timeforcomputer

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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
I would not like to think of "techno-" pessimism, just pessimism (we are past the point of making a sci-fi distinction between reality and computer-using reality, I think, especially since people walk around using a computer). I p
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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
I am studying physics now (with a CS and math background) and I feel obligated to get up to date on AI and to develop a good working philosophy of how it can be meaningfully used in scientific work. Not that all "apply machine learning
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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
Not sure if relevant as it is not just one institute but the Simons Foundation ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simons_Foundation ) seems along this line.
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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
TikTok is another everything platform. If I used it, I imagine I could take any stream of thought and somehow warp it into a reason to use TikTok. It is very easy to pretend that the platform doesn't matter and it is just a carrier to
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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
For some reason, here I actually read the articles. On sites like reddit it seems like a lot of the content for discussion is already in the title, and that is the launching pad for discussion in the comments. Maybe just a psychological tri
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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
This is not advanced, but Rodrigues' rotation formula ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues%27_rotation_formula ) which is used to act on vectors given an axis-angle vector representation of the rotation. This c
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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
I feel like something bad is happening and I am unsure how much of this is me being negative. I "quit" the internet in late 2018 due to severe addiction and years-long disengagement in my hobbies (reading, programming, thinking,
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by timeforcomputer 3y ago
Yes, I do not follow that argument comparing modern tech to past changes. It feels like people are assuming a weird technological inevitability. The printing press was amazing, it had a huge effect on society, of course, leading down the li