markism

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by markism 10y ago
Why not use Backblaze B2? It's much cheaper than S3.
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by markism 10y ago
This might be as simple as the fact that you're spacing your learning out less. In college you learned things over a span of 15 weeks, giving you many opportunities for spaced repetition, which is one of the most effective methods to m
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by markism 11y ago
Interesting, so it's the ability to generalize attributes selectively? That sounds like it would make for the difference between the specialized deep learning we have and a more general intelligence. Could that be accomplished if NN pr
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by markism 11y ago
This is really tricky when major products succeed because of their addictive capacity. So long as we measure engagement, getting users addicted is the holy grail.
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by markism 11y ago
I like this. I keep an ebook on my phone, so in little gaps I can read a book instead of ending up on social media. This doesn't lend itself to many books, but I end up reading around one a week this way. I also keep Reddit and Faceboo
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by markism 11y ago
Mark here, thanks for the comments! I think my best bet on that front is to switch gears if I get stuck on a problem. So long as I'm able to make headway on some of the material at a given moment, then I should be able to keep pace. I
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Finishing a Year of College in 10 Weeks(medium.com)
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by markism 11y ago
Which may well be a consequence of lazy developers taking advantage of faster internet. I'd bet if internet speed were to stop increasing today it would be more likely to solve the bloat problem, since developers would eventually reali
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by markism 11y ago
Are you familiar with induced demand?[0] That would only encourage the problem to get worse. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand
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by markism 11y ago
If you discuss and regulate the privacy issues in times of peace it limits, or at least hinders, their ability to cause harm when they can take advantage of fear or rage.
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by markism 11y ago
You need to make sure the people in charge won't do that indefinitely . Even one particularly bad politician can cause some serious harm. If you limit their ability to monitor everyone, it limits their ability to round up dissenters.
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by markism 11y ago
Beginner here, how do you keep the database available to multiple instances without Dynamo?
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by markism 11y ago
Another variation I've heard is "Make it interesting."
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by markism 11y ago
Good lord this author has an agenda.
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by markism 11y ago
I've put my email in my profile, shoot me a message!
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by markism 11y ago
I've spent some time thinking about what education should look like and how technology fits into that, I'd love to chat and bounce some ideas around.