lohankin

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by lohankin 9y ago
Perfect pitch is very common, can be developed by training. My daughter said once she was the only one in their class who didn't have perfect pitch (she was on music program at university). Musicians don't agree whether perfect pi
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by lohankin 9y ago
Modifying something for future benefits is exactly what sentient beings are doing. Yeah, bacteria are small. But small is not the same as dumb.
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by lohankin 9y ago
Can you cite any experiment that can distinguish volitional choice from non-volitional choice (whatever that means)? In the absence of such experiment, both options are purely speculative (by definition). BTW, is your statement above a resu
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by lohankin 9y ago
Following generic ideas as to how to improve your life is what makes people depressed in the first place. You MUST do this, you MUST do that, become rich, retire early, make the world a better place, do something for humanity, healthy diet,
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by lohankin 9y ago
Those cases were probably quite common. From wikipedia article about Glenn Gould, the great Canadian pianist: "The family's surname was changed to Gould informally around 1939 in order to avoid being mistaken for Jewish, given the
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by lohankin 9y ago
If not for this quota, you would have much greater number of "known physicists and mathematicians from USSR with Jewish names" LOL In some places (Moscow University math dep-t) the target was about 2%, but I heard some technical s
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by lohankin 9y ago
The target acceptance rate was rumored to be 2% - which roughly corresponded to the percentage of Jewish population in USSR. I was one of those Jewish applicants in 1973 :) Exam was conducted in a separate room. When in doubt, the criteria
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by lohankin 9y ago
Forgot to mention most important tidbit I learned. Normally, you need to have your first colonoscopy at the age of 50. Mo matter if you have symptoms or not. But for certain ethnic groups, the probability is much higher. Your doctor may, or
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by lohankin 9y ago
Had same thing at age 44. Stage 2.5, was given 60% chance. Had chemo and radiation. There's something I can share with you if you write to tatumizer at gmail dot com. I really hope I can help. I'm 60 now, still working as a progra
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by lohankin 9y ago
while in the "Zone", you lose the ability to reflect on the things you are writing - long trip often results in complete bullshit. Which you can discover only upon waking up. Then you get stunned and paralyzed. Sometimes it's
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by lohankin 9y ago
Let's consider a different problem. There are 100 non-negative numbers summing up to 10000. Let's choose a random combination of numbers satisfying this condition. Intuitively, it's quite clear that typical case will be very
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by lohankin 9y ago
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/615017-symmetry-is-only-a-pr...
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by lohankin 9y ago
I would love to use it, but no preset is good for just playing with MIDI keyboard. Notes sound ad infinitum. Any advice on how to calibrate it to sound like electric piano? Maybe add presets for playing? (Even if I manage to find a good com
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by lohankin 10y ago
> In a classical word, you must simulate only one path. In a quantum word, you must simulate both. You don´t need some magical conscious observer to force the collapse of the wave function. A CCD detector of a camera or a simple wall is
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by lohankin 10y ago
This simple criteria above perfectly explains how mainstream media came up with 90% probability of Clinton's win. Otherwise please provide your own explanation.
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by lohankin 10y ago
Does posting fake results of fake polls constitute a fake news? If yes, what kind of AI is needed to distinguish it from the real one?
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by lohankin 10y ago
Term "understanding" will be banned by then, replaced with "backpropagation". And if you fail to backpropagate whatever you are told, you will be pronounced a fascist on the spot.
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by lohankin 10y ago
True, but this new variation is fundamentally different exactly because now it's not just an abstract process of unknown nature, but a "computation". It will be interesting to see how the idea will be reconciled with "sc
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by lohankin 10y ago
My bet they will. As soon as VR gadgets become more realistic, people will start asking more philosophical questions. Let's talk about it in 10 years :)
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by lohankin 10y ago
Can it be that in 10 years, everybody will believe that we live in simulated reality, and these galaxies are created on demand when we stare into particular region of space? Elon Musk says he thinks so: http://motherboard.vice.co
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by lohankin 10y ago
As a former citizen of USSR: NYT is an absolute equivalent of "Pravda". Instrument of propaganda. Of interest only for historians/PR professionals.
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by lohankin 10y ago
She was used by greedy VCs. She's a victim. Take pity folks. (No sarcasm)
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Tech billionaires convinced we live in the Matrix(independent.co.uk)
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by lohankin 10y ago
Fragile web of mocks. You will find yourself spending 90% of time fixing this web.
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by lohankin 10y ago
Would be good to know what "up to" means in "up to 1000 times faster". By any chance, isn't it the same "up to" as in "you can win up to 100 million dollars in a lottery"?
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by lohankin 10y ago
D-Wave's comp is useless for that.
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by lohankin 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laputa
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by lohankin 10y ago
Consider hypothetical situation: suddenly "Brave" browser (referred to below) becomes popular. Will you renew your personal vendetta against Brendan Eich? Because the reasons you cited still apply.
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by lohankin 10y ago
Junk DNA is not junk at all. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-treasures-i... (there are many other recent publications, please google it)
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by lohankin 10y ago
No point to refer to "industry experts". Either data shows speedup, or it doesn't. Things will become clear after they release the next version [0]. If there's x1000 speedup, as claimed, it's a real deal, no matter

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