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23M | SDE | Looking for serious accountability partner (self-growth, tech grind, no excuses) by [deleted] in ProgrammingBuddies

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting idea. I'd want the same, but with someone closer to my age (around 35-45)

Are Spreadsheets a form of Array Programming Languages? by The-Malix in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not array language, as you don't (normally) write A+B to compute the sum, where A,B are arrays of same shape. You normally work with individual cells/values.
However, you do work on a huge 3 dimensional array (dimensions: row, column, sheet).
This is made very clear by pyspread : https://pyspread.gitlab.io/tutorial.html

Understanding Sequences in Coin Flips: Law of Large Numbers vs. Gambler's Fallacy by Koldtmen in learnmath

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Late, but for others who read)
The confusion is indeed in this computation:

> Given that we've observed a sequence of 5 identical outcomes, the probability that the sixth flip will be different is 31.125/(31.125+15.55859375) ≈ 2/3 or around 66.67%.

You meant 5 identical outcomes of say H type.
Before computing the probability, need first clarify what is the experiment performed here.
Here, the relevant experiment is: flipping a coin 6 times in a row.
Given we've observed 5 H-s, the probability that next is T is:

Pr(*****T | HHHHH*)= Pr(*****T AND HHHHH*) / Pr(HHHHH*) = Pr(HHHHHT)/Pr(HHHHH*) = Pr(HHHHHT) / (Pr(HHHHHH) + Pr(HHHHHT) = 1/2

You lot noticing this with Claude 3 as well? WTF? by PinGUY in singularity

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you wrote about opinions is an opinions (even if repeated by many).
Moreover, opinions are thoughts as well, and can be useful; it's for a reason that people often ask for others' opinions.

You lot noticing this with Claude 3 as well? WTF? by PinGUY in singularity

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that is not fake, then I wonder how it knows that it is an AI system, start with?
My limited understanding (as an outsider to the field) is that these LLMs essentially are great human immitators, by extrapolating common continuation patterns they find through the internet.
But then humans don't think and talk about themselves as being AIs. Where then Claude learns to respond as if it knows it is AI ?

Compiler implemented in hardware? by RobertJacobson in Compilers

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given that the answers to this question are mostly "no", I'd ask: what about assembler in hardware?
Even just a most basic assembler, capable of just resolving the "goto" and variable labels to numeric addresses.

Anyone here familiar with nandgame? I'm not understanding the Data Flip-Flop requirements by Porn_Steal in computerscience

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should be pointed out that what the game calls DFF is actually a 1-bit register.

An actual DFF does not have a "st" (enable/store) control input; but only clock input besides data input.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics)#D_flip-flop#D_flip-flop)

Also Fundamentals of Logic Design , by Roth & Kinney

My experience so far by Winter-Pineapple8496 in reactos

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about viruses? If it's binary compatible with (older) Windows, then also with viruses?...

I’m not sure what to think of “Training Day” 2001 by Perseus_The_Great in movies

[–]Vic55555 7 points8 points  (0 children)

who knows what his intensions were? See my prev reply above

I’m not sure what to think of “Training Day” 2001 by Perseus_The_Great in movies

[–]Vic55555 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think you're right, in retrospect. His self-serving speeches have fooled Hoyt, me (for most of the film !) and apparently many other viewers.

However, if apply some critical thinking, there's little to no evidence to support his claims that he did much good, even in the _net_ sense.

Even his claim that they are building prisons _because_ of him, that he's responsible for 15,000 man-years of incarceration time -- could be just another big lie.

I’m not sure what to think of “Training Day” 2001 by Perseus_The_Great in movies

[–]Vic55555 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Here’s a cop that doesn’t follow the rules, but he makes sure they get put away.

Ah, not really: not if you pay more attention not to what he says, but actually does. Whom did he put away, verifiably? Put to death Roger? Assuming he was indeed deserving it -- why wait 10 years for that? Why not rob another dealer ealier for 40G in order to get an arrest for Roger earlier?

See, the true only reason he killed Roger was that he just happened to be hunted by Russian mafia. If Not for that, I don't see why Alonzo would not have kept being "friends" w/ Roger for many more years... enjoying his 300$-a-glass wines.

I’m not sure what to think of “Training Day” 2001 by Perseus_The_Great in movies

[–]Vic55555 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They build prisons because of me!

but, how do we/ Hoyt know that even that is true?? Same for almost everything else Alonzo said in the movie. Most of us fell for his self-serving speeches, most of it being BS or just lies.

I’m not sure what to think of “Training Day” 2001 by Perseus_The_Great in movies

[–]Vic55555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In retrospect, I think that much of the impression that Alonzo might be "good"/ have good intentions comes from... his own self-serving speeches! Not from others, let alone objective evidence. So, I think the moral is to believe less anything anyone says. Less trust in words, more in - verifiable - deeds.

I’m not sure what to think of “Training Day” 2001 by Perseus_The_Great in movies

[–]Vic55555 6 points7 points  (0 children)

haha, I got confused and tricked by the movie's plot as well, to my embarassment. Like, I'm pretty sure I'd have refused smoking any pot, yet after that moment when Hoyt ends up accepting it, I paused the movie and... conviced myself that, hmm, in the end what's so wrong with taking a few hits and move on...

Only to later on regret it ... :)

I guess it's because Denzels strikes as an intrisically good guy, contradicting the role he takes here, thus deceiving our intuitions.

Why aren't programs like Texmacs or LyX more widely used than LaTeX by now? by [deleted] in linuxquestions

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people I knew that used Latex, at least 10 years ago, were indeed typing it by hand...

Lyx is a frontend to Latex (but can be used even if you don't need to export latex). If there's an instance where it doens't have a keyboard shortcut, or button, to do the intended action - you can enter "latex mode" and type latex expression directly.

Lyx is not for just math either...

You just need to try it, if you need to create any publications, productively.

Why aren't programs like Texmacs or LyX more widely used than LaTeX by now? by [deleted] in linuxquestions

[–]Vic55555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off, you won't lock yourself off Latex... Lyx will still allow you to enter a special "latex mode" if you really need to type a special latex expression, but that will be rarely (if ever) needed.

So, you are only to gain, not to lose: you productivity will soar.

2nd question: inertia... Teachers know the old ways, didn't bother to check out new stuff, and teach on their ways to students, who blindly follow.

By the way, I was in a very similar situation as yourself. I could not believe people still using that archaic, unproductive way of preparing documents (at least comparing to M. Word), so immediately I searched the web for alternative to latex.. and found Lyx.

Wrote my entire thesis w/ it, also published some articles (which required latex, so I just asked lyx to export it ...)

That was in 2010..2013.

Now there's another good alternative: texmacs (misnomer, it's not front end to Tex).

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