dennis_moore

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by dennis_moore 1y ago
Cultural learning has definitely been observed in animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_culture
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
Ah yes, it can be quite fun chasing down heisenbugs like that, half sarcastically :)
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
> One is that math nerds at school insisted on intimidating for the win and I just hated it. For me the worst part was the teachers that encouraged that behavior and did the same.
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
Could the conclusions generalize to other types of anxiety such as GAD or OCD?
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
Which profilers in particular are you referring to because I've always thought that Callgrind is a profiler? perf?
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
It works until it doesn't at which point you have a massive, useless pile of uninterpretable garbage.
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
This is great: I like both the concept and how responsive the implementation is. Please consider open sourcing it.
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
> A canonical list of references from a leading figure would be appreciated by many. That confirms the opposite, no?
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
I failed to find any evidence that this person is an OpenAI employee, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
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by dennis_moore 2y ago
> “if I didn’t chose to do it you cannot be angry at me." Yes I can, because I didn't choose to be angry either.
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by dennis_moore 3y ago
I think that the term "software system" can have a much broader meaning than the one you are using here.
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by dennis_moore 3y ago
Not sure if raw data size is a good metric. One usually gains more information by reading a book than watching a movie.
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by dennis_moore 3y ago
I was not advocating for "online slacktivism", I was merely giving my opinion of what rules or laws ought to be introduced to the effect, akin to copyright laws or open-source licenses (it is not "online activism" to giv
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by dennis_moore 3y ago
This made me think that we, as a society, ought to have some sort of convention to mark AI-generated images as such, like a small watermarked symbol in a corner.
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UK readers may lose access to Wikipedia amid online safety bill requirements(theguardian.com)
18 points by dennis_moore 3y ago|1 comments
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by dennis_moore 4y ago
Shut up and calculate!
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by dennis_moore 4y ago
"To call a function, the program should place the first six integer or pointer parameters in the registers %rdi, %rsi, %rdx, %rcx, %r8, and %r9." This sounds like System V, hence GCC.
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Ransomware hunters: the self-taught tech geniuses fighting cybercrime(theguardian.com)
2 points by dennis_moore 4y ago|0 comments
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by dennis_moore 4y ago
But now I'm curious to know which quotes you're referring to...
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by dennis_moore 4y ago
If you're looking for an accessible introduction/overview, try Contemporary Abstract Algebra by Joseph A. Gallian. It also includes lots of applications, some of which are relevant to cryptography.
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
Also check out Philip Wadler's Programming Language Foundations in Agda: https://plfa.github.io/
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
With the EU having banned Russia from its airspace, I wonder what route these flights take.
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
I like this idea of incorporating trust and reputation. As for the curation of websites not scaling, some time ago I thought about the possibility of a search engine where the user supplies a list of trusted websites (for example, universit
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
I tried that but everything after the # got stripped when I submitted the link.
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This needs some heavy checking... (line 1029)(github.com)
30 points by dennis_moore 5y ago|63 comments
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
I find it mildly entertaining to casually browse random 17-year-old code lying at the heart of the Linux kernel and encounter gems like this.
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
You wouldn't expect an article that talks about the long-term effects of COVID to also address the downsides of mask and restrictions, so why should the opposite be true? You can read independent arguments for both sides of the issue,
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
"This bloke won't haggle!"
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
What are you talking about? I'm sure he's being metaphorical.
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by dennis_moore 5y ago
There was a recent episode of CBC Ideas discussing him and the concept of flow in general: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/flow-making-the-impossible-po...

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