“manage your working memory carefully” <--- This sounds like a potentially important skill that I wasn’t aware of. Please could you elaborate?
MichaelHoward
It was also on the BBC TV main evening news today, and BBC News 24.
Edit: more from them here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30293863
How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte.
Apparently that’s old. The address currently on their website is https://blockchain.info/address/1BszW45pwXx7d7g4x9Xxbs9MGJEQcJsd3v although that hasn’t received any coins yet.
Maybe the old one is fine too, but unless someone can shed light on why they changed from the old address, it’s probably best not to send coins to it, although I’d hope if it had become unsafe they would have announced it loudly.
Be gur svefg rcvfbqr bs Znk Urnqebbz...
As it’s been queried how many physicists, mathematicians, etc. currently believe what about QM, I thought this paper (no paywall, Yay!) might interest a few of you: A Snapshot of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics
For example, question 12: Copenhagen 42% Information 24% Everett 18%
Here, we present the results of a poll carried out among 33 participants of a conference on the foundations of quantum mechanics. The participants completed a questionnaire containing 16 multiple-choice questions probing opinions on quantum-foundational issues. Participants included physicists, philosophers, and mathematicians. We describe our findings, identify commonly held views, and determine strong, medium, and weak correlations between the answers. Our study provides a unique snapshot of current views in the field of quantum foundations, as well as an analysis of the relationships between these views.
That is the second most Ravenclaw thing I have ever heard.
For the overwhelmed, here’s a summary snippet to encourage further investigation… (in rot13 for those who’d consider it spoilers, or just think Down With This Sort Of Thing).
From the Dual N-Back FAQ:
Gb gubfr jubfr gvzr vf yvzvgrq: lbh znl jvfu gb fgbc ernqvat urer. Vs lbh frrx gb vzcebir lbhe yvsr, naq jnag gur terngrfg “onat sbe gur ohpx”, lbh ner jryy-nqivfrq gb ybbx ryfrjurer.
Zrqvgngvba, sbe rknzcyr, vf rnfvre, snfgre, naq hygen-cbegnoyr. Glcvat genvavat jvyy qverpgyl vzcebir lbhe snpvyvgl jvgu n pbzchgre, n inyhnoyr fxvyy sbe guvf zbqrea jbeyq. Fcnprq ercrgvgvba zrzbevmngvba grpuavdhrf bssre hacnenyyryrq nqinagntrf gb fghqragf. Abbgebcvpf ner gur rcvgbzr bs rnfr (whfg fjnyybj!), naq gurve rssrpgf ner zhpu zber rnfvyl nffrffrq—bar pna rira eha qbhoyr-oyvaq rkcrevzragf ba barfrys, vzcbffvoyr jvgu qhny A-onpx. Bgure fhccyrzragf yvxr zryngbava pna qryvire orarsvgf vapbzzrafhenoyr jvgu QAO—jung vf gur pbtavgvir inyhr bs nabgure ahzore va jbexvat zrzbel gunaxf gb QAO pbzcnerq gb n tbbq avtug’f fyrrc gunaxf gb zryngbava? Zbqrfg punatrf gb bar’f qvrg naq raivebaf pna shaqnzragnyyl vzcebir bar’f jryy-orvat. Rira onfvp genvavat va ernqvat, jvgu gur pehqrfg gnpuvfgbfpbcr grpuavdhrf, pna cnl ynetr qvivqraqf vs bar vf orybj n onfvp yriry bs ernqvat yvxr 200JCZ & fgvyy fhoibpnyvmvat. Naq nyy bs gurfr pna fgneg cnlvat bss vzzrqvngryl.
...and his favorite nootropics are:
Zbqnsvavy/nezbqnsvavy
Zryngbava
Pnssrvar+gurnavar
Cvenprgnz+pubyvar
Ivgnzva Q
Fhyohgvnzvar
Svfu bvy
See also that post.
See also this post.
You learn most quickly immediately after ending a long fast. Your brain thinks you just learned something that saved it from starvation.
Ner lbh ernyyl mreb creprag fher gung’f pbeerpg? Pbhyq lbh fcraq rgreavgl tvivat nafjref jvgu gur fnzr zrgn-pbagenqvpgbel pbasvqrapr naq abg or evtug rira bapr?
For extra loopiness, (C) should say 33-and-1/3%.
You only need faith in two things: …that some single large ordinal is well-ordered.
I’m confused. What do you mean by faith in… well, properties of abstract formal systems? That some single large ordinal must exist in at least one of your models for it to usefully model reality (or other models)?
What is Turbocharging Training?
What is the Planning Kata?
These posts finally made me get Something Important:
Akrasia is a security problem, and not just against external adversaries like advertising.
Is there anything good written yet about solving this domain of problems from a security mindset perspective?