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@Rainmaker1973 Why is it difficult for our brain to see this solution? I think we're using a simplified model of the problem, hoping to make the search for a solution easier, but this solution doesn't exist in the simplified model.

RT @RobertMSterling: I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t w…

@pmddomingos @sama Wait, does this imply that current AI / LLMs are just a clever lookup table?

@paulg If beyond $300 it's just brand, that's not within 1-2% of the asymptote, that /is/ the asymptote.

@mera25_de Von allen Wahlkampagnen wahrscheinlich die inhaltsloseste. Reine feel-good Show, deren Ziel es ist, sich bei eher jungen Leuten anzubiedern. Traurig.

@arpitrage Do the same plot but with CO₂ equivalence on the y-axis.

@FabioDeMasi Abgesehen davon, wofür sie genutzt wird: Die große Frage ist, ob man so eine Pipeline noch schützen kann. Ich fürchte nein. Jeder kann so ein Ding zerstören, ohne Konsequenzen fürchten zu müssen. Gilt ebenso für andere kritische Infrastruktur.

From our lab wiki: How we use a plain GitHub repository for project and knowledge management in our research group. General ideas and specific guidelines: Would love to hear how other groups are dealing with this!

@dothebart @Ricarda_Lang Wer denkt, dass die Arbeit der Regierung mit dem Verhalten der Wähler nichts zu tun hat, ist mit Demokratie wohl einfach überfordert.

3rd Workshop on Eye Movements and the Assessment of Reading Comprehension June 5–7, 2025 University of Stuttgart, Germany This cross-disciplinary workshop explores how eye-tracking and machine learning can enhance real-world reading assessments.

Deepseek efficiency gains (training) sound too good to be true.

RT @yanisvaroufakis: DeepSeek has had to suspend new registrations due to cyber attacks on its site, the price of shaving off $1 trillion…

@_jaydeepkarale That's not a serious question.

RT @microth: While I am still on X, do I know people who would be willing to serve as emergency area chairs or reviewers in the current ARR…

@tjmahr @jgeller_phd @antoine_coutrot Neat!

@skdh The narrative that Europe is doomed while the US prospers is completely bizarre. The US do not even have a half-way decent healthcare system; and shall we discuss gun violence, school shootings, the massive prison population, the opioid crisis, economic and racial inequality, ...

@SibylleBerg Ihr glaubt wohl, dass ihr den Sieg schon in der Tasche habt!

#Google Maps' 3D mode stopped working in #firefox. Yet another reminder of why it's past time to break up Google's web monopoly and to enforce fair competition.

@ChessvisionAI @sharad224 @chess_feed Oh, I see what happened, overlooked that promotion is to rook. Sorry for the noise.