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Additional context for the overlap with previous work on grid cells in neuroscience: https://twitter.com/gershbrain/status/994678940043284480

Any pointers on specific issues to look out for? I'm thinking of upgrading from 16.04 on my XPS 15

I like how you keep making sarcastic replies to comments in a thread you started. It's like seeing someone litter on their own lawn. Edit: nevermind, it's not your thread. Just shi…

I'd like to set up a stream of myself doing some basic AI stuff, learning Haskell, generally programming. After the Livecoding.tv debacle (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1048…

I'd like to set up a stream of myself doing some basic AI stuff, learning Haskell, generally programming. After the Livecoding.tv debacle (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1048…

Any in-depth and technical sources you'd recommend?

Thanks for this, the context you provided is quite informative.

Is the word 'humanist' used for people who study the humanities? I've only ever heard it in the context of humanism. Not saying it's wrong, I'm genuinely wondering

I don't think any modern neuroscientist "fails to see" that modeling the brain as a computer is a hypothesis. Many wouldn't even subscribe to that theory, and those who do undoubte…

This is terribly hilarious -- thanks for sharing.

Care to follow up on why not?

It also says 30 Nov 2014

Possibly because antibiotic resistance is seemingly imminent, and global warming is only a threat over a much longer timeframe. I can't say definitively whether this accurately ref…

True. The intersection of potential Soylent customers and keto-diet people is probably high. It is funny to see this kind of expectation thrown at an untested type of product, thou…

Of course there isn't--that would involve completely remaking a complex product to satisfy some fad diet a few people follow.

You'll never walk alone down the road of headline-aimed pedantry, friend

Interesting. Seems maybe journalists should rely on researchers other than a study's authors for interpretation? I don't mean that sarcastically (well, a little), but it seems that…

Cool site. The news feed has the month off by 1

"We’ve heard plenty about activist shareholders, but a bitcoin activist would take the concept to a whole new level. Essentially, some investor or coalition of computers could pote…