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Name me a non-obscure movie, show, or song and I’ll bet I find it on YouTube.

Sure: Kill Bill (vol 1).
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Unless corrected by additional positional information (GPS, landmarks, etc.) inertial navigation is completely reliant on dead reckoning. Any system that uses this has cumulative error. I'm guessing (like you) that these "quantum compasses" provide a much lower error, just now sure how much.

The cumulative error always exists because any sensor introduces error (I'm ignorant of anything "quantum" though). This means if you have several inputs (velocimeter, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, etc.), you are introducing multiple forms of error, each with it's own error band. Interestingly, there is an algorithm called a Kalman filter that takes in all these inputs and can spit out a best estimate for navigation, it's pretty amazing.
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Copy a successful business in another country - seems to work for some.
I only read the beginning and end, and I very much like the closing message here.

A tldr of the middle would be cool. Maybe there was a pattern.

I'd like to add another OS not mentioned that will hopefully become a well-appreciated artifact soon too, from Redox OS: https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/coreutils/blob/master/s...

I can't find it quickly now, but jackpot51 also has a very answer somewhere on Reddit about how their networking stack's DNS query command departs from a commonly deployed C program for Windows and Unix, iirc. fascinating
>By the same token, there's no reason to think they'll fall anywhere near or under 5% in the near future.

Why? It's fallen 6 points since 2010. The OECD long term forecast puts it at 5% in just 2 years, and predicts it will drop down to around 3% within 10 years. This is without any serious problems.

These numbers are also based on official GDP estimates, and there are studies that estimate that China's GDP is 30% lower than reported due to padding at the local and national level.

>They have 1.5 billion people

Their official population count is 1.386 billion, rounding up to 1.5 seems a bit much. And we don't even know if that is true. There are reports that they've overestimated their population by around 100 million people.

>with a higher average IQ than the US

We can't even remove all of the cultural biases to make accurate comparisons between native English speakers within the US. There's no way we are going to be able to accurately compare countries as different as the US and China. Not to mention sample differences, suppressed scores from the children of migrant workers etc...

>strong educational culture

And many parts of that educational culture have been criticized. Regardless this is a completely subjective metric that isn't worth comparing.

>really didn't have anything revolutionary to offer

I'm not sure I know what to make of this one.

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/new-study-shin...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/china-gdp-econom...

https://qz.com/887709/chinas-liaoning-province-admitted-that...

https://tradingeconomics.com/china/gdp-growth-annual

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/20...
They are building equity in the form of earning cash income and then using it to invest in additional cash generating franchisees. It's cash, so they could put that money into owning 7-11 stock, the real estate the store is on or whatever.
I feel the same way...I'm about half way through..been doing tons of Vuejs work lately (vue + laravel), but it does help cement some little things I 'see' in tutorials or stackoverflow and didn't fully grok. It's a good handbook to 'fill in the pieces'....
That’s not a particularly convincing argument - it’s like saying that Sony has a monopoly in the PlayStation market - possibly true, but not that useful!
> I don't understand the downvotes you're getting.

Because popular culture is such that we are brainwashed into thinking this type of thing is GREAT!. Similar to when someone jumps on the railroad tracks to save a complete stranger. They get called a hero. But what (to another replies point) if they get killed and aren't around for their family? Why should you risk your life in that case? How is that smart or even considerate of those around you? What is is: stupid and selfish actually.

> only my close friends understood that there's something deep inside you that tells you to go and explore

Thanks for that. You are the type of person that I would sit down with to explore that entire thinking actually. (I don't feel the same way so I can't easily understand that..)

> quitting everything and embarking on a solo trip seems to be a common secret dream that people working 9-5 hide deep inside of their heart.

Not me. I don't think I could deal with that!

I think it depends. I was talking to the guard at the courthouse last week and he couldn't wait to retire off to the country. But his job has to be boring as fuck <-- sorry. And you know his son he told me was 'really good with programming and had some game author write to him directly for something he was doing'. And the father (the court sheriff guard guy) says 'he says he doesn't want to do programming full time'. What does he want to do? Well he is now a police officer in the most dangerous town in the state (really). This isn't really about the son though. My point is the father is happy standing around all day doing nothing. So of course he can't wait for his vacations and to retire (and do nothing at all most likely). Can you imagine just standing there and doing nothing? I can't.
Can you please elaborate on Russia's aggression in Syria? Did they annex something there? Tried to depose a government maybe ?
I think the point is that any software system is vulnerable
> After that, they are no longer a threat because there is no fuel.

Not necessarily. I bet that the new replacement ecosystem will be, in fact, much more flammable. The water has quit the area.
have you heard of something called ERM? uniform convergence?

The typical way of showing generalization in ML is to show that if we have some low or zero error solution on the test data-set, for a large enough dataset, with high probability, the error on our training data set is close to the error on the real and unknown distribution. The first step which is basically "find a low error hypothesis on the training data" is called the ERM principle.

In practice we observe stochastic gradient descent works pretty well in solving the ERM problem and the solutions generalize well (perform well when deployed).

This is very weird since neural networks are really weird objects with very non-linear and non-convex behavior and gradient descent shouldn't play well with weird bumps and curves and valleys.

People want to show mathematically that stochastic gradient descent does well on neural networks.

This paper claims gradient descent is effective at minimizing quadratic loss on the training data.

If we could improve the results to show that on the true distribution we also have low loss-that might be compelling that gradient descent converges to the minimum error solution.

None of this explicitly stated since this is a well understood part of basic literature in learning theory.

Showing an algorithm can do erm on the hypothesis class is the first and (easier ) part of showing generalization.

If you want a good reference that explains this in a more coherent way I recommend looking at the first 4 chapters of understanding machine learning theory by Shai-Shalev Schwartz.

If you still think the comments I was responding to are not totally incoherent-take note of the fact that the very first sentence in the paper is "One of the mysteries in deep learning is random initialized first order methods like gradient descent achieve zero training loss"
Then just make it meaningful by threatening to shoot the interviewee in the head if they fail to trick you.
Not to mention that cloud based software inherently gives MUCH less control to the user.
here's what gets me. per the article:
>>"Google owns 92% market share of internet searches, Facebook an almost 70% share of social networks. "

but us the searchers and friends are not the customer. FB and google are selling ads, and they are in direct competition with each other. If I want to buy advertising space online, I have plenty of options and the innovation for me to reach my target customers is astounding. The system is working exactly as it should. Or so it goes from a monetary point of view.
> Use a text to speech reader

Thanks for that, it has never occurred to me. I’m installing a reader now.

> There's a setting in Microsoft word

So… it isn’t in the same realm for quality or language support but diction¹ can be pretty useful for those of us who write in vim. diction(1) will will analyse your text for simple errors, and style(1) will generate some readability stats for you.

Upstream is pretty open to additions if you want more language support, or at least was when I submitted an en_GB support patch years ago.

1. https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/diction.html
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Agree exactly. The thinking does not take into account at all the impact on anyone else. Plus we are not talking about 'well get over it I am not going to not ride the motorcycle because of you Mom'. We are talking about a highly unusual and risky behavior.
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I would like to think you are right, and I agree to a point. Engagements like Crimea and Georgia played out as they did because a much larger foe essentially bullied a smaller country and took what it wanted but stopped just short of making the smaller country think it was fighting for its life. The smaller country knows it cannot win so it must swallow its pride and take the loss, to go all in on a less that total invasion would be suicide against Russia. If you look at the situation in Yemen you can see the end game of a much more powerful country going close to all in against a much weaker foe (and Saudi Arabia is holding back). Mass starvation, woman and children dying for the simple reason that Saudi Arabia has blockaded the delivery of food. The world just sits and watches, occasionally sending a stern tweet. Look at what the US did to Iraq, ~250,000+ dead to date. Whenever it is a superpower pitted against a smaller nation it will likely play out as you say, but we are still talking of suffering on a massive scale.

China operates on decades long plans, is it possible that if they thought that securing the entire South China sea was worth it in the long run that they would be willing to go to war over it? I see nothing that makes me thing they would not be willing to decimate Vietnam and the Philippines to do so. Would the united states be willing to go to war against China for the benefits of Vietnam or the Philippines. They have forced a million Uighur's into camps and we shrug so probably not. That would change if China went after Japan. What if the current trade war escalated to the point it was causing serious harm to China's economy, would they go to war?

A war with China would potentially be a war to end all wars (again), especially if it pulled in Russia, Japan and others. Furthermore, the victor of a war between China and the United states would lay claim to being known as the dominant power on earth, able to enforce its will to greatly enhance its economy in much the same way the US did after WW II. If China thought it could win, they would be able to essentially force their way of life on vast sections of the world. It also allows the victor to claim the moon and mars in the long term, a massive advantage in the next few decades.

We unfortunately live in a very precarious world that most of us on this site don't have to see the worst of due to the simple act of winning a geographic birth lottery.
This approach is probably closest to one I would use personally, but you gotta have a lot of faith in the image maintainer to trust unattended auto-updating of an image you don’t maintain yourself. One stolen set of credentials later and your mailserver image is probably farming crypto-currency tokens for someone...

Also, this assumes that the container run arguments for the container don’t change over time. Good container maintainers are sensible about this, but you are still leaving your uptime to the chance some stranger cocks something up.

for certain homelab style applications this might even be an annoyance - if I’m in the middle of a film I probably don’t want the Plex container updating itself.
Drug tests are not inherently that expensive. FDA trials run about 1% of the cost of each new drug. https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2018/cost-of-clinic...

The long line of failed drugs are the real issue.
That reminds me of Orwell.
I think it's time for windows, and ios, and firewall / antivirus companies to scan for info about the routers used and alert people that their network is easily hacked, may already be hacked, and is in danger of being used by criminals to attack other countries and companies.

Extra info such as, the router you are using has not had any available firmware updates for 3 years and likely needs to be replaced.

It's obvious we are not going to get this info to most people from the IOT manufacturers.

This could be quite beneficial for those who hook up thier phones to different wifi networks as well - a pop up showing that their router / internet gateway model has been shown to be used in at least 100,000 other malware exploits, and should not be trusted like your cell connection -

It's time to start shaming and naming - the bad guys already know how to get this info, we need to make it easier for the end users to become aware.

A service that will email you when firmware is available for your equipment, or your equipment is listed on shodan, blackhathacksrus, or other places may be beneficial as well. Set it up to take serial numbers scanned with an app, and give notices on recalls and physical theft recovery.

We obviously need something, and possibly many things tp help with this.

I can't believe a certain router company a few years ago did not offer to send a rebate if I returned their no-longer-updated-hardware when I emailed them inquiring about a published exploit and lack of updates. I no longer use that brand or suggest it. They could of kept a customer and made things better, they did neither.
> Markdeep is a technology for writing plain text documents that will look good in any web browser, whether local or remote.

Funny thing is that it doesn't look good at all on my Android phone.
I used to run an outbound medical tourism consultancy in China. Another NYT China hitpiece. Fact: This is not limited to China, it is a global phenomenon driven by the extreme profiteering of big pharma. I have personally seen medical systems in other countries leak legitimate medicines on the open market through fake 'patients' at hospitals. In addition: China has WAY more drug companies than any other country, and largely freer distribution. You can often purchase foreign medicine in China without issue. India has stood up to the status quo with its forward-looking stance on generics. European big-pharma has been extremely vicious in the deployment of propaganda throughout Asia to discourage generics and off-label, and has been assisted in this endeavor by the French state.
Ha... I give him +2 for no semicolons.. the only time they hurt me is when I jump back to php and start forgetting to add them... lol
The Golden Gate Bridge is a landmark, not a workplace.
I'd say - never publish a book before someone else has read it. (This is how things were done in the pre-electronic era, and there's no good reason to change that.)
> Besides, without people pushing the limits, we never know what might be possible.

Serious question and sorry but who cares exactly? Not like there is a line of people that need to do the same thing, right?

> Maybe we find out something about survival in hostile environments or mission logistics or how to run a proper search and rescue operation.

Ok so that is an upside but that is like trying to justify that it's ok that those kids got lost in the cave so it was cool to take the risk, no?
Once upon a time, I used to rage when driving. Then I remember traveling with another person who I consider equally / more passionate and someone cut us off. This guy didn't even notice and kept our conversation going. Obviously I pointed it out and he was like 'yeah, what're you gonna do about him'. That moment kinda changed my life when it comes to things I don't control / whatever I classify as bullshit - in essence someone else unfairly taking advantage of you.

I still am pretty cynical in the sense that I have very low expectations. I strongly believe in entropy and that everything will fail you :). But I use that to temper my disappointment when things/people fail me rather than affecting my general world view: I keep my focus on my stuff and just brush off (or try really hard to) the external effects.

Just my $0.02 - HTH
Do yourself a favour and get Scrivener. Don't use Microsoft Word or any generic word processor if you're writing a book, sure you can do it but god is it a painful experience.

I have been using Scrivener for a few years now and I couldn't go back to using a generic word processor for writing now.

I try not to recommend closed source software but there really isn't anything else that comes close to it.
I tried to submit it to two conferences, twice rejected. Had to leave academia after funding ran out (did get my Phd). Moved the manuscript to a journal and just last week got a really bad review (saying this had been done in the nineties already) and it will probably be rejected again. All of this is not encouraging my old research group to continue in this direction.

So, the paper and code will likely end up in the garbage bin of academia. And Theano quitting was also not exactly helping indeed.

Next directions are exactly what these people do with their ray tracing. The equations of all of these things are rather simple and almost always differentiable. Someone just needs to code them up and start experimenting with what is achievable when you have these exact gradients.

If someone is looking for a technical area for a Phd/startup: such a physics engine with a focus on optimization (so both system identification, system control and system optimization with gradient descent, making all internals of your engine differentiable) is worth millions.
No, because no major country has its entire economy mobilized for the purpose of war. Outside of the countries where these conflicts are taking place, most people's lives are not being affected whatsoever. That is an enormous difference from WW I and II.
I do generally agree, but capital can really distort fair competition in the long run. A large investment can be used to sell products at unsustainable prices until competitors go out of business, before jacking them up for the now-captive market. Classic predatory pricing.

It’s often the case that this is harmful to the market in the long term.
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I use Grammarly for editing.
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That's an awfully dishonest way to describe and frame their donations.

If you've ever donated to the Salvation Army, you too "fund LGBTQ oppression".
But it's a resource for web devs, mostly used by web devs. Reinforced by the web.dev domain name, which surprised me. I've never seen .dev domain before.

All audit tools make recommendations that many of us will ignore. I have zero intention of using webp images for example.

I don't think your claim that "nightmares" will happen is warranted. Shiny new site audit tools are fun. Enjoy it, there's no nightmare!
That is brutal for all the stress & hours a franchise owner would have to work themselves to make the store profitable. I wonder who handles the money losing promotions financially, the corporate or small business owner?
I was almost going to not ask this, but I think in a place like this it's more appropriate than inappropriate --

guys, how are the toilet-stuff dealt with? I want to do hiking/camping, but the confusion about this whole thing keeps me away. What's the normal protocol? Any books/guides you can recommend for someone who's never done this before? In particular, I'm interested in hiking an easy mountain in the northeast (I live in Boston)... one that takes somewhere between 3 to 6 days?
For folks who don't know how to embed images into blog posts, how do you do that?!
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I think the term you’re looking for is “gantt chart”.
Power corrupts, man. Simply hiding behind a monopoly doesn't really absolve a company of wrongdoing simply because a monopoly isn't wrong. Also, in your example, Coke definitely has a monopoly on the cola market, even if it doesn't on the entire soda market. That's like saying a smaller cola company stands a chance on the global market because the smaller competitor is selling soda.
Most controversial opinion: The thesis behind the Second Amendment, that an armed populace is necessary for a free state, is incorrect, or at best obsolete in the modern era.

Second most controversial opinion: The Last Jedi was a good film. Flawed, yes, but not deserving of the hate it's gotten.
Plus, even if you do all of those things properly, you will still need to field GDPR data requests, and when you tell users that you don't have any data, they might not believe you. You also might be falsely accused of violating the GDPR, and just saying "no we aren't violating the GDPR" without relying on legal advice is not a good approach if you care about the future of the company.
> Effectively, yes. Why is the market so disfunctional that a single company has effectively swallowed all competition?

If people just like their product more, what's the problem? There's no point in punishing them for being cheaper or more liked than the competition.
Does anyone know which site they are talking about in the article ('Dances with Cancer' and "I want miracles")?
No, I hate it too. As a consumer, I wish to do my computing in my machine and not in SaaS provider's machines, having to share with them personal data when there's no technical reason to do so.

I think the main driving forces on this are:

1. It's easier for computer illiterate people to use web services, since they don't have to go through an installation process.

2. It's easier for developers to support their users because they don't have to worry about their users' computer environments, which is largely out of their control.

3. It's also harder/impossible for their users to pirate their software, since they it never runs in their machines.

I think the biggest reason (and the one harder to fix) is the piracy one.
I think it is in poor taste for Google to publish https://web.dev/ during the new desktop Gmail.

>Google's web platform team has spent over a decade learning about user needs. Now we want to make it as easy as possible for you to master the defining standards of web development today.

>Fast load times

>Guarantee your site loads quickly to avoid user drop off.

"Loading Gmail"

>Network resilience

>See consistent, reliable performance regardless of network quality.

"Loading..." (in yellow at the top, after clicking a search result. Indefinitely.)

(some other non-quoted parts are OK)

>Accessible to all

>[Build] a site that works for all of your users.
Is this AI? A flowchart to work it out
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Iirc, Apple stopped updating but continued shipping all gnu utilities since gplv3 was attached to them