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by rocha 8mo ago
But isn't this inefficient since the agent has to "bootstrap" its knowledge of the new language every time it's context window is reset?
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by rocha 1y ago
The number of people at that compensation level is very very small, and they will probably go for a O1 type visa instead of a H1B.
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by rocha 1y ago
Yes, but you will get an error since string and templates are different types and have different interfaces.
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AI's Brain Drain(technicallyoptimistic.substack.com)
2 points by rocha 2y ago|1 comments
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by rocha 3y ago
Great resource! Thanks for bringing it up.
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by rocha 4y ago
For some of the card games I am familiar with (Netrunner, MTG) there are resources online (wikis, dbs, deck builders) that have all the graphic assets. Alternatively, you can scan or photograph each card in your deck, but that may be time c
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by rocha 4y ago
I think it is very doable for card games with thousands of different cards like MTG. I remember there was an old school SIFT/SURF image retrieval system that was able to deal with tens of thousands of album covers super fast. That was
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by rocha 4y ago
Another option is an image recognition system trained on already existing cards. No need for special ink or qr code, just a camera as the reader.
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by rocha 5y ago
The walk really slowly. The can "run", but only for a very limited amount of time before their servos overheat and the dog has to take a nap.
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by rocha 5y ago
Here are the arguments that the WHO used in 2015 to change the practices for naming new infectious diseases: https://www.who.int/news/item/08-05-2015-who-issues-best-pra...
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by rocha 6y ago
This is a nice thread on the subject: https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1310613702476017666?...
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by rocha 6y ago
Nassim Taleb wrote a whole book (Skin in the Game) under a similar premise: “Never trust anyone who doesn’t have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them.”
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by rocha 6y ago
I find https://adguard.com/ very handy for those cases.
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by rocha 6y ago
One thousand in a million is the same as one in a thousand.
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by rocha 6y ago
I agree completely. It is very easy to dismiss the problem if you are young and you only look at your individual risk. But if you look at society as a whole, the problem is significantly more complicated.
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by rocha 6y ago
You said there was no data available, and I provided a reference. The data you cite has a large age group as well (0-69), which has the same problem you describe. See the comment by user kmm below for a reference with a better breakdown of
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by rocha 6y ago
You are correct. Thanks for pointing it out. Your reference is very good. It is still a pre-print, but the breakdown is very informative. It estimates the IFR (Table 4) for ages between 0-34 as 0.01% (1 in 10,000), increasing exponentially
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by rocha 6y ago
> Also congratulations for not caring about a 1 in 200 chance of death. >> Where's the data to back up any close to an assertion like this? Latest IFR estimates are between 0.5% and 1.0% (1 in 200 to 1 in 100). https:/&#
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by rocha 6y ago
Take a look at how mRNA vaccines work, and how they came to be. It is still mind-blowing to me.
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by rocha 6y ago
Right, good point. It is a quality of uniqueness for searchability and marketability. On top of my head I can only think of a couple of counterexamples: Windows and Messenger, but your point is still very valid. I guess in practice, for sea
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by rocha 6y ago
I was trying to address the point of the parent comment, that using common words is detrimental to searchability. I think that is true, but as shown by the examples I gave, it is not catastrophic and can be worked around. Processing: https
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by rocha 6y ago
It is not great, but it is also not a disaster. See Go, React, Rust, Processing, Atom, Windows, etc...
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by rocha 6y ago
I find useful to transform percentages to population scales. In your case, 99.4% recovery rate equals a 0.6% fatality rate. That translates to 1 fatality for every 166 people infected. Think about your social circle, how big is it? How many
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by rocha 6y ago
So about 1 person for every 400 infected. It also implies we are about 1/8 of the way from the maximum number of posible fatalities in the US.
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by rocha 6y ago
Have you tried the Simplify GMail browser extension? It made the transition from Inbox to GMail less painful to me. https://simpl.fyi/
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by rocha 6y ago
Sure: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/27/1000569/how-long...
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by rocha 6y ago
One factor people often forget in the fatality equation is the attack rate, or how many people can be potentially be infected. For the flu, it is around 10% to 15% yearly. For C19, it could be >80% given that there is no natural immunity
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by rocha 6y ago
Got it. Thanks. I think it may be because the IFR is less reliable, since for most diseases it requires a gross estimation the real number of infected persons. It is probably more popular these days because people are putting a lot of effor
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by rocha 6y ago
Thanks. I have seen serious estimates of 0.1% CFR for the 1957 and 1964 flu pandemics, but only notes saying that the seasonal flu CFR is <0.1%. Do you have a source for the 0.04% IFR?
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by rocha 6y ago
Note that the immunity is not permanent. The average immunity to the endemic coronaviruses that cause the common cold lasts about a year.

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