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alok-g
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About alok-g
* Known for my ability to simplify concepts
* A sought-after mentor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alokgovil/
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https://alokgovil.com
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Comment #49137009
Would be hard to explain without some equations. Here's an outline: Nature follows differential equations. Differential equations are generally complex to solve but have properties…
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Comment #49130323
Quantum Mechanics (ongoing), Sturm-Lioville theory, Special Relativity (ongoing), Tensors (going towards General Relativity) What finally clicked: Hermitian matrix, self-adjoint op…
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Comment #49127147
That sounds better. Still leads to some questions that I am missing the answers to: A Lithium ion has the same charge in magnitude as an elecron. Electron is much lighter. Why and …
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Comment #49117514
Cool! That seems to fit as the voltage build-up (assuming no current taken from the battery) is not reversed by the negative ions flowing backwards. I still have the question thoug…
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Comment #49117347
Can someone please explain why electrons also cannot go directly through the electrolyte just like Lithium ions? Footnote 1 skips explaining this. I tried asking ChatGPT, but it is…
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Comment #49093820
Roughtly, "AI will help people." Here's I think how. AI learns skills that people have, and replaces them. vs. AI helps people learn better and develop new skills faster.
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Comment #49088461
Oh, so if he later published a proof for a special case (and presumably had more paper available than the book's margin :-) ), that's convinces me that he never had a correct proof…
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Comment #49087824
>> If your business model both produces the SOTA for something and isn't profitable, is the price too high, though? The market dynamics would find good balance automatically Meanwh…
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Comment #49029694
If the method used for purposeful slow-down results in more cognitive load to type, it should make it worse. With enough practice with the method, the slow-down could remain wherea…
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Comment #48994482
VisiCalc Link: https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/app/other/visicalc/1981/
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Comment #48986857
Documents getting lost/misplaced/stolen/destroyed is common in some places (owing to corruption or what). "Local in scope" but rampant. Digitization has been a panacea as there is …
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Comment #48986815
Any guidelines on how to back up such that the attacker cannot reach (when the hacker otherwise had some valid credentials)?
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Comment #48983404
Thanks! I now understand.
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Comment #48973079
Can you explain some more? Thanks.
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Comment #48973067
Every combinational logic function can be implemented as a look up table, which can be implemented as a hardware ROM. It is common to consider speed-power-area tradeoffs to find go…
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Comment #48943205
>> don’t see how trying to “detect” LLM generated texts is ever going to work ... if the assumption is LLMs are being optimized to evade such detection. PS: I didn't read the actua…
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Comment #48911010
Have you looked at Kilo code too. It is also model-independent but not terminal based. https://kilo.ai PS: I agree that tree is a better approach than scroll chat, and other ideas …
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Comment #48902131
I agree that it is not an Either-Or scenario ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma ). You are right about that. I would doubt however that this would be an 'Equals' or 'Imp…
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Comment #48894464
Thanks a lot for sharing. This is insightful for me ... I now know better on how to think and what to look for as I dwell deeper.
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Comment #48888407
Pointing to someone else's comments that advised against it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37201037
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Comment #48888210
Thanks a lot. Have been watching these videos all day long! Looked through the first book too.
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Comment #48873409
(Newbie here). And then going further, shouldn't there also be acceleration and its distribution? It says classical models could not explain why accelerating electrons were not rad…
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Comment #48873368
Thanks for the insights. I am interested in learning all this stuff. Am currently going through just Schrodinger's Equation. Do you have book recommendation(s) that include insight…
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Comment #48856163
This article has some additional details: https://www.wionews.com/science/physicist-creates-mini-unive...