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by vl 2y ago
So the AI boom of the last 12 years was made possible by three visionaries who pursued unorthodox ideas in the face of widespread criticism. I argue that Mikolov with word2vec was instrumental in current AI revolution. This demonstrated t
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by vl 2y ago
This is unendurable, this article didn’t actually say what are the names of the babies! To describe entire process and then leave out the result is just bad journalism.
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by vl 2y ago
I felt same way after playing bunch of American Truck Simulator. Why I’m doing this? I can just go and drive real car instead!
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by vl 2y ago
Fundamentally there is human with limited brain capacity that got trained to that. It’s just a question of time when there are equally capable, and then exceedingly capable models. There is nothing magical or special about human brain. The
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by vl 2y ago
But why cast to it’s own type?
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by vl 2y ago
It needs to re-enter, i.e. have the thermal shield, etc. This is what this Starship thing is all about - re-entry is really hard. Regular guide bomb is just going to burn or re-entry into atmosphere.
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by vl 2y ago
Any warhead needs guidance system. The question is if passive kinetic payload is enough or it should be something with explosives.
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by vl 2y ago
But it’s true for any orbital-based weapon that needs to de-orbit for striking. Once it starts retro burn you know it’s going for strike and know where it’s going to strike.
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by vl 2y ago
Depends on the mass of the object, of course, but at at this speed (i.e. energy) it will become a stream of particles going through atmosphere and vaporizing anything in it’s way.
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by vl 2y ago
But why not a kinetic weapon though? 1000kg tungsten rod coming at 5 km/s and 3000K will sink any ship. A bit tricky to aim though - basically the moment you initiate the burn for re-entry, you give 15 minute warning.
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by vl 2y ago
But why are you frustrated with Musk’s politics? The fact that one of the smartest people chooses to demonstrate their view is very remarkable. It does warrant critical thinking and examination. After all he could have kept quiet and ponder
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by vl 2y ago
With 3.5M house just taxes, utilities and maintenance cost will ruin your remaining 7.5.
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by vl 2y ago
But it makes perfect sense to drop out and enjoy last couple years of pre-AGI bliss. Advances in AI even without AGI will lead to unemployment, recession, collapse of our economic structure, and then our social structure. Whatever is on the
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by vl 2y ago
But also most likely she is already fully vested. Why stay and work 60 hours a week in such case?
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by vl 2y ago
But why don’t they go down in price until there is an equilibrium?
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by vl 2y ago
They actually do. I had and accepted counter-offer myself and know quite a few people who were in such position.
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by vl 2y ago
It comes down to what time is. I.e. what was before the Big Bang? If time didn’t exist before big bang, then speed of light emerged after big bang, and as such “changed”.
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by vl 2y ago
At my current Seattle-area house I have an area laid out with paving stones instead of the deck and it's great! Another pro-tip for Seattle is never buy house on the bottom of the hill or on top of the hill (yes, this only leaves hill-
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by vl 2y ago
Another thing are gutters that require constant maintenance, and fail anyway. With good eaves and correct drainage around the house you can build without gutters like they did for centuries, and eliminate this finicky maintenance problem.
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by vl 2y ago
There are a lot of 45-year olds that won’t need RLE until 65, if ever. Why do they need to travel to Mexico to get ICL instead of doing it in US? Same thing with modern multi-focal RLE lenses. They got approved in US just couple years ago,
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by vl 2y ago
ICL is relatively new and is surprisingly little known. I learned about it by chance from friend, did it, and it worked out great, beyond any expectations. I see way better than with any glasses or contacts. I went with “mono vision”, i.e.
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by vl 2y ago
It has less side-effects because incision is way smaller.
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by vl 2y ago
45 years old is bizarre FDA restriction rationalizing that you might need lens replacement or +glasses soon anyway. Other countries don’t have this limit for ICL.
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by vl 2y ago
So I did ICL (and I recommend it over LASIK), ICL gives thin distinct halos at night around bright lights. I saw them for 2 first weeks only, then I stopped seeing them - brain filtered them out. Now I only see halos in very unusual lightin
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by vl 2y ago
Look at ICL first, safer than LASIK and reversible.
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by vl 2y ago
Boeing used to make engines and even had their own airline. They were split due to anti-trust regulations. Airline became United, and engine manufacturer - Pratt & Whitney!
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by vl 2y ago
This article talks a lot about “cool roof” but doesn’t actually tell what it is. A "cool roof" is a roofing system designed to reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat than a standard roof. Cool roofs are typically made of mate
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by vl 2y ago
I would say that for most RSU lots it's better to wait for long-term capital gain taxes to kick in before selling.
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by vl 2y ago
Yes, you are correct, I forgot about payload. With payload my estimate produces full refueling as well.
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by vl 2y ago
But you don’t have to fuel it fully to go to the moon and back. It’s a bit hard to compare to Apollo since Apollo dropped stages at every step of the process, but it seems they used 70 tons of fuel in the third state of Saturn V for origina

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