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I completely agree with that

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The Linux kernel is generally much larger than OpenBSD which is quite minimal.

But I do agree with you - not directly related to activity.

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Snide remarks, both of you :)

My point was not that Meta has the best AI researchers/engineers.

My point was it should not matter if Zuck is a PHP developer or whatever, instead of an AI researcher, as he employs a lot of people with those exact skills.

I made no comment about how Meta is doing in the AI race, so it’s a bit besides the point IMO, but you did make me smile :)

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> He's not an AI scientist or an AI researcher

Perhaps he employs some, you know, to inform him on the topic?

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> Transistors form an efficient, single element, universal digital basis

But transistors can be N or P-channel, so it’s not a single logical primitive, like e.g. NAND-gates.

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The Panama and Suez Canals charge fees because they are artificial passageways, created by the blood and sweat of thousands. Both were huge investments.

The Panama Canal had cost 400-500 million USD and 25-30k lives to construct, when it opened in 1914.

The Suez Canal cost around 100 million USD and 100-120k lives to build in 1869.

Charging for transit through man-made infrastructure is fundamentally different from charging for passage through a natural international waterway.

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My experience is that most of these are slipups, completely unintended, and that a kind reminder is actually appreciated.

Cutomers are mid-sized companies (60-600 employees, give or take) all based in Europe FWIW.

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> There is nothing special about roman concrete compared to moderns concrete. Modern concrete is much better

Roman concrete is special because it is much more self-healing than modern concrete, and thus more durable.

However, that comes at the cost of being much less strong, set much slower and require rare ingredients. Roman concrete also doesn’t play nice with steel reinforcement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_concrete

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Yeah I know, but still.. IMO it doesn’t exactly smell like roses :D

I think you have to be Swedish or have grown up eating such stuff to think otherwise.

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> Surströmming

That smell though! You can evacuate a small town by opening a can of this.

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> I think organisms also come with a partial built in understanding of nature at birth

I agree. Most organisms are quite pre-trained: they have “instincts” and natural behaviors.

E.g. newly hatched turtles know to crawl towards the ocean immediately when they hatch. They don’t learn that on their way.

It seems to me that most lifeforms come into this world pre-trained.

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Z3 is capable (it’s an SMT solver, not just SAT), but it’s not very fast at boolean satifiability and not at all competitive with modern SOTA SAT solvers. Try comparing it to Chaff or Glucose e.g.

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Interesting point! Is this an Americanism?

I’m from northern Europe. I might use the micro to heat up leftovers or a cup of water for tea or whatever in a pinch, but in this household (and at all my friends’), the stove and the oven cooks the food. I know literally no-one who could say they cook most meals in the micro.

I didn’t have a microwave oven before we bought a house. It took up too much space to justify, for such a relatively rarely-used appliance.

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Very much is. "Software programs, as such" are exempt in the EPC article 52. However if the software program interacts with the world - if it has a "further technical effect" - it is patentable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_Eur...

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Wow okay. Maybe my club is “gentle”, I’ve never had a single injury from BJJ.

I’ve had some from lifting weights.

I see your point about solo sports.

> Also how on earth are you managing not to get bruises at BJJ

Oh I get “finger marks” on the arms for sure, but never got a black eye or a nosebleed from BJJ. I got that quite regularly from boxing and muay thai/MMA training.

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> Consider Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is certainly not safe but is very grounding

What :D? I would say BJJ is an exceptionally safe martial art in that you can spar at 90-95% and not get hurt at all. Muay Thai or boxing sparring gives you regular bruises in comparison. At least that’s my experience.

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It sounds quite plausible.

Almost all equity ETFs do their balancing against dark pools or directly with market makers to avoid arbitrage and to ensure enough liquidity.

Since index ETFs have more AUM than the underlying instruments (the “ETF tail wagging the dog”), this sounds like a natural evolution.

There is nothing nefarious about this, it’s just how the markets work.

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Depends A LOT on what exactly you need for day to day usage. E.g. some have higher requirements than others.

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AFAIK there are about ~100 companies in the world with more employees than Alphabet/Google.

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Yes Sweden has non-trivial mineral resources, but nothing like e.g. China, Russia or Australia though.

The Scandinavian social programs are funded by high taxation. It is mostly a result of political prioritization, and not a windfall of natural resources.

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