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alex_hirner

2,545karma·320submissions·July 22, 2015
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Otto did an amazingly comprehensive webcast on how to dev in scala-js and how it fits into the big picture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPWDKEQLjpI …
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After much exposure in big data processing and running an Ethereum meetup since it wasn't yet cool, I think the main promise of this technology is more conceptual than strictly determined by a do…
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Interesting thought, I suspect there is something like peak computation per ft^3 and we will hit such barriers earthbound (with quantum computing being the equivalent to solar+cheap storage for this p…
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Probabalistic Soft Logic, Markov Logic, Natural Soft Logic ( https://youtu.be/EX1hKxePxkk?t=23m00s ). Despite those operate on the semantic level to credit/discredit drawn inferenc…
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ad 1: why not attach a credibility score to relations (probably aggregated from multiple sources) and query against those too?
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Interestingly, all envogue tech of today like ML and Bitcoin converge around this topic. In essence, PoW is just (partly) figuring out the seed of a RNG, which in return is compression at its finest. …
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aka telepresence, like http://www.doublerobotics.com . There was a robot-as-a-service telepresence startup as well I stumbled upon, which I don't recall the name right now.…
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So if platforms like udemy, app store, uber, etc. eventually gained monopolistic position (which makes business sense) and then adversely taking advantage from it in the long run, what is an alternati…
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You pointed out a huge problem to find the right people with highly specific needs. That's why we are working on an identification tool that automatically returns people according to their intent…
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Intermediaries get disintermediated. Braintree is a tad bit closer to the iron and maybe (if PoW conundrum finally overcome and after debt is introduced) crypto will do it again.
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Two questions: 1) are there technical restrictions for using this mesh network with remote aerial sensors, i.e. does it hurt badly when nodes move? 2) how well would it perform indoors in manufacturin…
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Databases, networking protocols and so forth are hardened, relatively speaking (less the occasional heart bleed or PoW-blockchain fork). If you have autonomous systems built on top of hardened infrast…
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Thus... I use https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5 for the most vital information. It's more tedious, local (a simple file) and run in a browser.…
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You don't agree with the explanation. I think it's totally fine to come up with an individual explanation anyway. So lets refine the prescription from a vantage point where everyone seems to…
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the tweet is gone, what was it about?
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