armoredkitten

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by armoredkitten 1mo ago
I generally agree with the logic -- I don't like using spreadsheets for anything complex, or that has the shelf life of more than, say, a month. I can remember my logic for putting together all the complex formulas for a while, but eve
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by armoredkitten 1mo ago
Yeah this definitely seems like a case of "hey AI, take this mess of incoherent conspiracy-laden rambling points and turn it into something" and the AI had to try and stitch something together that even resembled something making
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by armoredkitten 2mo ago
I stick with the 300 searches plan, and most months I don't hit the limit. That said, part of my strategy is if I'm searching for something that I know will show up readily (say I am trying to find a particular website, I just don
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by armoredkitten 3mo ago
what's updoc?
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by armoredkitten 6mo ago
Exactly. The notion of online learning is not new, but that approach cedes a lot of control to unknown forces. From a theoretical standpoint, this paper is interesting, there are definitely interesting questions to explore about how we co
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by armoredkitten 6mo ago
I just copied what it produced -- I kind of wish it hadn't added the lyrics! :D
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by armoredkitten 6mo ago
Building meaningful professional relationships is all about trust and alignment. We both understand the industry standards and the KPIs required for success. I’m fully committed to this strategic partnership—a level of dedication you won&#x
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by armoredkitten 7mo ago
I've long wished that "journals" and academic societies would transition from a publishing model to a cultivation model. If everything is available on arXiv, that's great, but it also means the best of the best is mixed
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by armoredkitten 7mo ago
To me, the wording doesn't necessarily imply causality, but it does imply a repeated-measures design. Something being "associated with an increase in symptoms" is different than something being "associated with higher sy
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by armoredkitten 7mo ago
It doesn't stay localized; runoff from farmland is a major issue. In other words, the farm animal poops out a bunch of antiobiotics, then it rains and that poop ends up washing into the river/lake/water table. That's alr
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by armoredkitten 7mo ago
You're talking about superintelligence. AGI is just...an AI that's roughly on par with humans on most things. There's no inherent reason why AGI will lead to ASI.
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by armoredkitten 8mo ago
I don't really feel any sort of "phantom obligation" about RSS feeds. But I can certainly say it rings true in other areas of my life: Steam games, movies and TV shows, podcasts, books...everything is this growing list of thi
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by armoredkitten 10mo ago
I went to the UK this summer and followed this guide for seeing the various sections of the wall: https://londonmymind.com/london-wall-walk/ Unfortunately it didn't mention the section in that carpark! But I can a
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by armoredkitten 1y ago
When I saw the title "Rupert's Property", I immediately thought of Rupert's Land which used to exist in Canada[0] (a large area around Hudson Bay, essentially). And as it turns out, it's the same guy! So apparently
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by armoredkitten 1y ago
From the full paper: "Although reading with children did not change over time, rates of engagement were surprisingly low, with only 2% of participants reading with children on the average day. Overall, 21% of our sample had a child und
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by armoredkitten 1y ago
Exactly. In particular, when I train a model, I have a defined process for training, and I can flip the switch between "learning" and "not learning" to define exactly when the model adjusts its weights as a result of inp
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
I think, even though they are very different games, Disco Elysium has a lot of the same feel as Planescape: Torment. A lot of the same introspection of human nature, philosophy, moral judgment, and wry humour. If you like one, I think you&#
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
This has been an ongoing situation since around 2010. The field has been undergoing a huge shift in terms of re-evaluating research practices and past findings. It genuinely has nothing to do with national politics. Also, the author is Cana
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
As someone who went through grad studies in the field, and who has met Dr. Inzlicht in person before, I have to say I deeply appreciate his perspective. He has consistently been humble when facing the issues in the field, in ways that call
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
Talking about what is considered "alive" is an interesting exercise, and shows just how fuzzy those boundaries can be sometimes. But I really don't see how this has any practical impact on how we study mitochondria. > If w
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
Not to mention the article says it "was also instrumental in changing how people are treated during psychological research" -- Uhh, yeah, because the lack of ethical safeguards in the study became a major issue and we realized we
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
What is the measurement on the x-axis in the graph?? The text is talking about equations of 20 or 30 characters, but the graph goes up to...6. Six what?? Characters? Terms? If it's characters, why do we only get to see the performance
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
I'd suggest they consider renaming the bot PearlClutcherOSS; it would be a better explanation of what its contribution to the FOSS community is.
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
To me, there's no evidence in any of this that would indicate the creators are misinformed or being scammed. In reality, they know their primary source of revenue is coming from Youtube, and it is a frequent complaint, especially for
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
As someone who just finished reading her book City of Illusions, this is a fun coincidence. The first chapter of (her interpretation of) the Tao Te Ching features in the book, and the bit about "two things, one origin, but different in
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
Where are you getting that from? The article states it was a healing ritual -- the ritual was something done to someone who was already sick. Presumably...to make them better. I have no idea where you got the idea that it was intended as
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by armoredkitten 2y ago
Yes, the pain scale is subjective, because, well, any attempt to communicate internal feelings and experiences is subjective (by definition). But subjective metrics are still useful as a way to try to achieve a shared understanding. "I
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by armoredkitten 3y ago
Typically, when I see that it's an indication that the distribution is non-normal. And for anything resembling "count" data (e.g., number of dollars, parts per million, whatever), it's pretty much guaranteed that it will
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by armoredkitten 3y ago
+1 to this. To add to this, Canada has for years had higher adoption/usage of debit cards relative to the US, and most transactions are handled with tap-to-pay, either with debit or credit. But yeah. Bank-to-bank e-transfers through In
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by armoredkitten 3y ago
Clarifying that the non-pipe is a Belgian non-pipe and not a French non-pipe reminds me of the joke with Sartre: Jean-Paul Sartre was sitting in a cafe when a waitress approached him: "Can I get you something to drink, Monsieur Sartre?

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