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by xiler 10y ago
I'm no expert on this subject but the proof in the first article seems a bit dodgy. Bayesian inference is a type of induction [1]. So using it to prove induction merely begs the question? [1] http://plato.stanford.edu/e
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by xiler 11y ago
There's nothing wrong with someone getting rich provided they contribute a proportional amount of value to society. Problem is that since the post-WII period (also called the Golden Age of Capitalism) such rewards have been happening l
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Leibniz's universal language(en.wikipedia.org)
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Albert Einstein’s matriculation certificate (1896)(rarehistoricalphotos.com)
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by xiler 11y ago
Despite the totality of his radical opinions, this to me seems like one of RMS's more valid arguments against non-Libre software. Especially when it comes to something fundamental like an OS, being at the mercy of a corporation is high
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Fragment of rat brain simulated in supercomputer(nature.com)
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by xiler 11y ago
Make no mistake, this is more than distant science fiction. Similar devices and experiments were made by Yale researcher Jose Delgado back in the 50s and 60s [1]. He also wrote a book with a rather interesting title: 'Physical Control
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Is logic empirical? (2007) [pdf](philsci-archive.pitt.edu)
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by xiler 11y ago
Are there any differences between the models of Scholarpedia and SEP?
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Kibbutzim Look to Future in High Tech(wsj.com)
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MOOCs and the McDonaldization of Education (2013)(georgeritzer.wordpress.com)
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by xiler 11y ago
Another one is The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Learning [1] by LeCun. [1] http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2014/webinar/gtc-expres...
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The Monster Group [video](youtube.com)
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The Next Genocide(nytimes.com)
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Billiard-ball computer(en.wikipedia.org)
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PeerVote: A Decentralized Voting Mechanism for P2P Collaboration Systems (2009) [pdf](dl.ifip.org)
9 points by xiler 11y ago|2 comments
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The Ellsberg Paradox(en.wikipedia.org)
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by xiler 11y ago
Open books like the Haskell wikibook [1] tend to be concise since there's no need to create filler content. [1] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell
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PeerVote: A Decentralized Voting Mechanism for P2P Collaboration Systems (2009) [pdf](dl.ifip.org)
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by xiler 11y ago
Summarizing the complexities of human behavior using models appears as an unpleasant echo from the past. Statistical pioneers Karl Pearson and Francis Galton were strong proponents of social Darwinism aka scientific racism [1, 2]. The bigge
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A quantification of arXiv title intelligibility (2010)(davidsd.org)
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As Patents Expire, Farmers Plant Generic GMOs(technologyreview.com)
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A cellular puzzle: The weird and wonderful architecture of RNA(nature.com)
31 points by xiler 11y ago|2 comments
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YouTube Webdriver Torso Easter Egg(youtube.com)
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by xiler 11y ago
He also managed to recognize a relationship between electromagnetism and gravity before Einstein. http://serg.fedosin.ru/Heavisid.htm
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Oliver Heaviside Wrote Maxwell’s Equations (2013)(theinstitute.ieee.org)
61 points by xiler 11y ago|17 comments