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Bernie vs. Claude [video]

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2 points·by krtab·4 mesi fa·0 comments

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krtab
·3 mesi fa·discuss
Catala is not at all about "proving the law" formally (I'm not even sure what it would mean?). It's about having a formal language to translate law into that both matches the way law is usually written ("default logic") and allows to make numerical computations on. This can typically be used to implement tax or benefits law so that it is way easier to check that the algorithm computing taxes/benefits is correct compared to the actual state of the art of using general purpose programming languages.
krtab
·4 mesi fa·discuss
It's not even only a matter of tone, the content is just.. wrong and incoherent?

> Each bird tracks about 6-7 neighbors. Not the closest by distance, but the closest by rank. Bird number 1 through 7, sorted by proximity.

I mean, it sounds like it is exactly the 7 closest birds by distance?
krtab
·10 mesi fa·discuss
If you're interested in this topic, I very warmly recommend the book You're not a rock by Mark Freeman. There are also episodes of podcasts around with interesting interventions from him.

The way I usually pitch the book is that Mark is not an MD, or a scientific expert on the topic, but he is a patient who's been through it, is very interested, and explains to you how it worked for him, and what he knows about the topic like a friend would. There are some mistakes, some things are a bit awkwardly explain, but the book is overall a tremendous read for anyone interested in anything dealing with anxiety, ocd, or more generally a mind too keen on spinning in a wheel.

https://www.markfreeman.ca/books/