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markeroon

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Machine learning and computer vision.

https://www.twitter.com/markeroon

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markeroon··on Release Nvim 0.12.5
Started using recently after decades of using vim because :DiffviewOpen is so good. The only diff tool I enjoy using almost as much as gerrit.
markeroon··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
Do you have more info about this? Never heard it before
markeroon··on Linux from Scratch
I learned so much installing and using Gentoo about 20 years ago
markeroon··on I rebooted my social life
That's strange, I know a bunch of guys in my hometown who hang out at the Elks who aren't religious. Most of them are probably confirmed or at least baptized though.
markeroon··on Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study
Enough with the pedantry please:

"Driving under the influence of cannabis was associated with a significantly increased risk of motor vehicle collisions compared with unimpaired driving (odds ratio 1.92 (95% confidence interval 1.35 to 2.73); P=0.0003); we noted heterogeneity among the individual study effects (I2=81)".

From https://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e536

markeroon··on Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study
If we're doing anecdotes I'm sure there are lots of drunk drivers with spotless records.

I understand that you're taking issue with the idea of always being impaired, but the article indicates that there's a pretty clear association between having ingested THC and being in a car crash.

markeroon··on Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use
I think that this is an opinion. For instance, one might think online gambling should be illegal, regardless of whether it causes addictive behavior or exacerbates some genetic predisposition to it.
markeroon··on Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use
Is it important to stress that though? This feels like a personal responsibility argument while also acknowledging that it disproportionately affects people who don't have a ton of control over their response to it.
markeroon··on Misophonia Might Be a Brain Regulation Disorder
I noticed that you posted the story, are you one of the authors of the paper? It mentions a number of potential treatments including mindfulness, CBT and metacognition -- do you think one of these is potentially more effective than the others?
markeroon··on The lottery ticket hypothesis: why neural networks work
Look into pruning
markeroon··on America’s incarceration rate is in decline
Most provinces in Canada have $10/day childcare
markeroon··on How to build Intrinsic Motivation: a review of the science
Was this book any good?
markeroon··on The Friendship Recession: The lost art of connecting
Great reference https://x.com/dril/status/384408932061417472?lang=en
markeroon··on New Zealand 15-year-old becomes youngest person to run a four-minute mile
Jim Ryun ran 3:59 as a high schooler in 1964 (and then 3:55 in 1965). Alan Webb ran 3:53 in high school in 2001.
markeroon··on Heat accelerates aging, a new study finds
I’m curious how this aligns with the thinking on sauna and short-term heat exposure being healthy?
markeroon··on Tesla gets more than 20% of parts from Mexico, it will be affected by tariffs
Ever hear of Afghanistan or, I don’t know, World War Two? Do you know what the word ally means?
markeroon··on Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands RTO despite remote work pledge
I edited my link to better capture how much twitter is bleeding in terms of valuation, but you had replied in the interim. My bad!

Fair point re: selling the debt.

markeroon··on Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands RTO despite remote work pledge
“The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is worth almost 80% less than two years ago when Elon Musk bought it, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/elon-musk-twitter-x-...

markeroon··on Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports
Is that true of something like NPD also?
markeroon··on Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline
The recommendation engine is at least partially learned so it’s fairly likely that it’s the latter
markeroon··on Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM
This is a good summary that captures the discourse in Canada presently, very different from what people seem to be focusing on here on HN.

One caveat: as far as I know, taxation in Canada is pretty similar to New York or California.

markeroon··on The trap of "I am not an extrovert"
> Extroverts don't understand this concept of limited capacity for socialization.

Othering >50% of your audience isn’t the best way to make a point, and plenty of extroverts understand this concept perfectly well (myself as an example).

markeroon··on A Raycaster in Bash
Only 300 lines of code, impressive! I love this.
markeroon··on Silver amulet is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps
This blew my mind when I first learned of it
markeroon··on The future of Deep Learning frameworks
Imo the biggest issue (from memory) was that Tensorflow used a static computation graph. PyTorch was so much easier to work with.
markeroon··on DOJ may want to break up Google
Already invented the transformer
markeroon··on Jumping Ship: Signs It's Time to Quit
Not your fault, bud. Offer to help train your replacement if you feel that bad and it!
markeroon··on Squaring Venture Capital Valuations with Reality
Given that Facebook is now worth $500B, this seems like a weird article to post.
markeroon··on Ask HN: What habits make a programmer great?
Agree with this completely. Takes a bit longer to get spun up on a topic but it's so worth it.
markeroon··on More Millennials Are Having Strokes
This is true, but the bioavailability of non-heme iron is 14-18% of heme iron https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iron-HealthProfessional/

It makes sense to just eat a balanced diet.

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