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Eyal Waldman is an Israeli. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyal_Waldman

The specific composition of this specific mountain range in Fordow made it almost ideal for this purpose. It's not only the depth, but also the rock type, the fact that the rock la…

It's a bad law (although somewhat covered with 'good intentions', it does have a scent of racism which shouldn't exist in state laws). However, note that the outcome was the uninte…

So, a couple of thoughts: First, a nitpick - the range of emotions probably behaves more like a weighted average than a regular average (recent experience impact your overall inter…

The facts are, well, different: As of now: No international court has ruled that genocide has been committed by either side. The term "genocide" is used politically and emotionally…

I'm not sure that's what he meant. My understanding from the post is: First, do your job (I'd add - do it well). That's table stakes, and, some people may be happy with that. But, …

I see your point, and tend to agree. However, at least for the time being, I see the AI tools not inherently different than refactoring tools which were available over a decade ago…

I can really relate to the feeling described after modifying save files to get more resources in a game, but I wonder if it's the same kind of 'cheating'. Doing better in a game ha…

The author writes "I do not foresee any smartphone app ever being approved for this purpose." (the purpose is 'passing classified information for military operations'), while in fa…

+1 on traveling light. The author did mention this, too: " Your enjoyment of a trip will be inversely related to the weight of your luggage. Counterintuitively, the longer your tri…

Nice. This reminds me of Ontological remodeling ( https://desystemize.substack.com/p/desystemize-9 ).

The thing is, it's not about removing brain matter, it's about replacing brain matter (with a manufactured copy, for example), and applying the same process in a secondary location…

Interesting. I read somewhere a long time ago a description of dreams being incoherent because 'the brain doesn't have enough compute power to simulate reality well enough'. This s…

Meta AI (FAIR): In human cognition theory, human thinking is governed by two systems: the fast and intuitive System 1 and the slower but more deliberative System 2. Recent studies …

I think the definition of 'new' can be extended a bit to cover insights as well, and in that case we may look at insights generated by LLMs as 'new knowedge'. For the person receiv…

Some of it, definitely. But if the purpose is to seek others and announce yourself (like we did with Voyager 1 and 2), then you'll want it to be plain. Also - Public radio transmis…

Thanks for the PBS reference, interesting! As to the energy required, well, yes, I guess manipulating huge masses will be costly, but, if there is an efficient way to do this, then…

Yes, but not efficiently (it will be very slow) and will be hard to detect because of noise (the article mentions the 'cacophony' of gravity noise). This is similar to EM radiation…

So, going from a very narrow frequency band (up to 1000Hz) to a much wider range, which can theoretically encode information (e.g. frequency modulation)... Hmm, I'm wondering if co…

I didn't try exercising with it, but, Quest 2 was getting too hot for me even after a short while playing Beat Saber for example. Quest 3 is much better in that aspect. I can actua…

Yes, though she'll need to be accompanied by her parents.