DanAndersen

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by DanAndersen 7y ago
That's true -- though the figure you're linking focuses specifically on measles cases rather than overall mortality, which is what the OP article is focusing on. (as an aside, it's really weird that the (first few) comments h
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by DanAndersen 7y ago
Very good link. I think a lot of people get intimidated by the idea of emergency preparedness because it feels like such a big, overwhelming thing to deal with. One cause of this is perhaps the Hollywood/media image of "disaster&q
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25-Hour Digital Myst Clock/Chronometer(riumplus.com)
168 points by DanAndersen 7y ago|33 comments
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Wenyan‑Lang – Programming Language for the Ancient Chinese(wenyan-lang.lingdong.works)
6 points by DanAndersen 7y ago|0 comments
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DeepFovea: Using deep learning for foveated reconstruction in AR/VR(ai.facebook.com)
9 points by DanAndersen 7y ago|0 comments
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by DanAndersen 7y ago
Agreed, the GPS priors are very helpful -- the ability to specify prior known positions/orientations of photos, to some known error tolerances, is one of the power features in Agisoft Metashape Pro, which I wish was available in more p
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SpaceInk: Making Space for In-Context Annotations(youtube.com)
5 points by DanAndersen 7y ago|0 comments
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Farmers Fable – A Tale of Cooperation(farmersfable.org)
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Reality Lab Lectures: Yaser Sheikh – Photorealistic Telepresence(youtube.com)
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Simulated Culture War Roundup Thread Using GPT-2(reddit.com)
1 points by DanAndersen 7y ago|0 comments
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“Beat Saber” Appearance on Jimmy Fallon Leads to YouTube Copyright Auto-Blocks(reddit.com)
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by DanAndersen 7y ago
Perhaps an AI-assisted version of Ben Folds' "composing a symphony on-stage"? [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytUY_AwTUs
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by DanAndersen 7y ago
What should be the exact dollar amount to avoid "looking like he's using it to drum up publicity"? You presumably have some idea of what the "right answer" is since your gut is telling you $1bn is too much.
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by DanAndersen 7y ago
Additionally, what I find particularly frightening and unsettling is the possibility that we'll never be able to know just how harmful microplastics are, due to the rapid loss of anything we could call a "control group" on th
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by DanAndersen 7y ago
This is true, which is why machine learning has long since learned to not even think of what you describe as a meaningful measure of accuracy. If you look at the linked paper [0], you'll find that the author uses the "ROC AUC&quot
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by DanAndersen 7y ago
A question for anyone who does collecting of stamps/coins/baseball cards, etc.: How do you deal with / feel about the trend of the creators of the collected items making things specifically to be collected? A while back I pic
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
If you list job requirements, make them actual requirements and don't try to upsell the talent you get by exaggerating the requirements. Some applicants are naturally more haggle-friendly and intuitively "know" they should
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
To any Google employees who read HN: please raise this general issue in your internal groups and try to push to change this culture of faceless algorithmic decision making. Companies should not have to rely on getting to the HN front page t
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
>Is this research somehow tied into the relationship between UI and imaging AR head mounted displays or are you focussing on tablet/phone AR? It's focused on having virtual/AR content that is rendered by an AR HMD like the
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
As someone doing AR research, I can definitely echo the importance of higher FOV for getting closer to the "holograms." I am currently doing some investigations involving tracked hand-held devices (like smartphones/tablets) w
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
Far be it from me to fall into the "everything I don't like is a Russian/Chinese covert action" conspiracy theorizing that is increasingly common these days -- but if I were an adversarial state actor, I would definitely
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New Jersey Slaps Criminal Penalties on Gun Manufacturing Instructions(reason.com)
2 points by DanAndersen 8y ago|0 comments
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Taming the Demon: How Desert Monks Put Work in Its Place(commonwealmagazine.org)
2 points by DanAndersen 8y ago|0 comments
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Falling into Faith(acko.net)
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Celebrating Carl Griffith's 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter(carlsfriends.net)
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
"Build your own X" has its limits. The payment processors are the ones that will be and are the censors. Enough social-media shrieking and Mastercard and Visa willingly bend to the loudest voices. We don't yet live in a world
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Striped bodypainting protects against horseflies(royalsocietypublishing.org)
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
You're correct that there's often a lot of interpretation and historical research that has to be done when looking through such cookbooks. However, they can offer quite an interesting glimpse into another era. Specifically, I&#x27
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
OK. Some people react to external criticism with seething resentment. Others end up finding it a useful source of energy to push themselves into a new state even if they are hating it in the moment. The continued "tough love" appr
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by DanAndersen 8y ago
This is the danger when our lives become increasingly dependent on digital middlemen who are not regulated as utilities, where legislation has not caught up, who can proudly declare themselves "just a private company you have no say&qu

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