mf_tomb

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by mf_tomb 22d ago
"Baking in" a model into a chip is a bad idea because chips take 2 years to tape out and then you're stuck doing inference on llama 3 in 2026 when fable/sol are available. Every accelerator is a tradeoff between flexibil
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by mf_tomb 9mo ago
You're right, it's impossible to blind subjects. Researchers can be blinded by having one limb be the control and the other be the test. This design has become more popular recently and it's definitely a small improvement.
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by mf_tomb 9mo ago
This is par for the course with exercise science. It's mostly fake. No blinding, small sample sizes, researchers with agenda, low duration, low funding etc. The good news is that doing almost anything works.
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by mf_tomb 9mo ago
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/thumbnail/self-reported-t... Pretty clear trend: low-trust societies have low gdp and high-trust societies have high gdp, regardless of resource distribution. Africa/South A
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by mf_tomb 1y ago
This is just totally untrue, Epic is fine as a Dev. I have many friends who work there, none of them work more than 40 hours a week and they all make ~200k with 5 yoe. Great for Madison WI. Tech stack does suck, however.
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by mf_tomb 2y ago
Actually, it's already happening, without being widely used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_vocabulary#Idioms_an...
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by mf_tomb 2y ago
Those special cases are useful or the natural result of speakers coming from other languages. If esperanto were used widely for many years, it would also develop special cases over time. In 200 years, it would be as irregular as english, as
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by mf_tomb 4y ago
Can someone explain to me why they created yet another IR instead of building an MLIR dialect? Especially since they’re targeting MLIR byte code.
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The Best AI Text-to-Speech Tools in 2023(exclamaforte.github.io)
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by mf_tomb 4y ago
Marketing does influence behavior. However, reward loops don't need marketing, just like heroin doesn't need marketing. I've sank 100s of hours into idle games that look like a spreadsheet and have 0 marketing budget.
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by mf_tomb 4y ago
In 2022, it would be stupid to make a game that doesn't have some sort of battle pass and dopamine-drip progression system. Way fewer people would play your game and gamers would complain without them. People genuinely enjoy these syst
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by mf_tomb 4y ago
It's conspiratorial to assume that advertising and marketing is responsible for the status quo, rather than it being reflective of the genuine preferences of consumers to have new toys. Consumer preference has rewarded lowest-common-de
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by mf_tomb 5y ago
Sugar is bad, but it's only one part of the picture: "Evidence-informed dietary priorities include increased fruits, nonstarchy vegetables, nuts, legumes, fish, vegetable oils, yogurt, and minimally processed whole grains; and few
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by mf_tomb 5y ago
Thanks friend! For both lifts, I work up to a top single around RPE 8 (difficult, but with no grinding or form breakdown), and then use that number to determine my 1 rep max for that particular day. Then I do volume based on the Prilepin ch
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by mf_tomb 5y ago
475lbs Deadlift and 185lbs Press Convert what I'm learning into content so that others may benefit.
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by mf_tomb 5y ago
The referenced Huberman podcast is pretty thorough (from my lay-perspective) and covers most of the nuance that you mention.
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by mf_tomb 6y ago
Most unions try to act in solidarity with labor in general, through organizations like the IWW and the AFL-CIO. Police unions aren't labor unions, as the role of police in society is to enforce the current capital distribution. This is
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by mf_tomb 6y ago
What could possibly be more self-centered than forcing someone to exist without their consent as a retirement plan?
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by mf_tomb 6y ago
Potential children don't exist. They cannot be harmed by not existing. They can, however, be harmed by being brought into existence. This is true even if life is "worth living" or "generally good" or "mostly pl
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by mf_tomb 11y ago
There are still plenty of open questions. No one has just "figured out" confirmation and dealing with evidence. In fact, the way a lot science is done is incorrect and journals could learn a lot from Bayesian Epistemologists.
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by mf_tomb 11y ago
In order to make any progress, you have to understand the ideas that come before you, lest you make the same mistakes. It's the same in STEM. That being said, the idea that there's no new philosophy is ludicrous. I recommend David