GranularRecipe

The reason for deep learning is that shallow networks are very hard (or impossible) to train. In that sense, long time of training is evidence for shallow networks.

The right of the general public to read the unpublished novels might override the wish of a dead person. Maybe.

I don't think that "lifetime of the universe" is well-defined. The universe would still exist after the heat death.

Good point. Sounds like the start of a fun conversation between data protection officers (DPO) and data protection agencies (DPA).

> "To make this very clear: user/visitor consent is only needed for data going to 3rd parties."

I think this statement is categorically false. Art. 6 GDPR (https://gdpr-info.eu/art-6-gdpr/) lists exhausively the reasons for lawful processing of personal data which applies not only to cookies, but also IP addresses etc. The "cookie consent" addresses Art. 6 Point 1(a). Whether third-parties (data processors) are involved is irrelevant, e.g. if I need to transfer personal data to my accountant, it falls under b, c (or d).

> “We’re on our knees looking at cave walls and seeing the projections, and we’re not having the chance to look behind us.”

And well-versed in classical philosophy.

If I visit the website, Firefox warns of potential security risk because the connection is not encrypted.

Open source is driven by many opioniated and idealistic people who also worry about the current geopolitical development. They might make their opinions known in a non-destructive manner.

You might not like it, fair enough, but expressing one's opinion in commit messages is neither childish nor an instrumentalisation by any government.

Nitpicking here: Wouldn't the terms pre/post-life or pre-birth and post-death be more consistent?

I think the dragon-tyrant here should be interpreted as a metaphor specifically for death through aging, and not death generally. Because death is not any single condition (representable through a token), but the vast set of states that vastly outnumber the set of "living states".

Solving the problem of aging wouldn't solve the problem death, curing all sickness wouldn't solve the problem of death, preventing all accidents wouldn't solve the problem of death.

Indeed, if we get philosophical (and transhumanist), we need to find a reasonable definition of death (and life), possibly detached from the necessity of continuous physical existence.

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A lot of the comments are whataboutism and strawman arguments (big corporations, fossil fuel, military). To de-emotionalise the discussion, it makes sense to separate the two aspects:

1. Is the argument from the linked article factually (and semantically) true? 2. If that is the case, what are the moral and political implications?

I think, zpeti's point is that human rights should be privileges (or liberties) and not claims in the Hohfeldian system (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights/#FormRighHohfAnalS...).

There is a conflation between "correlatives" (a privilege means that no-one else has a claim to prevent you from exercising the privilege, whereas if you have a claim, then someone has the duty to fulfill it) and enforcement which requires state intervention.

And punish bad behaviour, reduce miscommunication / improve coordination.

Solomon Hykes, author of Docker: If WASM+WASI existed in 2008, we wouldn't have needed to created Docker. That's how important it is. Webassembly on the server is the future of computing. A standardized system interface was the missing link. Let's hope WASI is up to the task! cf https://twitter.com/solomonstre/status/1111004913222324225?l...

The leap second is not for majority of people, but for scientists and astronomers so that they can use UTC. Cf. https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/leap-se...

Second is the SI base unit of time. Whether it makes sense is a different question, but it is not "arbitrary".

cf Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent_(film))

Cool idea!

Observation: Undo (twice) seems to break the game. After blue places color, green does not get the turn.

I wonder to what degree this is related to the prevalence of organized crime (Bitcoin being a 'currency' of the black market).

Anti-Zionists deny being anti-Semites, claiming they make a clear distinction between Israel as a political entity and Jewish people in general, and are only against the former.

Bobb conflated Israeli politics with Jewishness and thus making the latter responsible for the actions of the former.

The fact that Israel defines itself as a Jewish state does not mean that all Jews see themselves as Israelis or are pro-Israel.

It is like criticising Arabs for the actions of Saudi-Arabia, or any other Arab (or Muslim) country, which is unfortunately an recurring theme in the West and justifiably regarded as a form of racism (Islamophobia).

Concerning the euro monetary union, I would recommend Michael Pettis on the issue:

- https://carnegieendowment.org/chinafinancialmarkets/58983

- (Paywall) https://www.ft.com/content/b79f5074-4069-3662-bfc8-64e101054...

Due to the high mutation rates of tumor cells, it is unlikely the "same" DNA. And it definitely does not live forever if it wipes out populations. That degree of aggressiveness is not a good survival strategy.

I think "crony belief" is a negatively connotated misnomer. A better term would be "coordinated belief" which enables us to coordinate our actions in a very complex system. According to his logic, most of the scientific theories I hold to be true are "crony beliefs" in that -- in practical terms -- I can't/don't test them.