The Overview section of the Wikipedia page I linked to above covers why; failing that, try Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. Not sure why I'm being expected to explain it.
The first is that if you assume that women are a) not inherently less qualified to do tech jobs and b) given an equal opportunity
and c) are, on average, equally interested in tech jobs on the first place.
Maybe you think they have different brains or something.
Uh... they do.
Whatever it is, there's some subconscious bias somewhere that is holding women back
Or perhaps women are also simply generally less inclined towards that kind of job.
By all means, fight discrimination and "bro culture" where it exists. But you can't assume it must exist simply because a 50/50 mix hasn't been achieved.
There are things about entanglement that can't be explained by assuming that entangled particles have the contents of their "envelopes" set to definite values when they get entangled.
He wasn't seriously suggesting that the experiment as described would actually work. It's a thought experiment, meant to give you a better grasp of the kind of weird things that happen at microscopic scales by scaling them to everyday experience.
Besides which, the idea is that the entire system - including the detector and the poison bottle - remains in an indeterminate state until observed.
There's no way it'd ever actually work as described. But that isn't, and was never, the point.
There's also no paradox. We know this is how the universe works. It's weird, it's counter-intuitive, but it's not paradoxical.
Yes, I'm sure Amazon can run my database more efficiently than I can. But what are they going to do when I need to fetch 100 megabytes of data from a table and I want it in less than 30 seconds over my 20 megabit/s internet connection? Hmm?
In over-simplified terms, each RLNC encoded packet sent is encoded using the immediately earlier sequenced packet and randomly generated coefficients, using a linear algebra function. The combined packet length is no longer than either of the two packets from which it is composed. When a packet is lost, the missing packet can be mathematically derived from a later-sequenced packet that includes earlier-sequenced packets and the coefficients used to encode the packet.
Uh... could you simplify it just a little more?
How does a "later-sequenced packet [...] include earlier-sequenced packets"?
Why does everyone think Manna is some mind-blowingly insighftul piece of near-prophecy? It's really not. It's a fairly superficial and trite dystopian/utopian juxtaposition. And the characters and dialogue are laughable.
If human intelligence is indeed a non-computable problem
That's a big "if", since a "yes" to it basically does away with the purely materialistic universe we appear to live in.
Also, GP was talking about artificial intelligence, not human intelligence.
Put another way, it's quite possible that biological intelligence is the most efficient way of organizing intelligence, and that any digital simulation of it, even if it went down to the atomic level, would be more wasteful in application.
That's not "put another way" at all. Your first argument was that it might be physically impossible; now you've moved on to "it wouldn't be efficient." The two aren't the same.
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The Overview section of the Wikipedia page I linked to above covers why; failing that, try Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. Not sure why I'm being expected to explain it.
As they say, walk a mile in another man’s shoes.
Because then you'll be a mile away from him, and you'll have his shoes.
NSA Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images
The National Security Agency is harvesting huge numbers of images of people from communications that it intercepts
Intercepted communications aren't "the web."
emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences
Apart from social media (largely), none of those things are "the web."
The first is that if you assume that women are a) not inherently less qualified to do tech jobs and b) given an equal opportunity
and c) are, on average, equally interested in tech jobs on the first place.
Maybe you think they have different brains or something.
Uh... they do.
Whatever it is, there's some subconscious bias somewhere that is holding women back
Or perhaps women are also simply generally less inclined towards that kind of job.
By all means, fight discrimination and "bro culture" where it exists. But you can't assume it must exist simply because a 50/50 mix hasn't been achieved.
And it would stay that way if everyone had your attitude.
What problem is this solving?
which beats the heck out of regular bike taillights
It "beats the heck" out of them? Well, thanks for that devastatingly insightful exposé of the limitations of existing bike lights.
"Instead of having a blinking red light, which is very boring..."
Heaven forfend that my blinking red light should bore a driver.
There are things about entanglement that can't be explained by assuming that entangled particles have the contents of their "envelopes" set to definite values when they get entangled.
The encoding of the data was done at entanglement time.
Well, sort of, but the "data" is a quantum state. It's not UP or DOWN as written on your envelopes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
An object could go faster than light and still not arrive before it left.
No, it can't - not in all reference frames. There will be some where it did arrive before it left.
He wasn't seriously suggesting that the experiment as described would actually work. It's a thought experiment, meant to give you a better grasp of the kind of weird things that happen at microscopic scales by scaling them to everyday experience.
Besides which, the idea is that the entire system - including the detector and the poison bottle - remains in an indeterminate state until observed.
There's no way it'd ever actually work as described. But that isn't, and was never, the point.
There's also no paradox. We know this is how the universe works. It's weird, it's counter-intuitive, but it's not paradoxical.
One of the characters in that movie summed up my feelings on modern quantum physics pretty nicely.
Which are what? The rest of your post, relating the shenanigans of Invisible Boy, don't tell us what your feelings are.
Scientists at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience say they've managed to reliably teleport quantum information stored in one bit of diamond to another
When you're writing an article about the transmission of information, using the word "bit" in that sense probably isn't a great idea.
All shot on HD video as far as I understand it, so no 4k.
Yes, I'm sure Amazon can run my database more efficiently than I can. But what are they going to do when I need to fetch 100 megabytes of data from a table and I want it in less than 30 seconds over my 20 megabit/s internet connection? Hmm?
In over-simplified terms, each RLNC encoded packet sent is encoded using the immediately earlier sequenced packet and randomly generated coefficients, using a linear algebra function. The combined packet length is no longer than either of the two packets from which it is composed. When a packet is lost, the missing packet can be mathematically derived from a later-sequenced packet that includes earlier-sequenced packets and the coefficients used to encode the packet.
Uh... could you simplify it just a little more?
How does a "later-sequenced packet [...] include earlier-sequenced packets"?
In a theater, the screen covers a much larger percentage of your field of vision
I'm guessing you haven't seen the size of the TVs all the "cool" people are watching now.
Well, now you are.
We want High Dynamic Range (!)
Also wider colour gamuts, please.
Go on then. What are you waiting for? The fundamental laws of physics won't break themselves!
Are we signing posts in the subject line now?
Chère tante, nous allons définir si le double du tueur supprimer tout sélectionner
I guess you're holding it "right." I find it awkward.
If you haven't read Manna, you definitely should.
Why does everyone think Manna is some mind-blowingly insighftul piece of near-prophecy? It's really not. It's a fairly superficial and trite dystopian/utopian juxtaposition. And the characters and dialogue are laughable.
If human intelligence is indeed a non-computable problem
That's a big "if", since a "yes" to it basically does away with the purely materialistic universe we appear to live in.
Also, GP was talking about artificial intelligence, not human intelligence.
Put another way, it's quite possible that biological intelligence is the most efficient way of organizing intelligence, and that any digital simulation of it, even if it went down to the atomic level, would be more wasteful in application.
That's not "put another way" at all. Your first argument was that it might be physically impossible; now you've moved on to "it wouldn't be efficient." The two aren't the same.