lunula

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by lunula 10y ago
This. You can also get near 98% accuracy with vw and one quadratic interaction over the pixel space. It takes seconds. But that last .8%, forget about ever getting there with infinite training time.
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by lunula 10y ago
Maybe the assertion that the WaPo is lying is a little bit extreme for some readers. But they do seem to be overstating the case based on the available sources.
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by lunula 10y ago
> Excited for the unknown and the prospect that he might shake up the establishment. A lot of people say he isn't part of the establishment. The idea that someone who is rich and embedded in the media for the entire professional lif
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by lunula 10y ago
> I don't live in the US (anymore), so it doesn't really affect me. Nor do I, but this person is the standard bearer for the stable world order that has helped lift many of us out of poverty, and has promised to continue doing
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by lunula 10y ago
This long perspective is hard to ignore. It feels like we are walking the same historical path now. Let's hope things move slowly enough with respect to security that the trading networks stay intact.
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by lunula 10y ago
The left has almost no political power. It is also the popular majority. There are more registered democrats in the us than republicans. Clinton is likely to win the popular vote. The system is physically designed, by districting and the el
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by lunula 10y ago
In this case the popular result is very likely the opposite of what you assert. That is, Clinton will probably win the popular vote and lose the presidency. So popular sentiment is actually in support of an open, connected world. The politi
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by lunula 10y ago
Is it really sustainable? I guess at this point that's as much a question about the future of world culture as anything. Are we going to continue feeding their machine?
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by lunula 10y ago
But that message has translated to precisely zero actual change in habit.
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by lunula 10y ago
Except there is no evidente that anyone would care. They are sharing huge amounts of data on individuals with third parties. People continue to use and pay for the service.
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by lunula 10y ago
I find it refreshing that they are unsupportive of the Facebook paywall.
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by lunula 10y ago
To make clinical tests it is necessary to focus on single genes or loci. Whole genome is not controlled enough to meet clinical standards.
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by lunula 10y ago
It is pretty hard to ignore the fact that they are elected and meant to serve as representatives of the people. SV billionaires: not so much.
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by lunula 10y ago
Funding open source scientific software is a huge part of what the NIH does! Unfortunately there isn't a requirement that the code developed under grants is released as open source, but there is a lot of movement to make it so. Further
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by lunula 10y ago
> Chan Zuckerberg is specifically aimed at improving equality. Do you really believe this? They are doing so using a private company. The Gates foundation, for all their hubris, are at least a foundation and a nonprofit. I hope the pitch
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by lunula 10y ago
Which ironically means that such people are not uniquely prepared to guide our future. Maybe we could pick selfless but intelligent people as our leaders. Any benefit that this "experience" gives to Mr. Musk is overwhelmed by his
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by lunula 10y ago
I was lucky and avoided running myself into that kind of issue in high school. But I did get stuck with recurrent problems with my lower legs, and I did run through pain. I was heel striking, which was encouraged by equipment (thick padded
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by lunula 10y ago
To pick an example, baristas do make a difference in the world. They help in many small ways to build communities. The wave of services that the author rails against do exactly the opposite. They replace people you could have called and tal
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by lunula 10y ago
They also seem to be unable to imagine turning off FB. Which would be the first thing I would do and ask my friends and family to do if I were really concerned with their control of the media. They are seen as default, as if they are the en
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by lunula 10y ago
You can use other messaging services. But the one you use may get bought up. They are fickle. Why isn't there a popular p2p solution to messaging (other than email)?
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by lunula 10y ago
Maybe they consider it works differently than advertised. The end-to-end encryption cannot be reviewed because the source is closed.
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by lunula 10y ago
Does enslaving them in a pseudosocial mindcage constitute enfranchisement?
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by lunula 10y ago
I also know only as much as you, and it seems hilariously weak. Shouldn't it be possible to make a smart contract that dispenses it in accordance to the whims of ETH stakeholders? I guess the trustees will need to decide...
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by lunula 10y ago
I do not know what you are referring to, but I point out that fiat means "by decree". So US fiat only exists through legislation. When is legislation not ad hoc?
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by lunula 10y ago
It seems perfectly unambiguous to me. However, ambiguousness may have been an intended affect of the statement.
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by lunula 10y ago
You did, but if others did they promptly forgot their lessons. These things need to be repeated many times for people to appreciate them. This is an opportunity to do so, and the author apparently found it unimportant.
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by lunula 10y ago
I'm not sure if a total hegemony is preferable, even if it were incredibly efficient at doing what it was meant to do. Government is one of the few human factors capable of resisting a multinational corporation. I am somewhat sympathet
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by lunula 10y ago
What do you think can be done about this attitude?
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by lunula 10y ago
I haven't noticed but I wonder if the complexity of making the infinite results pop into the page as you scroll is causing the difference. For me this feature alone is worth a mild slowdown in responsiveness. On Google you gave to clic
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by lunula 10y ago
I've seen it over the years and every time it seems to have grown twice as long.

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