whymauri

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by whymauri 6y ago
History: I asked on /r/askhistorians for book suggestions on the history of China. > The History of Imperial China series edited by Timothy Brook consists of six roughly 200-page long volumes, each of which covers one or two dy
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A good Open Courseware companion for the SynthBio texts is 20.305x Principles of Synthetic Biology.
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Perhaps I am naive, but I'm going to guess that whoever Reddit's counsel is was briefly cleared on this.
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I think people are interpreting this comment as suggesting what this HN user will judge Seibel on. I don't think that's what arkitaip is conveying. I believe they are just stating the parameters that Reddit has often judged high-p
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It also works on several pay-walled sites.
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FWIW, most people that take classes with Sussman are self-selected to be people who care about FOSS.
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This is a rude comment. The paper has no grander claim of AGI or 'fundamental' understanding. It's a novel algorithm that outperforms existing solutions. Not everything needs to be part of work towards 'understanding.&#x
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>I'm not sure it ever was? I'm inclined to agree. Black authors and scholars have been critiquing the 'color-blind' school of thinking since the 60s; notably, James Baldwin did it live on TV. [0] [0] https:/&#x2
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I've actually found it extraordinarily easy to talk about anti-racism without imposing any risk on my career, health, or future.
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It depends on your definition of "novel." I've seen some of these base models for tfjs used in several neat hackathon projects ranging from music generating web apps to "hot dog, not a hot dog." I've seen tfjs
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>Does what someone think make their assembly invalid? Point out above where GP said those assemblies were invalid. Pro tip: they did not. Their right to assembly is not fundamentally invalidated, but the protesters are certainly open to
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Are all the state-wide openings in May, the opening of casinos, and the festivities of Memorial Day Weekend, of which we are already seeing COVID impacts, more or less morally indefensible than the BLM protests? When all these other non-pro
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By all means, suggest a better country to draw a comparison with.
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Prior discussion from when the blog was originally written: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9291215 A related page I recall seeing on HN last summer: http://boringtechnology.club/
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I'm going to hazard a guess that defining or teaching critical theory on HN is like talking to a brick wall. I commend you for trying, though.
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> I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?” Wow. I think this deserves highlighting. It's powerful and beautiful.
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This is a misreading of what I've said that is so egregious that I cannot reply assuming you're writing in good faith.
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I'm with you on this. In the past 150 years, pseudoscientific disciplines like eugenics and phrenology have directly led to the deaths of millions of people. Geographic determinism and 19th-century racial "science" directly l
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Aren't the tags personalized? lol
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1. You are never going to agree because your beliefs are fundamentally misaligned. Since you believe police retaliation is warranted when targets are breaking the law, you will simply excuse violence upon protesters when: > [Protesters]
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OK, but can we acknowledge that the fact we need to frame police as "lions" as disturbing? Not to be too provocative here, but the protest are happening because this analogy fits a little too well.
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I mean, the United States is predominantly white. It's nearly certain that most people on video will be white, as a result. Also, the presence of white people does not negate that the protests are about black lives (not COVID). I won&#
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I've told friends that I have a sinking feeling a Tiananmen Square-like event might happen soon in the US. I predict that there will be people online arguing the semantics of what constitutes a "massacre" or a "tragedy.&
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I find this to be a much more compelling commentary and concern than the one I replied to. If what you mention does happen, it will be legitimately frightening. At least when authoritarianism hit my home country (Venezuela), we could leave.
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I don't understand this. The warning signs of the current administration's fascist-adjacent policies have been here for four years. Please do not pretend that it's now that Americans cannot heed those signs due to protests, e
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This summary is really interesting. Thank you for laying out an explanation for me.
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Also, the general trend of militarizing US police forces is a systemic act against de-escalation.
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Unfortunately, the theory does not translate into practice or hiring. The military and militarized US police force seem to actively recruit agents who fundamentally misunderstand principles of de-escalation. Whether that be riot police anta
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Seattle PD maced a child and the officer who did it faced no repercussions. Is the Chief of Police a toothless position? The only other conclusion is that maybe GP should consider removing Seattle's Chief as a supporting example. I wou
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I like this a lot. Even the passive acknowledgment that technology and engineering do not exist in a bubble exclusive from the real world is meaningful. I do think the call to action to invest in our communities matters. I know I'm N=1

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