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by agmand 3y ago
Location:Spain Remote:Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python/R, Bash, Pyspark, AWS cloud, PostgreSQL, several bioinformatics tools & applied statistics Résumé/CV: https://linkedin.com/in/andirko
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The brain’s unique take on algorithms(nature.com)
1 points by agmand 3y ago|1 comments
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by agmand 3y ago
A short paper on computation, the brain, and the classic separation between neural computation/algorithms/neural implementation.
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by agmand 3y ago
Maybe I'd add to this the first engraving by erectus [1] (~500kya) because people tend to forget about it but I think it's quite significant. Other than that, it looks great! I also have a hard time keeping track of every new disc
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by agmand 3y ago
Yes! ~800kya is a common estimate. Strong differences: it's not so clear these are "strong", for a couple reasons: 1. The archaeological record has disputed some of those claims: spears are supposed to have been part of the h
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by agmand 3y ago
Two notes on language and self-domestication: - 77kya is very late for the emergence of language (though how far it can be traced is still object of heavy debate and nuance). The tenuous consensus nowadays is that the last common ancestor w
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The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance(science.org)
13 points by agmand 3y ago|4 comments
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Machine Metaphysics and the Cult of Techno-Transcendentalism(johannesjaeger.eu)
2 points by agmand 3y ago|4 comments
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by agmand 3y ago
I found this discussion of AI from a philosopher of science & biologist really insightful. It speaks of AI hype and AGI in relationship with systems Biology.
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by agmand 3y ago
There's a music teacher at NYU, Ethan Hein, that seems to be working on this exactly in the context of groove pedagogy. For example, he recently picked apart the amen break in a blog post [0] and tried to replicate it in ableton from
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Higher-order Truths About Chmess [pdf](ase.tufts.edu)
1 points by agmand 4y ago|0 comments
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Wikipedia: Russian Jokes(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by agmand 4y ago|2 comments
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1.5 °C degrowth scenarios suggest the need for new mitigation pathways(nature.com)
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The collapsism debate in Spain: a summary(andirko.eu)
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by agmand 4y ago
I used some of the solutions listed here (like Pocket) for a time. Eventually, I decided I can just post them in my website [1], because why not : that way they are accessible from everywhere, easy to edit, categorize and comment, shareable
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by agmand 4y ago
Barcelona, I'd say. Foreign-friendly, ok tech culture, lots to do, plenty of cultural activities, great summers (if you can stand the tourists). You'd have to learn at least spanish though, and ideally basic catalan: it's an
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Quidanz: Dances Based on Computational Concepts(compudanzas.net)
2 points by agmand 4y ago|0 comments
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Clairnote: An alternative music notation system(clairnote.org)
197 points by agmand 4y ago|170 comments
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by agmand 4y ago
As others hace commented, tour written english looks pretty good, so don't worry on that front. As a fellow Spaniard (hola!), I used to be in a similar situation. The way I remediated it was by getting to work with international teamma
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A Bayesian Perspective on Q-Learning(brandinho.github.io)
2 points by agmand 4y ago|0 comments
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by agmand 4y ago
I don't think I've ever seen that specific post, but I've read Kevin Mitchell discuss the topic often (check his blog out: [1]) - maybe it could be him? I could also imagine Daniel Dennett (philosopher of biology) or Christof
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by agmand 5y ago
If you speak spanish there's a really good book doing now the rounds by an skeptic of the long-term economical viability of renewables (and fossil fuels, nuclear, and more): Petrocalipsis, by Antonio Turiel. It's very clear, conc