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by trevyn 7y ago
This is incorrect. György Buzsáki‘s work is as fine a place as any to start.
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by trevyn 7y ago
That's a great point, and an interesting example link for two reasons: 1) Real estate seems like a large market for this technology. 2) The specific space in the link looks like it would photograph well, but the 3D version reminds me t
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by trevyn 7y ago
Could you give an example of a “lethal” query?
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by trevyn 7y ago
“It’s for profit” is a knee-jerk, relatively thought-free answer. There is a deeper answer, and the door to it is seeing that different people can have very different underlying beliefs and motivations, which are not necessarily morally bet
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by trevyn 7y ago
But remember that accuracy of drawing bounding boxes around objects in still frames is only very slightly related to actual self-driving ability, even if intuition suggests otherwise. This is basically just an ad for Scale and Scale's
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by trevyn 7y ago
I think this is only true for certain definitions of success and failure.
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by trevyn 7y ago
I read something different into that Bukowski quote. Specifically, I read it as a warning against voluntarily putting your destiny and satisfaction in the hands of other humans or organizations; it is a call to independence of thought and a
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by trevyn 7y ago
They’re getting into some sort of “accelerator VPN” market. They clearly have ambitions to Be The Internet.
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by trevyn 7y ago
A smaller tech startup only pays better if you pick the right one and it has an exit. One appeal of the big names is exactly that — name recognition. It does a lot for the ego when everyone you meet knows that your employer provides free ma
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by trevyn 7y ago
> There are folks out there working minimum wage jobs who are truly miserable, back breaking labor, standing on their feet all day, standing in the hot sun or out in the cold weather, avoiding dangerous machinery and avoiding trying to b
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by trevyn 7y ago
The problem is not that life is meaningless, it’s that you were taught to expect meaning, thus creating negative affect when you discover the truth. This expectation can be unlearned, and, additionally, you can learn to generate positive af
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by trevyn 7y ago
Just force air in with a big fan or jet engine to simulate forward motion?
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by trevyn 7y ago
On the other hand, if he’s recruiting, it might elicit “I can do that better!” from engineers!
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by trevyn 7y ago
Is there a legal counter to this? Frivolous copyrighting?
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by trevyn 7y ago
Nor with the Coda replicating filesystem, which is not to be confused with Panic’s code editor of the same name.
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by trevyn 7y ago
The mutation allowed certain individuals to invent recursive language, which could then be taught to individuals without the mutation during a critical period in childhood.
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by trevyn 7y ago
Children are also outdated.
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by trevyn 7y ago
Coincidentally, Google makes a house alarm! I wonder if that’s what they mean by the tagline “tough on bad guys”. :-) https://store.google.com/us/product/nest_secure_alarm_system
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by trevyn 7y ago
They should probably just rename the whole company Instagram instead.
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by trevyn 7y ago
Could an untestable underlying theory inspire new models and implications that are testable?
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by trevyn 7y ago
Should probably replace with the first-party article: https://medium.com/darklang/dark-announces-3-5m-in-seed-fina...
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by trevyn 7y ago
Suicidality does not imply depression: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116433/
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by trevyn 7y ago
> by forcing the non-technical to become technical Could that be where the actual magic is?
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by trevyn 7y ago
Why is Google a nonstarter?
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by trevyn 7y ago
PayPal’s revenue is ~$15B, but your point is sound.
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by trevyn 7y ago
The publication has a specific bias, but often tries to appear unbiased. I wanted to make the bias clear.
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by trevyn 7y ago
> YouTube's algorithm shows people more of the stuff they like to watch. More of the stuff that will increase a user’s watch time ; subtle difference. I’d be surprised if they haven’t also experimented with adjusting for overall a
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by trevyn 7y ago
For reference and context, The New Atlantis was founded by an organization called the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which is “dedicated to applying the Judeo-Christian moral tradition to critical issues of public policy.” ( https:&#x2F
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by trevyn 7y ago
You wouldn't feel confident driving 400 miles in a 2019 German car because of software? What do you envision going wrong?
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by trevyn 7y ago
Ah, thanks. I was thinking both growth hormone and androgens, though there may be other hormones and factors involved as well.

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