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by typon 5y ago
> It's possible that quantum optimizers could be exponentially faster than existing optimization techniques by evaluating multiple minima simultaneously. Is there any known quantum algorithm that gives a speedup over classical algor
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by typon 5y ago
Why is it called Quantum AI? What does that mean?
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by typon 5y ago
Thank you for that!
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by typon 5y ago
What are personal blogs for?
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by typon 5y ago
Yep. I was tired of coming home and seeing a million malware search engines and fake VPNs extensions installed. I'm always puzzled as how they manage to get in there. I'd rather crash the browser than allow this garbage which usua
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by typon 5y ago
This is why when setting up my relatives' computer I only install Adblock and then make this directory readonly: chmod 444 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions
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by typon 5y ago
I don't understand C programmers are their seemingly utter inability to understand that C is actually not perfect and has tons of flaws, including a lot of complexity. Just because you're used to something doesn't make that t
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by typon 5y ago
Exact same reason why I got out of academia, and my field was a lot more "realistic" than yours. (Post-Silicon Semiconductor physics)
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by typon 5y ago
The evil Chinese manage to emit so much CO2 despite not owning any F150s. How do they do it?
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by typon 5y ago
A typical large C++ code base will have hundreds of reinterpret_cast<T> or C code base with void*. It's not that horrible.
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by typon 5y ago
Data oriented programming isn't a framework or paradigm. It's simply a principle that says that programs should be written to solve particular problems on particular hardware. If objects serve a purpose to this end, then they are
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by typon 5y ago
Isn't the reason this can't/doesn't exist because everyone wants you in their own walled garden?
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by typon 5y ago
You'd think this type of behaviour wouldn't happen anymore, given the whole MeToo movement and people constantly complaining about getting cancelled.
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by typon 5y ago
I wish there was a C++ standard that didn't add any features, but only fixed bugs or deprecated old features, and possibly improved existed features, giving compiler writers a chance to actually catch up and developers a chance to stab
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by typon 5y ago
If you care about having long lasting competitive advantage rather than simply being the first to market, than you care about your code. It just depends on what you want to optimize for.
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by typon 5y ago
40GB of SRAM. Not quite big enough to fit the big models like GPT3
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by typon 6y ago
The constant derision of journalists in tech circles (especially on HN) is kind of shocking to see. Did you read the article or did you miss that the journalist is relaying fellow researchers' apprehensiveness about Facebook being allo
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by typon 6y ago
I can't help but feel God playing jokes when you see a fire in the middle of an ocean
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by typon 6y ago
Different people have different understanding of self-worth and dignity.
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by typon 6y ago
> Bill is way too invested in this stuff for it to be a cynical PR effort Proceeds to link a literal PR propaganda piece by Gates and Co.
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by typon 6y ago
Every time someone brings up the Lindy effect I can't help but roll my eyes. It should be replaced with "Survivorship bias". Almost every technology that humans used that lasted for a long time and no longer used has disappea
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by typon 6y ago
The assault against unions for the past 50 years in America meant that there was only one likely outcome of this vote. Amazon is a powerful entity and they used their might to suppress this vote and it worked.
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by typon 6y ago
Twitter stock price was $20 on Jan 1st, 2016. It is $70 on Jan 1st, 2021. That's a 350% increase.
534.
by typon 6y ago
Humans going to Mars should expect to never come back
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by typon 6y ago
Python and Javascript are the new languages that dominate compared to 10 years ago.
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by typon 6y ago
Which, for now, is the global hegemon in software and tech at large. Any US court decision is extremely important to the whole industry.
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by typon 6y ago
I tend to think about it the same way as you. Having an algorithm for multiplying two numbers is qualitatively different than having a lossy compression of a huge dataset of multiplication tables. The latter is what GPT3 has and it just doe
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by typon 6y ago
If only this cynicism was shared by the general public, the regulatory authorities etc.
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by typon 6y ago
I was going to ask why Americans don't privatize their military but looking at the proliferation of mercenary company like Blackwater taking over military operations in Afghanistan/Syria/Yemen, maybe Americans are slowly star
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by typon 6y ago
> US has to stand aside now and let anybody do anything they want. Reducing three countries to rubble (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya) in just the past 20 years means exactly that the US has no place in international politics and should be tre

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