My last visit to CMU (April 2018) told me that the university had made its
peace with this kind of poaching (the article’s dateline is 2015). Less
obvious than the wholesale lifting of roboticists has been the wooing of other
kinds of computer scientists. By “made its peace” I mean that CMU rec
Regarding industrial/academic partnerships:
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2015/5/19/8622831/uber-self-driving-cars-carnegie-mellon-poached
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Frank Wimberly
My memoir:
https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly
My scientific publications:
https://www.
The numbers for tech jobs are all over the place. The one that I have heard
most is 1.5 million, but I have also seen everywhere from 500k to 3
million.
Most of the theories of why this is not because of Trump, but because of
issues with education.
There are not enough people in education teachin
< As to the ethics dimension; you quoted one of Adam's reviewers: "But, when I
was in school, we always discussed ethical responsibility of the persuader and
Adams does not. As long as Trump was persuasive he was going to win and that’s
what matters." >
He’s not persuasive. His arguments are
Dave -
First, why /Win Bigly/ recommend. Adams' book is his attempt to
understand, to deconstruct and analyze, why he "knew" with complete
certainty that Trump would win simply by observing one of his first
political rallies. From where did that conviction arise? Why was it so
absolute? Adams
Keywords: Python, Graphics, Animation
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/carnegie-mellon-launches-high-school-computer-science-curriculum
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Frank Wimberly
My memoir:
https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly
My scientific publications:
https://www.researchgate.net/pr
David writes:
< I am in fact saying that avoiding the disaster is what matters and we might
have prevented the disaster if we had recognized and addressed the factors that
made it inevitable instead of wailing and gnashing teeth about the driver being
a drunk sex offender working for a company
Steve,
First, why *Win Bigly* recommend. Adams' book is his attempt to
understand, to deconstruct and analyze, why he "knew" with complete
certainty that Trump would win simply by observing one of his first
political rallies. From where did that conviction arise? Why was it so
absolute? Adams even
Marcus wrote:
Trump is a denial of service attack.
I love this. There must be some T-shirt opportunity in it. One might be able
to make enough money selling them at an appropriate conference to live
independently for a year, and do the work one likes without writing grant
proposals, which
Eric writes:
"I also love his characterization of the core message of Putin: We are shit.
You are shit. It’s all bullshit. What democracy?”
Marcus writes:
If it is all bullshit, then why not steal Putin's stuff? You know, just for
shits and grins. I guess if people are just demoralized
And will remain un-filled for years while "trumpism exists":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgsVE2RBto8
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:55 PM Nick Thompson
wrote:
> Sorry, everybody. Ugh!
>
>
>
> What I meant to write was, *“At least, ask for a RAISE(!)”.* You have no
> idea how envious I am of you
Eric writes:
"I also love his characterization of the core message of Putin: We are shit.
You are shit. It’s all bullshit. What democracy?”
If it is all bullshit, then why not steal Putin's stuff? You know, just for
shits and grins. I guess if people are just demoralized and terrified the
An article on this that found enjoyable was the following:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-the-russian-influence-campaign-remains-so-hard-to-understand
There are a key set of areas, where I often think the bulk of the commentariat
go off on tangents and distractions, and Masha
Steve writes:
< And my original point still (might) hold(s) if we push the ends/means
justification far enough. What if having Trump in office somehow *does*
advance the general welfare of the people (and sentient animals) in the country
and the world? Sort of a "back fire" against the more
Marcus -
< On the other hand, as I always ask conspiracy theorists, "what if
his presence in this role *serves* the Deep State?" >
To clarify, I’m talking about the hypothesis of a Deep State that
breaks rules as they need to be broken to advance the general welfare
of people in the country
Gil -
My most relevant experience is having gone through 2 different periods
of following a Ketogenic dietary regimen... once roughly 3 months and
the other roughly 6. My motives were varied, but included trying to
experience a *different* metabolic state than the one I've become
comfortabl
Glen writes:
< It's interesting because I can't distinguish between a mental boost and a
physical boost, from exercise, especially. >
It's more a lifting of any feelings of despair that have accumulated through
the day. I suspect testosterone is involved. Also I tend to increasingly
special
It's interesting because I can't distinguish between a mental boost and a
physical boost, from exercise, especially. It's mostly true of other boosts
(from drugs like caffeine, or the "adrenaline" surge of a good argument). But
mental/physical seem slightly more distinct under the influence of
I’d say the mental boost (from exercise) doesn’t kick-in until 45 minutes of
sustained, reasonably-intense aerobic effort for me, and improves from there up
until the point I get physically tired. The mania passes in about an hour.
This is probably not just energy from the liver since I work
AAAH that might explain it! Yesterday I tried just a light meal (half bagle
and PB) before going to planet fitness for cardio less hyper afterwords.
When I got to wedtech thought I might want a diet coke...and basicaly found
not at all!
Hmmm...supposedly if you can concomitantly hit a flow like pl
Oh awesome! thanks Marcos!
On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:03 AM Marcus Daniels
wrote:
> There are lots of papers on this. Here’s are some:
>
>
>
> https://www.pnas.org/content/108/7/3017
>
> https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/316648
>
>
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S
Steve writes:
< On the other hand, as I always ask conspiracy theorists, "what if his
presence in this role *serves* the Deep State?" >
To clarify, I’m talking about the hypothesis of a Deep State that breaks rules
as they need to be broken to advance the general welfare of people in the
coun
From what I've experienced of fasting (more than 36 hours ... not just skipping
a meal now and then), I've gotten an energy *boost* from it. I do crash harder
after I finally do eat, though. Some of the pop-sci literature also suggests
we might enter something like a starvation state if we exh
There are lots of papers on this. Here’s are some:
https://www.pnas.org/content/108/7/3017
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/316648
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306452209012019?via%3Dihub
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031938411003088?via%
I've run into the Oregon branch (WACO) a few times:
http://www.worldoregon.org/, mostly in meetup groups of hackers donating their
time to work on public works projects (e.g. building UIs for the many open
databases here in Oregon). And this branch seems pretty focused on exposing
people to is
Marcus Daniels wrote:
If there were a deep state it would have disappeared this guy.
Hierarchical systems are way too efficient.
I'd like to (and sometimes do) believe that Trump & Co's apparent
incompetence and general foolishness reflects a lack of deep conspiracy
ON the Right, as well
I am wrong I had another ponderance.
Another part I am curious about..Are the hopefully healthier cravings: like
fruits and vegitables. But then on other side at WedTech I didn't really
want a coke as much as I thought. Tea really hit the spot...
I guess I am fealling curius what it might be about
Steve writes:
< I happen to be reading Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell" which is a
deep dive into the theme of how people (sometimes) show their best while
suffering great disasters. Particularly in the area of community spirit and
synergistic cooperation. She anecdotally and anal
(Yes I know that's not really how to use ponder)
Recently I decided to take my health way more earnestly and are genuinly
curius about something if anyone has some ideas:
What is it about cardio after a certain amount that makes it energizing?
For example Monday after I wanted to see how long I c
Dave -
This contribution (Adam's "Win Bigly") and Roger's offering of the John
Boehner (apparent?) endorsement of the American Cannabis Summit helps to
remind me of the underlying struggle I am having with some of the
conversation here, and most of what passes for public conversation at
large
If there were a deep state it would have disappeared this guy. Hierarchical
systems are way too efficient.
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Trump is coming up frequently in this "abduction" thread, especially
with regard communication and rhetoric.A very good, quite
enlightening, book about this is Scott Adams' (yes, the Dilbert
cartoonist) *_Win Bigly_*.
davew
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, at 9:03 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
> Steve Smith wrote
For the past week or two, my reading in the Washington Post has been
punctuated by an ad featuring a picture of John Boehner looking much better
than he did a few years ago, smiling enigmatically, wearing an orange tie
with blue polka dots, an American flag peeking over his shoulder. He's in
the s
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
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On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 11:23 PM Steven A Smith wrote:
> Marcus -
>
> Thanks for that deep dive into the (lack of) structure of Trump's
> bombast. I'm not sure that the 39% (number varies) of his base are simply
> deplorabl
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