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anon291··on Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics
of course it has a read write head. In fact it has N read / write heads equal to the size of the context since each latent state is updated with the results of the cross attention mechanism at each step.

Alternatively, you can view the '<unknown>' token that is dynamically driven to the embedding of the output token to be the write head. Either way, the simple truth is that you can train a transformer system (i.e., an iteratively applied transformer) to simulate an arbitrary turing machine.

anon291··on Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics
It's not contradictory at all. The dfa at each step of the turing machine model is also o(1).
anon291··on Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics
For the umpteenth time a transformer is an arbitrary turning machine due to the fact that it has a theoretically limitless tape (the context).

A single transformer step is simply O(1) (for a particular parameter size), but it applied a potentially infinite number of times.

Thus while a single transformer cannot solve any problem, a transformer system applied in the normal way can solve any computable problem.

anon291··on Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
This is why I bought real estate in the bull market of the last decade.
anon291··on US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect
That's a surmountable political problem
anon291··on US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect
No because companies trade at multiples of revenue. A $10/yr in revenue company would trade at a total market cap of like $200. That $190 is new money.
anon291··on US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect
Completely false. If I start a company spending $5 in capital and issue ten shares worth 50 cents each, and later on my revenue from that company reaches $10 through my labor (or the labor of the employees I paid), then the valuation of the company is at least $10 (certainly more) and money has been created because those ten shares are worth more.

Unlike central bank printing or even loan creation, this method of wealth creation is not zero-sum and not inflationary.

anon291··on US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect
why do we care though? If everyone has a high base standard, what does it matter
anon291··on I don't understand quantum physics (2018)
Wave function collapse is a misnomer. We now know that weak measurements do not collapse the wave function but rather drives the probability amplitudes of the states towards an eigenvalue. For those familiar with linear algebra recall that power iteration of a matrix with a random vector will yield the matrices eigen vector given enough iterations. Collapse is similar to this phenomenon but non deterministic.

My theory: The reason we perceive collapse as irreversible is because the computational complexity of reversing the equations is very high. Especially as the state converges towards an eigenvalue of the measurement operator, it becomes more difficult to reverse. This is similar to how a hash function is reversible in principle but not practice. My two cents.

Many worlds and such are just pseudo religious nonsense.

anon291··on LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale
I mean ... The thing about formal verification is that you can write the extremely slow but correct version of your code and then have an optimizer write a much more efficient version with a proof of correctness.

For things like programming languages we often have tedious, but slow, semantics that can be directly implemented in a suitable language. Then really all that a compiler or interpreter is is a faster version of those semantics.

If you are able to show correspondence between the fast and the the correct version, then you can toss the correct and slow version without even ever running it and just defer to the provably correct fast version.

Most software is ultimately like this

anon291··on Faster than earcut: triangulating 3.7M map polygons in 489 ms
Triangles are the simplest 2-d polytope?
anon291··on Faster than earcut: triangulating 3.7M map polygons in 489 ms
Nice performance. Just looking at the triangles, some of them seem a bit tiny. Does that cause rendering problems at all?
anon291··on Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men
I mean I've been part of many community organizations so I'm not surprised, but interesting to note nonetheless!
anon291··on Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men
You mean you joined the party leadership by going to meetings and such? I'm curious. Can you expand on what you mean by disengagement?
anon291··on Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men
Welcome to fatherhood.
anon291··on Governments are mishandling the affordability crisis
And in that time, if not for COVID, people would have been choosing to live in cities for one of the first times in American history.

Before COVID America was seeing a resurgence of city life.

anon291··on Governments are mishandling the affordability crisis
Not really. Third world countries have more orderly cities than America with people in much more destitution. I've lived in many and my parents grew up in one. The idea that it's just that is just silly imo.
anon291··on Governments are mishandling the affordability crisis
American cities are not nice places to live due to crime..the built environment is often better than equivalent cities elsewhere. People who care about cities need to care about law and order.
anon291··on Scandinavia's first farmers slaughtered hunter-gatherer population, DNA suggests
> Ethnonationalism is the last refuge of scoundrels

It is but we must also realize that 'land acknowledgements' , 'indigenous reservations', etc are also ethnonationalisms.

anon291··on How to Build Wealth as a Career Person
Except India and China are places where the 'american dream' are taking place in droves today.

> When you become homeless the first thing to go are dignity, self-confidence and in short order

The data on American homelessness are actually exceptionally good and the support network means that the vast majority of people who avail themselves of help are back in a home in a year or so.

anon291··on How to Build Wealth as a Career Person
Not really. Real estate is exceptionally easy because of how ridiculous mortgage terms are. I'm a bit of a heterodox in my thinking. If people want to do it then it is definitely made easy. I mean a 600-800k duplex can be had for 19k - 25k if you'll live in it and rent the rest out.

It is extraordinarily easy to enter the ownership class in America which is why Marxism rarely takes root here.

anon291··on How to Build Wealth as a Career Person
It's a personality thing. I literally don't need anything and hate spending money and am miserly as a hobby.
anon291··on How to Build Wealth as a Career Person
On the other hand most of this stuff is much less work than you think.
anon291··on How to Build Wealth as a Career Person
The marxists are correct there is the wage earning class and also the ownership class

They are incorrect in that there is no strict separation of the two.

Anyone in tech can easily enter the ownership class. American assets are exceptionally cheap for what they are. It's very easy to purchase asset producing goods, whether that be businesses or real estate.

The ownership class matter because a worker exchanges time for money. Time is finite. Ownership is not.

A career is a quick and low volatility way towards ownership. You owe no loyalty to any company or any manager. Only owe loyalty to your friends, family, and the financial assets you own. These things reflect on you. Your job is just a distraction.

anon291··on ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)
Waking up suddenly in anxiety is a classic symptom. My main symptom was daytime drowsiness, esp while driving despite feeling fine. That plus just not performing my best.

Speaking of the running.. I would get winded after hardly a mile before treatment . But I just called it up to being out of shape. In reality it was latent mental stress that I had gotten used to.

anon291··on ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)
I was like you. A year ago, I was tired as hell despite sleeping (well, not enough, but I've never slept 'enough'). A few people said sleep apnea but i was not overweight and didn't snore. I tried the test anyway, and it turns out I wasn't breathing. I used an oral appliance and a year later, it's gone and I feel better.

Also, without doing anything my triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and blood sugar which had gone way out of whack, went back to normal.

I started using my oral appliance on a Monday. That Friday I was so energetic I ran 12 miles in one go. I hardly ever run or even practice that much, but I was just so wired that I couldn't help it. It was an amazing feeling. I highly suggest sleep apnea treatment even if you don't think it sounds like you.

anon291··on US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
I mean those Indian firms do abuse the visa system so good riddance
anon291··on ICC judge on what U.S. sanctions mean for her and global courts
The US is a country so its jurisdiction extends wherever its armed forces are willing to enforce it
anon291··on ICC judge on what U.S. sanctions mean for her and global courts
The Nuremberg trials were war trials after we won a war. If the ice is claiming authority because they are in a war then they deserve more than sanctions.
anon291··on Europe's new robotics unicorn: Germany's RobCo hits $1B valuation
It's an old world attitude.
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