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Neuroscience of Programming; A strong relation to language processing [pdf]

infosun.fim.uni-passau.de

2 pointsby emanuer12 anni fa0 comments

Dual-lens smartphone cameras are coming

engadget.com

56 pointsby emanuer12 anni fa29 comments

Agile Best Practices that You Don’t Need to Follow

swreflections.blogspot.com

3 pointsby emanuer13 anni fa0 comments

"Google Chrome has blocked access to www.inc.com for now." — false positive?

inc.com

3 pointsby emanuer13 anni fa2 comments

Principles of Persuasive Web Design

conversionxl.com

1 pointsby emanuer13 anni fa-1 comments

GroupOn: a license to print money

technologyreview.com

1 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa2 comments

Show HN: Google Reader user style. Google+ styling & Reeder functionality

1 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa0 comments

Your cat-picture-project is saving the world, thank you

testranking.com

7 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa12 comments

Google & Bing & Yahoo: created new Standards for web-markups

schema.org

1 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa0 comments

A Gamification Framework for Interaction Designers

uxmag.com

1 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa0 comments

How to Quit Your Job, Move to Paradise, and Get Paid to Change the World

problogger.net

230 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa0 comments

Earth's gravity map

esa.int

40 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa8 comments

Scaling White Hat Link Building - Scaling Content

seomoz.org

2 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa0 comments

Why Most Facebook Marketing Doesn't Work

readwriteweb.com

5 pointsby emanuer15 anni fa0 comments

How to Grow, Manage and Optimise Your Internet

viperchill.com

1 pointsby emanuer16 anni fa0 comments

Ask HN: HN comment-respond notifications, useful?

3 pointsby emanuer16 anni fa1 comments

Why the future is bright and stealing from Microsoft is not that bad

emanuer.com

2 pointsby emanuer16 anni fa0 comments

Universal Goals to Influence People

spring.org.uk

1 pointsby emanuer16 anni fa0 comments

How To Meet Deadlines: Passing The Holy Milestone

smashingmagazine.com

1 pointsby emanuer16 anni fa0 comments

Does happiness affect productivity? - "Happiness economics" in reverse

voxeu.org

5 pointsby emanuer16 anni fa0 comments

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6 mesi fadiscuss

Subscribed!

As a layperson, I find this an approachable way to get an overview of a topic. However, I am only interested in a few select topics, and I was not able to find a way to subscribe to specific ones, such as #insulin-resistance (topic request ;-)

Another thing I really value in science YouTubers (e.g., youtube.com/@Physionic) is the deep dives they offer into the research—highlighting conflicting results, paying special attention to meta-analyses, etc. That would be amazing, although I realize it may be too much to ask.

10 mesi fadiscuss

    Location: Europe
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: No (travel up to 2x/month)
    Technologies: Jira, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenAI/Anthropic/Google LLM APIs, WEKA, Deeplearning4j, Figma, Shopify
    Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXOCz93eXYKDjAuVp0clZ3T8dyMp7OoV/view?usp=sharing
    Email: [email protected]
    Work hours: CET to EST/CST

What I do:

- Turn ambiguous SME workflows into shipped AI/LLM products (0-1 -> scale)

- Double conversion (+100%), launch to millions of users, and lead cross-functional teams (6–12; coord. ~50)

- Build pragmatic delivery: discovery with real users, thin slices, instrumented loops

About me:

I’m empathetic with users and exacting about results: I’ll sit with customers to find what they need (not just what they ask), then drive an executable roadmap and delivery process. However I’m not strong at outbound prospecting. My strengths are inbound discovery, executive alignment, and durable partnerships. Roles I fit into: AI Product Manager / Product Lead / Head of Product (AI/LLM)

anno scorsodiscuss

Could someone please help me understand how a multi-modal RAG does not already solve this issue?[1]

What am I missing?

Flash 2.5, Sonnet 3.7, etc. always provided me with very satisfactory image analysis. And, I might be making this up, but to me it feels like some models provide better responses when I give them the text as an image, instead of feeding "just" the text.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7yRLIj9IyQ

anno scorsodiscuss

Well, you seem crazy enough to, possibly, find some sort of enjoyment from this book: The Romance of Reality by Bobby Azarian The author explores an philosophical framework to explain the universe through the lens of entropy. I loved it.

Also, it is my firm believe that in the moment you have emergence at play in any shape or form, simulation is the only viable path for in depth research. In my mind any form of neural network is a deterministic chaotic system[1]. If this would be true, simulation is the way how you test and discover truths. So I am a big fan of your intent to start programming.

Another book which your text reminded me of was Scale by Geoffrey West. Again not something pertinent to your effort of Modeling Consciousness, but it informed and delighted me in my attempts to make sense of reality.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svV1MsUdInE

anno scorsodiscuss

Hey, sorry cannot be an intelectual sparing partner to you in any way. However, I think your sleepless days/nights were very well spent, thank you! I am out of depth when it comes to the graph theory. But I certainly like the way you are approaching this topic.

In the case you have not seen it yet, there was a paper linked a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43487699 NotebookLM audio version: https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/d3b142bb-a9bc-41e4-b1...

Oh, one of my favorite researches is Michael Levin I found his work to be incredibly inspiring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFMLpZkkH_8 He puts consciousness on a spectrum as well.

2 anni fadiscuss

You are correct, it was just a random example.

And I share your observation, if there is no clear answer to your question, the idea must be disregarded.

2 anni fadiscuss

Here is the perspective of a serial founder, exploring fields which I might be able to disrupt:

- The regulatory moat is immediately intimidating.

- The data moat, often, is quite surmountable as long as LLMs can generate high-quality synthetic data (e.g., user preferences). On this I disagree with the author, to some extend.

- The "distribution moat" is another significant barrier. Even if I have a superior product, if the marketing and sales demands are so high that neither I nor an army of bots can manage it alone, the business becomes nonviable (e.g., enterprise sales).

- "Switching costs" form the next moat. The higher these costs, the greater the value per dollar I must offer over the incumbents (e.g., software for dentists).

- Another key barrier is the “business rules” moat. Achieving 80% of the required features may be easy, but as customers demand 90% or 95%, the complexity and cost of reverse engineering grow exponentially. The more mature the market, the higher these demands (e.g., Jira).

With the power of LLMs at my disposal, I have reaffirmed two core beliefs:

1. I must focus on a niche small enough, so that I am the only provider. (e.g., accounting software for gym owners in the north of France)

2. I must offer a value proposition different from that of the incumbents, where competing with me, would harm their business. (e.g., image editing app where you pay per hour used)

So my search continues…

2 anni fadiscuss

As being part of a software development team working on RPS (runway performance) I can tell you, it is stories like this which keep us up at night.

The amount of business logic involved is staggering, but miraculously there are experts who truly seem to understand almost all of it. Understanding “almost all of it” is not enough, so there are several different experts who in their entirety hopefully capture 99.99…% But you don’t know what you don’t know…

One of the “calming” facts is, that in the tens of thousands of test cases we compared our results to existing solutions, we did discover errors in their calculations. The “calming” aspect is, due to the many safe-guards these errors seemingly never surfaced.

Coming from a machine-learning background I quickly understood that there is little appetite for AI solutions, as any optimization which would reduce fuel consumption, is easily offset by all the safety margins. In my mind the goal of the software is to make everything explainable and proof that you truly did think of every eventuality.

I am very curious to learn what major f*-up lead to planes being grounded.

2 anni fadiscuss

My absolutely new favorite heuristic for decision making comes from Mr. Bezos:

  Is the decision costly to reverse (costly as in time / money)?
    No → Make a decision fast.
    Yes → Take your time, consider alternatives, talk to people, think some more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFwCGECvq4I

3 anni fadiscuss

What an excellent point. If it is addressed in the book, I don't remember.

If we actually accept that expansion increase in entropy, I do not know what could possibly compete with this.

3 anni fadiscuss

To anyone curious about the intimated interplay of entropy and life, I want to highly recommend the book:

The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity by Bobby Azarian

> When you empty a bathtub, why does a swirl form? → Because it is the most efficient way to increase entropy.

> The author argues in that life is very likely because it is the most efficient way to increase entropy in the universe.

I fear my words don't do the book justice, I found it very long, but just as illuminating, highly recommended.

4 anni fadiscuss

For anyone interested in this topic, I can wholeheartedly recommend the book: "The WEIRDest People in the World" by Joseph Henrich.

The book provieds a beautifully constructed framework to understand culture and its effect on psychological development, as well as economic development.

  1. In the book, the author argues that innovation rates of countries correlate positively with the psychological dimension of "individualism". (FIGURE 13.5)
  2. The the dissolution of strong kinship ties correlates significantly with high economic growth. An argument the author repeats in his paper from 2022 [1]

My personal opinion is: gaining wealth is not a zero-sum-game, but a — the more participants the bigger the pie gets — kind of game. I truly believe, if cultures and institutions change, everyone in the world can be wealthy. With "wealthy" I refer to the living-standard North-American or Europeans enjoy.

[1] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4200629

5 anni fadiscuss

This is why I love HN, you gave me a surprising, but after evaluating your links trustworthy explanation.

Thank you!

If anyone else is wondering Exodus Cry is an organization which originated out of a weekly prayer group founded 2007 [0], they apparently lobbied Mastercard to only accept providers which verify the identity of all performers & review content before any upload [1]. Which is almost impossible for the tubes / no more payment

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_Cry

[1] https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/protecting...

6 anni fadiscuss

I am asking this question out of true intellectual curiosity: Could someone please link me a study which shows strong evidence for micro-plastics being harmful to health, that goes beyond finding "potential" harm? – Thank you!

Seriously, I am looking. So far every study I have found — linking micro-plastics to physical harm done to multicellular organisms — had the phrase "potential" (or a derivative) in it.

I dislike plastic as much as the next guy, but I slowly get the feeling: the harmful effects of plastic have the same level of scientific proof as harm caused by radiation of mobile phones — inconclusive to likely _none_.

6 anni fadiscuss

This is a wonderful tool, I am very much looking forward to seeing further development & countries

Thank you very much!

One observation I had while playing with the numbers was: The most accurately shaped curves were achieved by adjusting the "seasonal forcing" to values between 0.5 and 0.6 [1]

I extended the time range to one year and lo and behold there was the gigantic hump in all curves.

I hope that testing kits will be amply available within the next few months so that we can emulate the success of Vò [2]

[1] I believe best-fitting curves are a miss-representation as many cases are not recorded, this is why I optimized for a shape that counted the "Infectious"consistently above the "confirmed cases" by the factor of 2-4. I am curious to learn how well my assumptions hold up.

[2] https://www.ft.com/content/0dba7ea8-6713-11ea-800d-da70cff6e...

7 anni fadiscuss

My 9 years old son has refused to go to his public Tokyo school for two years now. I am from a German speaking country and the idea of a child not to attend school is absolutely unimaginable. His mother (Japanese) has always insisted that this is not uncommon in Japan. His head-teachers also insured me that this is not uncommon. As I am not living in Japan I had to accept these circumstances.

I was somewhat calmed by the knowledge that the school provided counseling and other dedicated programs for the development of my son. I thought the counselors cared quite well for him, when I was allowed to witness sessions.

When I took my son to my home country for two months he transformed. He was quiet and reclusive in the first weeks, but turned into a much more playful, outspoken and socially interested young boy towards the end.

Since then I discovered that his mother has been hiding a worsening mental illness from me. This affected my son greatly, he felt the need to care for her. He even has hundreds of YouTube videos in his history explaining children of what to do when your parent is mentally unwell — discovering this really broke my heart.

Per my request, my son was taken into the custody of the Japanese child protective services 3 months ago and I am currently in Japan fighting for sole custody of him.

My tale is a single data point, but I have come to believe the many stories of mental problems of Japanese children and young adults are not solely attributable to the pressures of society. I rather believe that mental health problems being a taboo in Japan may be the root of many problems.

Per my understanding it is incredibly shameful to admit to mental health problems and doing so brings serious ramifications.

So, if my hypothesis is correct, parents in Japan are more likely to go untreated and their children suffer the effects, perpetuating the cycle.

In our case, the school—very subtly—tried to inform me about their worries concerning his mothers mental health problems without ever speaking about it directly. They only spoke freely when a court appointed expert demanded them to.

My son has an entire network of child psychologist, youth counselors and also me waiting for him in my home country, who will all encourage him to treat mental health like physical health; Everyone gets sick sometimes. For the body you take antibiotics, for the mind you take time of to become aware of what is happening. You seek professional help in both situations and being depressed, is a shameful as getting the flu, not at all.

7 anni fadiscuss

This is amazing, it took me some time to understand it, but now I am blown away by the simplicity of the tool and the possibilities it holds.

I already started gaining insights in some systems I am currently involved with.

Could you point me to more resources like this?

10 anni fadiscuss

As a non-American I am less than qualified to provide an answer, but one possible hypothesis is Race and ethnicity. The midwest has according to Wikipedia with 79% the highest Non-Hispanic White ratio of any region.[1] As Blacks have the highest rate of poverty 27%, followed by Hispanics 25% compared to 10% for non-Hispanic Whites. [2] Income equality might be explained by having less poor people.

A follow up hypothesis would be that racial homogeneity might lead to less ghettoisation resulting in less competition for the lowest paying jobs. One might feel less compelled to pay only the lowest possible wage if one can relate to the other person, by race, neighbourhood, etc.

Now, as to why Blacks and Hispanics have higher poverty rates; one explanation may be that the American social system relies very heavily on both parents present (and working) for a child to grow up in an advantageous situation. This is something I have observed to a much lesser extend in more socialist societies in Europa. And famously in all but 11 states, most black children do not live with both parents. In every state, 7 in 10 white children do. [3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_Unit...

[2] http://www.csgmidwest.org/policyresearch/1012incometrends.as...

[3] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/25/fathers-disa...

11 anni fadiscuss

I can anecdotally confirm and at the same time fail to confirm these findings. Since recently I am awoken about 1—2 times per night. Yet, the noise is only disturbing enough to awake me in between my sleep cycles. I have not noticed any mood changes.

However after my son was born I definitely noticed a considerable drop in mood due to being awoken randomly at night. (It was also roughly 1—2 times a night)

I wonder if the stage of the sleep cycle—one is experiencing—would influence the mood changes.

12 anni fadiscuss

Oh, I am Austrian (culturally very close to Germany) and I worked in a German company in Tokyo. I am not alone with my opinion, that Japanese are taking perfectionism to a whole new level, actually harming productivity.