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starcraft2wol··on Apple introduces spatial video capture on iPhone 15 Pro
AI is not magic, and still constrained by math. If you need 3 variables and only have 2, AI isn't going to do it.
starcraft2wol··on OpenBSD – pinning all system calls
Yep, they implement kernel level security, rather than obsessing over language.
starcraft2wol··on High school math doesn't prepare most students for their college majors
> (mean, median, mode, stdev)

You are taught this is 6th or 7th grade. The students just don't remember, or lack the ability to contextualize it in the workplace.

starcraft2wol··on The diminishing half-life of knowledge
I agree with the general idea of math and science. However the fields you mentioned are mostly useful for formalizing computer languages. If you want more concepts to use in actual programs, I think there are more practical areas to look in.
starcraft2wol··on The diminishing half-life of knowledge
The real fundamentals are graphs, trees, stacks, recursion, dp, etc. in other words, computer science.

If someone understands trees they can understand html in one sentence.

starcraft2wol··on Tesla Model Y 2nd in new vehicle registrations in the US, overtaking Toyota RAV4
> I don't want anyone thinking I support Musk

Enemy centered mindset. You both lose, but he doesn't know you exist.

starcraft2wol··on Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort?
> Reading TAOCP is the least efficient way to learn about algorithms

"Learning the algorithms" isn't a binary checkbox. It's a gradient of thinking and math skills, ranging up to a researcher in the field. TAOCP is the only book I know if that will give you that depth.

Learning those skills is not for everyone, but can be extremely valuable, and open a lot more doors than graduating with a class of 10,000 other CS students.

> Can you share more about this, even IMO medalists go to undergrad first.

He was an "undergrad" whose first math class was graduate real analysis.

starcraft2wol··on Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%
I feel a lot of my faith in public health scientists was also burned.
starcraft2wol··on Infants understand language via rhythm and tone rather than individual sounds
Being better than your peers always brings a warm feeling.
starcraft2wol··on Ask HN: How do you handle underperforming remotes at your company?
They must work at Google
starcraft2wol··on Cop28 president says 'no science' behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
Clicked in your first source. That “7 trillion” is a global number and already includes the writers speculations on the value of those other things

> The other 82 percent of fossil fuel subsidies were implicit. These included tax breaks for oil firms, but also the unpaid cost of climate change and air pollution as a result of burning fossil fuels.

starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
Please correct with your intended interpretation.
starcraft2wol··on Uber Joins the S&P 500
Be careful. The indexers might hear this and reassure you that the S&P is only optimal with Uber included at exactly the date it did and the fund will fail otherwise.
starcraft2wol··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2023)
This is a really interesting area of research and probably very useful. I’ll read more of your stuff.

You gotta sell it as machine learning though :)

starcraft2wol··on Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support a major stroke trial
How did you get a position without a postdoc?

> After PhD there will be nobody telling, and often not even caring, what to do.

If you make the hiring cut in you’re in for about 5 years of grunt work and committees as an assistant prof, right?

By “serious research” I mean the one they do for career advancement and hiring.

starcraft2wol··on Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support a major stroke trial
After seeing that academics still have to take a “two job” approach with serious research and fun research I’m not convinced of this. Not to mention the very protracted timelines to get to that stage of freedom.
starcraft2wol··on Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support a major stroke trial
Maybe the public shouldn’t be handing out these incentives then.
starcraft2wol··on Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support a major stroke trial
Like journalism, they trade money for social status and prestige.
starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
Does that booklet include any cybertruck information or are you just sure it won’t pass?

> should first come to terms with the fact that it is not a rational purchase,

We’re talking about luxury tech products. It’s not rational to buy anything on that site.

starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
Ah so it's about public image and reputation, not harm.
starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
very harsh angular lines == faddish design?
starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
Do you have any engineering information to back that up?
starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
> And buying a Cybertruck does imply that you either (a) agree with or (b) are ambivalent about Musk's behaviour.

Do you do a regular check on the CEOs of all the products you buy?

starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
> cybertruck is the maga hat of trucks

How is this a real comment?

starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
I don't think this comment will age well.
starcraft2wol··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
There are two price tabs, toggle it to the left.
starcraft2wol··on Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort?
Let's imagine there was a 20 year old who dropped out of CS and spent the next 2 years reading Knuth and entered the work force at 22. Can you see any way that student would not be succesful?

I know someone who did something very similar (but in math) and jumped into a grad math program at age 17.

starcraft2wol··on Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort?
So what do you do with your combinatorics, math, and logic skills that you got from reading?
starcraft2wol··on Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort?
MMIX has educational qualities that RISC-V does not.
starcraft2wol··on Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort?
Nope. Principia is purely logical theory. This is practical book, although foundational.
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