kosmet

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Data scientist @ Preply
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Comment · 4 days ago
If the content is good enough, why do we care if it is AI-generated or not? I do not want my love letter to be AI generated but I do not expect a human touch in encyclopedia articles. Why do we assume AI-generated means slop? Is it by definition?
Comment · 1 year ago
After working with math academy, any form of video learning seems so inefficient. I think people lose a lot of time watching these videos thinking that they are learning without applying anything by themselves.
Comment · 4 years ago
Good point. Learning mostly occurs during the active parts where no YouTube video can provide. I think that's why universities will live a lot longer than people think.
Comment · 4 years ago
I think this list shows that how overwhelming the amount of resources to learn but we have so limited time. I think Duolingo style learning paths are way to go because we need to minimize the time to learn something. These kind of dumps are of no use except for bookmarking and feeling good.
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Typing 1.1.1.1 or any other IP address usually helps, it automatically redirects to the main login page. If you type a name, your DNS query fails.
Comment · 8 years ago
How will your insurance change after you retire? Will a retired google engineer be able to afford a google-class health insurance? I am asking to learn, not to imply anything.
Comment · 8 years ago
You are right but the problem is this: I would like to use Google maps but I do not want Google to have a perfect profile of me so I try to add plausible false data.
Comment · 8 years ago
What you aim is not to remove your data, you want Facebook to think you are a different person than you are by adding false data in your account.
Comment · 8 years ago
What you suggest is the only thing that will succeed in preserving privacy. You cannot hide your data as they can still track you even if you do not have an account. We have to lie plausibly to contaminate the data. The important thing is that the data should be carefully generated not to be flagged as synthetic.
Comment · 8 years ago
If any country wants to have a stable coin, they can choose US dollar or Swiss Franc as its currency. There are already some countries doing that. Hence, there is no need for a crypto currency for a stable coin.

The downside is that you cannot control the monetary policy of your of own country. You cannot pump money according to the economic situation. Look at the eurozone, for example, Germany wants to increase rates -hence increase the value of Euro- whereas Greece is still struggling. Leaving your currency to somebody else’s decisions may not be a good idea.

Comment · 8 years ago
Maybe after all cars become autonomous. Earlier there will be a hybrid period where both manned and unmanned cars drive together I think.

Even all cars become autonomous, the problem will still be hard I believe. Hard coded rules may solve the problem but relying on communication and cooperation will not be easy.

Comment · 8 years ago
I'd be impressed if I see a self-driving car making a left turn in a crowded junction without a specific left-turn signal at LA. The only way to turn left in such roads is to make an illegal turn after the signal just becomes red. I wonder how the self-driving car would do in such a situation.
Comment · 8 years ago
I am also so disturbed by Facebook’s “keep the user always logged in” policy. If you click on a link inside a reminder mail sent when one of your friends post something, you are automatically logged in. I noticed it after forwarding such an email to one of my friends. At least they could explicitly indicate such behavior in the email.

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