defphysics

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by defphysics 8mo ago
There’s a lot of negativity here. I’ll just say I’m extremely glad I had ChatGPT when I was going through some health issues last year.
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by defphysics 2y ago
I see this in wikipedia: "The attribution of the invention of the architecture to von Neumann is controversial, not least because Eckert and Mauchly had done a lot of the required design work and claim to have had the idea for stored p
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by defphysics 3y ago
My favorite is Run Wild from Athletic Brewing Co.
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by defphysics 3y ago
Novice: "technical analysis is legit!" Intermediate: "technical analysis is total BS!" Pro: "technical analysis is legit."
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by defphysics 3y ago
Personally, I prefer Bishop (Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning) or Murphy (Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction).
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by defphysics 3y ago
The version of the quote I've heard (and which sounds better to me) is this: "Sometimes someone confesses a sin in order to take credit for it." -John von Neumann
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by defphysics 4y ago
> see themselves as embarrassed millionaires I see this "embarrassed millionaires" line a lot. It seems unbelievably cynical. Do you really think a meaningful fraction of workers are thinking "I'll oppose unions becau
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by defphysics 4y ago
Maybe try audio. I really like the version narrated by David Horovich.
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by defphysics 5y ago
The book that did this for me: The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles (Nisan and Schocken) https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Computing-Systems-second-Pri...
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by defphysics 5y ago
No it doesn't. I listened to the audiobook and agree it has very good lessons. One of the big ones has to do with empathy. I wish I'd had a book like this when I was a kid.
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by defphysics 5y ago
One of my favorites: https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Counsels-Maxims-Great-Philosop... (The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims)
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by defphysics 5y ago
Actually, what you're describing sounds like something you'd refer to as "not a showstopper". To me, a "showstopper" is something that stops the show: that can't be ignored or "fixed later".