice day :)
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by torotonnato 5y ago
Of course, it's uniform. I always swap the two names randomly hehe. I understand your code. The difference with the snippet I posted (which, btw, is not mine) is that the difference between successive floats is always a constant, i.e.
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by torotonnato 5y ago
If you want max entropy and normally distributed values then, I think, there's no other way to go. Nice post btw
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by torotonnato 5y ago
You can apply the core ideas of Hacker's Delight to floats too. Your example problem, taken from [0]: float frand( int *seed ) { union { float fres; unsigned int ires; }; seed[0] *=
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by torotonnato 5y ago
I bet a San Junipero-style mind upload startup will happen here well before 256 years have passed
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by torotonnato 5y ago
Happy 0x11, see you at 0x111
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by torotonnato 6y ago
The poor sailor was a bit more hardcore though. Fascinating story
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by torotonnato 6y ago
Slightly OT, but since the focus shifted to safety: is that battery really dangerous? I'm really asking. I remember, as a kid, testing for charged 9V batteries touching the bare electrodes with my tongue. It was a funny feeling, but th
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by torotonnato 6y ago
Un felice anno nuovo a tutti voi e che sia il migliore!
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by torotonnato 6y ago
Absence is a bit of a stretch. Look at that paper, it's interesting
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by torotonnato 6y ago
Old paper about excess Helium in D loaded Palladium - http://www.fusione.enea.it/pubblications/TR/2002/RT-2002-41-... I don't understand why experts cannot accept the challenge. There is something happen
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by torotonnato 6y ago
I can see your point, but the problem remains. Suppose to have a closed system that contains a random number generator and an observer. The observer can measure and extract (not store) an infinite amount of entropy. Where does that comes fr
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by torotonnato 6y ago
I would go even a step further and question the randomness of the quantum realm, but IANAP and I might be saying something terribly stupid: apologies in advance. What if the source of quantum randomness is not really random in the Kolmogoro
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by torotonnato 6y ago
I’m relieved this phenomenon is widespread enough to have a name, giving names to things is really a underestimated power. One technique I use to cope with this mental state: do complain, but only after you started doing that terrible job.
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by torotonnato 6y ago
The efforts made by Neuralink’s team are impressive and, IMO, the idea is very serious, with lots of practical short term consequences as well. Someone said that getting electrodes into the brain is the easiest part, but I beg to differ on
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by torotonnato 7y ago
Amazing, check out "The star rover" by Jack London, you may like it
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by torotonnato 7y ago
Loved that book! The car salesman gave plausible description of sales techniques. I don't know how effective they are, but Chuck goes to great lengths to absorb little "professional" hacks in the real world to give life to hi
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Cellular Automata: Rule 30 fed as input to Conway’s Game of Life (2019) [video](youtube.com)
141 points by torotonnato 7y ago|31 comments
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by torotonnato 7y ago
Riverworld by Philip José Farmer. It was a magnificent adventure and exploration of different philosophical ideas, especially for a teenager. It left me with the impression that even simple things can be mysterious and part of a bigger plan