flohrian

I found this piece somewhat refreshing.

It presents a thought I have not thought about before. Whether, as some other commenters suggest, the hypothesis that you are dating an ecosystem, has always been true is a different question.

Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburg_B%C3%A4chle

from the paper:

"[...] learnable network parameter that is iteratively adjusted during the training process of the diffractive network, using an error back-propagation method. After this numerical training phase implemented in a computer, the D^2NN design is fixed and the transmission/reflection coefficients of the neurons of all the layers are determined. This D^2NN design, once physically fabricated using e.g., 3D-printing, 3lithography, etc., can then perform, at the speed of light propagation, the specific task that it is trained for, using only optical diffraction and passive optical components/layers, creating an efficient and fast way of implementing machine learning tasks."

I recently read a math paper: abelian groups, hilbert spaces, lebesgue measures. It felt like we're back in the 1900s.

we don't have the technology to 'beam all that power to earth' - whatever that might even mean. Furthermore, 384.000km is quite the distance.

statistics ⊂ math

Hm. documentation, readability, maintainability?

in general you cannot even prove, whether a program does the right thing...

this is called design, I suppose.

Future data scientists probably also should consider Julia.

By “scientism,” Pigliucci (2010, p. 235) means, “the intellectual arrogance of some scientists who think that, given enough time and especially financial resources, science will be able to answer whatever meaningful questions we may wish to pose—from a cure for cancer to the elusive equation that will tell us how the laws of nature themselves came about”

Hm. Is it possible to construct a (sensible) physical correspondence to the incompleteness theorem or to an undecidable problem?

>> [...] neat but not extra-ordinary hobby project.

IMO TempleOS is quite extra-ordinary! From the article's conclusion:

"Watching TempleOS execute its built-in test suite is a jaw-dropping experience. I can't help but be impressed as a vast number of demos, games, graphing calculators, debuggers, and compilers all fly before your eyes. To see the sheer amount of content that's been written here over the years, to see such effort expended on a labor of love, is wonderfully heart-warming."

Since (from your profile) you have also worked in a lab in the US: How does it compare to that? Do you like Germany so far?

Also came to my mind. But Leipzig also attracts many young people because of its affordability. Many things that are true for Berlin now are also true for Leipzig; it is very hip, rents are rising and there's a lack of living space [1][2].

[1]: http://www.taz.de/!5368403/ (german)

[2]: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/535299/umfrag...

Karlsruhe, Germany. ~5 min walk.

>> Also, do Germans seriously need to separate out green glass, clear glass, and brown glass bottles?

yes, it looks like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Altglasc...

>> Do Germans need to keep 7+ bins in their homes as well, or do they just separate it out later?

Not really 7+ bins, but 4. - paper/carton - plastic/cans - residual waste (handkerchiefs/diapers/cigarette butts/sweepings) - biodegradable waste

have you heard of memrise? everybody there can attend every course. they are created by the community and are free.

http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/finnish/