Hacker News: motivic

Project Astra

motivic — Thu, 16 May 2024 17:30:14 +0000

Article URL: https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/project-astra/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40380944

Points: 18

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Google Labs Gen Dino

motivic — Thu, 16 May 2024 16:44:38 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.google/gendino/#/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40380420

Points: 2

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New comment by motivic in "The startup economy is fundamentally broken and the virus will make it worse"

motivic — Wed, 20 May 2020 12:56:26 +0000

Supershuttle which offered shared vanpool rides to and from airports all across the US was shuttered partly because of competitions from Uber [1]. I personally find it a useful service given you can schedule it for early morning flights (6AM or earlier) without worrying about availability of drivers.

1. https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2019-12-12/supershuttle...

How anti-China sentiment is spreading on social media – Quartz

motivic — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:49:30 +0000

Article URL: https://qz.com/1823608/how-anti-china-sentiment-is-spreading-on-social-media/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23114237

Points: 2

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New comment by motivic in "Zoom Acquires Keybase"

motivic — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:46:36 +0000

The CEO of Zoom is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is ethnically Chinese but by all means he is no longer legally a Chinese citizen.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan

Productivity Apps Can Make Us Less Productive (and Less Happy) – The Experts

motivic — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:59:09 +0000

Article URL: https://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2020/03/06/how-productivity-apps-can-make-us-less-productive-and-less-happy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22509425

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Challenges of real-world reinforcement learning

motivic — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:44:03 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.acolyer.org/2020/01/13/challenges-of-real-world-rl/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22036007

Points: 48

# Comments: 5

New comment by motivic in "A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography"

motivic — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 22:37:39 +0000

A 4-credit course is $5000 and a 3-credit course is $3900 (don't ask me why the cost per credit for each are not the same). There is also a one-time $200 transcript service fee.

With that said, if your employer has an educational plan that can cover the cost, then it is definitely worth pursuing. I am working on a AI graduate certificate and have just completed CS 221. The level of rigor in instruction and course work is far better than any online MOOC course I've taken.

New comment by motivic in "There’s No Winter Break from ‘Publish or Perish’"

motivic — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:16:39 +0000

Exactly. I used to be a mathematician and while I am no longer one, I can completely empathize with wanting to work on math as much as possible. To me, it's exactly the same as why some people want to run marathons, because it's exciting and immensely rewarding, and makes me feel alive.

Stable Genius Act

motivic — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:39:38 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_Genius_Act

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21415247

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Former Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Passed Away

motivic — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:09:47 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/former-oracle-co-ceo-mark-hurd-has-passed-away/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21292562

Points: 1

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Imitation Learning vs. Real Learning

motivic — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:31:26 +0000

Article URL: http://www.vidyatreemodern.in/21st-century-education/imitation-learning-vs-real-learning/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21283712

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by motivic in "Is Artificial Intelligence Good?"

motivic — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:49:36 +0000

Are nuclear bombs good? In the end it largely depends on how they are used.

New comment by motivic in "Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work"

motivic — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:47:50 +0000

In that case one can just spam the same (or similar) post every second and your feed will likely be filled with that post.

I know I'm setting up a bit of a straw man here but my point is even chronological order can be exploited.

Simulation and the Sense of Understanding (2009) [pdf]

motivic — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:11:07 +0000

Article URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/4480/1/simulationandsou.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21277595

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Automated Design of Complex Dynamic Systems

motivic — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:02:55 +0000

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0086696

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21277537

Points: 1

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New comment by motivic in "Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work"

motivic — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:49:29 +0000

> unless they started to select and/or moderate that content, at which point they would lose the carrier status

But since the homepage feed (or any medium really) displays contents in a certain order, some selection must take place.

Typically some algorithm (usually a recommender system together with some business logic) is used to determine which contents from all that's available to you are actually shown to you and in what order.

Bias seems to be an unavoidable part of the design to me.

The work-a-thon that helps Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan become a cyborg

motivic — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:01:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dxc.technology/innovation/insights/147094-the_work_a_thon_that_helps_dr_peter_scott_morgan_become_a_cyborg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21226221

Points: 1

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New comment by motivic in "Uber Health"

motivic — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 01:46:59 +0000

Curious how Uber is planning to ensure the service 24 hours available? Anecdotally, it has been difficult recently getting rides before 6AM in the morning on a few occasions.

Uber Health

motivic — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 01:32:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.uberhealth.com/?_ga=2.114796039.1666788483.1570757479-1274530960.1570757479

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21220791

Points: 4

# Comments: 2