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antiquark··on 78% MNIST accuracy using GZIP in under 10 lines of code
Take a look at the EMNIST - Extended MNIST dataset. It has both digits and letters of the alphabet.
antiquark··on Painting wind turbine blades black help birds avoid deadly collisions (2020)
Yeah it's a possibility. The black blade might expand more in the heat, so might become (for example) 10 mm longer than the white blades, which could cause a vibration problem due to being out of balance.

Currently, all the blades are the same color, so should expand and contract equally in the sunlight.

antiquark··on Adults Only: European Airline Introduces Child-Free Areas on Long-Haul Flights
Now that they're allowed to discriminate on immutable characteristics, what's next?
antiquark··on [dead]
I am not a native French (?) speaker, so am I allowed to use YouTube translate to understand what was being said?
antiquark··on [dead]
Here is the entire interview. It's in French, so....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJcey1PPiIM

antiquark··on Buy an enamel mug next time you visit China
I like that new word, "nolgastic." It's like a mix of nostalgic and ghastly.
antiquark··on C’s Biggest Mistake (2009)
A language from 1989 made a mistake? SAY IT AIN'T SO!
antiquark··on How long can NATO abstain from using killer robots?
Well they already use cruise missiles, so....
antiquark··on Supreme Court Opinion on Compelled Speech and Protected Class [pdf]
So you think a Muslim baker could be forced to make a cake with the text "Allah is a False God"?
antiquark··on Supreme Court Opinion on Compelled Speech and Protected Class [pdf]
Makes sense. Imagine if a Muslim baker was forced to make a cake with the text "Allah is a False God."

Good choice by the Supreme Court!

antiquark··on The hidden cost of gasoline
Now do the hidden cost of renewables....
antiquark··on From word models to world models
> What concepts exactly can’t be verbalized?

I would like to explain, but I can't quite put it into words...

:)

antiquark··on From word models to world models
I doubt that word models can lead to world models. To quote Yann LeCun:

"The vast majority of our knowledge, skills, and thoughts are not verbalizable. That's one reason machines will never acquire common sense solely by reading text."

https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1368235803147649028

antiquark··on New record anomaly for North Atlantic sea surface temperatures
Related:

"50 million tons of water vapor from Tonga's eruption could warm Earth for years. (2022)"

https://www.space.com/tonga-eruption-water-vapor-warm-earth

antiquark··on Gas stoves pollute homes with benzene, which is linked to cancer
Where is the cancer study that compares people who grew up with electric stoves vs gas stoves?
antiquark··on A neural machine code and programming framework for the reservoir computer
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_computing
antiquark··on Are Gas Stoves Causing Asthma?
Where is the asthma study that compares people who grew up with electric stoves vs gas stoves?
antiquark··on Admiral Rickover's 'Paper Reactor' Memo (1953)
Companies are still trying to build "affordable" nuclear reactors. E.g.: https://www.rolls-royce.com/innovation/small-modular-reactor...
antiquark··on France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions
Meanwhile, China is building coal plants like there's no tomorrow... https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building-...
antiquark··on Study finds female astronauts more efficient
The article is referring to metabolic efficiency:

female astronauts have lower water requirements for hydration, total energy expenditure, oxygen (O2) consumption, carbon dioxide (CO2) and metabolic heat production during space exploration missions compared to their male counterparts.

antiquark··on Is infinity an odd or even number? (2011)
Infinity is a direction.
antiquark··on A silent crisis in men’s health gets worse
> men doing this to themselves

So the patriarchy is anti-male?

antiquark··on A silent crisis in men’s health gets worse
> Men are advantaged in every aspect of our society

This calls for an obligatory Jordan Peterson video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mgDvTew6TXU

antiquark··on Hexagony: A two-dimensional, hexagonal programming language
Reminiscent of Befunge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befunge
antiquark··on I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days
I solved this problem on my Dad's car by installing a mechanical knife-switch on the battery terminal. Anytime it's going to be parked for more than a few days, I pop the hood and disconnect the battery.
antiquark··on Substack Responds to ‘Abrupt’ Twitter Sharing Restrictions
Musk's comment on the matter:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1644638493883211779

1. Substack links were never blocked. Matt’s statement is false.

2. Substack was trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone, so their IP address is obviously untrusted.

3. Turns out Matt is/was an employee of Substack.

antiquark··on Catch-23: The New C Standard Sets the World on Fire
C reached its zenith in C90, and saw a few good ideas in C99. Everything since has been wankery from people who either are bored, or have a severe case of C++-envy.
antiquark··on Do large language models need sensory grounding for meaning and understanding?
Old tweet from LeCun: "The vast majority of human knowledge, skills, and thoughts are not verbalizable."

https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1368239479463366656

antiquark··on The secret joke at the heart of the Harvard affirmative-action case
DEI points will replace SAT scores. (DEI = Diversity, Equity, Inclusion).
antiquark··on ChatGPT Will Replace Programmers Within 10 Years
To quote the great Donald Knuth when asked about AI-generated code: "but how do you know if it's correct?"
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