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Splash-free urinals: Design through physics and differential equations(academic.oup.com)
23 points by gradus_ad 1d ago|21 comments
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Physicists can't agree on how the Universe works(sciencedaily.com)
7 points by gradus_ad 3d ago|2 comments
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Scientists find Semaglutide may slow aging itself(sciencedaily.com)
4 points by gradus_ad 4d ago|0 comments
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by gradus_ad 5d ago
If people want to collaborate, they will. If collaboration makes people more effective, they will want to collaborate. The novelty of any new technology is exciting and disrupting to existing habits but as the years pass we will reflect on
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Derveni Papyrus(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by gradus_ad 5d ago|0 comments
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by gradus_ad 8d ago
>"While it may be technically infeasible to completely prohibit the use of automated tools to perform indiscriminate solution extraction, I believe that we can still designate many classes of problems as being desirous of a careful
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by gradus_ad 9d ago
To be fair NYC has taken the opposite approach and rents are extremely high there as well
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by gradus_ad 10d ago
The sad reality of AI labs needing to one up each other ahead of IPO's and escaping a sandbox being the new capability frontier.
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Ask HN: Model sycophancy benchmarks?
5 points by gradus_ad 10d ago|2 comments
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by gradus_ad 10d ago
We have complete access to every "neuron" and "synapse" (crude analogies...) of these models, so in theory we don't need to be so reliant on CoT traces right? I say this not to minimize the difficulty of interpretin
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80k-year-old "arrowheads" rewrite human history(sciencedaily.com)
4 points by gradus_ad 11d ago|0 comments
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by gradus_ad 13d ago
I think it's working as intended. The year is simply a randomly chosen year not related to the density of births in that year. It would be a boring tool if it actually chose "random year based on random birth" because almost
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by gradus_ad 14d ago
If we look at the demand side: 1. Conversational AI - this is ubiquitous now, but not sure it's increasing at any significant rate. At least my personal usage has leveled off. Also probably not a significant driver of per token demand
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Solar Overtakes Coal as China's Largest Power Source(oilprice.com)
10 points by gradus_ad 14d ago|0 comments
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by gradus_ad 16d ago
4chan is still thriving
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Ask HN: Is Gemini Having Issues?
1 points by gradus_ad 19d ago|0 comments
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by gradus_ad 25d ago
So you're saying dark skinned people reside in the south and lighter skinned people predominate in the north?
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by gradus_ad 29d ago
When everyone is the same (genetics, background, culture, etc) there is very little structural inequality in a competitive market. In an empire like the US, so many groups exist in a hierarchy that government support is required. In such an
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by gradus_ad 1mo ago
Eh, government should not be in the business of maintaining digital infrastructure, regardless of how capable it might be. As much of it as possible should be contracted out to 3rd parties.
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Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons(sciencedaily.com)
24 points by gradus_ad 1mo ago|0 comments
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by gradus_ad 1mo ago
I've been talking with AI during my morning commute (car) recently, instead of listening to something. It's a great partner to bounce ideas off of. I don't have any friends that can or are willing to engage with ideas to the
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by gradus_ad 1mo ago
For everyone struggling with hair loss but concerned about side effects of Fin. Look into topical fin. It produces higher concentrations of the medication in the scalp and lower systemic concentration. Not perfect, but better.
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First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists(cen.acs.org)
31 points by gradus_ad 1mo ago|81 comments
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Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by gradus_ad 1mo ago|0 comments
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by gradus_ad 1mo ago
Precise specs must always be given, they cannot be reasoned into existence, because they are shaped by external considerations. No matter how intelligent the executor is, without knowledge of the relevant external context, specs will always
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by gradus_ad 1mo ago
That saying goes back long before WSB
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by gradus_ad 2mo ago
Is the fundamental challenge for AI directed movement in 3D space the continuity of the environment? Vs LLM's which train on discrete and limited token sets.
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by gradus_ad 2mo ago
I have a toy hypothesis that once civilization level intelligent life emerges it never disappears barring the planet it inhabits being vaporized by some unfortunately directed GRB or some similar catastrophe. Our knowledge is becoming holog
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Long-Term Finasteride and Dutasteride Use: It's Time to Sound the Alarm(pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
9 points by gradus_ad 4mo ago|0 comments
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The Patchwright – AI Assisted Short Film(youtube.com)
1 points by gradus_ad 5mo ago|0 comments

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