Boston Dynamics

Everyday Robots

"Arm on tracks" refers to a variant of the <robotic arm> <robot form factor> in which the position of attachment of the <robotic arm> can also be moved around linearly or with more degrees of freedom.

E.g.:
* <Everyday Robots> robot
* <Transcendence (2014)> robots


Arm on tracks

Political party

Average number of steps until reaching a state of a Markov chain

Average number of steps spent on a node of a Markov chain

Absorbing Markov chain

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"Game" is a bit of a stretch as there are no player choices at all.

A more precise word would be <simulation>.

More precise, this "game" is exactly an <absorbing Markov chain>.


Snakes and Ladders

Artificial life

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Janelia Research Campus

Projects with global impact

How to teach <span class="meta">/</span> Projects with global impact

Argument from authority

Convergent evolution

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Big goals:
* the pursuit of <AGI>
* <computational physics>[physics simulations], including <scientific visualization software>
* <formalization of mathematics>

Just <art>:
* useless mathy stuff
* incredibly nifty little tools that are just so satisfying to use it is mind blowing:
  * <ncdu>
  * <GNU parallel>
* media related stuff
  * <FFmpeg> one liners!


The art of programming

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* <CPU> benchmark: https://askubuntu.com/questions/634513/cpu-benchmarking-utility-for-linux/701532#701532
* <GPU> benchmark: https://askubuntu.com/questions/31913/how-to-perform-a-detailed-and-quick-3d-performance-test


Computer benchmark

Computer biliography

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Looks cool. That's what 1k USD gets you.

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Rotrics

Artificial womb

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For some reason, this is one of the things that makes <Ciro Santilli> want to puke the most. More than surgery or blood.


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