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   by wwarner 9y ago

   great write up, thank you for sharing it.
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   by wwarner 10y ago

   refreshing. i think the cost factor isn't brought up enough. none of this is to say that ai isn't going to change the shit out of everything, it's just that the superhuman, "summoning the demon" rhetoric is imprecis
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   by wwarner 10y ago

   I loved volunteering at an overnight shelter for homeless men, which I did for about 5 years. After the very first night, I realized that I had done more to address my anxiety about homelessness in this single gesture than I had achieved in
4. 784.▲
   by wwarner 10y ago

   I'm not aware of anyone else graphing with gpu support. But whether it's new or just new to me, it's a great idea.
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   by wwarner 10y ago

   everyone should read this. btw, the problems at http://train.usaco.org/usacogate are really fun.
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   by wwarner 10y ago

   My current faves, far from exhaustive - tac: for very large log files - emacs: remote file editing, regex replace across matching files, macros, rectangle cut/paste, ... - xargs -P <n>: use all the cores! for fanning work out acr
7. 787.▲
   by wwarner 10y ago

   I'm simply pointing out that there are lots of applications of AI that will create work. And to those that say that machines will just solve all those problems by themselves, I would ask them to produce some evidence besides an estimat
8. 788.▲
   by wwarner 10y ago

   And genomics?
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   by wwarner 10y ago

   I happen to agree with this. Have a listen to the last twimlai.com podcast about "deep genomics". From an ML point of view, they're still finding their way, but from an economic point of view two things seem clear. 1) ML + ge
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    by wwarner 10y ago

    You can use lesspass.com as an open source alternative to 1pass or enpass. Would love to hear how it measures up. I use keypass in a rather manual way myself.
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    by wwarner 10y ago

    no. the math curriculum is too crowded already. i liked reading dirk struik, but the selfishness of mathematicians and the patrons they served is only entertainment in the end. want to update the curriculum? then replace some geometry and c
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    by wwarner 10y ago

    This sounds so plausible I will accept it as fact without reading any further.
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    by wwarner 10y ago

    10 tons lost a year. Point taken, and very interesting. But it's still small compared to 100 tons of cargo going to Mars 1000 times to build a new civilization on an uninhabitable planet.
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    by wwarner 10y ago

    I'm skeptical for two reasons. Living on Mars won't be like living in California at all. And two, building a colony there will be very, very, even catastrophically costly, so yes it will hurt everyone else who chooses not to parti
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    by wwarner 10y ago

    I just got back from Barcelona, and was surprised by the level of air pollution. The smog never disappears, even after a heavy rain. I learned that Barcelona has never met EU minimum air quality standards since they were established 22 year
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    by wwarner 13y ago

    If you have one, wwarner@gmail.com please! thx
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    by wwarner 13y ago

    In my state of Washington, tuition increased due to a voter approved cap on taxes, exactly the opposite Rowe's claim.
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    by wwarner 14y ago

    The same argument would apply to a good compiler. And that is exactly how I think about tests -- kind of a way of extending the compiler.