Martial Arts Movie Review: Undisputed 2
Jason Polak
by jpolak
5d ago
Undisputed 2 holds a special place in martial arts cinema for introducing the memorable character of Yuri Boyka played by Scott Adkins. Although Scott Adkins has done many top-notch martial arts films, Undisputed 3 is one of his best, and this predecessor sets the stage. Unlike Undisputed 3 and 4, which have perfected and well-developed ..read more
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Best MacOS text editors
Jason Polak
by jpolak
5d ago
I write a lot. Not only am I a professional writer for Photography Life, I also just like writing. For a long time, I used Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code because it’s a pretty decent editor. However, due to the push of AI into the editor and Microsoft’s heavy support of AI, I abandoned VS Code ..read more
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I will no longer use Visual Studio Code
Jason Polak
by jpolak
2w ago
I’ve deleted Visual Studio Code. For a long time until just a few days ago, I had been using VS Code to write my articles and do a little coding. Probably most of you know that VS Code is a very well-designed text editor/IDE hybrid cross-platform application. In my opinion, VS Code is one of ..read more
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Mechanisms by which the technological-capitalistic complex sustains itself
Jason Polak
by jpolak
1M ago
Technology is currently out of control, and even though some technologies such as AI are mainly destructive and will cause severe damage to human society, we have no safeguards in place to ensure that they are not invented. Technological development now largely proceeds down a deterministic path, out of human control. We need to be ..read more
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Letter to the NSF
Jason Polak
by jpolak
1M ago
The NSF or National Science Foundations is one of the main sources of money for scientific research in the United States. A while ago, I wrote this general letter to the NSF: Dear NSF, My name is Dr. Jason Polak. I have a doctorate in mathematics from McGill University in Canada and several published papers ..read more
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Boycott NaNoWriMo for its AI stance!
Jason Polak
by jpolak
1M ago
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad term for a collection of computer algorithms that use learning-based techniques such as neural nets in order to solve problems. A subset of this is generative AI, which, in its current state, can synthesize realistic-looking images and natural-sounding text. AI is an abomination and a curse on humanity, because ..read more
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The law of illusory improvements
Jason Polak
by jpolak
1M ago
Consider an optimal society. If one could measure the health of this society over time, it would fluctuate about the optimum point, somewhat like a sinusoidal curve: This is the graph of $\sin(x) + 10$, an idealized version of this phenomenon. Of course, this is not to imply that the health of society can be ..read more
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Life would be better without abundance
Jason Polak
by jpolak
1M ago
Many things in life would actually be better if we limited them. We are instinctual creatures and our instincts are designed to use resources. Since these instincts evolved in a time of scarcity, we are being overwhelmed by our instinctual use of resources that make us unhealthy. Of course, a classic example is refined sugar ..read more
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Book Review: The armchair economist
Jason Polak
by jpolak
1M ago
A good way to understand price theory in economics is by reading The Armchair Economist by Steven Landsburg. Although this book won’t give you facility for economic calculations, it will give you an intuitive idea about how prices work. I first read this book years ago as a PhD student in math at McGill University ..read more
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Technology changes us as much as we change technology
Jason Polak
by jpolak
1M ago
The human species is no doubt the world’s greatest toolmaker—but is that a good thing? We change physical matter into devices to do things we cannot do with our hands. But it would be a mistake to think that we are the only ones doing the changing. In fact, technology changes us as much as ..read more
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