croutons

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by croutons 2y ago
Fzf is written in go fwiw
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by croutons 2y ago
The article clearly states that it’s using our colloquial meaning of “computer” as a metaphor to help convey their thought experiment. It even has a disclaimer about using metaphors. FWIW I think it’s an interesting thought experiment. I th
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by croutons 3y ago
This is awesome! As a software person who dabbles in hardware, I cannot believe that HW folks put up with such arcane, slow, and cumbersome tools. I think anyone who’s critical of this idea has no idea how good they could be having it.
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by croutons 3y ago
A backend that runs PyTorch out of the box and is as easy to setup / use as nvidia stack.
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by croutons 3y ago
Yeah Carmack is no doubt a 20x engineer, but I wouldn’t put him in the same category of prolific genius as Euler. As far as prolific engineers go, I’d say Fabrice Bellard would be closer (but still not even close) to an Euler.
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by croutons 3y ago
All of ML, including DL, are literally implemented using mathematical models. Alas, a model is just a model and doesn’t imply it works well or imply that it’s simple or easily discoverable.
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by croutons 3y ago
The difference though is that generally there is a cap on how much is costs to live comfortably. If someone is so rich that they can live exclusively off interest, then they get to live comfortably and keep their initial investment. Another
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by croutons 3y ago
Isn’t the idea that with this cement mixture your house’s foundation acts as energy storage “for free”? I think the application is for cases where you’re already using cement as a building material, so you might as well mix in some carbon a
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by croutons 3y ago
Ok I misunderstood what it means to be a paradox, this does seem to apply. The point I was intending to make is that the composition of 2 games entails a new game which creates an entirely new ruleset and therefore new potential outcomes.
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by croutons 3y ago
Agree completely
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by croutons 3y ago
I don’t really understand how this is a paradox, but it’s definitely surprising and non intuitive. It seems like if you have 2 games A and B, the second you start playing them together you’ve effectively created a new game C, which is a gam