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Louie Helm Louie Helm is a Machine Learning Engineer

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GitHub: Now With DOIs

May 18 - Louie Helm

Want academic credit for releasing your code? Now there’s an easy way to add DOIs to your github releases… which bridges a huge gap in credibility and durability for garnering citations. I’m glad to…

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FDA: Stop Banning Gay Men From Donating Blood

May 17 - Louie Helm

In 1985, the FDA instituted lifetime bans on gay men donating blood. This regulation was created entirely to prevent the spread of HIV. And over the years, the agency has stood by its decision…

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New Attention Grabbing Video Released By B612 Foundation

May 16 - Louie Helm

Between 2000 and 2013, a network of sensors that monitors Earth around the clock listening for the infrasound signature of nuclear detonations detected 26 explosions on Earth ranging in energy from 1 to 600…

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Self-Referential Problems in Self-Modifying AGI

May 15 - Louie Helm

MIRI recently released a working paper jointly written by Benja Fallenstein and Nate Soares. It highlights several self-referential paradoxes that self-modifying AGIs could run into. These issues exist even for future AGIs that use…

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Darkcoin Rising

May 14 - Louie Helm

Darkcoin is the first untraceable digital cryptocurrency. It mediates anonymous transactions using cryptographic pools, and with a market cap of over $10MM, it’s fast on its way to becoming one of the top online…

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Where The F^#* Should I Eat?

May 13 - Louie Helm

This gives pretty good f&$&ing recommendations…

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Goddammit, Berkeley.

May 11 - Louie Helm

Every day of my life…

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Vibrams Supposed Benefits Have No Evidence

May 9 - Louie Helm

Vibram is settling a $3.75 million class action lawsuit since they can’t produce evidence that their shoes help “strengthen foot muscles” or “prevent injuries” like they’ve been claiming for years. I’m so happy seeing…

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Apply to NASA to Witness Antares Launch

May 8 - Louie Helm

NASA is inviting applications from social media enthusiasts to witness the Orbital Sciences Corporation‘s Antares rocket launch at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on June 10th. Only 50 applicants will be invited to attend….

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Best Cloud Backup Tool For Macs

May 7 - Louie Helm

Arq is a great backup solution for Macs: Inexpensive Automatic Reliable Robustly Secure Open-Source As a couple points of comparison, I’ve previously used both Mozy and ADrive. Mozy’s pricing is double or triple identical…

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MIRI Raises $171,575 In Massive Online Fundariser

May 6 - Louie Helm

If you’re a MIRI supporter, try to give $10 a few times today to help us earn extra bonuses during MIRI’s participation in SV Gives today! UPDATE: Wow! MIRI raised $110,245 and $61,330 in…

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The 19 Traits Of Player Characters

May 5 - Louie Helm

High IQ is known to correlate with a number of generally desirable life outcomes. But IQ alone can’t single out the most exceptional individuals who will make the biggest impacts in their pursuits. What…

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Engineering the Extinction of 40 Species of Mosquitoes

May 4 - Louie Helm

There are roughly 3,500 species of mosquitoes. But only around 100 bite humans and as few as 30-40 are responsible for the transmission of the most deadly diseases that routinely hobble the world’s poorest…

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Apply To App Academy

May 3 - Louie Helm

In case you haven’t heard, App Academy is the super low-risk way to get a baller job in SF right now. I know several effective altruists who have escaped grad school and become well-paid…

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The errors, insights, and lessons of famous AI predictions

May 2 - Louie Helm

Stuart Armstrong and Kaj Sotala recently published a new paper in the Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence. Among other things, they confirm the well-known predictive adage that, “AI is always 20 years…

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Few Skilled Workers Left For Innovation

May 1 - Louie Helm

A 2014 survey reveals that executives currently see themselves as having excellent access to capital, the ability meet many performance goals in their companies, and more ease in selling their products than ever before….

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Real Estate Sector Contains 422,000 Fake Jobs

April 30 - Louie Helm

According to government statistics, there are currently 422,000 Real Estate Agents and Brokers in the US. And until the internet was created 20 years ago, they plausibly provided some value by tracking listings and knowing…

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How to Find and Hire Amazing People

April 29 - Louie Helm

If you’re staffing up an early stage startup or growing a small nonprofit, I recommend reading through Adam Smith’s fantastic four part guide on hiring great people. There are many details, but the key points…

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New App Arguably Better Than Seeing A Doctor

April 28 - Louie Helm

If US medical lobbies hadn’t achieved regulatory capture by blocking off public access to prescription medications in the early 20th century, it’s likely that thousands of general internists would have been replaced by tools like WebMD, the…

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Bay Area Charities Staging One Day, Multi-Million Dollar Online Fundraiser

April 27 - Louie Helm

On May 6th, MIRI is participating in Silicon Valley Gives. That day, dozens of local Bay Area charities will be simultaneously raising millions online through a specially designated online giving portal. There’s lots of traditional…

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