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gran_colombia··on Graph-based AI model maps the future of innovation
> The resulting material integrates an innovative set of concepts that include a balance of chaos and order, adjustable porosity, mechanical strength, and complex patterned chemical functionalization. We uncover other isomorphisms across science, technology and art, revealing a nuanced ontology of immanence that reveal a context-dependent heterarchical interplay of constituents.

The article itself seems generated.

gran_colombia··on Graph-based AI model maps the future of innovation
> One comparison revealed detailed structural parallels between biological materials and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, highlighting shared patterns of complexity through isomorphic mapping.

This is not serious.

gran_colombia··on The Last Avant-Garde
This is impossibly pedantic.

Lots of claims that artists are confined to their media. This assertion is false. Artists mix in new technology, innovate all the time.

A lot of emphasis is put on the history of ideas, establishing a pedigree for the situationists, as if that pedigree lent credibility. This is juvenile.

gran_colombia··on OpenAI's chaos does not add up
CEOs don't need an offense to be fired. They are entirely at will. The board can fire a CEO because it feels like it. The offense could be as muddy as 'we broadly dislike the current direction'.
gran_colombia··on OpenAI's chaos does not add up
CEOs don't need an offense to be fired. They are entirely at will. The board can fire a CEO because it feels like it. The offense could be as muddy as 'we broadly dislike the current direction'.
gran_colombia··on Girls in Yoga Pants Explain the Higher Education Apocalypse
It's a joke.
gran_colombia··on Embodiment is indispensable for AGI
This is something I always thought. AGI must learn what simple ideas such as 'a thing' are, how to find a path (look at how arboreal species navigate) and how that relates to movement, etc. Our physical interactions with the world, as much as our senses, inform everything we do about the world.

I do not understand why we would want AGI though. Seems like we already have humans for that.

gran_colombia··on ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia from the internet [pdf]
The other test is also, "How does this action help prevent Putin's next invasion?" Actions should not only be about applying pressure now, it's about destroying a literally imperialist government's ability to win its wars. So anything which undermines any aspect of the Russian economy is fair game. If we can keep them from training people, good. If we can keep them from raising taxes, good. If we can keep them from feeding their troops, good. If we can usher in strikes over unpaid wages, good. If East European stores stop importing Russian goods, good.
gran_colombia··on ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia from the internet [pdf]
Russia does not invade in reaction to NATO expansion. NATO expands in reaction to Russian invasions. Notice how NATO does not expand militarily. Not once. Notice how Russia expands militarily, every time.
gran_colombia··on General relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars
Einstein did not really have a vendetta against Quantum physics. He won a Nobel for having established the basic theory of the photoelectric effect. I know what you mean, but it's not like he thought the idea was ridiculous, he came up with it in his youth.
gran_colombia··on Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
Ramses is still better known than Shelley, some 5k years later. Ozymandias won.
gran_colombia··on Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results
Google is not in that business. The Daily Mail does not allege that Google is preventing it from being accessed. Censorship is not part of this conversation.
gran_colombia··on Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results
This is not true in Texas and other red states. The Attorney General of Texas files political cases that have no basis in law or fact. He filed the election lawsuit which was soundly rejected by SCOTUS, for instance.
gran_colombia··on Modern CI is too complex and misdirected
The complaint is invalid. CI pipelines are build systems.
gran_colombia··on Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account
Banning right wing conspiracy theories would not have been a political issue 5 years ago. There is nothing intrinsically leftist about this. It turns out that one political party and its propaganda outlets favour disinformation designed (by foreign adversaries) to provoke political violence. This party only has itself to blame.

Anything becomes political as soon as a politician talks about it. So things being 'political' do not transform them into sacred cows.

gran_colombia··on Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
The only reason Mitch Connell withheld the nomination was to prevent a vote he would lose. Kentucky's representative prevented a vote where California's representatives would have had a say. Kentucky decided that California did not need to be consulted on this matter. This sort of behavior is hostile to representative government.
gran_colombia··on Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
McConnell prevented senators from voting on a candidate they would have approved. This is hijacking representatives' voice because you're afraid to hear it.
gran_colombia··on Patent on displaying SQL data in HTML, granted to IBM in 1998
Ever wonder why the US dominates in the number of patents? This is why.
gran_colombia··on IBM sues Airbnb for patent royalties
It seems like patent laws are a barrier to grow your business up to a certain size in the US. Would it be more sensible to incorporate in a jurisdiction - say, Canada - which does not allow such broad patents?
gran_colombia··on U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
Canada will go $$$!
gran_colombia··on Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country
You talk about the MSM as if it was a thing, and not a term of propaganda. It may explain the confusion.
gran_colombia··on We Asked People Around the World How They Feel About AI. Here’s What We Learned
AI does not exist. There is no 'intelligence' in ML model.
gran_colombia··on We Asked People Around the World How They Feel About AI. Here’s What We Learned
If you work primarily on synthetic data as a data scientist, you deserve to get fired. The link is pretty cool though.
gran_colombia··on I Quit Social Media for a Year
I hate people. Getting rid of social media was amazing. No more people!
gran_colombia··on The Central Limit Theorem and Sampling
It is easy to find this material. This link adds nothing to the vast amount of tutorials in probability.
gran_colombia··on Facebook Loses Top Executives, Including Chris Cox
The chat and image service both have many alternatives. Many people do not use Facebook but still use these services.