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There is a Sanjeev Arora paper "A Theory for Emergence of Complex Skills in Language Models" ( https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.15936 ) on this subject. The key idea is there is cross en…

I rarely see gears in these bicycles. Is the idea that should a pelican need to go uphill it could just fly.

I'm just getting started ;)

In contrast, the 2nd Ave Subway extension here in NY cost $4.5 billion for 2.9 km

Am I allowed to stay with a relative or a friend when I visit their town? I am totally ignorant of local norms, maybe I should be in the Holiday Inn next door instead?

segfaults raise my belief in spirits

"I'm so sick of hearing about bronze. Bronze bronze bronze bronze. Whats wrong with stone? Does stone not work all of a sudden?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyu4u3VZYaQ

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Thats when the sea receded, so its "only" 5,000 years old after all.

aside: me after reading the headline: Shouldn't that be Octopii? But no! "The plural form octopii is doubly incorrect. Firstly, octopus derives from Greek, not Latin; its etymologi…

Exactly. And if you don't say seven in the emphatic manner George says it who are you.

We'll give "real actual bug" a pass :)

> The nominal mode enables motion through the water at 3.6 km/h, and for speed-seekers, the SEABIKE can reach a maximum of 7.9 km/h – much faster than normal swimming speeds or eve…

it is science that discovers errors in science :)

New life goal: "There is very little that is new to me; I wish my corresponders would realize this." Second life goal: To have corresponders

"How many time do you need to rewrite your UI, your backend and redesign the logo" Just one more time.

Possibly naive, but hopefully trying to reason from first principles: The insurance companies are the ones paying for care. The hospital systems are the ones charging for care. The…

Embarrassingly, I was today years old when I learnt that dig used to be a) an acronym and b) what is stood for

TIL: there exists a 14X miner!

compare to just what? what? just what? just what?

Right! And per some theories it was the Theia collision that brought carbon and nitrogen to Earth to kick start life in the first place.

In a similar vein also recommend “Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements” by Paul Strathern.

From the Tex Tuneup of 2021: "The TEX family of programs seems to be nice and healthy as it continues to approach perfection. Chances are nil that any documents produced by previou…

Any pro-OKR arguments now sound more and more like "But Real communism has never been tried" :)

“Mcrib is objectively a better system for generating memcached configurations — but its efficiency made the broader system behave in a less safe way.” Be good but not _that_ good :…