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    1. Agency belongs to the concrete occasions of experience associated with living organisms that prehend both the physical past and relevant unrealized potentials, so that formal and final causes re-enter biology as internal modes of organismic valuation and decision, not externally imposed blueprints.

      music to my ears

    2. “eternal objects” name structured possibilities that do not themselves act but are ingressed and selectively realized by organisms.

      not eternal objects but mutually arising co-evolving manifestations new living forms out there

    3. organisms mere terminals

      mere terminals

      It is the other way round

      the spirit world is woven/created by individual consciousness

      that descended into space time

    4. on the Ingression of Novel Form: Toward a New Formal Causality

      Im interested in the ougression of novel fourm

      intuition is at heart is outtuition

    1. At the chip level, utilisation refers to the share of a GPU’s theoretical compute capacity that is actively performing useful work at any given moment. In tightly optimised benchmark or hyperscale training runs, cluster-level GPU utilisation can reach approximately 90% for extended periods once data pipelines and storage bottlenecks are carefully engineered. However, this figure represents the best-case scenario. Studies of commercial deployments where workloads are more varied and scheduling policies face limitations find that utilisation is considerably lower at 30–70% on average. At the cluster level, utilisation takes on a different meaning, as it describes how much of the installed compute capacity is actively drawing load over time, as opposed to sitting idle or in standby

      This is a fairly good characterisation of the utility issue. It means totally different things to different people

    2. Within each AI server, GPUs are linked by ultra-high-bandwidth, short-reach interconnects such as NVLink. Instead of sending data over the standard connection that normally links a GPU to the rest of the server, NVLink creates a direct ‘fast lane’ between GPUs so that they can exchange model data without going through the CPU, as it is the case for the standard connection. 61 This high-speed fabric effectively pools the memory and compute of multiple GPUs inside a rack but also raises local power density, adding extra heat that needs to be removed at rack level

      So these are essentially like having lit up network links between cards inside the same server, rather of them relying on the existing links that all the other traffic uses?

    3. At the same time, improvements in power semiconductors, such as gallium-nitride–based converters and very efficient DC-to-DC direct current transformer modules, make each remaining conversion stage waste less energy and heat

      Is it gallium nitride here? I assumed it would be silicon carbide, but they do overlap now

    1. が、本記事では概念を優先して単層で示しています

      ...高速化しています。本記事では概念を優先して単層で示していますが、複数階層のグラフにより、上位層でざっくり当たりをつけて下位層で細かく探すことが可能になり、数百万の検索が数十ステップで近傍を見つけることができます)

      みたいな感じではどうでしょうか?

    2. ベクトル同士をエッジでつないだ

      「ベクトル同士をエッジでつないだ」というのがピンと来ない気がするので、「ベクトルがに近いものを繋いでいる」とかのほうが伝わりやすいかなとも思ったり、「入口ノードから近いものを辿り、クエリ Q に近づいていく検索が行えます」というような表現でもよいかなと思いました。

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    1. The NPR article made me think more about company responsibility. It says Facebook’s own research found Instagram could harm some teens’ mental health, especially around body image, but the company still publicly defended the platform. That feels unethical because users deserve honesty when a product may affect vulnerable teenagers.

    2. C. L. Lynch. “Autism is a Spectrum” Doesn’t Mean What You Think. NeuroClastic, May 2019. URL: https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/ (visited on 2023-12-08).

      The article discusses how autism is a complex spectrum of overlapping neurological traits like sensory processing, motor control, and social awareness. This "rainbow" of traits means that two autistic individuals can have vastly different strengths and challenges, making some labels towards autistic people misleading and harmful. For instance, a non-speaking person can have profound intellectual depth and social desire, while a talkative person may struggle with basic functions or independent living. In general, the author urges readers to stop making assumptions based on outward behavior and instead recognize the diverse support needs of every autistic individual.

    3. Anya Kamenetz. Selfies, Filters, and Snapchat Dysmorphia: How Photo-Editing Harms Body Image. Psychology Today, February 2020. URL: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202002/selfies-filters-and-snapchat-dysmorphia-how-photo-editing-harms-body-image (visited on 2023-12-08).

      It's very obvious that there is a huge issue with social media and body image issues. When people go to get cosmetic procedures, however, there's no way to tell the reason why someone is getting the procedure (without being very invasive). This rules out the idea of doctors asking patients to think carefully about their decisions. There's also the fact that many people do in fact feel a lot better after getting procedures done. That then brings the question of whether there should be some way to overlook this process from a mental health standpoint.

    1. One thing I found interesting is that social media itself is not always “bad” for mental health. The chapter separates unhealthy activities from healthier ones, which feels more realistic. I think the problem is not only screen time, but what we do online: compare ourselves, doomscroll, or seek support and connection.

    2. Researchers at Facebook decided to try to measure how their recommendation algorithm was influencing people’s mental health. So they changed their recommendation algorithm to show some people more negative posts and some people more positive posts. They found that people who were given more negative posts tended to post more negatively themselves. Now, this experiment was done without informing users that they were part of an experiment, and when people found out that they might be part of a secret mood manipulation experiment, they were upset [m5].

      A few things to note here. First of all, a big company like Facebook having it's own researchers conclude that their app is harming young girls' mental health and still not doing anything about it is insane. They post this research and still fail to make changes for the better of the masses. In addition to that, running experiments as invasive as the ones described here without consent would definitely feel violating and uncomfortable. I am shocked that there isn't any law against this.

    1. Next, Timur planned to invade Ming China. He pulled together an alliance of eastern Mongol tribes, but became ill along the way and died before he reached the Chinese border. The two heirs Timur had designated, his son and grandson, both died before him, so the throne went to a younger grandson, who called off the invasion.

      It’s interesting how his death changed history, him not reaching China stopped a massive invasion.

    1. Timur claimed to be both a Mongol in the tradition of the Great Khan, and also the "Sword of Islam". Temur means iron in the Chagatai language (like Genghis' name, Temujin). He was a brilliant strategist and tactician who was never defeated in battle and a great patron of scholars and poets; but is also remembered as one of the most brutal generals in history. When Timur crossed the Indus River with about 100,000 troops in 1398, he sacked the first city he reached, Tulamba, and massacred its inhabitants. As he advanced on Delhi, each of the cities he reached surrendered without a fight.

      It’s interesting to me that he is known as a ruthless conqueror but also a great strategist.

    1. The good: The city of Toronto website has a translate feature that helps people who may not speak English access important information. This helps accessibility by making city resources more inclusive for people from different background languages.

      2-Many sections on this website uses bullet points and short headings instead of large blocks of texts which is good for people who can not read large paragraphs. This also helps the information easier and help people with learning disabilities. It is a good tool to have.

      3- The website has a layout across different pages, which helps people know where to find menus, services, and contact information. This helps base it helps the browser look less confusing for people using technology.

      4- The bad thing about this website is that the homepage changes between multiple large images and announcements, which can be distracting for people with attention difficulties. Many content all at once can make it harder for people to focus on the important information. This can be bad for people with ADHD.

      5- The last bad one: Some of the announcements use images to communicate information, which can not be good for people who depend on readings. If images are unclear it can be hard for people with disability to fully understand what is happening in the website.

      These are all of the good and bad ones :) .

    1. La question de la durabilité écologique

      Quelqu'un peut écrire un bout sur sur le coût écologique du stockage des données, de l'utilisation de l'IA, de la construction/ destruction des machines d'imagerie médicale, etc. ?

    2. Rappels et généralités sur le rôle central de l’estimation du sexe ostéologique en anthropologie biologique et en médecine légale. I.e. : “estimer le sexe : pourquoi ?” (Bruzek 1992).

      Ajouter qcchose sur l'importance de la fiabilité, notamment en contextes médico-légaux mais pas que… Que signifie un pourcentage de réussite de 60-70% (methodes sur le crâne) lorsque les seules possibilités sont 3 (m/f/na)??? (Fred?)

      Ajouter un bout aussi sur les bases biologiques (fonction/forme) qui sous-tendent les méthodes de Jaro et leur absence dans le cas de pas mal d'autres méthodes (celle du crâne est évolutive, non fiable entre populations puisque basée sur des VA non métriques ; les méthodes métriques sur tous les autres os sont fondées ppalement sur la différence de taille tendancielle entre hommes et femmes, non sur la fonction d'accoucher ou pas)

    3. ux technologies avancées

      Et surtout : à quoi ça sert si on a déjà des méthodes qui fonctionnent très bien et qui sont biologiquement adéquates ?

    4. plus avancées

      Plus avancées en quel sens ? Plus couteuses, plus compliquées et du coup plus fiables ? Est-ce que cette partie ne serait pas l'occas pour parler/ critiquer cette idée (du progrès) ? Je vois que tu le proposes juste en dessous, mais est-ce que la critique peut aussi porter sur cette idée du progrès ?

    1. Editing is stochastic and non-saturating, which means two cells from different times or different lineages can end up with the same lineage mark at the same site. How's the editing efficiency?

    2. This paper has a limitation on the labeling window : In vitro window 24hr + In vivo window (E2.5 to harvest time). Cre was activating throughout the developmental time. The molecular clock in PEtracer is a per-cell division clock, not a per-developmental time clock. That means PEtracer requires constant cell-division rate across all cells, stages and lineages — I don't believe it’s possible in real development.

    1. The seeking out of bad news, or trying to get news even though it might be bad, has existed as long as people have kept watch to see if a family member will return home safely. But of course, new mediums can provide more information to sift through and more quickly, such as with the advent of the 24-hour news cycle [m10] in the 1990s, or, now social media.

      I didn't know that "Doomscrolling" is a well-defined word rather than just a slang widely used to refer to continuous reel scrolling activity on social media. From my experience, this is clearly a very unhealthy yet addictive activity as it fools users into thinking that they are actually doing something while the fact is that they're just wasting their time. Sometimes doomscrolling helps me explore valuable information, but at the same time it makes my brain go numb after several hours of gluing my eyes to the screen. I completely understand how harmful it is but I have not managed to control myself yet:(

    1. Rebel against summarizing what you have already written. You have one paragraph left with your intended audience, so inspire them by making a call to action, relating the topic of your essay to an aspect of the world in which we live, or leaving them with something to contemplate or reflect on.

      I think inspiring readers by giving a call to action regarding the topic gives a personal call and shows a sense of conviction of what you really mean.

    2. A common way to organize your ideas is the good ol’ outline. You can use an outline to determine the order in which you will address the topics in your paper and see your ideas from in linear fashion, which will help you see where you need more evidence to support your topic.

      Outline is the way to go for me because i think i type faster than creating diagrams in paper.

    1. Since your writing plan is the map of your essay, try to make it detailed enough so a peer would know the topics you will address in your essay and your overall stance on the topics. Including detailed evidence will help you see what support you have and need as you move to carve your path along completing the assignment. You will not get all of the information you need for your Writing Plan from your Discovery Draft, so create as you organize

      Having a strong writing plan has made writing easier for me. It make me focused on specific plan and build my essay around it.

    2. Keep in mind the TEA (Topic Sentence, Evidence, and Analysis) Paragraphing Structure to see if you can find those particular bits or get ideas from what you have written that might lead to these components. Mark them on your draft. Below are some things to consider:

      Having this format in any sentence with topic sentence , evidence and analysis of my evidence gives a clear picture of my thoughts.

    3. The first step, the biggest one is just getting started by collecting your ideas. How do you know what you will write if you do not know what you think? In this step, read through your notes, review your annotations about texts, examine the assignment by underlining, and make note of the task and expectations of the assignment; this allows you to understand the purpose

      I think this class made me write essay in a proper format now since I have started using the structure of generating the idea and researching around it.

    1. that is typically not viewed as violence at all”

      Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011)

    1. women."

      Neele Wiltgen Georgi, Sibongile Buthelezi, and Paula Meth, "Gendered Infrastructural Citizenship: Shared Sanitation Facilities in Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa," Urban Forum 32, no. 3 (2021): 442

    2. “(Re)Conceptualizing Water Inequality in Delhi, India through a Feminist Political Ecology Framework,

      Yaffa Truelove, "(Re)Conceptualizing Water Inequality in Delhi, India through a Feminist Political Ecology Framework," Geoforum 42, no. 2 (2011), 148

    3. Domestic Workers Across the World,

      International Labour Organization, Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection (Geneva: International Labour Office, 2013),

    1. its recent taste for extremism’ (examples of which are ‘legalization of drugs regardless of the logic of addiction’ and ‘the rights of biological men who identified as women to enter women’s changing rooms and women’s prisons’)

      damn

    2. The book seems, prima facie, to be proposing an interesting thesis – that is, one which, even if not completely true, is at least contentful enough to be enlighteningly false.

      Nice line

    1. Lees het als een overtuigend prototype van een nieuwe manier van maken. En tegelijk gewoon als mijn verhaal. Over wat me al die jaren heeft gedreven, wat al die nieuwsbrieven met elkaar verbindt en waarom ik nog steeds zo veel energie krijg van nieuwe gereedschappen die mensen meer speelruimte geven

      Author recognises himself in the output, and suggests seeing the result as a convincing prototype of a new way of making.

    2. Natuurlijk had er nog een stevige eindredactieronde overheen gekund. Sterker nog, normaal gesproken had ik dat vrijwel zeker gedaan. Nog wat aanscherpen. Hier en daar schrappen. Een paar overgangen gladder maken. Sommige zinnen net iets strakker trekken. Maar dit keer heb ik dat bewust niet gedaan. Juist omdat ik wilde laten zien wat er nu al mogelijk is. Ik heb een uitgebreide prompt, een verzameling instructies, gegeven over bedoeling, workflow en output.

      Author deliberately did not polish the AI output, to have a better view on what it actually produced from the inputs.

    3. Ik heb met hulp van AI een boek gemaakt op basis van honderden nieuwsbrieven die ik de afgelopen jaren schreef. Iets wat eerder waarschijnlijk een te groot, te duur of te tijdrovend project was geweest, is nu wel maakbaar geworden.

      Example of making something from an archive: transform his newsletter archive into a book shape.

    4. Voor makers, uitgevers en experts met kennis, verhalen of archieven die te klein, te niche of te actueel leken voor een traditioneel boek.

      Books can now be made for knowledge, stories or archives that are too niche or too current (bc half life of info I think, in a dynamic topic) for regular book publishing processes.

    5. De vraag die mij meer bezighoudt is veel praktischer: welke boeken kunnen nu wel gemaakt worden die eerder zouden zijn blijven liggen?

      The Coasean floor: what can be made now, that earlier would not have seen the light of day? (while acknowledging the answer to that question is also 'a lot of noise')

      vgl: The Nature of the Firm by Ronald Coase 1937 vgl Benkler 2002 who linked Coase w peer production vgl [[Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky]] 2008