Links for 2022-08-17
“We know it as “Moravec's paradox” — the idea that in robotics, it’s the easiest things that are the most difficult to program a robot to do. This is because we’ve had all of human evolution to master our basic motor skills, but relatively speaking, humans have only just learned algebra.” https://blog.google/technology/ai/making-robots-more-helpful-with-language/
The Parable of the Boy Who Cried 5% Chance of Wolf https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tE7y8FZe7wSSzoRaS/the-parable-of-the-boy-who-cried-5-chance-of-wolf
How Our Shoes Can Help Explain the Biology of Sex — There are no good reasons to doubt that sex is, in fact, binary. https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/how-our-shoes-can-help-explain-the
Matrix World : The Picture of All Matrices https://anagileway.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/matrixworld-v1.3.pdf [explanation: https://math.mit.edu/~gs/everyone/MatrixWorld-v1.4.1-LAFE.pdf]
All baby birds have a moment prior to hatching when their hip bone is a tiny replica of a dinosaur’s pelvis (just as we have a moment in the womb when we’ve got a little tail). https://news.yale.edu/2022/07/27/birds-and-dinosaurs-joined-hip
The challenge of corrosion and how engineers fight it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RbiCOFffRs
Femtosecond laser pulses are able to ablate material so fast it doesn't have time to heat up. Instead, electrons are stripped from atoms causing the material to come apart under its own electrostatic self repulsion. https://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0102/0102046.pdf
Statistical Control Requires Causal Justification https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25152459221095823
Researchers find way to shrink a VR headset down to normal glasses size https://www.pcgamer.com/researchers-find-way-to-shrink-a-vr-headset-down-to-normal-glasses-size/
Here is a reminder that you don't need to pick your positions in direct opposition to those of your political opponents. Don't do what your opponent seemingly doesn't want you to do. Do what's right. Do what *YOU* want to do.