picafrost

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by picafrost 6d ago
Academic research is a marvel because (aside from patents) nobody owns it, in the sense of property. It is given away to be used freely. Researchers want their work used and cited. The primary external reward for publishing is reputation an
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by picafrost 9d ago
Only OpenAI could turn solving a Millennium Prize Problem into bad PR. Sad that such an amazing milestone in the trajectory of AI is mired under poor stewardship. AI may solve many human problems but it won't stop humans from being hum
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by picafrost 21d ago
> Maybe letting other countries rob us blind is worse. I find this argument interesting because the US economy is the largest in the entire world by a fairly wide margin. That the US is being robbed implies it's operating from a pos
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by picafrost 24d ago
The US consumer economy must grow. Regulating anything that has the potential to continue its growth is simply not a priority for the current US administration, and investors won't miss out on big tech exits as they grow more scarce.
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by picafrost 27d ago
Are there not disparities between running an application in the terminal and running a native GUI? I can only speak for macOS, but my experience with bespoke native GUI applications of my own or other developers (pre-built distributions in
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by picafrost 1mo ago
I find it a real shame that botany doesn't receive a larger share of the curriculum in school. Plants are ubiquitous (obviously), they've been here well before we have and will remain here well after we've gone extinct. Despi
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by picafrost 1mo ago
> we do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets. We’re much more interested in building innovative products and technologies that push the frontier. The veiled implication here is hilariously petty. This entire document is hilario
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by picafrost 2mo ago
In my view the best writing presents a portal to someone else's mind. LLMs do not have a mind. They can produce text and perhaps even 'weave a tapestry' of plot lines that make for an enthralling and well written story. Maybe
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by picafrost 2mo ago
Very neat! Love seeing immediately grok'able simulations like this that you can just browse to. There are a few neat black hole shaders[1][2] on Shadertoy as well. [1] https://www.shadertoy.com/view/tsBXW3 [2] ht
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by picafrost 2mo ago
One reason I switched to the cheapest notebooks and cheapest (reasonable) pens is a feeling that I was attempting to live a simulacrum of productivity bathed in nostalgia for an era I never lived in, and which probably never existed. There&
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by picafrost 2mo ago
> Hong Wang will become the third female mathematician in history to receive the Fields Medal Interestingly, if true, it will also be the first time an MIT PhD graduate has won the Fields Medal.
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by picafrost 4mo ago
As I understand it many of the very wealthy do not "own" properties directly but control LLCs that do. The chain of trust/LLC ownership can be complex. Also as I understand it, this legislation does not really answer that cal
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by picafrost 5mo ago
All wildlife populations are in a severe decline [1][2]. More should be done about this, but I guess as a species we will have to learn the hard way. A small way to help is to replace some or all of your lawn with native species. A lawn sho
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by picafrost 5mo ago
Life on this planet will be OK. Throughout geologic time countless species have gone extinct. The Anthropocene might be tragic for the natural world but not terminal. But: what are we trading it for? Higher living standards for more people
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by picafrost 5mo ago
> Anthropic has also been in ongoing discussions with US government officials about Claude Mythos Preview and its offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. [...] We are ready to work with local, state, and federal representatives to as
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by picafrost 5mo ago
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by picafrost 6mo ago
The air in Manhattan got better because people rejected resignation and demanded that we must do better. By "scars" you mean the permanent destruction of coral reefs, old-growth forests, and the species that depend on them? These
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by picafrost 6mo ago
This is all we've got. We need to do a better job of preserving it.
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by picafrost 6mo ago
Nature's finest achievement. A hyper-efficient "mind" built on a pyre of fossil fuels and rare minerals so it can help us burn the rest faster. Surely the Neanderthals stand envious that millions will be able to confide their
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by picafrost 6mo ago
I love watching magpies. I have seen them tease cats by "foraging" just out of sprint and leap distance. They quickly fly up to a tree when the cat moves, always keeping an eye on it, and resume when the cat resets, as other magpi
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by picafrost 6mo ago
Looking at the website of the organization [1] of the author, linked at the bottom of the submitted link, I get serious Time Cube [2] vibes. I'm both fascinated and worried about what the internet will look like in five years. [1] htt
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by picafrost 6mo ago
Of course. But LLMs may subtract the need for top talent to be working on them.
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by picafrost 6mo ago
So much of society's intellectual talent has been allocated toward software. Many of our smartest are working on ad-tech, surveillance, or squeezing as much attention out of our neighbors as possible. Maybe the current allocation of te
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by picafrost 6mo ago
I am increasingly feeling okay with the idea of being left out . The worst parts of working professionally in a software development team have been amplified by LLMs. Ridiculously large PRs, strong opinions doubled down due to being LLM-&q
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Mathematics Distillation Challenge – Equational Theories(terrytao.wordpress.com)
110 points by picafrost 6mo ago|5 comments
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by picafrost 6mo ago
I think this is good to highlight for non-Scandinavians. Scandinavian countries are extremely open and transparent in a way that might be shocking for Americans. For example, in Norway, I can check nearly anyone's brokerage account hol
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by picafrost 8mo ago
I find this narrative in some corners of American politics fascinating because of how completely it misunderstands US power. Hegemony isn't charity. It's expensive. What the US gains is an invitation to exert power all over the wo
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by picafrost 8mo ago
Totally bizarre to watch the US transform from the endearingly crazy and rich friend to the one who holds you at gunpoint and robs you.
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by picafrost 9mo ago
This will make much more sense when the US announces its move away from Arabic numerals (too diverse) back to Roman numerals.
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by picafrost 10mo ago
The US is a GDP ponzi scheme disguised as an economy. The silly prices exist to shuffle money between pharmaceutical companies, PBMs, insurers, pharmacies, hospitals, and who knows what other intermediaries. Everyone takes a cut and can put

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