idiosyncracymaxxing
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Sam Hughes retweeted
Something I learned today from the copyeditor of my book:
It is
f \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}
and not
f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}
This would've saved my life when I was running away from rescue drones thinking they were spam drones.
Purdue University's IDEAS Lab built an autonomous drone that tracks runners through dense forests completely without GPS or cloud networks.
By running 3D LiDAR mapping and obstacle-avoidance AI entirely on-chip, it can weave under tree canopies and predict target movement through blind spots in real time.
Massive implications for next-gen search & rescue and edge AI.
Slamming my head against the wall until I never forget to setup noatime default instead of relatime for external drives on every computer.
Sam Hughes retweeted
feels like there's kind of an elephant in the room with this map but I can't quite put my finger on it
Pfft, moving cars around in 3D coordinate space. Nothing special. Also it's CGI. I'm not that gullible.
Found another item seeming to have lithium battery bulge -- but after a careful examination of certain frames of the brand website's videos, its design is pre-bulged. Now I'm not so sure.
Lots of people saying you shouldn't shoot the tiger would actually shoot it if necessary if the event happened in front of them. Instincts kick in.
The last 20 hrs trying to figure out how to add $2.77 of stuff to my cart to get free shipping: "No, not that, that's too obvious."
The Matrix not as a Duracell battery or computation engine or experiential qualia generator for agents -- it's a tax loophole.
What if the AI cancer drug uses your DNA as a scratchpad to leave messages for future AI cancer drugs.
Using L'Hôpital's Rule to calculate your GPA.
A resume came across my desk this morning
Class of 2030
Expected GPA: 4.00 / 4.00
Not current. Expected.
Hasn’t taken a single exam
Didn’t read the rest
Kid is projecting a perfect four-year performance with zero actuals, no cushion, and no plan to revise
That’s not a student. That’s a CFO.
Hired on the spot. Start date Monday.
First assignment is the Q4 forecast
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