Interesting example use-case of sharing encoding Airbnb reputation on the blockchain to be shared across competing services. There remains a question however of how to get buy-in from those competing businesses to integrate their website or app in order to display that decentralized reputation information. Though in theory, one could encode the address of the short-term rental or house to be easily accessible on the blockchain.
I remember reading it in 2015 and identifying with main character; a 32-year-old seemingly-talented man who pursued the trappings of success in socially-validated directions like the study of math and engineering but ultimately has nothing to show for it besides a comfortable, hedonistic lifestyle in a technocratic, bureaucratic, meeting-prone society that teeters at the edge a coming collapse which will render all these meetings irrelevant.
Interesting to see NYC public transport compared in a less favorable light to the San Francisco where BART can be a nightmare and busses are not a reasonable way to get around. I guess the abundance grass is always greener…
As someone who rode BART for decades, and who just completed an easy, pleasant, and affordable trip via BART and bus from the East Bay to Golden Gate Park, the idea that BART and buses are not a reasonable way to get to and around SF seems just wrong. Are they perfect? Definitely not. Are they better than trying to drive to and in the city, for riders and for everyone else trying to enjoy city life? Hard yes from me.
Completely agree- the coverage of MUNI + BART is actually pretty good (with some notable exceptions) and in my experience (ymmv obviously) less stressful than driving and seeking parking.
The idea was not that San Francisco does everything perfectly, but instead that there are things they've tried that have been demonstrated to be successful we can learn from in NYC.
"Universe 25 was called Universe 25 for a reason. The study had been carried out on 24 other Universes, each one inevitably leading to the complete collapse of rodent society". This is a quote from a very amusing online lecture on the subject, which explores the cultural impact of the experiment, as well as ways that it can't be applied to humans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG2Xh2JCoMY
In view of the fact that we have been experiencing a breakthrough in the public perception of LLMs for 1.5 years and that the resources for their further development have increased explosively, it is indeed questionable to publish this now in March '24. A review based on the latest, most powerful LLMs would be urgently needed.
There is a simple 100% precision algorithm for detecting non-poisonous mushrooms in the continental United States. Look under the cap; if its spongy it won't kill you. It it's not spongy (aka ruffled), it could be poisonous so toss it out. Yes, your edible mushroom recall might be slightly reduced, but you're guaranteed to not get poisoned.
This is exceedingly bad advice as there are several spongy mushrooms which are toxic in the US: Bolete Huronensis, Sutorius Eximius, Boletus Sensibilis to name a few. There are a few in genus Leccinum as well.
You're - maybe - reasonably sure you won't die. You may still get really ill. North America isn't my area of knowledge, but I know there are several boletes that are poisonous, just not quite as deadly as the worst gilled mushrooms.
North America is also big, so these rules of thumb you have learned may not apply to a different part of it. I know that here in Norway, there's a rule that all mushrooms with true ribs (not sponge, not gills) - chanterelles -are edible. It's one of the easiest, most solid rules you learn here (from the state- approved official foraging society, something most other countries don't have).
But it's not true in North America. You have poisonous chanterelle varieties.
Photons follow wave-particle duality and electromagnetic waves can be linked to probability distributions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon#:~:text=A%20photon%20.... However, unlike electrons, photons have no exclusion principle (aka you can’t have multiple electrons in the same position) nor a repulsive potential. So the same probability wave can apply to countless photons. If you “reach into” a high amplitude portion (high probability) of an electromagnetic wave, you will “scoop out” a handful of photons. If you reach into a zero amplitude portion of the wave, you will scoop out none
